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“Let’s walk around and see how this lake looks,” Adam is already turning, observing for signs of insect activity, eager to fish. I grab...

When leading SoulFlow™ embodiment classes, I often say that our minds live in the past and the future, while our bodies live in the...

Each day that I get a FaceTime from my sister, a call that opens with a whoosh to the image of her face squished with her kids’, is a day...

It’s been a while since I spent an entire weekend truly alone. Adam went to a bachelor party in Palm Springs a few weekends ago, meaning...

For the entire month of June, I promised myself to write 300 words a day. Not for Substack, not in my notebook, not for emails. But 300...

I turned thirty on Monday. I turned thirty surrounded by trees and mountains and water and delicious food and people that love me. I...

I had my first reiki session a couple of weeks ago. 7 a.m.: not knowing what to expect, but eager to calm the never-ending chatter in my...

I spent Memorial Day weekend in the mountains with other writers. Back in April, I saw an ad on Instagram for the Mountain Words Festival...

When I was prepping to teach PUBL 170: Introduction to Book Publishing this past spring semester, I had no idea what to expect. I had...

Over the course of the last month, I was applying for a new position at my company. I didn’t get it. In the past, I would have hid this...

When I graduated with my master’s degree a year ago, I worried that I would fall back into old patterns of not prioritizing my writing...

My parents found ways to make ordinary days special when my sister and I were little. Dad would say goodnight to us in our shared room,...

I sit down to write this post and begin by typing this line: The more I’ve embraced playfulness in my adult life, the more opportunities...

I’ve always considered myself a lone wolf. Self-sufficient, self-reliant, independent, and competent. I’ve always considered this a good...

I stare up the steep incline of dirt and sand—a grayish tan pathway going eighty degrees up. The path, maybe three or four feet across,...

Let’s talk about what it means to be alive in this world right now. I’m not getting into politics here and I promise I’ll rant for a...

In October 2023, I signed up for a ten-month, multi-modality somatic certification program called Rooted . I was excited to learn more...

I’ve been ruminating on the idea of “making space.” When I lead SoulFlow™ embodiment sessions , we spend forty-ish minutes focusing on...

gratitude. It’s just one word. One simple word. Say it. Feel it in your body. Where does it tingle? What colors do you see? What...

Just over a week ago, I sat in my parents’ basement looking at four other women on a Zoom screen, getting ready to take a SoulFlow™...