Uncomfortable Shoes to Fill Have you heard of abundance blocks before? It’s the idea that ridiculously simple but hidden thoughts can quietly hold us back from what we say we want. As strange as it sounds, shoes were an abundance block for me. The epiphany hit me in therapy last week—naturally, but not because my […]
Finding a Shoe that Fits – The Tender Fear of Becoming Someone You’re Not Read More »
Here and There It feels as if this is all of life: That we rush out to “there,” rather than being “here,” because somehow we are afraid of losing what is “here” if we’re not focused on “there.” Yet when we focus on “there,” we have already lost “here.” At the beginning of this year, I did a rune reading
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It’s Mother’s Day 2025, and the social media posts I appreciate most are the ones that acknowledge how complex this day can be for those who have mothers, are mothers, wanted to be mothers, never wanted to be mothers, or lost their mothers. In other words… everyone I know. I have a mother I cherished,
Rewriting the Motherhood Memo: What I Gave My Children When I Finally Chose Myself Read More »
We’ve all been taught that you are supposed to put your needs before your wants. Eat your vegetables before dessert. Save your money instead of splurging on something frivolous. Finish your homework before indulging in mindless entertainment. The message is clear: discipline first, enjoyment later. While this is a sensible approach to life, I think
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What a 39-Year-Old Mother of 5 Taught Me About Conviction On the week of my 39th birthday I was ruminating about being almost 40 when I came across the jarring story of a woman who was 39 years old when she was tragically murdered by the Klu Klux Klan in 1965. Viola Liuzzo had
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I Knew, But I Stayed—Until I Reached My Breaking Point: I have come to realize that the hardest part of the huge changes I made in my life was never the change itself or even the messy aftermath. The time I spent wallowing in indecision and self-doubt, the metaphorical darkness before the dawn, was far
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A story of hypervigilance: From the moment we’re born, we begin attuning to the nuances of our caregivers—their body language, attentions, and subtle shifts in energy. This is how we learn to navigate the world and find our place in it. Even before we can form words, our developing brains are hard at work, experimenting