What frameworks or approaches do you use to make decisions? What do you do when something seems great on paper and doesn't feel right? Learning to listen to our own information, from our body, gut, heart and soul, can be scary and uncomfortable. Ultimately to create lives of expansion, fulfillment, connection and alignment, I believe we need to allow our information to guide us through the dark, one .. step.. at.. a.. time. 

How might you delight someone today by giving them something? How might you allow yourself to receive without trying to control? Thoughts on giving and receiving and some cringe-worthy anecdotes along the way. Be gentle with yourself. 

There are only certain times and places where it is "socially acceptable" to sing, dance, laugh, wiggle, and move. How might you create more space, validation, or ritual for more joy and celebration in your life? How might practicing this transform your life and the lives of those around you?

I encourage you to explore your relationship to your truth and your inner voice, with curiosity, patience and compassion. 

(contains reference to sexual assault) Erin Lee Carr delivers yet another powerful documentary, Britney vs Spears (Netflix). It made me reflect on the long history of women (10,000 years?), queer and BIPOC folks experience of gaslighting, subjugation, invalidation and violence, often justified by being categorized as "crazy," by white cis-gendered men in power, and those who seek their favor.

The real deal about my experience with severe PMS, known as PMDD. Our biochemistry is powerful. Let's learn more about it and find deeper levels of understanding and compassion for ourselves and one another. 

Timeless wisdom from the inimitable dancer/choreographer Martha Graham, via my sister Katie of www.thesolomamaproject.com. 

To practice remaining calm in the midst of change and uncertainty, practice, practice, practice. Boost your confidence by practicing the key sentences you want to say in an important meeting or conversation. Create a contingency plan for what you will do if/when your presentation slides don't work (fill in any mishap you can anticipate). Rehearse the stories you want to share in an interview. Build confidence through preparation. Speak from the heart. Remember to honor the wisdom of your experience. Finally, if you like basketball you may like this:) 

Welcome to the beginning of fall (or spring!). As the seasons change, what change are you experiencing? How might you explore your aspirations? If you are making a decision between two choices, what might be a third option? Create space. Give yourself compassion. We don't know what we are capable of until we know. 

What might it look like to give yourself more self-compassion? You have done your best with the information you had at the time. Let's acknowledge our experience, take responsibility, and give ourself as much understanding and compassion as possible. Of course we need to have boundaries and hold ourselves and each other accountable. Being a human is not easy, let's give ourselves (and each other) as much compassion as possible.