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A Baby Bird, a Hard Choice, and a Lesson in Trust
How Muscle Testing Helped Me Trust My Intuition (and Save a Baby Bird) Sometimes, doing nothing feels harder than doing something, especially when...
Did You Really Celebrate Freedom?
Are You Really Free? Reflections Beyond the Fireworks 🎆 Yesterday in the United States of America, fireworks lit up the sky to celebrate Freedom — a...
Reconnect with Your Childhood Dreams
Reignite Your Childhood Dreams Through Your Core Values When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? What were your childhood...
Panic Attack Relief
What My Worst Panic Attack Taught Me About Healing and Holding Space Ever since I was in middle school, panic attacks were a regular occurrence for...
From Painkillers to Peace: My Daily Practice
How a Spinal Injury Taught Me the Power of a Daily Practice Picture this: It's Friday night, and I'm playing lacrosse for fun after my college D1...
When Your Plan Blows up and Fear Takes Over
How Facing My Biggest Fear on a Mountain Hike Helped Me Reclaim My Power Seven months ago, I broke my arm in a freak accident out on a hike with my...
Replace Your Numbing with This!
rHow I Used the Emotion Code to Stop Emotional Numbing and Start Healing Back in college and into my early 30s, I drank a lot. At first, it felt...
I was poisoning myself until I discovered meditation
How Slowing Down Helped Me Heal My eyes were completely swollen shut. And no level of testing or specialty doctor could figure out what was...
From Triggered to Transformed: My Healing Journey
How Releasing Trapped Emotions Transformed My Mental Health Ever since I had a back injury in my 20s, where the doctors told me I had the spine of a...
Your Mental Health Matters (Now More Than Ever)
How to Improve Your Mental Health: Real Talk, Daily Tools, and Support for High Achievers 🧘♀️ Let’s Talk About Mental Health (For Real) May is...
What Embracing Change Really Looks Like
How to Embrace Life Changes with Peace, Resilience, and Core Values A couple of years ago, I sat in a conference room listening to a speaker say...
10-Year Overnight Success for my Retirement Dream
Living My Retirement Dream 25 Years Early: How Following My Heart Led Me to the Mountains When people learn that I’m living my retirement dream 25...
Why I’m Leaving the City to Follow My Heart
Why Following Your Heart (Not Your Head) Leads to a More Aligned and Fulfilling Life When I first began my journey into consciousness and...
Life Update: One-way Ticket Out West!
From City Life to Ranch Living: How I Made My Dream of Moving to the Mountains a Reality For the past 10 years, I’ve held a very clear vision. To...
From Shadow to Light: My Journey Through the Storm
The Shadow Within: How to Find Peace During Emotional Storms The wind whistles and screams as a storm sweeps in. Thunder rolls and grumbles, echoing...
Overwhelmed? Build Your Silver Linings Playbook Now
How to Find Silver Linings in Uncertain Times: A 7-Step Resilience Playbook In a time when every day can feel like an unpredictable plot twist, it’s...
The Weight of Water: A World Water Day Reflection
What Carrying 9 Tons of Spring Water Taught Me About True Hydration and Wellness We pull up to the freshwater spring just as the rain stops. A...
Why High Achievers Can’t Sleep—And What To Do About It
Why High Achievers Struggle with Sleep (And How to Finally Get Restful Nights) Sleep is supposed to be restorative, a sacred pause between one day...
Lessons from my Best Friend
Life Lessons from My Beloved Cat: Wisdom, Love, and Laughter from 16 Years with Fluffy This past week I lost my best friend—our 19 year old cat Mr....
3 Core Values on the Rise in 2025 (And What They Mean for You)
Top 3 Rising Core Values in 2025: Why Kindness, Responsibility, and Empathy Are on the Rise Our core values are shifting in 2025. As we approach the...
Setting Boundaries in Relationships Creates Deeper Connection
The Lesson That Changed Everything It was Valentine’s Day morning, and everything started like it usually did. MaryBeth and I had just finished our...
How to be an Island of Peace in a Sea of Chaos
How to Stay Calm in a Chaotic World: 3 Powerful Steps to Shift Your Energy Let’s be honest: stress levels are at an all-time high. The news is...
Relationship Boundaries: How They Strengthen Our Love
How Setting Boundaries with Love Strengthened My 20-Year Relationship One of the biggest things that has strengthened my relationship with MaryBeth...
My Shocking Snake Medicine Experience
Year of the Snake: Shedding Fear, Embracing Growth, and Transforming Through Serpent Energy The 🌑Lunar New Year just ushered in the Year of the...
Stop Letting Negativity Drive Your Motivation
From Proving Others Wrong to Living in Alignment: How Intrinsic Motivation Leads to True Success I heard a college coach say his team was motivated...
2024 Year In Review
How I Turned My Worst Year Into My Best Year by Aligning with My Core Values If 2023 was the worst year of my life, then 2024 was hands down the...
How to Release Tension in Body
How I Healed My Body, Mind, and Spirit to Overcome Chronic Pain and Regain Freedom In my late 20s, my doctor told me I’d likely end up in a...
Top Shows, Movies, and Books of 2024 You Can’t Miss
Best of 2024: Must-Watch Shows, Movies, and Books That Inspire and Align with Your Values I don’t know about you, but we can’t resist diving into...
End-of-year Burnout: How to Recharge Your Energy
How to Overcome End-of-Year Burnout by Aligning with Your Values I used to think end-of-year burnout was just part of the deal. There’s so much to...
Recycled Holidays: Re-gifting goodness
How to Create a Meaningful and Sustainable Holiday Tradition with Recycled Gifts The holiday season. It’s magical, yes. And also filled with endless...
How to Connect with Nature in Winter
10 Practical Ways to Connect with Nature in Winter for Stress Relief and Well-Being We recently had a practical question in our Community of...
Holiday Burnout: 5 Boundaries for a Peaceful Holiday
5 Essential Boundaries to Prevent Holiday Burnout and Reclaim Your Peace Every year, without fail, I’d get sick as soon as the holidays rolled...
How to Stop Judging People: A Holiday Mindset Shift
How to Recognize and Release Holiday Judgment for Greater Peace and Connection When you left your Thanksgiving or family celebration, did the car...
Thanksgiving Questions for Deeper Connection
10 Meaningful Questions to Transform Your Turkey Day Conversations While the idea of Thanksgiving is about connection and gratitude, we all know it...
How to Get Out of a Victim Mindset
How to Break Free from the Victim Mindset and Reclaim Your Inner Power Have you ever found yourself feeling like life is just happening to you? One...
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