Chip Conley, the founder of MEA, the Modern Elder Academy, recently shared something from a Jerry Seinfeld interview that I haven’t been able to put down. The idea that the blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with. He traced the word torture back to the Latin torquere, to twist. Not […]
Shame doesn’t always scream; often, it hides in our procrastination, our people-pleasing, or in the way we treat our bodies. It is a silent, heavy shape-shifter that stays in our cells until we find the courage to look it in the eye. Of all the emotions we carry, shame is the most isolating. And for […]
I want to tell you about a recent Tuesday in Turkey. I nearly missed the whole thing. After navigating 4 local bus trips, I walked the wrong way, for 30 minutes on a road going nowhere, and had to make a snap decision that every childhood warning my parents ever gave me was screaming against: […]
We’re sold a version of spirituality that involves white linen, quiet tea, and eternal peace. Maybe a vision board. Perhaps a crystal or two. Or someone serene on a mountaintop who never raises their voice. But for most of us, waking up feels more like a detox. And let’s be honest, detoxes are not pretty. […]
When the Universe wants your attention, it doesn’t always whisper. Sometimes, it uses a crowded dance floor. I’m in a new relationship, and recently, I got triggered. We were dancing when my partner mentioned he probably couldn’t go away for my birthday week because of work. Instantly, I felt a wave of disappointment so sharp […]
Viktor Frankl once wrote: “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is your power to choose your response. And in your response lies your growth and your freedom.” I come back to this quote again and again. Not because it’s neat or comforting, but because it’s true on so many levels. […]
(Not the mask, not the plan, not the polish, just the truth.) It’s not about being the loudest in the room, leading the charge or going first just to prove that you can. Although… I do love going first 😉 But lately, I’ve realised this: It’s not about going first. It’s about being willing to […]
I danced my way into the new year, which was absolutely perfect for me because dancing is my favourite thing to do! Following that, I hosted a fire ceremony for the first full super moon of the year – that uproarious Wolf Moon – with my core tribe around me, and my kids and the […]
An invitation to come home to your own rhythm I’ve been learning so much about myself since having my Australian soul sister, Leisa Porteous-Semple, staying with me. She is a functional medicine gut specialist, and we’ve been besties since the moment we met in 2012. Over the years, we’ve travelled extensively together. She wanted to go […]
Someone recently asked me why I do what I do. It’s a good question to ask yourself in every area of your life. When we know our motivation for why we do something, it takes on a much deeper meaning. When I discovered energy work and the symbolic world of shamanism, everything that had never quite made […]
