Since my surgery, I’ve been sleeping in my living room because my regular sleeping space is up a flight of stairs. A mattress on a futon frame, specifically. It’s worked well under the circumstances, but it is crowded, makes my cats all out-of-sorts, and it just isn’t conducive with great sleep. Over the weekend, a

Limiting beliefs
When Mother’s Day Triggers Pain…
I shared some of my personal experience with estrangement from my mother, my mother wound, and triggers associated with Mother’s Day Instead of posting it here, I am going to link to the article published on Medium so you can choose whether or not you read it. I hope you choose to read it at
Recovery = Rest & Responding to my Body…and a little clarity helps
I’ve been silently MIA for about a week since my surgery and the truth is that I planned it this way because I knew I would need time to rest, recover, repair, and just BE. But honestly, I’m feeling impatient with my recovery…I want to do different things than I am able to do now. I
Improving Self-Love and Self-Relationship #1: Defining Terms
This is the first post in a series dedicated to helping you navigate your relationship with yourself in order to better identify and care for your needs, as well as discover what limiting beliefs, fears/emotions, rules, or conditioning are affecting your ability to love and accept yourself. This series will define what self-love really means,
Love Song Self-Evaluation Activity
Here’s a fun activity…have you ever considered what the songs that resonate deeply with you can tell you about yourself? Well, let’s dive into that thought experiment together, shall we? Okay, I’ll go first… One of my favorite love songs is Sarah McLachlan’s “Do What You Have to Do” I actually have about a gazillion
PAIN, PATTERNS, and HONORING MY NEEDS during this FULL MOON
I am heading to the mountains this weekend to unplug, spend time with family and friends, and connect with nature this weekend. This is my preferred method of riding this full lunar tide of energy. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends for weeks since starting a new college semester, preparing a new Empath