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Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday. And that's saying something because I adore all things Christmas. And I usually have all my ducks in a row for the season well in advance. This year, finding a dog sitter fell through the cracks. It's a little complicated because sweet Bugsy can't be boarded. He was used as a fighting dog before we rescued him from animal control and though he has come a long way, free-willing with lots of other dogs just isn't in his bandwidth. My re

I had half of the post for this week written this morning when things started hopping around here. Nothing serious, and all of my grown children needed some Mom love as I was in and amongst my Monday. I hopped out of a workshop to answer a call from one of them, got things sorted and that was that. My business partner, Shana, was also on the call and messaged me to see if I was okay. My answer; “Yes, I just needed to take care of the child who is now A- okay. And that is

I’ve just spent the most glorious week with my amazing daughter (25) hiking in Highlands NC. We saw all the waterfalls and ended with a blissful, indulgent spa day.It was everything I needed. Time with my girl and nature and fresh air and movement and a great massage! We ate well and just had the most glorious adventures and talks. My cup is full! I am ready for “back to reality” today. Not in an “I’m behind” sort of way, but rather, in an excited to be back doing what I

I have been in a holding pattern. And that’s okay. I’m saying this aloud to myself and offering myself So. Much. Grace. Cuz friends, I have a whole lot of feelings about that holding pattern. Here’s the scoop.I haven’t been writing. Not even in my notebook, my safe space to be messy and not know what I’m saying and do the thing I’m always asking people to do.I have not been doing it. And that has resulted in a sense of paralysis and shame around that paralysis. Because

I attended a workshop last week as a part of my Residency Program with Trudi Lebron centered around the Body of Work. The timing could not have been better.I am a career educator with degrees in History and English. I worked in schools in some capacity for nearly 25 years before I started “officially” coaching and became ICF and Body Mind licensed. I am also a licensed Yoga Instructor. All of this makes sense to me in that it all seems a part of the trajectory of my work

I’ve written a good deal about releasing the outcome. In fact it’s the basis of Your (Aligned) Girl in a Crisis and I hope to release a reading podcast from that book on this very subject soon. AND I was struggling this past weekend to sit in the discomfort that comes with releasing the outcome. It took a lot of scribbling in my notebook to come to the conclusion that this is what had me feeling so very out of sorts. There are a litany of big unknowns around here and I c

Last week I had a book event for Your (Aligned) Girl in a Crisis. As a part of the talk I discussed the “itchy thing” that’s bugging you that indicates a pattern, and that pattern could be a cycle that you want to break.I’ve been leading people in quick bursts of writing to get at “the thing” for 30 years. And in this moment, the only writing spot folks had to hand was their phones. I had not planned to do this or warned anyone, but as I came to the end of what I wanted to

I have been quiet lately. I could hide and say “we took a break for the back half of July.” That’s not untrue, but it’s also not completely true. I’ve been a bit stuck myself. That’s the truth.The stuck-ness was disguised as being “on a break” as well as not being able to decide whether I should be writing a blog post on our website or on Substack. But that’s not the real “stuck”There’s an identifiable pattern of putting all the things for all the people in front of wha