you are the poster child of working trauma

you are the poster child of working trauma

I have a dearest who is not only a dearest of decades, but who is also a kick-ass therapist, and a trauma therapist at that. “You are the poster child of working trauma. You have done and do all it takes and whatever it takes to heal,” she said to me. “If there’s...
follow your fun

follow your fun

The weirdest thing is happening as I’m getting coached to prepare my keynote (spoiler alert – titled First Most Always…you know what that means!). Each time we go through a section, each time we have a session, we seem to end with the same guidance from my coach. “Be...
glorious year of joy

glorious year of joy

There is a cult hymn that can still go through my mind, that ends each stanza with, “glorious day of joy.” I am apparently reclaiming that hymn today, as I begin my glorious year of joy. As I’ve been realizing and sharing for the past few weeks, whilst the new year...
finding myself within my own body

finding myself within my own body

It was a few years ago when I realized I disassociated. Just like all the anger and anguish buried deep within me that I couldn’t even sense was there because I’d been so groomed and carved by my cult to have no boundaries, needs or wants, I just didn’t know. Then, I...
the absolute joy of this moment

the absolute joy of this moment

I am, as many of you know, back from an outrageously beautiful, magnificent, brilliant and magic month. Every year, we close my consulting and coaching firm for the month of August. Most Augusts I have happily, or exhaustedly, spent the month alternating between the...