The Early Stirrings of Radical AWEpreciation
A reflective essay from the early stirrings of Radical AWEpreciation™, written during the collective pause of the pandemic.
Part memoir, part philosophy, this piece explores what crisis clarified about relationships, motherhood, embodiment, resilience, and the moments that leave imprints on the body, heart, and soul.
The Unbearable Joy of Maternal Grief
I spent years trying to give my daughter the stability I never had, only to discover life eventually asks all of us to face uncertainty anyway. A story about resilience, motherhood, grief, and the courage it takes to let our children fly.
Play Like a Girl, Wary Like a Woman
I taught my daughter to be free. Then came the heartbreaking realization that one day I would also need to teach her wisdom, discernment, and the complicated vigilance of moving through the world as a woman.
A deeply personal reflection on girlhood, motherhood, freedom, fear, and the quiet inheritance women carry across generations.
Staying Took Forever. Leaving An Instant
For years, I carried the secret of a fractured marriage behind the veil of a beautiful life. This is the story of staying, protecting my children, reclaiming my freedom, and learning what it means to trust myself again.
The Badass Art of Knowing Where You Don’t Belong
Have you walked into a new space—for example, a networking group, a potential circle of friends, a new job—and on the surface it looks like what you’d hoped for, except something feels off and you can’t quite explain why?
The End of the Guru Era: Trading Pedestals for Personal Power
What passes for enlightenment in much of the modern self-help world has become charisma wrapped in spiritual language and protected by profit.
Why did we build the pedestal in the first place?
Beyond Gratitude, Mantras and Mood Boards
If you have ever rolled your eyes mid-meditation or felt secretly broken because your “practice” did not stick, we are soul sisters. The problem is not you and it is not me. The problem is trying to quiet Doubt Goblins™ while life feels chaotic.
The Beauty That Time Can’t Touch
Beauty is the first thing the world measures in a woman, whether she consents to the measurement or not.
The Opposite of Love is Not Hate
My failed marriage forced me to confront the difference between loving harder and loving elsewhere.
The Beliefs That Limit You and How to Quiet Them
Limiting beliefs have a way of ruining happiness, disrupting self-care, and keeping dreams stuck in the clouds instead of grounded in reality.
If you’re human, you’ve faced them many times.
Stop Wanting. Desire Instead.
Most people confuse wanting with desire, and the consequences are far more costly than they realize.
Perfection is Just Fear in a Better Outfit
A reflection on perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and the quiet moment a woman stops asking for permission, trusts herself, and recognizes that the life she’s lived is still unfolding.
Intention Is the New Glow-Up: A Soulful Rebellion Against Resolutions
Every January, we get ushered back into the same familiar ritual of deciding who we think we should become. We call them resolutions, but they often feel more like negative reviews we give ourselves.
Love in Real Life: Beyond Mantras, Mood Boards and Spiritual Glitter
When growth looks less like enlightenment and more like farts and forgiveness.
The Risks of Protecting Your Peace
The holidays are a cluster fuck of family, friends, feelings, expectations, Hallmark joy … and conflict. The truth is that the season rarely matches the version we imagine it should be, and in between the glossy good times come the gritty ones that smack you sore.
How I Finally Found the Love of Life in my 50s
Beyond mantras and mood boards, beyond affirmations and airy mindfulness, does any of it really work? If you’ve ever tried to meditate and ended up frustrated, skeptical, or rolling your eyes, we’ve met in spirit.
The Moment She Realized She’d Built Her Life Around a Lie
For twenty years, she'd been chasing stability instead of building it, looking for it in the mirage of a failed marriage, a home that never felt like a sanctuary, jobs that underpaid, and relationships with others that let her down.
What had happened to the life she'd imagined?
The Language of Lack vs. the Language of Abundance (examples)
What if, despite your best intentions, you're anchoring to struggle, scarcity and survival?
You’ve practiced gratitude. You’ve made the lists, whispered thank you through tears, and tried to find the lesson in the chaos. But deep down… something still felt off. Like maybe gratitude wasn’t the whole story. Like maybe your soul was asking for something more.
And in those moments when you’re tired, stuck, or overwhelmed, gratitude may have felt like a spiritual band-aid. A well-meaning fix that doesn’t touch the wound.
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