09-02-2026 “You are the one person you bring into every experience of your life.” Hey friends 🩵 Do You Actually Know Yourself? I've been thinking about two very simple words lately: Know thyself. It's an ancient idea, but I believe it may be one of the most important things we can ever learn to do. Because you are the one person you bring into every part of your life. Every relationship. Every conversation. Every conflict. Every job. Every parenting moment. Every friendship. Every...
8 days ago • 3 min read
09-02-2026 “Sometimes the next right step isn’t doing more. It’s deciding what matters now.” Hey friends 🩵 This week has been a lot. Not bad. Not catastrophic. Just…a lot. I’m looking for housing. I’m looking for more stable work. I’m applying for positions, talking to recruiters, finishing up a long pet sit, working with clients, producing a podcast, writing this newsletter, creating daily videos, and trying to keep several projects moving that matter deeply to me. And somewhere in the...
15 days ago • 2 min read
09-02-2026 "When everything suddenly feels wrong, check your nervous system before you check your life." Hey friends 🩵 Have you ever noticed how quickly one difficult experience can seem to contaminate everything? Maybe you have an argument with someone you love. You receive disappointing news. Something scares you. Someone says something that hits an old wound. Or maybe life simply overwhelms you. And suddenly, your brain has a list. Your relationship isn't working. You're behind...
22 days ago • 3 min read
09-02-2026 "Sometimes the most uncomfortable seasons of life aren't asking you to become someone new. They're asking you to stop pretending to be someone you're not." Hey friends 🩵 Have you noticed a shift lately? I have. Not just recently, but for years. In fact, I made a video about it back in 2024, that went viral, because so many people were also feeling it. At the time, I couldn't fully explain it. I just knew that the life I had been taught to pursue no longer felt real or inviting, and...
29 days ago • 2 min read
09-02-2026 "Healing isn't always dramatic. Sometimes it's simply noticing that something no longer has the power it used to." Hey friends 🩵 This week, a client sent me a text that I haven't stopped thinking about. For a couple of months, we've been working together on recognizing old patterns, learning to regulate her nervous system, and responding differently in relationships that have historically left her feeling anxious, frustrated, and emotionally drained. One of those relationships is...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
09-02-2026 "Healing isn't measured by how little you're triggered. It's measured by how quickly you become aware." Hey friends 🩵 For a long time, I thought healing happened in the quiet moments. Reading another book Listening to another podcast Going to therapy Journaling Meditating Now, don't get me wrong. Those things absolutely matter! They help us understand ourselves and our patterns. But I've come to understand through experience that these things aren't where the healing actually...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
09-02-2026 "Children don't just read books. They are constantly reading the emotional environment they're growing up in." Hey friends 🩵 This week I attended a conference in Boston where one of the speakers shared some heartbreaking statistics about childhood literacy. Long-form reading is declining. Screens are consuming more of children's attention. Educators are seeing reading scores fall. IQ's are declining And every bit of that matters. As I sat there listening, I realized everyone in the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
09-02-2026 "People aren't broken. They're patterned." Hey friends 🤍 Have you ever stopped and wondered why you react the way you do? Why certain things bother you while other people seem completely unaffected? Why you keep finding yourself in similar relationships, similar conflicts, similar frustrations, or similar emotional experiences? Why some habits feel almost automatic? Why some fears feel bigger than they should? Why certain situations can make you feel ten years old again? For most...
2 months ago • 2 min read
09-02-2026 "Layers. Onions have layers, Ogres have layers." — Shrek Hey friends 🤍 This week marks Newsletter #100 🎊 I actually sat staring at a blank screen for a while wondering what to write about. One hundred newsletters feels significant. Not because of the number itself, but because of everything that's happened while writing them. Then a thought hit me. The woman who wrote Newsletter #1 isn't here anymore. I don't mean that in some dramatic way. I'm still me. I still love personal...
3 months ago • 1 min read