Stop Wanting. Desire Instead.
Most people confuse wanting with desire, and the consequences are far more costly than they realize. Wanting sounds innocent enough, even aspirational, but it quietly anchors the mind in lack. I remember learning this decades ago, long before it was dressed up in manifestation language or spiritual branding, and even then I understood it in my head. What took much longer was understanding it in my body, in my relationships, in the way life actually responds when you orient yourself one way versus another.
Perfection is Just Fear in a Better Outfit
I wrote this a decade ago, before I had language for what was happening. It’s 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. Most fail not because people lack motivation or discipline, but because the whole thing is rooted in performance instead of intention.
Love in Real Life: Beyond Mantras, Mood Boards and Spiritual Glitter
When growth looks less like enlightenment and more like farts and forgiveness. A reflection on shadow work, real love, and the messy middle of human being-ness in a world of spiritual glitter and goddess talk.
The Badass Way to Make Peace (Even When It’s Messy)
The holidays don’t create drama…they amplify what’s already there
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. In between the glossy good times come the gritty ones that smack you sore.
Badassfirmations: The Art of Belief and Manifesting
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 Power of Belief & the Art of Appreciating
We’ve all had those moments when the world feels like it’s crumbling, when the noise of our worries drowns everything else out. The fears get louder. The sadness settles in. You look in the mirror and wonder, what happened? Why do I feel so lost, so stuck, so confused? I call these Doubt Goblins—those nagging voices of resistance, rebellion, fear, anxiety, and limiting beliefs. They have a way of ruining happiness, disrupting self-care, and keeping dreams stuck in the clouds instead of grounded in reality. Doubt Goblins are pros at pulling us off course. But you can become a pro at shrinking them in the face of something transformative; a three-step process I use and teach to help ferret those pesky destroyers of peace and possibility.
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.
My Night(mare) in a Haunted B&B
Meeting Casper the Horny Ghost was Not on the Itinerary
The plan was simple. Romantic. Take my new husband to a charming B&B, then soak in the healing waters of a mineral spa. He'd never been to either, so this had to be good.
I researched it all - every detail curated with love and intention. The spa was divine. The B&B was straight out of the Gone with the Wind movie set...if Scarlett had a thing for flickering shadows and antique dolls with side-eyes.
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