I don’t know about you but Pride Month 2022 has been an emotional rollercoaster for me. And we’re talking a Kingda Ka level ride. I am quite literally feeling ALL the feels. At times all at once. For so many reasons. The most major being that it’s my first real…

This started out as a newsletter, an update to people in my network of beloveds after a period of quiet darkness. A blue period I only alluded to obliquely and wrapped in my signature rose colored, “don’t worry, I got this”, optimism (as evidence, see photo above). An experience that…

Our twin flame burned bright. We’re talking supernova bright. We lit up the world around us — and everyone who came into our orbit — as we joy bombed our way through a life we lived on 11. We were going to infinity and beyond, baby! …

How is your heart on this day that we celebrate love? Are you feeling love or lack? For many, Valentine’s Day can challenge our mental wellness, bringing loneliness and depression rather than chocolate, roses, and candlelit dinners for two. February 14th can feel like a day we celebrate one kind…

What’s your relationship to the voices in your head? Is your inner voice one of encouragement like a best friend or trusted advisor? Or is it a bully who torments and belittles you, making you feel less than? Or maybe it’s squirrel or monkey-like in nature, a source of constant…

What’s on your heart as this new year dawns? I hope 2022 — or, as I’m currently calling it, 2020.2 …

In his New York Times op-ed, There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing, psychologist Adam Grant makes the case that on our pandemic odyssey we’ve moved from acute anguishing to long-haul languishing. Languishing, “the neglected middle child of mental health, can dull your motivation and focus…

It was happening again. The now all too familiar loss of equilibrium. A disturbance in the force that lifts me from my grounded center like a tornado repossessing a house from its foundations in a dizzying, disorienting spiral. Intense emotions start to transform my inner landscape, turning a grounded calm…

Last fall, I participated in an amazing online journey called Transformational Teaching Online. TTO is a beautiful exploration of the power and practice of presencing. It models how to hold transformational space online and is led by two now dear friends, Natasha and Lorenz Sell, creators of a platform for…