I used to think “living one day at a time” meant glowing serenity. But lately it looks more like noticing my cranky, overtired self and walking her home before she has a meltdown. This show explores the messy, human side of being present in the moment.

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Living With Uncertainty

Resilience or What

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Creating art has been shown to support healing. It has been shown to reduce loneliness, anxiety and mood disorders.  Art and beauty have also been correlated with reduced need for pain medication an reduced recovery times.  We all have access to this powerful and fun way to grow and heal.

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What Have I Mythed? Stories for Reflection

Art and Healing Foundation

The Art of Healing

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In this episode, I share how unexpected gestures of kindness have touched me more deeply than I ever imagined. From potatoes harvested to simple words of encouragement, these acts have softened old walls around my heart. Together we’ll explore how the heart opens—not by force, but by tending the conditions of worthiness, courage, and compassion.

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Kindness in Action

How to Open the Heart by Jeff Foster

Taking a Stand for Kindness

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Life with uncertainty can feel like riding a seesaw with a 1000-pound gorilla—hope one moment, despair the next. In this episode, I share how “widening the lens” through simple practices like breathing, noticing beauty, or reaching for connection helps us find a space of grace.

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Living in Uncertainty

Should Shower

Resilience or What?

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Resilience isn’t about being tough — it’s about living the “both/and.”
When life brings hard news, can we let sorrow and joy share the same moment? In this episode, I reflect on how we adapt, what keeps us present, and why resilience might mean, as Joseph Campbell said, “joyfully participating in the sorrows of the world.”

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Living in Uncertainty

The Should Shower

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The Should Shower 💦
Ever find yourself standing under a downpour of “shoulds”?
I should be doing more.
I should be feeling more.
I should be… well, different than I am.

In this week’s episode, I share what it’s been like navigating my husband’s health crisis while my inner critic offers constant commentary — and how I’m learning to step out of the should shower long enough to find what’s actually true for me.

We talk about:
🌧 The tug-of-war between productivity and permission
🌧 Why outside advice can sometimes drown out our inner knowing
🌧 One simple question that can help you cut through the noise
🌧 How grace can wash away the shoulds

If you’ve ever felt like you can’t get it “right” no matter what you do, this one’s for you.

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Living in Uncertainty

Identifying the Inner Critic

Disengaging from the Inner Critic

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Life has a way of reminding us that uncertainty is the only thing we can count on. This week’s show is raw and real — no tidy answers, no “5 easy steps” — just what it’s like to live through sudden change and not know what’s next.

As Pema Chödrön writes:

“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”

If you’re navigating your own uncertain world, I hope you’ll find a little companionship here.

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Conversations about race and other uncomfortable subjects require us to do our own work, to build capacity in ourselves to listen to learn.

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The Mindtrap of Rightness Podcast

Resmaa Menakem Interview

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It was a retreat I will never forget. It was a precious time of connection and growth.  It reminded me of a core truth, we are all “Walking around shining like the sun.”

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Grounded Presence

Healing the Inner Divide

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I recently came across a photo of myself as a Brownie—standing straight in my uniform, with this tight little smile on my face. I wasn’t carefree or joyful. I was trying hard to get it right.

Even back then, I had already learned how to shape myself to be acceptable—to be “good.”
Good as in quiet, helpful, not too much. I became a chameleon, tuning into what others needed and editing myself to fit the part. And for a long time, that worked. Until it didn’t.

In this episode, I reflect on how those early survival strategies—being the pleaser, the fixer, the peacekeeper—can leave us feeling disconnected from our truest selves.
But it’s not about shame or blame. It’s about noticing. And softening.
And beginning to choose something different.

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Grounded Presence

Acceptance

Tuning In V Changing the Channel

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