We hear it all the time.  I say it all the time.  "Shift your mindset".  The way you choose to perceive experiences in your life determines your success, joy and expansion in your life.  

To better understand this concept, let us look at the fundamentals.  Mindset is how you choose to approach any situation. When you have an open and positive mindset, you are able to see the possibilities in any situation. When you go in with a closed or negative mindset, you are severely limiting your experience to the most negative aspects of any given situation.

So, all we have to do is have a positive mindset?  Easy right?  How about easier said than done.  

For decades we have been conditioned to more of a negative mindset for multiple reasons that include generational patterns that our family engrained in us to 'protect us'.  Societal beliefs that create fear and division through news and other forms of media. The fact that we are hardwired to focus more on the negative aspects in life for sur...

Oh my gosh you guys.  I actually did it!  I can't believe I did it!  I locked the door to the bathroom while I am taking a bath!  I can't help but wonder if this is how excited my husband gets every single night when he takes shower or bath?  Why is it that men have such an easier time drawing boundaries around their self care?  Why do I feel like I just preformed the ultimate form of mom rebellion by locking the door when my husband doesn't think twice about this exact behavior?  

Years of conditioning created the guilt that I feel when I tend to my wants and needs when I finally spend the time, money, and space on myself.  Where does this guilt come from? I know I wasn't born with these feelings, thoughts and beliefs.  

This guilt comes from the messages all around us.  From family, friends, society, social media, news, teachers....and the list can go on.  Have you ever stopped to question these faulty beliefs?  Many of us don't.  We don't challenge them because either we are not a...

Affirmations.  Therapists tell us to use them.  Motivational speakers encourage us to practice them daily.  Science has proven that affirmations are one of the most effective tools for quickly becoming the person you need to be in order to achieve everything you want in your life.  With so many people preaching the power of affirmations, why have many of us have tried them, only to be disappointed.  You are not alone in your failed attempts and skepticism towards this skill set.  What many of us don't know, is that there is an appropriate and effective way to use affirmations that creates a powerful mindset, which will allow us to achieve our goals.  

So first, let us look at the reasons why affirmations often don't work: 

• Internal conflict.  Affirmations are about our personal belief about ourself.  Our mind may quickly reject the affirmation because it is not in alignment with our current beliefs.  For instance, if you believe your beauty is based on external validation and the s
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HELP!  This four letter word happens to be one of the most difficult words to say for a woman.  Countless numbers of women I connect with express a feeling of exhaustion because they are "trying to do it all".  I am also one of these women.  With guidance and support, I have been able to work towards overcoming this struggle, and it is a constant work in progress.  

Have you ever sat back at the end of the day and wondered "why am I so tense and exhausted when it just felt like any other day?".  I, more recently, had one of these days.  As I was talking with my husband over FaceTime, as he travels most of the month for work, I was expressing my frustration over my feeling of overwhelm.  I wasn't able to understand what was so overwhelming for me, as I am truly living out my Life Purpose and my dream of building my own Coaching business filled with amazing women, all while working remotely from home to be with the kids.  As I was reflecting on my day with my husband, he was able to poi...

My daily morning ritual for success consists of 4 foundational practices, which includes offering gratitude as soon as I open my eyes,  yoga, meditation, and journaling.  With the start of the New Year, while many are creating resolutions, I choose to focus on intentions and maintaining my morning ritual....something that got away from me during the holidays, and I noticed a drastic difference in my days without it!  During my most recent training 5 Tips to Live with Intention, I referenced my stellar morning routine and some of you were asking more about the layout and overall purpose of this ritual.  

First, let us look at some of the benefits of having a morning ritual:

• Sets the tone for the day: It provides us with a purpose and intention for our day.  A morning routine gets you on track from the moment you wake up and puts you in the right frame of mind.
• Increased productivity: Through setting the tone for the day, it better allows us to control our schedules rather than our
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It's that time of year again that people make all sorts of New Years Resolutions that they are likely to break within the first few weeks of the New Year, leaving us feeling defeated from the start of the year.  Don't you think it's time to create a new tradition?  A tradition that is more likely to inspire rather than punish?  A commitment to yourself that is more likely to create lasting change rather than fall off within the first two weeks?  

 There are several reasons why resolutions fail.  The one I would like to briefly mention is the fact that you're just not ready to change.  We might believe, superficially, that we want to change, and are ready for the change.  With this superficial commitment, we tend to only focus on changing behaviors, which is only a small part of the equation.  The other larger part  is to challenge our core beliefs so we don't end up sabotaging our efforts.  For instance, if we focus on wanting to lose weight, eat healthier, and exercise more, and this...

I remember reading social media posts from NYE 2019 expressing excitement for what 2020 might hold and just knowing, undoubtedly, it would be better than 2019.  Well, we were all in for an awakening.  This year has been a rollercoaster of a ride.  And not like those sweet baby coaster rides that offer a few small bumps as you go around in a nice small circle.  This year is best described through the Steel Dragon 2000, which is the worlds longest roller coaster.  There is a slow climax in the beginning as it spreads the curiosity and concern through the riders while it climbs to the top, followed by a pause before dropping down 318 feet.  It is filled with with twists and turns, loops, pauses, more drops, dark tunnels, and more bumps in the track.  I can easily state that 2020 has been the most profound year in my 40+ years of being on this Earth.  From the start with the pandemic that led to the world literally standing still with shut downs, the addition of the word social distancing,...

As I was wrapping up a session with my therapist, she gave me an assignment, as she often does. The assignment was to write a Christmas letter-you know, the ones you get from your family that highlight their year.  The letter I was to write is more specific though.  Instead of this letter consisting of the highlights of the year, I was to write a Christmas Letter about my Spiritual Path of 2020.  It was to include what was important to me about the changes of the year, my spiritual challenges of the year, what spiritual difficulties I have faced, what were some things I stopped, and what are some things I started.  So, after putting this assignment off for a week, I decided that today would be the day!  I popped in my bluetooth headphones to use music to drown out the kids shows being watched in the next room, and I went to work.  Within seconds, I found myself crying...like sobbing.  I hadn't even started writing and the tears were flowing!!! Well...that was unexpected!  I immediately...

Last week's blog article was all about how to notice when you are NOT in alignment with your Life Purpose.  I don't want to just leave you hanging out with this new found awareness and not knowing what to do with it, so I figured it would be appropriate to have a follow up of ways to align with your Life Purpose, don't you?!  

For about a decade, I lived my life in that state of confusion, which is one of the indicators I was not fully aligned with my Life Purpose.  I had everything I had wanted and more, but was still feeling restless.  I felt like something was wrong with me because I "should" be grateful and content.  Today, I am happy to report that I was able to clear the fog and confusion to fully grasp what was happening.  First, let me offer you a definition of what I consider Life Purpose: the intersection between your passions and your Spiritual gifts, and sharing those gifts with the world.  

Along my journey, there were some key steps that I took that allowed me to increa...

As we all travel along this journey that we call life, we are all on our personal journey to find and live out our Life Purpose.  During adolescence, we fight to understand ourself, separate from our family.  As we grow into young adulthood, we often get lost in what others and society expect of us.  And as we grow into adulthood, we begin our journey back to ourself.  Throughout this entire journey, we are continuously searching for our Authentic Self and Life Purpose.  These concepts can be overwhelming at times.  There are so many questions and possible answers.  So many concepts and need for clarification.  And along this journey, we often endure emotional suffering, which in turn, can lead to hurting others-unintentionally of course-as they had only been innocent by-standards, just as we have played this role in others struggles to find their way back to themself.  

In my personal life, I have taken this journey, and am happy to still be on it, with more understanding, kindness, ...