Kyen gripped the edge of the Target shopping cart with his little hands like a prisoner clutches the bars of a jail cell. He rocked his body back and forth as if the rocking would bust him out into freedom. At the same time, Maverick crawled underneath the shopping cart and wedged his body into the bottom shelf where I usually place cases of sparkling water. He dragged his feet like a door-stopper, making the …
While delivering my first son, I experienced a 4th-degree tear. I was stitched up and “recovered,” but no longer have full control of what happens down there. I get by keeping an extra pair of underwear in my glove compartment and washing a lot of laundry… Probably TMI, but there’s an important point to this story I want to make: A lot of moms like me have body parts that don’t work or look the …
Earlier this year, I sat down with Andrea Baykir, creator of the Overwhelmed To Empowered Summit to discuss “Uncovering The Root Of Your Overwhelm.” In case you missed the event, here’s the interview where I share: ✅ How to start the transformation process of unpacking negative habits, limiting beliefs, and other issues that drain your energy and lead to overwhelm. ✅ Identifying your defense mechanisms that contribute to your greatest strengths but also create your …
“There is a saying that you are the only one who can control how you feel. How do you master this when you are a reactive person and perhaps someone says something hurtful?” 🤔 Great question!!! I got this as an anonymous question at a workshop I led a couple weeks back and am excited to have the opportunity to answer it for you.🙋♀️ There are ways to turn our programmed reactions into mindful responses. And …
I learned what a poor listener I was in 2009 in the middle of a yoga teacher training. I realized that most of the time when I thought I was listening, I wasn’t actually listening to the person in front of me. Instead, I was crafting my response in my head, thinking about how to make myself sound good, or telling myself how right I was and how wrong they were. Not to mention the …