In today's episode, I'm sharing what happened when I heard a wildly successful comedian say something so honest about his early days that it made me think differently about the runway we give ourselves for the things that matter to us.

Anne Lamott writes in Bird by Bird that not one of the great writers we love sits down feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident, that none of them write elegant first drafts, and that all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.

Today's episode is about the clumsy early stretch of becoming, what it actually takes to find your flow, and the permission to give yourself the runway when nobody else will.

Question to carry into your day: Where in your life do you need to give yourself the runway?

So much of what we call failure with food and our bodies is actually impatience with our own becoming. If you're tired of the loop of starting over every Monday and you're ready to finally give yourself the runway, the Stop Starting Over System was built for you. Book a discovery call and let's talk. https://link.allyone.io/widget/bookings/mc-discoverycall

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In today's episode, I'm sharing something I scrolled past while bracing for a return to social media that completely shifted the way I'm holding criticism going forward.

Marianne Williamson writes in A Return to Love that nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.

Today's episode is about criticism, where it actually comes from, and the small shift that takes almost all of its power away.

Question to carry into your day: What are you refusing to begin until you're certain you understand it?

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In today's episode, I'm sharing the decision I had to make before a trip I'm about to take that surprised me with how much it revealed about how I approach the things that matter most.

Richard Rohr writes that when we can stand in mystery, not knowing and not needing to know and being dazzled by such freedom, we are beginning to stand in divine freedom.

Today's episode is about the urge to study our way into the things we care about, the difference between preparation and control, and the radical freedom of walking in not knowing.

Today's episode is about why replenishment might look nothing like what you expect.

Question to carry into your day: What are you refusing to begin until you're certain you understand it?

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In today's episode, I'm sharing what happened the day I accidentally left my phone at home and discovered something about my own nervous system that I genuinely didn't see coming.

Pico Iyer writes in The Art of Stillness that not many years ago it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury, but nowadays it's often freedom from information, the chance to sit still, that feels like the ultimate prize.

Today's episode is about the things we're certain we can't live without, the difference between true need and pure habit, and what shows up on the rare occasion we accidentally find out we can.

Question to carry into your day: What are you certain you can't live without that you've never actually tried living without?

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If the thing you can't seem to put down is the cycle of dieting and starting over with food and your body, that's exactly what I help people with.

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My best friend was having surgery, and I'd quietly decided I had to be there every second of it.

So when a once-in-a-lifetime concert landed right in the middle of that week, I said no before I'd even finished hearing the offer, and I wore that no like a badge. Then on a walk a few days later it hit me. I had never actually asked her what she needed. I'd just decided.

This one's about the quiet sacrifices we make for the people we love, the ones nobody ever asked us for, and the single honest question that sets everybody free.

Question to carry into your day: What are you giving up for someone right now that you've never actually asked them about?

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In today's episode I'm sharing something I am still learning — knowing when to fold.

I have a condition called mast cell activation syndrome, and a while back I pushed through to a hard exercise class on a day my body was clearly telling me not to. And I suffered for it.

Audre Lorde wrote in A Burst of Light that living with cancer forced her to consciously jettison the myth of omnipresence — the belief that she could do anything.

Today's episode is about honoring your real limits, the complicated relationship between body and movement in recovery, and why folding when you need to fold is not weakness. It is wisdom.

Question to carry into your day: What is your body telling you right now that you have been overriding — and what would it look like to actually listen?

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In today's episode I'm sharing something one of my retreat participants did after our retreat that I think is one of the most quietly radical things I have heard in a long time.

She found herself in New York City with almost no phone battery, turned it off, and spent the day following her own curiosity — the Jefferson Building, Rockefeller Center, Broadway — with no map and no agenda. She left tired and came back revitalized.

The artist date is not about rest. It is about exposure — exposing your soul to new experiences, new beauty, new wonder.

Today's episode is about why replenishment might look nothing like what you expect.

Question to carry into your day: What would your version of the artist date look like — and when could you give yourself one this week?

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In today's episode I'm talking about something I've been slowly noticing and am finally ready to say out loud.

Before Covid I was in the world every day. Covid moved everything online and something unexpected and good came with it. But now some time has passed and I miss the rooms.

The 3D version of people. Real heart and soul in the same space.

David Whyte writes in Consolations that the ultimate touchstone of friendship is witness — the privilege of having been seen by someone and of seeing them.

Today's episode is a love letter to in-person connection and a prayer for more of it.

Question to carry into your day: What kind of nourishment have you been getting less of than you need — and what would it look like to start asking for more of it?

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In today's episode I'm sharing a ritual my friend Betsy introduced me to — you write thirteen wishes, burn twelve, keep the one that survives. Mine said physical health. And what I discovered is that showing up for my body has required something I didn't expect: actually prioritizing myself.

Bell Hooks writes in All About Love that one of the best guides to being self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others — and that we should not expect to receive the love from someone else we do not give ourselves.

Today's episode is about tending to your body as an act of love.

Question to carry into your day: What is one way you have been withholding care from your own body — and what would it mean to give yourself that love today?

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In today's episode I'm sharing something that started as a genuine annoyance — major nighttime construction outside my home, 9pm to 6am — and turned into one of my favorite spiritual practices.

The ancient Buddhist practice of metta — lovingkindness — offers four simple phrases: may you be safe, may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you live with ease.

Today's episode is about what happens when you turn your attention outward instead of staying inside your own frustration — and how sending love to strangers might be one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself.

Question to carry into your day: What is one situation in your life right now that is frustrating you — and what might shift if you sent love to the people involved instead of staying inside your own irritation?

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