Why are you doing such a number on yourself regarding your age? AreĀ youā¦ Obsessing over every new wrinkle on your face? Telling yourself that you’re falling apart? Berating yourself because you feel ābehindā in life? Envious of women younger than you? Justifying your behavior as a “senior moment”? ( I...
I may sound like a boomer…
My kids roll their eyes and say I sound like a total boomer – and maybe I do. But here’s the thing: when it comes to being healthy and feeling alive, most of the ānewā advice out there is really justā¦ getting back to the basics. The way we humans...
You Are EVOLVING!
You are not the same person you were yesterday. And you are definitely not the same person you were 20 years ago. It’s so easy to feel like you’re not growing and making progress unless years have passed and/or there’s a big win to reflect on what you’ve learned and...
Less Grind…Deeper Alignment
I recently got back from a wonderful and challenging 2-week vacation in Greece. The wonderful part is obvious, but challenging? Yes. Because Iām on a healing journey and it required me to do less, to relax and just BE. We typically go on hiking vacations that are jam packed with...
How well do you know your own story?
I just finished reading the book The Tell by Amy Griffin and was riveted by her courage to know and understand her own story and the self-compassion she cultivated to heal. Her memoir is an important reminder that we all only know parts of our story because our brains do...
Being Happier – 10 Things I’ve Learned this Past Decade
After coaching hundreds of people through their challenges and transitions, I’ve come to realize (and truly internalize) that your happiness doesn’t depend on that thing or person āout thereā. Your happiness is your job alone. And it’s an inside job. Since my early days studying Positive Psychology, I’ve navigated the...
The Duality of Life
As I write this, the stock market is tumbling, LA is reeling from devastation and weāre experiencing more political change and uncertainty than we can easily wrap our heads around. Much of the heaviness is visible but some ā¼ our own personal battles ā¼ are invisible, hidden beneath brave faces...
What Did You Learn About Yourself Last Year?
Happy 2025! Before you commit to your resolutions and the list of goals that you are currently all fired up about, I have an importantĀ question for you to considerā¦ What did you learn about yourself last year? Or, in other words, who did you need to BE to accomplish or...
Loving What Is
It’s that time of year when we’re celebrating LOVE… While we’re busy celebrating the love we have for the people in our lives and (hopefully) the love we have for ourselves, there is a 3rd type of love that is often forgotten… LOVING WHAT IS. We’re often so busy doing,...
I Suck (and joyfully so)
It’s been a long time since I sucked at something. I’m not saying this to brag because the truth is, it’s been ages since I tried something totally and uncomfortably new… just for fun. And this something is art because I’ve considered myself to be “not artistic” since the tree...