Divinity Speaks

This short essay came to me in 2018 while on a break from dating. More accurately, this came during a time of deep dedication to falling in love with my own soul. This kind of time can be fraught with deep plunges into the dark waters of unprocessed grief and fear, as well as the experiences of love and clarity that occur in the moments of remembering and reuniting with our connection to it all.

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Stir the Dirt: Choose Your Path

The lack of judgment we are promised when we take a life path society prescribes for us is like crack to a perfectionist. Yet, the joy and aliveness of my present moment - fully walking in a life based in my truth, fully embodying my own stride, is far greater reward than the stupor from the high I get avoiding any judgement people outside of my life have about my life.

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My Relationship Assumptions

My relationship assumptions. If we know and relate, you might want to know what I assume about you.

1. You are not responsible for my well-being. That's ALL mine.

2. You express yourself with as much freedom as you allow yourself and your self-expression is dynamic, following the pace you grow and change, which could be moment-to-moment, day-to-day, or lifetime-to–lifetime. ...
 

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The Leadership Crucible

Leadership. It’s become a catch-all phrase in the last decade for college courses, business development workshops and consulting programs, but the ambiguity runs rampant. Part of the misconception is the assumption that leaders should fit a visible mold. Many times, it's looks like "one who leads the charge"- loud, opinionated, and outwardly decisive. When in actuality, true leadership comes in as many different forms as there are people.

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Break through or break down?

Break through or break down? It can be hard to tell at times.

Many times I hear and see common themes arise in my clients' lives, regardless of geography, age, gender or current coaching topic.

This past week, I held space for a seemingly increased amount of heightened emotional states as these individuals courageously moved deeper and deeper into the terrain of who they are becoming. With their emotional lives ...

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On My Knees: A Perspective Shift

Often times it is the lowest points of my life that bring the greatest treasures. When I am brought to my knees by defeat, I assume the perfect position to eventually give thanks and praise to the very conditions that brought me there. 

It was deciding to end a 20-year partnership that both turned me upside down and inside out with lessons I could never have predicted. These surprises were the perfect portal to the path of my liberation. 

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