What is the Difference Between an Unhealthy Relationship and an Abusive Relationship?
What is the Difference Between an Unhealthy Relationship and an Abusive Relationship? “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” — Dan Millman What is the Difference Between an Unhealthy Relationship and an Abusive Relationship? Navigating the waters of relationships can often be complex and nuanced. While […]
Is it Worry or Anxiety? Here’s How to Tell the Difference
Is it Worry or Anxiety? Here’s How to Tell the Difference “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles” -Charlie Chaplin Have you ever found yourself caught in a loop of overthinking, wondering if what you’re experiencing is just a case of worry or something deeper? We often use the terms […]
How to Stop Overfunctioning & Reclaim Your Power
How to Stop Overfunctioning and Reclaim Your Power How Not To Overfunction Earlier today, I found myself *triggered* during a text exchange with a new romantic interest. His message, while not ill-intentioned, hurt my feelings. It was a small thing, really, but given how consistently caring and receptive he had been to my emotional expressions; […]
What We Most Desire and Most Fear
What We Most Desire and Most Fear “Every human being dwells intimately close to a door of revelation they are afraid to pass through.” – David Whyte The paradox of desire and fear One of the many paradoxes we encounter as human beings is that what we most desire is also what we most fear. […]
How to Get Your Soul Back
How to Get Your Soul Back “When you can’t remember what to do, and you can’t remember what to say, and you can’t remember what the deeper teachings are, and all else escapes you, just remember this: Feed what needs feeding. Always make beauty.” – Martin Prechtel What does it mean to live soulfully? In […]
The Power of Self-Love
The Power of Self-Love “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde A series of unfortunate events… In so many ways, throughout years of personal discovery, I have reclaimed a greater sense of sovereignty, strength, and resilience. But recently I went through a series of traumatic events that shook me […]
What is Indestructible in Us
What is Indestructible in Us “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.” – Pema Chödrön The art of surrender Self-transcendence is the art of radical responsibility: assuming ultimate ownership of our experience regardless of what our external lives may hold. […]
What is self-commodification?
What is self-commodification? The struggle to accept our bodies is real Living in LA, as in most places in this country, the struggle to accept our own bodies is real. Our culture tells us our status and desirability are dictated by how we measure up to a conventional standard of attractiveness: some ideal of how […]
Who do you want to be?
Who do you want to be? “Admit your distant love affair is with yourself.” – David Whyte Who do you want to be? It’s deeply ingrained in us to dream about what we want to have, do, and achieve. But this future-oriented, external focus often distracts us from our most important inner values. Our fixation […]
Intuition or intellect?
Intuition or intellect? “Surrendering to our inner knowing, which is not always logical, yields fruit that is easeful, joyful, and beautiful even in the face of circumstances not lining up the way we want.” – Brooke Sprowl Rethinking rationality In our culture, we put a major premium on logic. We tell ourselves to “be rational” […]
