Safe and Trusting: A Grounding Prayer
I wrote this grounding prayer to help you come back home to yourself in moments of doubt, confusion, and anxiety. I hope it helps you
Tag: spirituality
2018 Year in Review
Hi gorgeous readers, I meant to post a round-up of my 2018 sometime in December. An end of the year blog post… at the end
Bring Your Dreams to Life Training Series – Video 2
Welcome back to my three-part training series on bringing our creative dreams to life! Today we’re talking about how to move through self doubt and
Own Your Talents
The things that come naturally to you, the traits and talents that flow out of you so effortlessly… those are yours to do. You are
I Trust This Day (A Prayer To Start Your Morning)
Dear God/Spirit/Universe/Higher Power/Life, I trust this day. I trust this space where I am standing, and I know that I’m exactly where I need to
Back to Our Roots
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” ~ Edgar Degas My very first blog post was the best
Hover in the Hesitation
Since my last blog post, I moved away from Illinois (where I have spent my entire life), and I’m writing this post from the couch of my
When Fear Goes Into Hiding
Lately I feel like I’m up-leveling, on the cusp of everything, gaping wide-eyed at my life as it finally starts to resemble the life I
Darkness, Moths, and Flinging Ourselves Towards the Light
When I was 14, I had a dream about a moth. In my dream I chase the moth around a white room with a fly
Peacocks, Holy Gratitude, and Almost Getting Hit by a Bus
I often say “You know what — I could get hit by a bus tomorrow,” as a way of portraying the immediacy of acting on
Don’t Put On The Brakes
So you’ve hit a moment in your life when everything is falling into place. You landed the boyfriend, the job, the apartment, the publicity opportunity
Being the Light in the Cold Messy Darkness
“Travel Light, Live Light, Spread Light, Be The Light.” – Yogi Bhajan Sometimes spirituality is easy. The Law of Attraction works. We pray for
Chile Peppers, Trust, and Cutting Through: On Writing my First Book
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to
Fierceness and Bite: Honoring the Details of Our Lives
“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this
Holy and Messy: Letting Your Life Purpose Find You
“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life
Swimming, Surrendering, and Shining: Lessons After Two Years of Blogging
“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment
4 Truths That Every College Graduate Needs to Hear
Graduation season brightens my heart. When I walk into bookstores and see Oh The Places You’ll Go prominently displayed, I remember the excitement and hope
Don’t Think: When Writer’s Block Meets Self Doubt
I have dozens of half-written blog posts that linger on my computer, posts on beautiful topics like post-graduation devastation, the insecurities that emerge in our
How to Daydream
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Unfocus your
Creative Respiration: Mining Your Life for Writing Content
“Write What You Know” seems like the most repeated writing advice out there. It can also come off as the most confusing and the most
Unleashing Happiness
“We do not need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.” — Madeleine L’Engle