Unrequited love…when love (or a crush) is not mutual 

Today’s topic of dealing with unrequited love is a big pain point for many. If this subject does not apply to you, please consider forwarding this to someone who could benefit from this message. The feeling of loving someone (or really liking them) and not having feeling reciprocated can be absolutely dreadful. Especially if you…

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Is it hard to make time for yourself?

There is just so much to do, right?! Between getting to work, taking care of your family, spending time with friends, getting to the gym, grocery shopping, paying bills, cleaning the house, and email – there is always email. Whew! I’m tired just thinking about all the stuff we all to do. No wonder so…

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Breaking the cycle

This week on the podcast, I coached on a topic I have never coached on air before: breaking the cycle of unconscious parenting. My caller, Cathy, shares about the struggles she has as a mother. She has observed insecurity and aggressive behavior in her daughter and she owns that her parenting may be creating it.…

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Are you afraid of losing a good thing?

Why is it that once we get the thing we really really want we then worry about losing it? We spend all this time longing and wanting and desiring something, then soon after we actually get it we have anxiety about keeping it. How can we enjoy and celebrate all the good in our lives…

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Why you are not getting what you want

Take a moment to digest this: Not getting what you want is actually what you truly want. Read that statement again and let it sink in. Allow me to explain…. We often consciously really really want something and do whatever we can to make it happen however keep finding ourselves without it.  Why? Well because…

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Ladies, this one is for you

If you are a woman, I have something very special to share with you today. And for you men, please forward this email to at least one woman you care about . . . Most women I know (including myself) are pulled in so many directions, with so many responsibilities on our to-do lists demanding…

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When fear-based behaviors are disguised as love

Sometimes we equate love with things that are not love at all. (Tweet This!!) Maybe you have bought into one of these misunderstandings:  If I love someone, I should make sure they are happy. If I love someone, it’s natural—even loving—to worry about them. If I love someone and they are hurting, I should try to…

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A gratitude ritual and affirmations for you

I love the week of Thanksgiving here in the States! Cultivating a consciousness of gratitude is a spiritual practice and MUST for anyone who is committed to living a life of love. Plus, when we are aware of what we do have, we are a lot less inclined to obsess about all the things we…

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How to not take on someone else’s pain

Ever love someone so much it literally hurts to see them suffer and your heart just breaks? Ever feel like you have so much empathy for others, even strangers, that you cannot help but take in their pain? I get it. As a sensitive and empathic person, I feel deeply. So much so that for…

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How to feel happier

During my workout today I was jamming out to my classic rock station on Pandora.  The song “Jet Airliner” came on and the lyric, “You know you got to go through hell before, you get to heaven” really struck me. I have heard the song many times. I even went to a few Steve Miller…

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