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Unencumbering My Old Nonsense

Growth. That was my word for 2017. Even when I didn't want it. Especially when I didn't want it.  This was the year that forced me to face some pretty terrifying demons. I've learned more about myself this year than I have in the past ten. I met (and learned from)...

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People First, Employees Second

"What's goin' on? How are you doing? What are your pain points today?" During my 2.5 years at TrustWorkz, I heard these questions just about every day from James. And I've been thinking about this particular aspect of my job there a lot lately. At the time, I had no...

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Today I am saying “yes” to…

In Jen Pastiloff's retreats and workshops, she has a prompt that asks: What are you saying "yes" to? In our lives, we say no to so much. Fear, anxiety, and depression keep us from saying yes even when we want to, and I am no stranger to saying no because yes is far...

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I will be weightless in my joy.

When I booked Jen Pastiloff's Manifestation retreat for myself, I wasn't entirely sure what to prepare myself for. I'd been to Jen's one-day workshop, and had my heart cracked open in just a few short hours. I knew that I wanted an excuse/reason to visit Italy again...

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And just like that, we bought a house.

We have the keys. To a home that, at times, I thought would never be ours. I'm pretty sure I've had more gray hair appear in the last two months than I've ever had (and this could be in part due to the fact that I'm about to be 33, and 33-year-olds have problems like...

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Manifestation Station

"You are a mighty manifestation machine!" This is what my friend Nadia said to me one time a couple years ago, after we were discussion all that life had brought my way. Until the last few years, I didn't realize how strong of a force believing things into being, or...

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A (Not so) Love Letter

2016, you've been...like an ex-boyfriend that has taught me much about myself but someone I don't ever want to revisit. But like any relationship, it did have some lessons. Since I've been terrible about journaling or keeping any sort of record, here's what I can...

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This Big, Beautiful Rainbow

"Now I'll get to the part that you're really wanting to know, which is, yes, Grayson is on the Autism Spectrum, grouped under the high-functioning area of autism, but he is considered to be on the spectrum." Grayson is on the Autism Spectrum. I think I said that...

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I Hear the Mourning Dove and Think of Him

There's something about the arrival of summer that makes me miss my grandfather, or Grandaddy, as he was affectionately known, like the dickens. Maybe it's the arrival of fresh tomatoes and green beans in the grocery store or the smell that the grass emits when it's...

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