One of my favorite exercises that I share with Boot Camp clients is called a List of Loves. It’s as simple as it sounds–it’s a long list of things that you love. A “List of Loves” is powerful because Paying attention to things that you love feels good. It can remind you that life is [...]

Did you know that the leaves of a lemon tree make a yummy herbal tea? This weekend I went to an herbal medicine class taught by Darren Huckle. The best part about the class was Darren’s attitude. His enthusiasm about plants and the earth and taking care of our bodies is contagious. He is so [...]

How often to you feel worn out, anxious, on edge or sick? Did you know that any of these emotional and physical sensations are your body’s way of telling you something’s up? How do you typically handle your body’s messages? Do you: a) ignore the messenger by pushing it down with chocolate, chips, caffeine, alcohol [...]

I had an epiphany a while ago. I realized that many of my motivations for doing things were based on fear. Fear of losing something, fear that I wasn’t good enough, fear I didn’t have enough time, or that I wasn’t strong enough, efficient enough, smart enough, pretty enough, young enough, and the list goes [...]

I don’t know about you, but I grew up with a strong voice in my head warning me that if I had too much fun or did too many things that brought me joy that meant I was SELFISH. After all, there are billions of people that I should be giving support and love and [...]

Each year as Valentine’s Day approaches I think about the concept of love. Not necessarily the Hallmark version, but my own version. Where being in love is more than a romantic relationship–it’s a state of being. What I’m getting at–is fall in love with yourself. Everything else will fall into place. Here’s my experience and [...]

A dear friend of mine shared some good news. Her relationship–the one that had been on the rocks for a while-had completely transformed. “What happened?” I asked. “I stopped telling myself the same story about it.” “What do you mean?” She explained that each time “the narrator” (her term for the voice inside her head) [...]

I learned an important lesson a few years ago. I was living with someone I cared very deeply for. However, I was in a rut and always down on myself. I treated him badly. I treated myself even worse. My inner critic was relentless. After struggling for quite some time I decided to move out [...]