Sweaty palms, tight throat, tense muscles, racing mind: “What if they don’t like me?” “What if I mess it up?” What if they get angry, turn away, disagree with me? “What if I don’t get the job?” Does any of this sound familiar? Or how about when we start guessing or mind-reading: “They didn’t text

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Perhaps as a child, you aspired to be a celebrity, a politician (ack!) or the girl/guy down the street? It’s a wonderful thing to imagine what we can be as we grow and evolve into who we are today, but what happens when we reject who we

As I was mowing the lawn the other day I looked disparagingly at the clumps of plants and flowers cropping up everywhere, in comparison to our neighbours who seem to have a flawlessly uniform green blanket of a lawn.  “Aggh, why do these things keep growing?”  “This lawn looks like crap no matter what I

Is fear running your life? If so, then you are probably in reaction to it. Think of a time you felt anxious. It might be recent, or perhaps a time in your past when you felt anxious. If you were in actual danger you would have immediately gone into a fight-flight-freeze reaction in an effort

First of all, a couple of June surprises. I am teaching 3 drop-in mindfulness/gentle yoga sessions on Friday June 14th, 21st and 28th from 12-1pm at Namaste Yoga & Wellness Centre in Salmon Arm. It is drop-in, so come on in to breathe and practice together. It’s pay-what-you-can and no experience necessary, so join me!

If you have ever suffered with self-doubt, you know how crippling it can be. It keeps you from fully enjoying the things you love and from being your full self in this world. In this video from my new online group “Fear to Love: Reclaim Your True Self’,  I explore one of the core beliefs

I don’t profess to have the answers. I don’t think I know it all. But I have noticed some consistent observations from sitting with people in pain and processing trauma for 25 years, and also through my own life experience, the greatest teacher of all. Pain can be the greatest teacher if we let it.

Hello Dear People, My Monday morning messages have been few and far between lately .. time off and also creating more effective ways for you to find freedom in the midst of a busy and sometimes chaotic world. To let this happen and flow with the natural rhythyms of life and creativity, I had to