If there is one thing that helps us to keep pressing publish on our weekly podcast it's this: Done is better than perfect. (Believe me, that's also easier said than done!) I can't tell you how many different versions of our cover art we went through before deciding it's "good enough." Or how listening back made me realize I didn't get the sound levels right. Or how many times we've been interrupted by Papi, our dog, barking or chewing things he's not supposed to. But it's all okay. We just...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
A client of mine referred to their new dog as a ādopamine dispenser,ā and I couldnāt agree more. š Itās like, āMove over phone, Instagram, all the apps and devices that vie for my attention. Iāve got something REAL here.ā This reminded me of a visit to my cousin after she got a new kitten. We were on the floor playing with it when, inevitably, a phone came out to show a funny cat video. Apparently, at some point I broke from my haze and said, āWait, why are we watching videos of cats when we...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
There have been two reigning topics that have appeared in my treatment room the past few weeks. No matter the client, I felt like I kept having the same conversations. I'd usually get asked one and then both of these questions (though not always in the same order): How were your holidays? Can you believe what is happening in this country? (a.k.a. How are we supposed to be with all this??) I see what I do as my small part of holding space for all of this, holding space for you. While at the...
4 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
Back in the early 90s, the most rented video on my family's Blockbuster account was The Making of Michael Jacksonās Thriller. I was obsessed. There was something magical about watching Rick Baker transform Michael Jackson into a werewolf and the entire dance crew into zombies. If you asked me then what I wanted to do when I grew up, Iād reply, āI want to be a horror make-up artist.ā 10-year-old me rolled up to the local costume store asking about fake blood and latex scars. I remember the...
4 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
A few weeks ago, I saw that Kelly was watching a documentary. On the screen were the characteristic buildings in none other than my favorite Indian city -- Varanasi. THAT caught my attention. I can't say why, but I love this ancient city with its cows and temples, incense and bells. Here's one of my most favorite moments of me with a street goat on the shores of the Ganges in Varanasi: But this wasn't a documentary about the city, it was "AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda." My plans for the...
4 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
Back in college, I was assigned to read an article about how romantic relationships could be a place where spiritual paths and practice converge. My mind was blown. At the time, I hadnāt been in any long-term relationships, but I knew this was something I wanted to bring into my future partnerships. And I tried. Turns out, reading about it was MUCH easier than actually doing it. But not impossible. Thereās one word thatās been a cornerstone for me on the path of conscious relationshipācan you...
4 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
This weekās Full Moon is all about talkingā¦ to ourselves. I love that it arrives right at the end of the year but the start of the month. It feels like an invitation to have an honest, compassionate conversation with yourself about the year you just lived. For me, the Full Moon is a sacred monthly check-ināone of those natural pause points where I reconnect with what I want, what Iāve learned, and whatās shifted. (If you want to go deeper into this, I have a workshop that helps guide the...
6 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
The past few weeks in my treatment room I've had different versions of what feels like the same conversation: "I just need to get through Thanksgiving." Some clients are managing the duties of hosting like a professional caterer. (That's us. šāļø) Others are doing Olympic-level schedule coordination to make it to several meals in the same day. Either way, there's usually a factor of "... and I have to talk to so-and-so." You know the one I'm talking about. š They're the family member you have...
6 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
It usually starts with a tiny little bottle. My momās story did. She was traveling to California in a VW van in the ā70s when they stopped at a flea market in Texas (of all places). Thatās where she found her first ātiny little bottles.ā They were labeled essential oilsāor at least the closest thing to real essential oils you could find back then. She started putting them in her massage oils, and that was it. She read everything she could get her hands on, started a school and wrote books....
7 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read