Minding My Alignment

I didn’t plan this episode or this weekend. I just stepped outside because I missed summer, and it reminded me how much I needed this time. I’ve spent years asking my daughter and the people I work with if they needed a minute, and this weekend my own minute found me. As the weekend winds down, these are the thoughts it left me with. If it’s been a while since you returned to something you love, l...

In this episode, Capri talks about mental health awareness using things like check‑ins and dashboard lights ... the regular stuff that lets you know something might need a little attention. She gets into how our signals show up, how clusters can help us understand what’s going on, and why none of it has to feel scary or dramatic. “sit with yourself like you would a friend.” It’s a short simple epi...

In this episode, Capri breaks down how her Extra Soft 75 walking regimen, her counseling work, and a new research study all lined up perfectly at the end of Stress Awareness Month and Counseling Awareness Month, right before Mental Health Awareness Month begins. She talks about how movement helps regulate big emotions in real time, why walking absolutely counts as exercise, and how consistency has...

In this episode, Capri talks about her first experience trying a probiotic drink and how her body had a slight adjustment period that turned into a long night. She explores the idea of growing pains, both in wellness and in life, and how trying new things can feel uncomfortable at first but still be part of intentional growth

In this episode, Capri sits with a question many people have been asking lately: “Is this ADHD…" or is something else going on? During Stress Awareness Month and counseling awareness month, she explores how stress, executive overload, anxiety, and even outgrowing your surroundings can mimic ADHD symptoms. ADHD is absolutely one of the possibilities, but not the only one. Capri shares how these pat...

This episode is my first official quarterly check in. I planned it when I created my life schedule at the start of the year, and that schedule worked long enough to show me it works if I work it. Since April is Stress Awareness Month, this felt like the perfect time to pause and look at what worked, what did not, what fell off, and so far the first thing on my Q2 list, is simply finding my schedul...

In this episode, I talk about what alignment actually means as we move through life. We look at how our values, thoughts, and actions work together, why feeling a little “off” doesn’t mean something is wrong, and how misalignment tends to whisper before it starts raising its voice. This is a simple, real‑life reflection on what alignment is, how to notice it, and why it matters as you navigate you...

Back for the First Time walks you through how life led me here again, why this moment felt like the right moment to come back, and what shifted between the private Episode 1, "the golden ticket", and the public Episode 1.2, Back for the First Time . I talk about what Minding My Alignment is, why I created it, and how I’ve been practicing alignment behind the scenes long before I knew what to call...