Living a wholehearted life means that we have to embrace our imperfections and accept that we're enough as we are. This is quite hard in a society that thrives on scarcity or "not enough-itis," and you feel like your life might end if you don't get x product to fix y problem. Watch five minutes of QVC and you will see this front and center.
When I got that person's feedback, I said to myself, "well, this is an opportunity to embrace my imperfection, right here, right now. People can either my understand mistakes, or they will judge me for them. I really can't control what people think anyway... Maybe they will see and understand that I'm human too, I make mistakes, and see the larger perspective that I wanted to send some helpful content."
Read moreWhat’s stopping you from being or feeling free—other people’s rules? Your own set of rules from years ago that are no longer serving you? A set of beliefs that keep you living small, trapped, and decisively un-free?
Read moreWhatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there/with open arms and open eyes, yeah/Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there, I’ll be there.
To me, this speaks directly to the courage required to SHOW UP, BE SEEN, and LIVE BRAVETM.
Read moreSorry not sorry.
How often do you apologize for things you’re really not sorry for, but your apology is acting as don’t-be-mad-at-me-insurance?
Read more Many agreed that they’re just over it--over the behaviors that go along with hustling, the yucky, slimy feelings that come when you know you're in the hustle, the energy drain and exhaustion.
Hustling to prove, perfect, please, placate, perform, and pretend to get approval and acceptance from others takes us out of a place of authenticity, or who we really want to be when we’re aligned with our values. The hustle is exhausting, and what’s even worse, it doesn’t even produce happiness, fulfillment, joy, or connection.
Read moreIt's the eve of the start of the New School/Work Fiscal Year and I find myself excited and hopeful for this next season. It's been a fun and hot summer, full of day trips and swimming, but I'm ready to dive in to the fall.
Read moreI primarily work with women who identify, or who are on the brink of identifying what it means to be a recovering perfectionist. However, slowly I’ve been meeting with more men who talk about common themes: there is nowhere to talk about sensitive issues. Men who are sensitive, artistic, introverted, not interested in a lot of sports or sports-talk- they didn’t feel that there was a space for them. This was shame-inducing, created isolation, anger, and acting out in different ways.
Read moreIf you haven’t heard (over the roar from women's gymnastics and swimming), the USA Women’s Field Hockey is doing pretty incredible things in Rio as well.
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