Align and Shine!

People get behind your mission, not your marketing. People don’t want to consume information. They want to connect with experience. They want to connect with YOU. When marketing your business, remind yourself of your mission, your “why.” Speak from this place to connect and serve not to seek consumption and sales. A business is relationships. Real ones. When you are real and authentic, so is your business. The world needs who YOU are. Your light. Your gifts. Your voice. Focus ...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been one of those people who tries to do everything myself. Either I don’t want to burden someone else, don’t want to “wait” for someone else (hello impatience!), want to be sure it’s done the way I want (umm, control freak anyone?), or am trying to save money (which usually ends up costing me more). We all have our own unique strengths, gifts and talents- our “Zone of Genius” as stated by Gay Hendricks ...

I was recently inspired to make some updates on my website. I LOVE to be creative. I initially dove in with a sense of joy and play. And then, the play turned into thinking, trying to “figure it out.” One page. Five pages. This design. That design. This info. That info. My head began to spin. Notice the “head” spin. I was no longer connected to my body, my own wisdom and personal truth- I was up in my head trying to figure it and “get it right.” Then, I ...

*Language Alert* Have you ever felt “I really want to____ but I better not because _____.”Why the fuck not?? Because it’s not the norm?Because that’s not how it’s ‘supposed’ to be done?Because, what will people think?Because, who do you think you are?Because, what if it doesn’t work?Because what if you’re not enough?BUT what if…It’s your new norm.It’s the way you’re supposed to do it.It will show people a new way to ...

“It doesn’t have to be perfect to make an impact.” I was talking with one of my fellow BodyMind coaches a little while back, and these are the words she said in our conversation. I immediately felt their power and told her I was quoting her! How many times do we hesitate, striving for “perfection?” I know I am guilty of this. It’s not ready yet. Just needs a few more things. Tear it apart, start over… But truly, perfection doesn’t get achieved, ...

Have you ever felt the pissy-ness of the people pleaser? I have. I actually wrote this last year, but it can definitely creep back up. Now that I recognize it and have the tools, it doesn’t take over like it used to. As I try to be all the things I feel I need to be to keep everyone happy and safe, I feel the pissed-off-ness of myself rising. I pause…. and realize in this state of be-ing: “a pissed off people pleaser,” NO ONE is being pleased. Whatever I give or do is ...

This self quarantine we’re all going through offered me an opportunity for continued growth tonight. As I went to reach for my ukulele to practice, and clear and calm my mind with it’s meditative focus, my husband was keeping busy with household projects. As my body and soul felt strongly that this is what I needed in this moment, my mind went to ‘I should be doing something busy too. What should I do? What should I accomplish?’ However, that is actually how picking up ...

Seasons of Change: A Reflection of Life My computer has been ‘acting up,’ so today I worked on clearing some things off it to a hard drive in case it crashes, and I came across this writing I did in November, still waiting on my computer to be shared (like many of others). May it inspire you, as it once again did me. —– This morning I felt called to my now seasonably cold pond-side studio to meditate. Surrounded by my shells from my previous expression, and words from my ...

I look in the mirrorand I see a young girlbehind the lines, spots, scars and poresShe is patient, but tiringfor she knows this brief hourisn’t infiniteWhen will we? she askstake on those big dreams?When will we? she asksshare our full light?When will we? she asksbe all we came here to be?She patiently longs to be free againAnd in that reflectionwhere young reunites with oldI see meBefore question and have to be’sI see light, love and wonderPeace, play and vitalityI gaze into the ...

I took my baby shoes out of storage and placed them on my desk. Why you ask?? 1. Why do we store things? No one else will want my baby shoes for a keepsake. And if they did, it would be to place them in another box. They are something I cherish. But easily forget when they’re tucked away. So why let things sit in boxes collecting dust? 2. I love my baby shoes! They remind me of the sweet, innocent child who was pure love and believed in all things good. Having these shoes on my desk ...