Love Letters and Mixtapes

“If the only tool you have in your emotional toolkit is a hammer, then everything in your life will look like a nail.”

Explore the depths of emotional sobriety and learn practical tools to navigate life's challenges and opportunities with serenity, empathy, and resilience. From professional endeavors to personal relationships, discover how emotional sobriety can transform our approach to conflict, self-awareness, and compassion...

This week, I spoke with Dylan Hundley, an artist, mother, punk, and lover. Dylan is the lead singer of the New York post-punk/new wave band Lulu Lewis. We discuss mental health, including addiction, PTSD, and panic disorder, the importance of creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued, the transformative power of extending a compassionate hand to others (and ourselves), and the liberating (and sometimes profoundly ch...

Is wellness an extra treat we allow ourselves when we think we deserve it, or is it sustainable, transformative, and nourishing? Does our healing journey have to be aesthetic and social media-friendly to be impactful? I spoke with Sabrina Rollo of @VigorAndSage (https://www.instagram.com/vigorandsage) about how so many of the lessons we learn through holistic practices have clear applications in our everyday lives, including bounda...

I decided to share more about my recent journey of navigating life on life’s terms, including medical emergencies, relationships, fears, and judgments, while contemplating the power of showing up with willingness and compassion. Let’s explore our struggles with societal expectations of how and when we choose to do this, the healing power of surrender, and the transformative experience of challenging our habitual judgments. We’ll un...

Is it possible to find self-acceptance and wholeness in relationships, workplaces, and locations where we don’t belong? The relationship is ending, we need to find a new job, and we should have started packing our things and looking for a new home weeks ago. Instead of tenderly connecting with our wholeness, our flaws, or the parts of ourselves we’re insecure about, we lean into perfectionism. We attempt to control outcomes and not...

I am so excited to introduce all of you to Wendi Eckstein, my long-time friend and teacher. We sat down for a beautiful discussion about Reiki, energy work, boundaries, energetic hygiene, and the importance of honoring and cultivating our intuition. We explore what it means to be a deeply sensitive person while living a spiritual life in this human world and how it can be humble, powerful, and completely counterintuitive to the ide...

Let’s explore the phrase, "I am less than the actions I take," and reflect on the profound implications of aligning thoughts with actions. Originating from a talk by Earl Hightower, the phrase serves as a powerful catalyst for introspection, urging listeners to release themselves from the stories all have running on a loop in our minds about who we are and who we could be “if only…” We explore the nuances of self-percepti...

Today, we're exploring the physical, mental, and financial impact of work trauma. Toxic and abusive work environments can be so commonplace in our culture that we feel pressure to accept the unacceptable. They begin to chip away at our self-esteem, negatively impact our health,  and drastically increase both social isolation and our fears of deprivation. So, what can we do when we start noticing the red flags? Do we automatical...

Discover the subtle signs of passive-aggressive communication, from backhanded compliments to weaponized incompetence and deliberate procrastination. Learn how these behaviors negatively impact relationships in families, romantic partnerships, and at work.

Where do these passive-aggressive tendencies originate? What is their intention? And how do they destroy relationships and shift power dynamics?

Join us as we discuss practical ...

Have you ever found yourself on emotional autopilot, going through the motions yet feeling completely out of alignment? You are not alone. For many of us, this disconnection with our authentic selves happens without us even noticing. In this episode, we delve into the discomfort of feeling like a stranger to oneself and the energy mismatches that leave us lost and bewildered in a modern-day wilderness defined by societal expectatio...

I'm sure you've heard the saying, “Time heals all wounds.” But what have we actually experienced in the overlap of time and harm? Have we magically forgiven others and learned valuable lessons, or have resentments festered and habits formed that prevented us from the ability to navigate conflict resolution with honesty, willingness, and integrity?

Let’s unpack the myth of automatic healing, challenging the notion that the m...

So often, discussions around failure focus on our education or our profession. But what happens when we experience real or perceived failure in other areas of our lives, whether that is our relationships, resources, or health?

This episode is a reminder that to fail is to be human and to be human is to be a little uncomfortable at times, yet society often stigmatizes failure as a mark of inadequacy. Failure often leaves emotio...

Generosity can often feel like an expression we reserve for moments when it suits us, or when we are overflowing with abundance, or when it is convenient and makes us look really, really good, and of course, only for those we deem worthy.

But what about generosity as a lens through which we view our place in the world? This goes much deeper than gratitude or kindness; generosity is claiming responsibility for what we can bring to ...

What does it mean to keep our side of the street clean?

In this episode, we will explore the power of owning our actions, energy, words, behavior, and choices, paving the way for positive change in our lives. In a world that encourages us to point fingers or critique instead of create, we’ll take a look at the other options we have: radical responsibility and personal accountability. We’ll discuss the incredible potential that...

I think it’s important to talk about post-traumatic stress disorder with compassion, and that’s exactly what I set out to do with this episode. This is a perfectly imperfect episode that someone who is struggling with PTSD might need to hear. In this episode, we’ll explore what it feels like to be blindsided by PTSD triggers and flare-ups and which emotional tools we can use to navigate the aftermath. 

The truth is, this episo...

Are you the person everyone turns to in a crisis or when they need advice or resources, but you never feel you can ask that of others?

Do people only invite you to things if everyone else is busy?

Are you often the recipient of other people's drama and trauma but not their consistent friendship and support?

Today, we are exploring what it means to be the "filler" person, the overlooked or invisible backup option per...

What happens when the self dissolves and a deeper, more authentic essence emerges?

In this episode, we discuss the journey of self-discovery through loss. Whether shedding the layers of societal expectations, confronting the unknown, or navigating the aftermath of life-altering events, loss of our identity, our "somebody-ness" can shake us to our core, but it also offers us the opportunity to transcend the boundaries of ...