This Week in Life

This week, we’re continuing the boundary conversation by exploring the deeper fears that often keep us stuck—like the fear of rejection, criticism, abandonment, and emotional discomfort. If you’ve been avoiding a boundary you know you need to set, this episode will help you understand why and what to do about it. I’ll walk you through a few powerful reflection prompts and share two practical tools to support yourself in moving forward in your boundary journey with confidence.

Download the free Inner Child Invitation and Guided Visualization to help regulate your emotions and gently prepare for (or recover from) hard conversations.

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We’ve all had a boundary we knew we needed to set—but instead of honoring it, we avoided, resisted, and even lied to ourselves about it.

This week, I’m talking about overdue boundaries—the ones your body and intuition have been trying to get your attention about, even if your mind is still bargaining.

In this episode we explore:

• What procrastination and avoidance might be revealing
• How the body speaks when you’ve ignored your truth
• Questions to help you name your own overdue boundaries

This episode is an invitation to stop convincing yourself out of your truth—and start honoring it.

What if you didn’t have to wait until you felt better in your body to treat it with love?

In this episode, I’m exploring what it means to nourish and nurture your body right where you are—not after the healing, not once you’ve “fixed” something, but now. We talk about practicing body respect in real life, offering yourself compassion when it’s hard, and learning to stay connected to yourself even when you feel disconnected from your body.

This is an invitation to tune in, take a breath, and remember that you are worthy of care right now.

Mentioned in this episode: The Wisdom of Your Body by Dr. Hillary McBride

This week in life, I am simply surviving. And maybe you are too.

We don’t talk enough about these seasons—the ones where you’re just trying to make it through the day, where your best looks different than it used to, where pushing forward isn’t the answer. But what if survival mode isn’t failure? What if it’s a season that calls for more self-compassion, not more shame?

In this episode, I share: 

• The importance of honoring your internal seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter
• Why slowing down or doing less doesn’t mean you’re falling behind
• How to meet yourself with kindness instead of judgment in survival mode
• Simple ways to access self-compassion when life feels overwhelming

If you’re in a hard season, this episode is for you. You don’t have to earn your worth through doing. You are enough—right here, as you are.

This week in life… someone very dear to me passed away. Grief has been a profound teacher in my life, and this week, I’ve been reflecting on how we share it—or don’t—with those around us.

In this episode, I explore the importance of inviting our community into our grief, even when it feels vulnerable or unfamiliar. I share my personal experience of navigating loss, the inner conflict of reaching out, and why I believe grief is meant to be held in connection rather than isolation.

Together, we’ll explore:

·  Why grief should be witnessed, not hidden

·  How to name what you need in times of loss

·  The power of remembrance rituals and shared experiences

If you’ve ever struggled with allowing others into your grief, this episode is for you. Let’s talk about what it means to be held in sorrow and why healing happens in community.

This Week in Life, we’re diving deep into the journey of surrender—the kind that takes us beyond just saying “I accept this” and into truly embodying that acceptance. In a world where control feels like power, surrender can feel like the opposite, yet it’s often the only path to peace when life throws us challenges we can’t change.

Using personal stories from my own journey, I explore the reality of embodying surrender and letting go of control, even when every part of us resists. Together, we’ll walk through steps to soften into moments that feel hard, cultivating a practice that opens us to deeper acceptance and release.

In this episode, we'll cover:

• Redefining surrender as an active state, not passive resignation

• How to recognize physical tension and soften into surrender, allowing the body to guide us in letting go

• Practical steps for accepting hard truths, without overthinking or interpreting them

• Allowing emotional release as part of surrender—making space for grief, fear or any feelings that arise

I invite you to join me as we open to this practice of surrender together. If you’d like extra support, there’s a guided visualization linked below to help you embody surrender in real-time.

Sending you lots of love as you navigate the art of letting go—one step at a time.

Resource mentioned in the episode:

Dowload the guided visualization here

This Week in Life, we’re exploring one of the most complex emotions: shame.

It’s a feeling many of us live with unknowingly, shaping our behaviors, relationships, and sense of self. But what if shame could be understood differently—as a sign of an innocent desire to be loved?

