What Are You Unwilling to Feel?
I was listening to a Tim Ferriss podcast the other day with Brené Brown and they were talking about becoming more aware of subconscious habits. Tim mentioned a phrase that he picked up somewhere that…
Category: Personal Growth
Giving Yourself Permission To Be Yourself
I want to talk about the idea of giving ourselves permission to be ourselves. What does that mean? Well, there is a subset of people who rightfully or wrongfully believe that they deserve to struggle….
How to let go of negativity and negative feelings
It can often seem impossible to let go of our negative feelings. Our natural instinct is to push negative feelings away, wishing they weren’t there but in doing so we are actually keeping the negative…
The antidote to shame: self-acceptance
I’ve been struggling with shame for a long time now. I didn’t always know it as shame but I always felt a sense that I needed to hide myself from the world. This feeling lives…
Seeing the humanity in the world
Walking around the streets of the city on a sunny Saturday and seeing the world in a new light. It used to be I was almost entirely focused on myself, my needs, and how I…
The future won’t save you
I’ve been working really hard lately on my personal business, holding onto the idea that I’ll be able to better my life situation by making more money, moving into a bigger place, upgrading my wardrobe,…
What does it mean to validate an emotion?
When we feel uncomfortable emotions, our first instinct is usually to push them away. We don’t want to feel these uncomfortable emotions. But when we avoid feeling our emotions, we keep them stuck because, as…
Working with Suppressed Emotions
When we suppress our emotions, we don’t just push down our negative emotions but also our positive ones. Suppressing our emotions limits our ability to express ourselves fully in life, robbing us of joy, love…
Change Your Energy Through Movement + Breath
How you breathe is how you feel, and how your body moves is a big part of that. You can do all the self-help exercises, hit the gym, and push yourself to the max but…
Energy Needs to Flow
Everything is energy and when energy is stuck or inhibited, nothing flows. Thoughts and feelings can’t flow through and you feel energetically stagnant. That’s what my experience has been, at least. I have felt like…