Spring is peeking through and many of us are arriving with tired bodies and busy minds. Last week we explored rest that fills you up, not just rest that gets you through another day. This week we look at the quiet tug of two inner currents. The part of you that drives, directs, and decides. […]

In August we worked with anger as clean, clarifying energy. This month we’re using that clarity to meet the habits that keep us in survival mode. First up: over‑functioning. Why this matters Over‑functioning is doing for others what they can do for themselves, taking on more than is sustainable, and solving problems at the cost […]

The Fire Between Anger and Love At first glance, anger and love seem like opposites. One is fiery, the other tender. One disrupts, the other soothes. But if we look closer, they live on the same continuum. Both arise when something deeply matters. Both protect what we care about. When we love — people, values, […]

Most of us never learned to express anger in a healthy way. In fact, many of us rarely even witnessed it being done well. What we often did see — or feel in ourselves — was something Karla McLaren calls panger: a volatile blend of panic and anger. Panic fuels survival-mode reactions: hypervigilance, scanning for danger, bracing for impact. Anger, […]

We struggle with the emotion of anger for many reasons. Many of us have suffered at the hands of someone else’s anger, and many of us have hurt others with our own. Either way, anger can feel shameful and taboo. Anger at someone is different from simply feeling anger. Feeling anger is an intimate, internal […]

Most women I work with don’t struggle with anger because they feel too much of it. They struggle because they’ve learned not to feel it at all. Or, more precisely, they’ve learned to evaluate, suppress, dismiss, and rationalise it. Anger becomes something to avoid, not explore. Something shameful. Dangerous. Unbecoming. Especially for women raised to […]

“Success is not about how things look to others. It’s about how they feel to you.” – Brianna Wiest This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on a hard truth: you can be impressive and still feel completely hollow inside. You can do all the right things, hit all the right markers, and still feel […]

Stepping into self-leadership is not about perfection or performance. It is about reclaiming the power you once gave away – to people-pleasing, comparison, second-guessing, waiting for permission, and believing others knew better. It’s not about becoming someone new. It’s about becoming more of who you are, without the edits. Power is not something others hold […]

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker There are moments in life when your spirit whispers, Enough. Not the kind of enough that means defeat. But the kind that signals a return. A reclaiming. A re-rooting in your own body, your voice, your breath, your […]