What Did You Think Your Life Would Look Like by Now?
It’s incredibly easy to be living a good life and still feel as though you’re failing at it. We compare our lives to the ones we imagined for ourselves and to the lives we think everyone else is living. Somewhere in all that measuring, how much of the sweetness of our own lives do we miss?
What Did We Actually Promise Each Other?
We enter marriage carrying hopes about love, family, stability, and who we’ll become together. But as life changes, it can be worth asking: what did we actually promise each other and what do we need now?
How Do I Care for Someone I Love Without Losing Myself?
Caregiving can hold love, exhaustion, resentment, devotion, grief, and guilt all at once. This piece explores what happens when caring for someone you love begins to cost you pieces of yourself.
When The Mirrors Dim
There comes a moment in a woman’s life when she realizes the room is no longer looking at her the way it once did. No one really prepares her for how disorienting that can be, because no one ever tells her how much of her identity may have been built inside of that looking. She […]
When It Counts
Years ago in yoga therapy school, a teacher told us a story, whether folklore, tradition, or simply a very wise parent’s fantasy, I’ve never been able to verify it, that somewhere in India, families sent adolescents away for a while during the wild hormonal years. At the time, I remember thinking it sounded a little […]
When Is Enough, Enough?
A reflection on Robin Williams, neurological illness, identity, and the difficult question of what happens when being alive no longer feels fully livable.
3 Things To Younger Self
A friend recently asked me what three things I would tell my younger self. At first, I thought she meant health things. Supplements. Hormones. Sunscreen. All the things I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time thinking and talking about these days. Then I realized my answer was much bigger than that. I genuinely […]
I Had Six Minutes
I have spent a good part of my life practicing some form of wellness. Yoga, meditation, breathwork, movement, nutrition. I’ve studied these things, taught them, built businesses around them and watched what they can do in people’s lives. And for much of the past year, I wasn’t doing a lot of them myself. I had […]
Love Coconut Lime Salmon Bowls with Mango Avocado Salsa
(Crispy Coconut Tofu option available) WHY THIS MEAL SUPPORTS THE BODY SO WELL This meal is deeply nourishing while still feeling light, fresh, and energizing. Salmon Salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids which support: Avocado provides healthy fats, potassium, and fiber that help: Mango contains vitamin C and antioxidants that support: These ingredients provide […]
Awareness: Slowing down & listening to yourself
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how easy it is to slowly lose connection with yourself while still appearing completely functional on the outside. Life moves fast. Days fill up. Responsibilities pile onto one another and before long people adapt to a level of stress, stimulation, pressure, and exhaustion that would have once felt […]