Highly Sensitive Relationships: How to Connect Deeply
What do you think is most important in highly sensitive relationships? I often hear people say that things like communication, honesty, and respect are the most important. While these are certainly important pillars of any relationship, none of them are possible without one key ingredient. And this one ingredient happens to be of...
How to Let Go of Shame and Bring Healing Your Heart
This post was republished with permission from www.tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here: "How to Move Past the Fear of Judgment and Break the Silence of Shame". “If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.” ~Brené Brown Every time I think I’ve unloaded most...
A Gratitude for Grief Meditation to Transform Your Loss
Can I share something personal with you? My grandma passed away over the weekend. I've lost two grandmas and my stepmom this year. Having lost my mom, stepdad, and grandpa in the last decade, sometimes it feels like the people I love are constantly dying. I've found a way of reframing my perception of "constant loss" that helps me to...
Are INFPs Ambitious? How Ambition Shows Up for Us
Can INFPs be ambitious? Have you ever questioned your ambition as an INFP? If you’re anything like me, you may have once thought you were ambitious only to later question whether you have any ambition at all. Maybe you wonder if you ought to be more ambitious. People with INFP personalities have ways of seeing and relating to the world that may...
Mindful Camino Lesson #4: You must prepare for spontaneity
“You must plan to be spontaneous.” - David Hockney A couple years ago, I attended a workshop taught by James Boag, who teaches applied yoga philosophy. He mentioned the above quote and it’s been with me ever since. Yet, I began to understand it at a deeper level while walking on the Camino de Santiago. I’ll explain what I learned on...
Mindful Camino Lesson #3: Stop Hiding Your Scars
Scars. We all have scars and we all hide them. Today I’ll share with you one of my biggest insecurities, as well as some steps to embrace your scars. I confess that my insecurity is rather superficial. As deep as some of my thinking may be, at times I get down on myself in a petty way. We have visible and invisible scars that leave imprints on...
Mindful Camino Lesson #2: Pain is a Teacher
Today I’d like to share a few ways I see pain as one of my greatest teachers. If you’re human, you’ve experienced pain… many kinds of pain. Loss of a loved one. A broken bone. A break-up. Discrimination. Chronic illness. Bullying. An absent parent. Sensitive people can be particularly affected by pain. We’re more susceptible to...
Mindful Camino Lesson #1: Lighten Your Load
Last week, I returned from hiking the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain, but I never made it to Santiago. Over the next few days, I’ll share with you what happened along with some Mindful Camino Lessons I learned along the way that just might resonate with you. But let me first explain the Camino de Santiago and my purpose for...
Feeling Anxious? How to Cognitively Reframe Anxiety
This post was republished with permission from www.tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here: "3 Empowering Ways to Reframe Anxiety: Work With It, Not Against It". “If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life—and only then will I...
How to Deal with Difficult Conversations and Feelings
The following article was originally written and published in 2017 under the title "How to Deal with Difficult Conversations and Feelings After Charlottesville" following a white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, VA. The recommendations are still relevant for how to deal with difficult conversations across current contexts. The...