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Longing for deeper connection
This is a story about my own journey from lonely and disconnected to fulfillment.For much of my early adulthood, I struggled with feeling separate. Even in relationship, I suffered from feeling isolated, lonely, and disconnected. I attracted men who were disinterested...
Stand Up To Your Boss!
This is the story about how I stood up to my abusive boss! Me in my earlier years in the face of an angry boss: “I’m so sorry, Sir, of course you are right, Sir. How clumsy of me. Please accept my apologies. It will never happen again.” Placating, people-pleasing,...
Gratitude – The Key to Prosperity
I used to complain about my life. Constantly! I wore my suffering like a badge, as if I thought there was some grand prize to be awarded for ‘Person Who Has Voiced the Most Suffering’. For a good decade of my adult life I was unconscious of my pattern of complaining....
From self-hate to body love ❤️
I used to hate myself. Especially my body. There was a period of time where I couldn’t leave the house without mascara. I was super uncomfortable in my own skin, afraid to be seen as my authentic self. My mind ran a stream of negative self-talk related to my outer...
Radical Self-Acceptance
“I am so boring. I sound stupid. My vocabulary is too limited. No one wants to hear my words.” That is how I used to speak to and about myself. Let me tell you, that was not fun. This post is about radical self-acceptance and how I got from hating to loving the way I...
Put Yourself First – Free Guided Healing
This is a story of how I learned to put myself first. I hope you will enjoy reading it and that it will inspire you to take action to put yourself first. At the end of this page, I have included a link to a free guided audio self-haling that will assist you in putting...
I was certain that I was going to die.
March 2020. I was having a severe allergic reaction after getting chemically disinfected on a flight back to the states the day before a travel ban went into effect. Dizzy from lack of oxygen, I curled in fear in my daughter’s bed. Wheezing in the tiniest thread...
Success: Late to Yoga and at Peace with Myself
How do you relate to being on time or late? In my earlier life I was chronically late, always rushing from one thing to the next in a swirl of hectic energy. Ugh, not so fun. Creating a new, healthy pattern of behavior in my relationship with time has happened in many...
When you just know better…
It was a typical Saturday morning at yoga class, students packing in like sardines. There I was, weaving between mats after grabbing a block when what I call my ‘teacher’ aspect popped up, making a grab for my inner wheel. The trigger: there were a half-dozen people...
The Broken Angel
My grandson and I were playing in my sunroom when he asked, “Grandma, how did that angel’s wings get broken?” I followed his line of vision to see him staring at a little figurine of two cherubs, one with wings and one without. “I don’t know,” I replied, “they were...