In this episode, I share my personal journey of uncovering and confronting toxic shame, particularly during the challenges of pregnancy and postpartum. Together, we’ll discuss:

• How shame manifests in the body, mind, and behaviors.

• The role shame plays in our nervous system’s fight/flight/freeze responses.

• How to cultivate self-compassion as a powerful antidote to shame.

This conversation is an invitation to approach your shame with kindness and curiosity rather than judgment. Whether shame shows up as self-criticism, defensiveness, or people-pleasing, this episode offers tools to gently shine a light on it and move toward healing.

You are not broken—you are human. And your desire to be loved is a beautiful part of who you are.

Listen now and start your journey toward self-compassion and acceptance.

Resource mentioned in the episode:

To support you in meeting shame with compassion, download the guided visualization linked below. This practice offers a nurturing approach to connecting with and unburdening the parts of you that carry shame. 

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This Week in Life, I’m reflecting on the feeling of being lost during times of transition and change. Inspired by the work of Francis Weller, I explore what it means to navigate the liminal space between who we once were and who we are becoming. As I share my own experiences of chosen and forced initiations—like becoming a mother and coping with loss—I invite you to consider the emotional complexity that comes with these pivotal moments.

In this episode, we’ll delve into:

• The concept of initiation and the significance of the in-between space as we undergo transformation.

• How we can choose to “ripen” in these moments, allowing our pain and grief to become sources of wisdom rather than obstacles.

• The challenges of navigating multiple identities, especially during significant life changes, and how to honor the grief that accompanies our growth.

• Practical strategies for embracing feelings of being lost and cultivating compassion within ourselves during these difficult times.

I share a personal story about my journey through motherhood and the raw emotions that surfaced, reminding us that it’s okay to feel lost and to allow ourselves to grieve what we have left behind. This episode encourages you to pause, breathe, and acknowledge your own feelings of uncertainty, inviting you to surrender to the process of transformation.

Join me in this exploration of the sacred in-between as we discover how to create space for our emotions, learn from our experiences, and step forward into our evolving selves with love and grace.

As always, I’m sending you so much love during this initiatory season of life, and I invite you to take it one step at a time.

Grief isn’t always about death or major loss—it can also arise in the quiet, unspoken spaces between our expectations and reality. This Week in Life, I’m opening the door to this subtle, often unacknowledged form of grief.

I’m sharing my personal experience with the grief I’ve encountered during my pregnancy and postpartum journey, while exploring Francis Weller’s 4th Gate of Grief: What We Expected and Did Not Receive.

In this episode, we’ll uncover how grief often lives under feelings of anger, frustration, and resentment, waiting to be seen and felt. Together, we’ll explore how to:

• Recognize grief that doesn’t always "make sense" but is very real.
• Hold space for unmet expectations with tenderness and compassion.
• Use curious questions and body awareness to give grief permission to be released. 

Grief has wisdom to offer us, teaching us about our depths, resilience, and capacity for love. Join me as we honor this universal experience and explore the deep healing that can come from naming and feeling the grief we carry.

Tune in now to begin this compassionate journey. As Carl Jung beautifully reminds us: “Embrace your grief, for there your soul will grow.”

Resources Mentioned in the episode:

• Francis Weller’s The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

• Guided visualization for sitting with grief found here

This Week in Life, we’re shifting our focus from “fixing” to fully accepting ourselves, including the parts we’d rather ignore. In a world that pressures us to improve and overcome, I challenge the idea that self-improvement means rejecting the parts of ourselves we find uncomfortable or dysfunctional.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

• Why many of our “problematic” parts, like anger or anxiety, developed as protective measures

• The concept of welcoming every part of ourselves, especially those that feel hard to love

• Practical steps to create a compassionate dialogue with your inner self without the goal of erasing or “fixing” it

• How true healing can emerge when we stop forcing change and start embracing who we are

If you’re ready to find a different kind of growth—one rooted in self-love rather than self-improvement—join me. Let’s embark on a journey of gentle curiosity and acceptance, creating space for real connection with all aspects of who we are.

Resource mentioned in the episode:

To support you in meeting your parts with compassion, download the guided visualization linked below. This practice offers a nurturing approach to connecting with yourself, exactly as you are.

Click here for the download!