Teachings
Whispers at 3AM: Finding Stillness in a Noisy World
If you’ve been here a while, you may know that 3am has become one of my most sacred times to listen - when the veils thin and Spirit whispers. But something new happened the other night… I awoke and the only sounds I could hear was the creek rushing by and the...
Why Everything Feels Like It’s Ending (or Beginning) Right Now
“The energies are so intense. I can’t focus and my brain is not working very well. I feel like I’m sloughing through mud. I’m so tired and I don’t know why,” a dear friend texted me last week. “Can you shed some light on this?” “Yes!” I replied. 1. You live on...
The Path to Purpose: How Embracing My Story Led to Deeper Fulfillment
There’s a force in me, an ancient calling, that no amount of striving for perfection or trying to please others could ever silence. For years, I lived the life that was expected of me—ticking every box of success, serving, achieving, proving my worth. Until one day,...
From Shadow to Shine: Reclaiming Your Inner Light
This past fall and winter, I travelled to the “underworld” as I slowed down and turned my attention inward. The “underworld” in shamanic mythology is the internal space we visit when we are looking at our unconscious shadow – the parts of ourselves that we would...
How Empaths Can Stay Grounded in Overwhelming Times
Checking in… How are you faring these WTF times? For so many, the ground seems to be shifting under our feet with so many fast changes – whether it’s in our personal lives or out in the larger world in the political arena. Within myself and from my students and...
Permission to Listen to Your Sweet Soft Body
It’s getting very crowded under the deep layers of my covers on my bed. There are extra pillows, a stray hat, an emotional support knitted chicken (it’s a thing – look it up later), my daughter’s stuffed animals along with all the inner parts of myself that have been...
Year-End Ritual with Multi-Year Results
These last few weeks have been disconcerting. My greatest desire has been to spend as much time as possible under as many covers as possible. By 6:30, I’ve often been in bed, hunkering down with books or journals or deep diving into my Year-End Ritual (which I’m about...
Teaching Self-Trust & Listening to Your Intuition
She said No... Why I listened so I could teach my daughter (and myself) self-trust by learning to listen to our intuition. "NO!" mouthed my 10-year-old daughter Téa.She shook her head emphatically at me, eyes wide.(Téa gave me her consent to share this story when I...
What is a shaman? What is shamanism?
I could have easily been voted “least likely to become a shaman” instead of “most likely to succeed” in high school. I was the consummate high achiever, perfectionist, people pleasing good girl who graduated top of my class as the daughter of accountants from...
Forget a Daily Practice or Morning Routine – Try This Instead
"I can't seem to stick to a morning practice," I've had many a friend and client sigh in frustration. I assure them that there is nothing wrong with them - and perhaps reframing how to create a morning practice that they actually want to do and works for them would...
