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In a world where we are always trying to put our best self forward, it can be really hard to show up for others and practice our own self-love when we are having a tough day or going through a tough period of time. In this solo episode, I talk about: how to keep showing up for yourself and your community even when you aren’t your best self the power of being vulnerable how to see the wisdom of hard times why it’s important to let the world see all of who you are how to embrac

New year. New lessons. New growth. As with every turning of the season, the new year also brings in an opportunity to reflect and course-correct. While it’s tempting to feel the need to start off the New Year with a whiz and a bang, it just might be wiser to follow the nudge that it’s time to rest and recuperate and take your time figuring out what this coming year has in store for you. To help us reflect and ease into this year, I’m bringing back Artist Nichole Rae to share

The coming of Spring is refreshing and exciting, but it can also be muddy and messy, and honestly a little bit overwhelming. In this candid, unscripted episode I share with you: how to get unstuck this time of year how to melt and flow and evolve with the nature around us how to break the habits of what no longer is serving us from Winter how to get clear on the purpose of this season so we have something grounding us as we move into the usual seasonal decluttering and cleans

How would your life be different if you had a healthier relationship with money? What if you were more intentional about what you brought into your life? As we all recover, especially financially, from the holidays, now is the perfect time to do a bit of healing around money and our habits moving forward. So to kick off a brand new season of the podcast, I have Cait Flanders, bestselling author of the book The Year of Less, with me to talk about her refreshing take on being m

This week’s episode is short and sweet and all about how to recover from holiday celebrations and prepare yourself for the festivities to come. Listen to my top tips for recovering physically and emotionally from all of the hubbub and get insights on how to refuel yourself for the fun and/or not-so-fun gatherings to come. Listen and subscribe! Soundcloud // iTunes // Spotify // Stitcher Show Notes: Donate to the Buy a Brick campaign with The Minimalists HERE. Ep. 10: Top 5 Ho

Travel is commonly viewed as an escape, a luxury, and sometimes even a burden. But to me, traveling is a vital part of being a part of the human race. Motivated by my recent travels to Peru, the topic of travel is fresh in my mind. And it’s a topic I’m very passionate about if you can’t already tell. Maybe you feel the same way, but to help you think about travel a little bit differently or perhaps give you some permission to listen to your own wanderlust whisperings, I’ve co

“Self-care is your gateway to deep healing. These practices are your true lifesavers.” Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! To begin this new season and new “seasonal vibe” of the podcast, I figured it would make sense to revisit this whole self-care thing and get on the same page. Take a listen to hear why I’m kind of annoyed with the term self-care these days and how we reclaim its true meaning, the importance of prioritizing and personalizing your practices, and all y

There is a lot of talk out there about self-love and living your best life, but it is rare to meet someone who has walked the walk and can really teach and inspire you to love yourself from a deep and authentic resource within. It is my pleasure to bring you Danielle LaPorte, a multiple best-selling author, a highly acclaimed spiritual teacher and speaker, a poet, a mother, and an all-around incredible human being, here on the podcast. Take a listen as Danielle shares her tru

My personal self-care journey began shortly after I was diagnosed with depression in my teens. And my path to heal and maintain that part of myself is the substance the powers what I bring to the world, including through my work and through this very podcast. The subject of mental health is so near and dear to my heart that honestly, I’m a bit nervous to talk about it in this format. But with all that is going on, with so many people out there that suffer alone or don’t know

As much as we dream of long summer nights, weekend adventures, times to chill out and relax, Summer can oftentimes feel chaotic and stressful and just the opposite of what you want it to be. In this episode, I share my top three simple summer practices to keep in mind to help us slow down in some ways, perk up in some ways, and overall savor this time of the year. Listen and subscribe! Soundcloud // iTunes // Spotify // Stitcher #rituals #summerselfcare #selflove #SelfCare #s

Ah, the allusive art of meditation. It seems so simple, yet complicated; easy, yet difficult. And where to start? What to do? Who to study with? Are you even doing it right? In this episode, I share my two go-to meditation techniques that take the self-doubt out of meditation and make it easy to bring the benefits of meditation into every area of life. Listen and subscribe! Soundcloud // iTunes // Spotify // Stitcher #meditation #meditationtips #SelfCare #selflove

Sometimes we get so caught up in our external world that we forget to check in to our internal world. Whenever we have a spare moment, we reach for our phone or other distraction to fill that empty space. To help calm some of the chaos in my mind and my life, I decided to do a little experiment last month. For the whole month of December, I took a break from social media. In this episode, I share what I learned from that experiment and offer some insights on why it’s importan

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” Mary Oliver During one of my most recent meditations, I got the nudge to begin writing poetry again. It’s something I’ve done therapeutically ever since I knew what a poem was (and I’ve got the notebooks full of angsty boy poems to prove it). I even studied it in college and had a few poems published.

In my early days as a Massage Therapist, a big macho male client would walk into my office wanting a deep tissue massage. He would look at my small stature and youthful glow (this is 10 years ago, mind you) and ask if I was capable of offering such a massage with the pressure they required. I would smile and assure him that it would be ok, while inwardly rolling my eyes and wishing I could dig my elbow in as hard as I could just to teach them a thing or two about the power of