Love
Why You Should Love Yourself Less
First off, one thing you may not know about me is I have an abnormal obsession with creating captivating titles… The aside, I mean it. You may have heard the term ‘self-love’ being thrown around as if it’s the secret recipe for an epic life. Well, that and broccoli. I’m not necessarily referring to narcissistic…
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Food & Sex
With a title like that, why write anything more? I don’t know, but I’m going to. People are either obsessed with food or with sex. Or with both. Or with neither. And the people who are obsessed with neither are technically obsessed with both because aversion is still directed energy. Obsession can be positive or…
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Weight loss revealed: It’s not about diet, and it’s not about exercise.
Yeah, you heard it. Why would you listen to anything I have to say, anyway? I don’t have my doctorate nor am I a bio-chemist. Yes, I do have some credentials in holistic health however the internet is completely saturated with this type of information. So why would you believe anything I say? Let me…
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Stop Stopping; Start Starting: 5 Things You Can Do Within the Next 24 Hours to Transform Your Life
Is there something you’ve wanted to accomplish but you haven’t done it yet? Do you find yourself making excuses that propel you further from your goal? If you feel overwhelmed setting out to accomplish something new, you’re not alone. For years, I desperately wanted to move to California and write a book. They were my…
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Lose Hope!
I have hoped for so many things in my life. Haven’t we all? It seems intrinsic to the human condition. After completing my first yoga teacher training, I hoped to start teaching yoga classes and hosting yoga retreats. I hoped to travel, I hoped to cure my insomnia, I hoped for less anxiety and stress,…
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Food, Stress and the Body {PODCAST}
Let’s talk about stress. Actually, who’s not talking about being stressed? Person 1: ‘How are you?’ Person 2: ‘Ugh, so stressed. So busy.’ It seems like the norm. Sadly. We are subconsciously strengthening and perpetuating that anxiety every time we accept it as our own. If we desire to be truly healthy, we must seek…
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5 Tips To Save Your Relationship With Money (pun intended)
If you’re like me, you grew up with the notion that more money is good and less money is bad. Perhaps that’s still the case. In fact, the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ labels associated with money have the potential to spark fear… fear of not having enough, fear of not being secure, and other existential fears.…
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The Beauty of Impermanence
Despite having been born in October, when I was a kid I remember the intense resistance I felt when the leaves would start falling from the trees. It made me feel sad and lonely, and I had no desire to welcome winter. It evoked the palpable sensations of scarcity, death, and isolation (perhaps that’s subconsciously…
Read MoreComplaSENSE
For nearly nine years, I have identified myself as a yoga teacher and health coach. Those were my official credentials, and I felt comfortable in teaching yoga and nutrition. I’ve plenty of personal experience in both, having completely transformed my relationship with my body through yoga and having healed myself of orthorexia through mindful and…
Read MoreHow To Turn A Resolution Into A Reality
As the year winds down, the clock is on to start gathering New Year’s resolutions. I prefer to all them ‘intentions’ rather than ‘resolutions’. I feel the term ‘resolution’ subtly implies that there is something I must resolve, as if there is an intrinsic problem in my life that shouldn’t be as it is. I…
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