I don't claim to be an angel, but I am deeply connected with the Divine. I didn't start out that way. Well, actually as an infant I did. Then I started to grow up, learn things, try to make others happy and somewhere along the line I forgot my connection. Good news is that I eventually remembered I was more than I gave myself credit for being. I was more than the businesses I had created. I was more than the money I had made. I was all of those things and none of them. Of course, … [Read more...]
Weighed Down By the Past, Anxious About the Future Equals Totally Not Present in the Now
There is a great saying, "Live in the moment." that we can all agree is good for us. But how many actually live the majority of their lives in the present moment?! When you live in the NOW, the enormous power of the present can set you free from the past and launch you into the future, all while being right here right now. The best part is that it is 100% your choice. You have free will in the matter. You can choose to continue to be bogged down by your past and the beliefs you created … [Read more...]
Why Recalibrating to Joy is the Key to Abundance
Recalibrating to joy and abundance is less of a one-time gig and more of a life long adventure. I swear I've been doing this work for two decades and still have wobbles, low vibe days and wonder if I'm really doing what I came here to do. Just yesterday, after a fantastic weekend with my family and my brother's family playing in the mountains doing all sorts of fun things, my energy dropped into the crapper. Well, I was hard on myself for feeling so low, wondering if I was really … [Read more...]
How ignoring my guilt led me down the same path as my mother
I went from feeling bad about taking time to nurture myself all the way to owning my true value and it changed my life. I, like many women used to have guilt wash over me when I would take time away from my husband, family and business to take care of me. Logically it didn't make any sense. In my spiritually aligned business I took care of thousands of people. Of course I needed to take care of myself! If I didn't who would?! Yet there was that pesky guilt feeling in my chest, … [Read more...]
5 Unexpected Lessons Learned from Online Yoga
As a yoga teacher for 20 years I have always believed the best kind of yoga has been attending a class in person. And that just ain't happening these days. So, what has taking yoga online from your own home taught us? 1. It's just as easy for me to show up for myself as it is for me to not show up for myself. Notice if you find all kinds of excuses not to attend your online class or if you actually own your worth and step onto your mat when you want to do it. A great way to help you show … [Read more...]
Why ignoring your problems leads to stagnant growth
We all have problems in our lives. Every. Single. One. Of. Us. How you face those obstacles reveals your human nature. Of course, everyone has run and hid from their problems at some point in their lives, thinking that ignoring them is better than facing them. On the other hand, when you face your problems head on, you not only gain skills and inner resilience, you also train yourself to look for how you can win in any situation. I know, that sounds awfully masculine coming from … [Read more...]
How Self-Doubt Led Me to Own My Power
I used to doubt myself more than I care to admit. Yeah, I know, I look all confident and courageous on the outside, a small business owner, yogini, teacher. But inside, there was a part of me that wondered if I was good enough, if I had what it took to really help people live better lives. I was pretty hard on myself at times and it kept me in a low vibe loop that I would yoyo in and out of. Because on the other side of that self doubt was the confidence and self love I exuded and … [Read more...]
What to do when you keep beating yourself up
Life used to be really hard. I'd beat myself up if I didn't live up to the rules I had put in place for myself like: 😒hitting a revenue target for my business 😫having an unhappy client that I couldn't "help/fix" 😒feeling like a bad mom when my kids didn't listen to me 😫thinking that I wasn't meeting someone's expectation of me I put myself through so much suffering! SO MUCH! We all do it. We beat ourselves up for not doing the uncomfortable thing in front of us (like having the … [Read more...]
Why Making a Decision is the Key to Becoming Unstoppable
Wow! What a thought! You get to decide who you want to be!!!! So many of us have been taught who we are: through our parents, teachers, friends, bosses and everyone in between. We try to meet everyone else's expectations of us without really thinking about who we are being in the process. This leaves us feeling like we are spinning our wheels, not making any progress towards what we really want in life, maybe not even know what we really want from our lives. No wonder you feel … [Read more...]
3 Steps to Quiet the Mind in Meditation without Beating Yourself Up for Having a Noisy Mind
Lots of people ask me about meditation. When the mind doesn't quiet down on it's own they think there's something wrong with them and beat themselves up for not having a perfectly quiet mind! Who does? Be nice to yourself, you are in process of letting the mind melt. Just like the wax in a candle melts slowly, the mind needs time to go from it's MO of noisy to a more peaceful state. All people struggle with quieting the mind and if they keep to it they will eventually find a sense of … [Read more...]