For years I thought I had total control over my results in business, and took personal responsibility for success and failure. I worked incredibly hard and my body broke down, the way I was living and working was unsustainable. Over the years I have connected with and cultivated communication with my voice, my intuition, and an awareness of the rhythms of my collaboration and work with others. This information has strongly influenced the ways I make decisions about work and the timing of projects. For example, I created an entire podcast in early 2021 and never released it. It can be painful, scary, and frustrating to let go of control. Sometimes the information I get is that the timing isn't right, or put another way, the timing isn't appropriate. I was reminded of this lesson in a small way this week. The gift is getting into alignment and living and working in a way that is energizing, satisfying, impactful, and in deep alignment with my purpose. Let's listen to our information, and take one step at a time closer to our center. 

When someone cries how do you respond? Let's practice being with / witnessing one another's pain. Feeling isn't failure, it is part of the human experience. When we witness and acknowledge one another's pain we are transformed. We need this now more than ever before. Sending love to you!

Is there a type of relationship you are proud of how you show up? Let's honor and celebrate what we are doing well and how we love and support others well. What can we learn from our strengths? Let's do more of this today. Sending love to you!

For much of my young adult life (I include my 30s!) I had little patience for several adulting categories (cleaning/responsible maintenance etc.). Yesterday I completed a task that I planned for weeks and I was successful and so happy! Let's say hello to the times when we have patience and those times when we don't. How might we give ourselves permission to explore and be curious about the steps towards creating or experiencing something instead of hastily doing it with no preparation (maybe not your style) or shutting down with overwhelm considering the 100 steps it takes to get there? What if this practice is key to gradually aligning our experiences with our deepest values? Bonus: if you always prepare well for everything, pick something with low risk/consequences and be hasty and messy with it! 

What locations/places bring up a lot of emotion/memories in you when you visit them? How do we relate to place? What can we learn about ourselves from these feelings and memories? How do we remain present with so much emotion moving through? 

Sending lots of love to you!

Welcome to the "Here we are today" podcast experiment! In this episode I explain this project, why I am doing it and share my encouragement to you. If you have been here I share some new stories, and if you are new, welcome. Thank you for being here. One step at a time everyone. Sending lots of love to you! (available on Spotify and Apple podcasts)