On the adventurous spirit of embarking on what’s hard with the optimism and joy of knowing this is where you can come up with some of your best growth. Often, your most amazing stuff comes from your biggest challenges.

There is a big difference between feeling and fact. Sometimes they line up, sometimes they don’t.

To the big moves, to the truest questions, to the bravest opportunities, to your heart’s desires, to challenges and vulnerability, to daily action and experience — say yes. Yes, as often as possible.

Why we must do the things we think we can’t.  How this is achieved with the support of a friend or guide who has our back.

The gift of novelty for being new and amazed. 

Faith. Your conviction for your vision,
even when you can’t see it around you yet.

On letting things go, dealing with challenge and discomfort, choosing what to focus on, and enjoying the journey.
Because control is a slippery slope.

On carrying on when it’s all going wrong. Gritty persistence for spilled pancakes, a.k.a. life challenge and disappointments.

On patience, struggle, and transformation.

five star stuff is a series in which I share fabulous resources, inspiration, work, and ideas I love from others. Today features Austin Kleon and his approach for identifying poison and sharing nourishment.

Your connection with your body matters, and you deserve to nurture and be in tune with it.

Singing praises for rest… how vital and wonderful, even if sometimes itchy and difficult. The necessity and fun. Parenting ourselves. Contracting after expansion. Giving yourself what you really need. Rest.

How to proceed when something falls short.

Are you really learning? Or are you just absorbing?

The light side and the dark side. Terrible things happen in the world. Beautiful things happen too.

A podcast and newsletter recommendation you don’t want to miss!

Everyday magic. Tiny moments and life seasons. Themes and struggles and joy. Hard work, wins, and losses. Everything that bonds us together. Everything we share.

In this one, I get sappy and nostalgic with the story of my husband and I, talk about Friends, and write about what our life and routines look like right now.

Don’t just leave your life up to the path of least resistance and hope you will be satisfied with whatever unfolds.

First we have to pay attention. Choose something to study. Follow the trail and stay on it, see how far you can go.

When we can only see the world from our own perspective, we run the risk of not seeing things as they really are.