jennifererwin “I surrendered myself to the cages of others’ expectations,cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buriedwho I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myselfwhen I learned how to please.”― Glennon Doyle, Untamed This time of year is hard for the people pleasers.If you are struggling right now with others expectations … Read more
Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all thebarriers within yourself that you have built against it. -Rumi You know something is important when you keep encountering it in everybook you read!Over the past month, I’ve been surprised (and not) at how in almost everybook I’ve read, the … Read more
“The most precious gift we can o er others is our presence. Whenmindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom likeowers.” -Thich Nhat Hanh And…When we embrace ourselves with mindfulness and presence, wehave the capacity to bloom (even in rocky soil). JE Isn’t life hard sometimes?Recently I’ve had a lot on my plate, and I’ve … Read more
“Unless you tackle and weaken your own internal enemies-we’ll callthem the Saboteurs–they will do their best to rob you of anyimprovements you make. Ignoring your Saboteurs is analogous toplanting a beautiful new garden while leaving voracious snails free to roam.” -Shirzad Chamine: Positive Intelligence Happy January!It’s been awhile! I hope you are well 🙂 How … Read more
Self-compassion doesn’t make you feel better?What!?Why would we work so hard to be kind to ourselves if it doesn’t help?The truth is that it is nuanced…We don’t offer ourselves kindness and compassion to make our pain goaway.(that’s another sneaky way to resist your experience) Instead the point of self-compassion is to offer ourselves care because … Read more
Argh! Sigh Ugh 😛 Sniff Hooray! As human beings we experience more negative emotions than positiveones. Researchers are not set on the exact number of basic emotions butwhomever you ask the majority of them are what we would label asnegative.In one of my favorite movies exploring emotions, Inside Out, the plotrevolves around an 11 year … Read more
“Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball Dearest Women,I’m writing to you because I know some of you, despite your own brilliance,are harder on yourselves than anyone else could possibly be.Perhaps with the past year of pandemic, … Read more
Hello friend,For the past month, I’ve been following along with the 30 day plan from thebook How to Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price. I highlyrecommend it! It is a wonderful book that pairs mindfulness practices withinformation about the addictive power that is built into our smart phones.At about the half-way mark in … Read more
Hello friend,Happy June!I’m checking in a little more frequently this month to share what I’ve beengrappling with and thoughts on my mind and heart.Each week I’m going to reflect on something that I’ve been readingand learning about and share an easy practice to go along with it.I’m also launching several opportunities to connect with me … Read more
Yeah Simon, this really got to me too! This week I was completely bowled over (and in tears) by Nightbirde’sperformance on America’s Got Talent.If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly encourage you to watch it (I’ve includedright above here) and then come back to this email.I’m not a usually up on what’s trending now … Read more