Working on yourself to heal and do better is like taking inventory. You first work with what you already know. Layers like onions, peeling back one at a time in a non attached, curious, patient way. Because when you meet a layer you didn’t know about, you treat it with kindness, investigate it, figure out the best way to unravel, how to set that part free.
Read MoreWe’re sold the message that when we get the right stuff, job, clothes, relationship, we'll be happy. If this were true and stuff held intrinsic happiness, we wouldn't need to keep buying, and producing. Because once you got the thing you’d have happiness forever, you wouldn't need more.
Read MoreDid you know that in most stores every piece of clothing comes shipped to the store in a plastic bag? Each bag gets removed by staff and goes into the garbage, all before the item hits the sales floor. These bags are not usually recyclable.
Read MoreAccepting where you’re at is tender, but that softening brings you back to the moment and into your body. When we want something to be different than it is we miss out on our lives. Wanting uncomfortable feelings to pass, or waiting for a moment in the future, is wishing your life away.
Read MoreChanging how you live doesn’t happen overnight. Often we want quick results, but that’s not how things work… We do our best. And sometimes it will be great, and other times it won’t.
Read MoreRising from a place of destruction, preparing to face things you’d rather not, is like gathering every possible tool for your toolbelt, ready for excavation.
Read MoreSometimes what gets treated as self care is actually just basic needs; food, rest, sleep, water, play, love. When basic needs get set aside for the pursuit of achieving a goal or external mission, break down starts to happen.
Read MoreI always expect healing to be a straight trajectory. But it isn't. Taking two steps forward then one back still means you’re taking steps, even if they’re one at a time or sideways. Although it kind of sucks, deep healing is probably essential if we genuinely want to change, to be better for ourselves, everyone else, and the planet.
Read MoreAnd what if a series of things that feel off track are actually happening to get you on track? But because it’s night, you can't see where you’re going… and then maybe you’ll see that you're late just to arrive.
Read MoreWhen you scroll through Instagram and look at pictures of things in jars you may get the feeling that you're making less waste, but you’re actually just on your phone… The reality is that we can't consume our way out of a situation that is a result of over consumption.
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