Betrayals- A Sacred Contract? Love me or hate me are both in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind. ~Shakespeare Just the word 'betrayal'... we all know the ... Read More
Trusting The Big Clean-Ups
I have a dear friend, the kind with whom I talk about the really big stuff. We have known each other since we were 18 and so have been through countless life events together. So many moments of beauty and joy and wonder. And ... Read More
What’s harder- Changing a belief or a behavior?
Something I know about making personal changes...It's so much easier to change our way of thinking, believing, acting, reacting and such when we are not in the thick of it. When something is triggering the hell out of us, ... Read More
Playing Possum and Making Ourselves “Wrong”
This is the second part of a two-part essay on trusting your guidance, and why we so often don't. Why trusting our intuitive knowing can make us uncomfortable and how that may cost us. You can read part 1 here. Why do we ... Read More
You Know What You Know- Intuition as Survival
Lately I have been thinking about our intuitive knowing, not as a mystical "gift" or special talent, as some people may think of it, but simply as a survival instinct. Every animal species has intuition, although with animals ... Read More
Who Are You Now? When Everything Changes..
I get a lot of emails from women.. some I know, many I don't. And now more than ever, as I think all of us are aware, people are going through big changes. Unexpected changes, huge losses, major changes in circumstance. The ... Read More
The Weight You Carry – The Heaviness of Humiliation
When I work with women struggling with food addiction, weight, binge-eating, overeating or anything to do with body image, there are a lot of things I look for. What they are or are not eating is not the first thing on my ... Read More
Picking Yourself Up Again.. 5 Things That Help
When you find yourself in cycles of loss, endings, things that take your breath away from the shock of them, the magnitude, and the impact.. how do you find your way back onto the path? How do you pick yourself up ... Read More
My Favorite Quote This Week; What Nutrition Can Never Do
It always amazes me how our bodies react when they hear an incontrovertible truth. I heard one of the most powerful statements ever last Sunday. And yes, it came out of Caroline Myss' mouth. She was in Boston doing a day long ... Read More
Your Intuitive Body vs. The Saboteur Archetype
Oh the little battles we wage within... the daily conflicts that can sweep in and disrupt the best of intentions. I love and believe in daily ritualized self-care, I practice it and preach it ad nauseum. And yet there are ... Read More