I spent about the first 15 years of my adult life wearing my exhaustion like a badge of honor (as shame researcher and storyteller Brené Brown says). Without any regard for time, space or personal limits of energy, I said yes to just about every appealing invitation...
Several weeks ago when I checked in with the folx in my online community to ask them how they are – for real – I started to get slightly different responses. I’d heard them name exhaustion, anxiety and stress many times before. But this time, they also started to use...
I want to take intentional time away from screens. I know it would be good for me. I find myself scrolling too much. I even do it before bed and as I wake up in the morning. It’s got me a little strung out, to be honest. Tiffany Shlain’s book, 24/6: Giving Up Screens...
A fantastic group assembled for my Summer Solstice Restorative Yoga Celebration last week. And we continued that remarkable energy in our last session of the Liberation Series during the Wednesday yoga class. I'm seriously still doing a happy dance!...
Perfection is not a thing. I’ve said this so many times to people I coach, train and support. But I’ve had to say it even more times to myself. My impulse to show up with my sh*t all together, not a hint of vulnerability, is strong. (For those of you who know the...
“The Great Awkward.” I stopped and clicked quickly on this title while scanning through researcher and storyteller Brené Brown’s “Dare to Lead” podcast list the other day. She and her sister Barrett Guillen, who work together, shared raw and honest reflections on...
Presence. That’s the word that emerged when Sharon Salzberg, the well-known Buddhist meditation teacher and author, invited us to reflect on dharma. The Buddhist concept, which can be understood in a wide variety of ways, can mean that which sustains us or what we can...
You are worthy of rest. As I started to think about the long holiday weekend, it occurred to me that we tend to fill these days with one activity after another. Particularly since many of us spent a couple of years refraining from in-person social activities due...
I sometimes hear the question indirectly through another student. I sometimes see the furrowed brow and perplexed look when I suggest a two-hour restorative yoga class to someone I’m meeting at a party. I can even imagine you making this confused expression or eyes...
My instinct always is to rush to judgment. I love pondering what someone else’s ulterior motives might be, making up an entire backstory as if I’m going to play that person in the TV adaptation of their life. I shut down and believe that they can never change or won’t...
The other day, I put my car key fob in a sweatshirt pocket and washed it with the laundry. Fortunately, the fob still worked after I dried it out and put in a new battery. The next day, I went to the grocery store only to discover that I left my wallet at home. The...
This question came to me in a flash of revelation when I was reading about grind and hustle culture for a podcast conversation last week. I joined Noni Banks, one of my favorite entrepreneurs, on The Diva Movement’s Hustle and Grow Podcast to talk about grind culture....
Packing and preparing to get out of the apartment was a slow, arduous process. I used to be a lean, mean, packing machine. But for this work trip, my first in two years, I put my suitcase out three days before I had to leave because I wasn’t sure how long it would...
I went to my delightful massage therapist earlier this week. She asked what she should focus on, and I complained about my lower back – not typically a problem for me. I explained that a few weeks earlier I felt like the usual tightness in my outer hips had reached up...
I’m nervous about my next yoga series. That’s a good thing. I just started a yoga series for the Christian season of Lent that explores Christian prayer practices, yoga movement (asana) and breath (pranayama), and some of the teachings of yoga (yamas/niyamas). It’s a...