What if there was something you could do in five minutes or less that had the potential to shift your mindset and transform your day? Well there is! There are many things actually, but in this post we are focusing on gratitude journaling.

Journaling is one of my favorite self-care, spiritual growth practices. I journal every morning, and my journaling practice evolves over time, depending on...

How often do you feel grateful? How often do you think thoughts of gratitude?

If you’re like most people, it’s not that often. As humans, we have an innate negativity bias - to focus more on the things that aren’t right, that aren’t working. We were wired that way as a protective mechanism to keep us safe from real threats back in the day. These days it just keeps you...

In Pranayama the left and right nostrils and airway channels are called ida (left nostril) and pingala (right nostril). During the day you usually only breathe through one nostril at a time.

If you are breathing easier through your left nostril it means you are using more of your right brain, and if you breathing easier from your right nostril it means you are using more of your left brain...

Over the past few years, I’ve enjoyed choosing a word for the new year that i want to embrace and embody. Rather than making New Years Resolutions, I would simply choose a word that would be representative of the year ahead.

This year, I was resistant to choose a word. 2021 was an incredibly difficult and challenging year in my personal life, and I simply wasn’t in a positive,...

Your perception creates your reality. What is your perception of yourself? Do you believe you are worthy of love and abundance? Do you believe you are worthy of your dreams and desires?

Or did you receive the message at some point in your life that you are unworthy and undeserving of greatness? Were you taught that you had to do something to earn your worthiness? That you had to perform a...

Last year, when I was walking on the beach and Encinitas, I had a download, a message, a realization. It was a subtle voice within me. It said, "I am the ocean and the ocean is me." This took on so much meaning for me.

First, I thought of the many characteristics of the ocean. The ocean is vast, expansive, mighty, strong, calm, peaceful, in flow. The ocean is predictable, yet unpredictable....

I just returned from a solo trip to Encinitas, CA. I’ve been feeling the deep desire to get away by myself for several months now, and I finally made it happen. I don’t take solo trips very often especially if it’s not business related.

But these past few months have been emotionally challenging with supporting a family member through a health crisis and then my sweet dog's...

Many of you know through social media that my sweet dog Baxter passed away. He was 15 and a half years old and my best little companion. 

The grief I've experienced has been unimaginable, and it's taught me a lot. Writing during this time has been incredibly therapeutic for me. Crying is another thing I've done a whole lot of, and it's a powerful form of emotional release.

Below I'm...

Do you have healthy boundaries or unhealthy boundaries with others? For most of us, we didn't learn this is childhood which manifests as a difficulty with setting boundaries as an adult. 

Boundaries are the clear limits that separate you (your thoughts, beliefs, needs, emotions, and physical and emotional spaces) from others. [1] They are necessary in order for you to develop and maintain...

Stop right now where you are. Notice how you're breathing. Are you breathing through your nose or mouth? Have you ever thought about this? Most of us haven't. Why does it even matter? In fact, many people would tell you it doesn't matter. But it DOES matter; much more than you may even realize.

Your breath is one of the most important aspects to your health. How you breathe determines your...