I got sick last week. Thankfully, it wasn’t COVID, just a head and chest cold that knocked me on my butt for 5 days. Suddenly, I found myself ensconced in the corner of my couch, and I remembered. I remembered all of the days I spent in the exact same spot in the...

I used to think I wasn’t a very judgmental person. You see, I got a brutal lesson in the real human cost of judgment when I was a teenager. This experience had a deep and profound impact on my willingness to declare myself the arbiter of someone else’s life. And yet,...

I had a 1:1 coaching session with a 6 Steps student last week, and do you want to know the most powerful guidance that came out of that session? Say “Thank You.” To yourself. Sounds odd, right?! For those of us who have come to realize that our lifetime of...

If you aren’t feeling (or running from) hard emotions right now, you might be living under a rock. For real. This shit is hard. So overwhelming. So heart-wrenching. So ______________ (insert your adjective(s) here). If you have been a listener or subscriber for a...

If you listened to the latest episode of the podcast you heard me tell a story about the warning sign that I ignored for too long. While I was operating at deficit, I noticed something else that made me feel a little sad and a little worried. You see, spring has...

In this stage of my journey, I have more good days than bad. In fact, I can gratefully say that my "bad days" are few and far between now. But I remember when every day felt heavy and hard even as my nervous system buzzed--stuck in fight, flight or freeze. Sometimes I...