letters encouraging you to release perfectionism, embrace your humanness, and live more intuitively
Practicing self-compassion feels fake, awkward, uncomfortable? Read this.
It’s no secret that you’re a multidimensional human. It would be impossible to put you into a single box, describe you in a single word, or expect you to be the same forever. Heck, it would be impossible to expect you to be the same every hour for a single day! I want you to…
three things I’ve practiced daily the past decade
If you’ve read Letting Go of Leo or heard me share my story on a podcast over the years, then you know that my honeymoon was a really significant moment for me in my relationship with myself. It was my rock-bottom-break-down-to-break-through moment that set me on a trajectory of healing my relationship with me. Not only would I not…
I’m still not sure how to answer this question!
Have you ever felt like a book was talking to you? You can’t technically hear it saying words but somehow you have a feeling it’s calling you to open it up and give it a read? Our house is an old craftsman style home. The upstairs is this cozy little nook with slanted ceilings and…
My neck… my back…
Ten years ago, I didn’t have social media. But do you know what I did have? BLOGS. I had A deep love affair with blogs. Each morning, after a quick check of my work email to make sure there were no emergent fires to be extinguished, it was blog time. One of the blogs I…
Remember when Leo DiCaprio was my boyfriend?
I’ve been talking a lot with clients recently about the tender moments of the intuitive eating journey. There are many! If you’re in a tender moment right now, I want to share one of the stories (“Taking Up Space”) from Letting Go of Leo: How I Broke Up with Perfection with you today. Make sure you read…
hawks, corn, horses… oh my!
We just took a lovely little Labor Day roadtrip to Saugatuck, MI to be with friends and celebrate Osh’s fifth birthday. Anyone who knows me well knows that I while I love travel (exploring new places or visiting old favorites), I do not love transportation. I passed this not love of transportation onto my kids. LUCKY THEM! Being in…
how to navigate changes to routine with ease
If you’re in a season of life like I am, then you’re navigate some changes in routine. Whether the changes are elective (like a new movement practice) or essential (like the start of the school year), I’ve got some simple questions you can ask yourself to help you navigate the transitions with a bit more…
a simple word that can change your life
Whatever it is that you’re going through, the person who you’re becoming, the growth that you’re experiencing, the healing that’s happening right now… I know there will be moments that feel hard, tricky, scary, or uncomfortable. How do I know? Because you’re a human and that’s all a natural part of the human experience. We…
What I’m thinking about your body when you take my barre class…
In coaching, I talk with clients a lot about how our thoughts create > our feelings and our feelings > impact our actions. That means that when I’m teaching an UNMEASURED barre class, my thoughts about bodies > impact how I feel about bodies (mine, yours, all of ours) which > informs how I act while teaching a class. In…
Is “intuitive drinking” a thing?
This past weekend, I got a DM from someone who was curious with how drinking alcohol fits in with this whole intuitive eating journey. We’ve talked about this in HELD (my coaching community) this summer and I think it’s an important part of the intuitive eating conversation! With everything I encourage you to do, I hope you’ll…