This living landscape of skin, breath, bone, body is an ecosystem of intelligence. Every moment of aliveness mapped in cellular memory, shaped in patterns of posture, rhythm, expression, and in nuance beyond comprehension.

As a woman from a paradise island I'm asked from time to time where I go on vacation. While it varies, it often involves visiting friends and family…

Take your pain, give it light. Take your rage, give it space. Take your grief, let move. Take your love, let be a kaleidoscopic ray.

Women often have a really hard time with receiving. They have a hard time being seen, being celebrated, being appreciated - even on their birthdays or in big accomplishments.

Every single one of us holds a humble power that could offer deep benefit if we’re willing to activate it. That power is kindness. Benevolent. Helpful. Gentleness.

You don’t need one more training, better shoes, a bigger paycheck.

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and handle emotions of others and of ones self. When someone is emotionally intelligent they are able to sense, discern, evaluate & guide different feelings and able to take responsibility for their own emotions. Emotional intelligence is highly correlated with empathy and is useful in creating rich and meaningful connections.

God has a plan for you. And there's one for me too.

Often, as women, we get caught up
In beliefs that this plan is about perfection, performance,
or being special.

In reality, it's a plan of seeing & believing in our divine design.

It was 2009. I had a choice to make.

I’d just come out of 3 intensive years inside a system. A system designed to train me, cultivate my capacities, & deliver me into the world as a mental health professional. I had just graduated with a masters degree in Somatic Psychology.

You’d think I was elated, excited, expanded...

Rituals are those intentional repetitious actions in our lives. They are the things we do regularly that are imbued with meaning, that make space for our Soul Self to come through. They create an opening in space + time, for presence, for connection, for the Divine.

We are intimately intertwined with nature. We are in fact, nature. Yet we tend to override ourselves just like we override our planet, forsaking the magnificent, raw, realness that exists at our depths.

People are impressionable. We are molded by others, shaped by collective themes, adaptive to others needs. Group think can move us toward images, beliefs and ideas that overlay our deeper unique impulses and expressions. Little by little too much focus “out there” and we’re stripped of something vital.

Knowing our inner archetypes + tending to these energies within changed everything. Getting to know + honor the inner masculine helped me get to know + honor myself at a completely different level. It helped me to stop abandoning myself + prioritizing others wants + needs over my own.

Curating sacred space, within and without. Taking my seat at the altar of listening.

Sometimes the hardest thing is getting the noise of the mind & the world to silence, while we meditate at the altar of our own continued unfolding.

Sometimes the hardest part of the healing process is slowing down enough to listen, actually deeply listen, to what our system really needs. Turning down the noise, tuning in to our own center, & trusting the wisdom within can sometimes be the hardest thing

Find the moments that make you pause.The ones that deepen your breath and settle your bones.

Sometimes the greatest challenge is trusting that the basics is e x a c t l y what you need.

Boundaries are an essential part of establishing healthy relationships and engaging in meaningful connections. But they can also create a lot of confusion, so let me start with a working definition that I came across years ago that helped click boundaries into place for me.

The Suicide prevention hotline (1-800-273-TALK) is available 24/7 to support those feeling suicidal and those supporting family or friends feeling suicidal.