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Why I dance

Why I dance

My life would not be the same without dance. Dance always brings me back to myself when I am out of my center. When life throws curve balls and I get stuck in limiting beliefs about myself, or am discouraged by whatever is going on, there is a huge before and after in my perspective and sense of possibility when…

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The healing in feeling

The healing in feeling

If your heart is sad or hurting, I am here to tell you there is hope. Right in this very moment, there is an opening becoming available to you for healing, wholeness and happiness- even though right now it may feel far from true. When you are in touch with your pain, you are becoming aware of it. You are…

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When you think your self-care sucks, read this

When you think your self-care sucks, read this

If you are showing up for your life in ways you don’t like, bear in mind the role that stress plays before you become overly harsh and critical with yourself. Too often, we don’t even realize that we are stressed. We become so used to it, we are numb to it. It can feel normal, but it’s not. It’s like…

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Self-Love in Relationships

Self-Love in Relationships

Trust in relationships can fundamentally be the most terrifying thing for a lot of people. The fear being, if you let your guard down, you are more susceptible to being hurt. Some people protect against fear by being anxious or hypervigilant, while others may be nonchalant and noncommittal, or create tension to get a response that feels affirming in some…

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The Vibration of Life

The Vibration of Life

You are intrinsically worthy of love and belonging. Let go of any perception otherwise. Your worth has nothing to do with how you are perceived or how you have been treated. May you feel love in every cell of your being. That is the vibration of life.

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Creative Stagnation and Burnout

Creative Stagnation and Burnout

Burnout isn’t just the cumulative effect of overwork. It can also be the result of creative stagnation – all the ways in which you haven’t been able to express yourself creatively, or the ways you haven’t been able to be fully be yourself. When you don’t let out what is inside, it weighs on you. A lot of times, this…

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Healing Your Inner Child

Healing Your Inner Child

Inner child work is a real thing. It involves discovering parts of us that we had to shut down, cut off from, to survive emotionally at a time when maybe there was too much going on and not enough support. The invitation is to return to that cut-off part, find it, and rescue it. Let it know- it is safe…

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Burnout and Self-Care

Burnout and Self-Care

We live in a culture that rewards quantity over quality, urgency over thoughtfulness, productivity over rest. As a result, we learn to ignore our needs and become blunted to receiving the signals of the body that are trying to let us know when we need to stop, eat, rest, recover, and restore. It’s not normal to be “on” all the…

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Wholeness and Wellness Includes All of You

Wholeness and Wellness Includes All of You

Being the best, most actualized version of yourself doesn’t mean that you don’t struggle with anxiety or depression, or that you never have negative, critical thoughts about yourself running in your mind. It means that you learn to slow down and tend to those hurt parts when they come up. Too often, people think they can’t ever really be happy,…

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