What if I fail? What if no one likes me? What if I didn’t do that right? What ifs are so often the mind spinning into every negative catastrophe it can think of. What if… you switched that? I like to play with “what if upping.” What if… I could do what I love? What …
You know how it is when your pen is running out of ink? It skips over the page, and you can see the indent but not the ink. You shake it, and it lasts a bit longer. You press hard with effort, annoyed and maybe wishing you’d brought a back-up pen with you before you …
Do you feel nervous about trying new events? I want to acknowledge this because it is completely understandable to be nervous to write around other people. I’ve been here too. Writing can be so vulnerable and brings up different things for different people. Maybe you watch others’ pens moving and wonder if what you’ve written …
When I start working with clients, I have them define their terms. What might be obvious to them isn’t so obvious until we talk about it. Take the word “play.” What is the first thing that comes to mind? For someone, play might be a kid playing hopscotch. For another, it might be silly jokes. …
Play could seem like the furthest thing possible. Unappealing, even. With so much going on. Things need to get done now. When your mind is obsessing, you may not imagine finding joy. When your body is aching, it might be hard to feel free. I invite you to start with an exhale. Maybe an extra …
The fear of being alone is such a thing. Sometimes it’s clearer to know the story of how you are in relationship with someone or something else. A parent, daughter, friend, partner, school, work. The roles and responsibilities are clear. You can be who they need you to be. You can do what needs to …
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When I was younger, communication did not always come easily to me. I found it difficult to know what to say, judged whether what I said was “right” or not, and went over conversations in my head for hours afterwards, trying to figure out what went wrong. Even when I spent time around people who …
I started working with the moon as a life guide about 6 years ago. I was seeking something meaningful to remind me of magic, aliveness, and my purpose. While I knew goal setting to be a valuable tool for growth, it felt too linear and rigid. I had a hard time thinking far into the …
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In a dream last night, a friend showed me a video where orcas lunged at seals on ice floes as if toying with them before eating them. She handed me a list she’d written of why orcas are cruel-hearted. “They’re killer whales, after all,” she scoffed. “Well, it depends on the context,” I told her. …
Are you ever motivated to create in order to receive someone’s attention? Their full attention. So that when you show them something you’ve created, they look at you with pride and SEE you. In this loving gaze, you know they understand and know you on a deep level. They appreciate you because they’ve witnessed your …