Stuck in a Control Loop. Recently I found myself stuck in struggling with world events I have no ability to change or influence. I felt my anxiety escalating, and right when I put my hand to my heart to calm my nervous system, a book title popped Keep Reading
The Inner Harmony Monster
I had a dream a few years ago. It went like this... In a woodland clearing was a temple, round, concrete, and sterile looking. Within the structure was an immense creature which looked like an alabaster curl bug with long tentacles and short Keep Reading
The Spirit of Sadness
I love Transpersonal Psychology, a field which captured my heart over a decade ago. Transpersonal psychology validated my existence at a time in my life when more rigid forms of Western psychology defined me as broken. The focus of my Master's Keep Reading
How Earth Day & Spirit are connected.
The purpose of coaching is to guide you to reach for your dreams, no matter how big or small. As a coach, I do this by listening to the dreams of my clients, mirroring their strengths, guiding them deeper into the depths of their psyche, while Keep Reading
Anxiety As Our Ally
A transformative dream... I once had a dream that changed my life. I never saw myself or my perceptions of the world the same, after it. It seemed to be a message from my own spirit; a lesson on the dishonesty and inaccuracies of fear. It started as Keep Reading
Intrinsic Motivation
In the science of human behavior, reward systems are often explored. There have been countless studies done on the effects of extrinsic (external) vs. intrinsic (internal) motivation. It's widely understood that intrinsic motivation, (doing something Keep Reading
6 Traits of Positive Psychology
Seeing things differently. Positive Psychology sees things a little bit differently. Its foundation lies in the study of finding those aspects of self which, when fostered, lead to increased feelings of well being and inner peace. For example, Keep Reading
Hidden Room Dreams
I've always had a cherished relationship with my dreams. I've never passed dreams off as the meaningless result of something I ate before I went to bed, or some remnant of a movie watched recently. My dreams to me are pathways into my own soul. To Keep Reading
Spider Medicine
Spider Medicine can be terrifying. When Aaron and I first moved to New Mexico from Minnesota, we pulled up to our new home having no idea what to expect. I had rented it months earlier from intuition alone, not able to see the inside due to massive Keep Reading
Content Vs. Process
I just finished a great book called Life’s Wake Up Call: The Content to Process Shift by Michael Vandermark. Content vs. Process shifting is about evolving your communication from what you said, to how you said it. We’ve all experienced the Keep Reading