Delightful

What a concept - falling in love with yourself! To fall in love with yourself is not selfish or self-absorbed - it's the basis of your love for others. Tune in today for this exploration of what it means to fall in love with yourself.  I share a poem, Fall in Love With Yourself -- hot off the press!  ----------- To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Diva...

This is a poetic meditation for you to sit back (or lay down!) and enjoy being guided through a nourishing experience - perfect for cozying up by wrapping yourself in your favorite warm blanket and putting on your cozy slippers.  Enjoy! _________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Divas Monthly Supporters  and get access to all previous bonuse...

What a willow tree can teach us about roots. What will you root yourself in right now?  What roots you to who you are and how you want to live this life? Tune in for a poetic and meditative exploration of deepening your roots. ____________________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Divas Monthly Supporters  and get access to all previous bonus...

This is the season for warm socks, comfy sweaters, picking apples, pumpkin patches -- and also harvesting our abundance and letting go. This episode is all about kindling your inner radiance through three soulful practices to honor autumn. And of course I have some poetry for you! Thanks for tuning in! ____________________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my D...

Have you started something new? This episode is for you! We can feel overwhelmed, anxious, and afraid when we are starting a new job, career, course of study, or phase in our life. Here are three powerful tools to help you stay grounded, reset your nervous system, and love yourself through it all.  ____________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Di...

There's a lot of talk lately about making our workplaces, schools, and communities more inclusive. Today I want to share with you a radical approach to creating whatever we want “out there."  It must start “in here” within our own selves.  In 2014, I wrote a blog post about raising girls who are includers instead of "mean girls." It went viral. And then it went viral again and again...

Today we are all about lingering as a love language - a self-love language and a much-needed language of love for others in our life. Enjoy this reflection and story that always makes me tear up when I read it. It's from my book, Gems of Delight. Go and linger this week!  Even just little moments are so nourishing! ____________________________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time...

Welcome to Delightful! This episode is all about helping you to reclaim your time --- with self-love as the foundation. Tune in for some inspiration with my poem, Reclaim Your time, and a mindful practice for identifying your self-love non-negotiables.  __________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Divas Monthly Supporters  and get access to a...

Enjoy this poetic call to love yourself - even just 2% more! ____________________________________ To support this podcast, make a one-time donation or join my Delightful Divas Monthly Supporters  and get access to all previous bonuses through Buy Me a Coffee posts. For my books, newsletter, and more on working with me in Coaching, go to my website. Let's connect on Instagram and Facebook . If...

Enjoy this guided meditative experience where you don't have to DO anything! You can just receive. You might want to put this one on repeat to help support your nervous system relearning how it is to move out of "fight or flight" and into "trusting and receiving."  So so comforting and nourishing for your nervous system - and every system! ______________ To support this podcast, make a one-ti...

This episode is all about encouraging you to PLAY! You aren't too old or too busy to play.  Our nervous systems need it! I start the episode by sharing a personal update (what happened in July!).  Then I share the poem, Permission to Play.  Pay attention to the images that inspires you to play.  And I offer a way to take a soul risk to move out of a constrictive way of being. D...

Delight is our birthright. Yet right now, many of us aren't feeling that sacred hum of aliveness flowing freely within us and through us on a daily basis. This episode is all about how to be delighted again. Get your journal out because I'm sharing several soulful journaling prompts to help you envision and embody delight again.   As I share in this episode, I am taking a break for...

Are you a little bit of a control freak?!  Or - maybe there are just some "givens" in your life right now that find you feel a bit helpless, hopeless, tired, overwhelmed and there seems to be not much you can do about them.  When you can’t control everything, here’s what you can do instead. Join my Delightful Divas Monthly Membership . (It's just $5 a month right now!).  You get acc...

If you know me or have worked with me, you know I love to think in terms of "seasons."  My first book, Gems of Delight, is divided by the four seasons!  Today, I bring you a poetic soulful guide to summer.  I share five soulful ways for your summer to be soul-nourishing and nervous system-supportive.   Join my Delightful Divas Monthly Membership . (It's just $5 a month right no...

What would it feel like to be wildly yourself?  Will you be bitter or have better boundaries?  We explore this and more on today's episode.  Enjoy this poem and soulful reflection.  May this serve to inspire you to be wildly yourself and bless this world with your version of wild.  Join my Delightful Divas Monthly Membership . (It's just $5 a month right now!) To get my bo...

I was sitting with what to share after the tragedy last week in Texas when a yoga teacher messaged me.  She told me that she had shared one of my poems in her yoga classes this week.  And both before and after the tragedy, these words resonated with her students and soothed them.  That got me thinking about the power of beauty - both in hard times and in easier times.   I'd lik...

How are you playing small?  Well, let's be done with that!  This episode is all about poetically and practically leaping out of the nest you are in that's too small for you and taking the soul risk you gotta take!  I lead you through a poetic experience where I share four poems and soulful practices for inspiring you to take flight. And in this episode, I have something delightful f...

Have you been feeling tired, burnt out, fried, or exhausted?  You're not alone.  This episode is for you.  It's for all of us who want to make wellness a way of life - not an afterthought - in our own lives and our work.  Our culture of "go, go, go" needs a big shift. Our way of doing business and leading organizations and communities needs a radical systemic shift to actually...

This episode is all about opening to sacred possibility.  We start with the poem, Sacred Possibility, from my book, Gems of Delight.  Then I share some "God conversations" I've had with the divine when it comes to letting go and dropping into trust and alignment with the Universe.  I go through each line of the poem Sacred Possibility, to support us to go about our lives with a deep...

Mother's Day -- it can be lovely AND it can be hard.  If you are a mom, if you and your mom are close, if you are caring for an aging mother, if you have lost your mother, or if you and your mom are estranged -- this episode is for you.  I share stories, poems, quotes, and mini guided visualizations to soothe you, support you, and nourish you.  For those of you who are caregivers of...

Today we are exploring how you can feel lighter and freer. We start with the poem, Rising, from my book, Your Light is Rising. Then, throughout the episode, I am sharing: 3 soulful questions to help you clarify your vision of what helps you to feel lighter and freer, 6 signs to know if something doesn't serve you, and 8 ways to let go of what no longer serves you. **If you'd like to get your own c...

Today I am sharing a special bonus episode in honor of Earth Day.  AND, I am sharing about how to soothe your anxiety through connecting with nature so you nourish your nervous system!  I'll share a quote by our beloved, Thich Nhat Hanh, and two of my original, unpublished poems along with a rejuvenating reflection.  If you'd like to get an additional guided meditation, Healing Your...

Today I have another poetic experience for you!  What's that one desire that just keeps coming up?  This is about listening to what you truly want.  I'll share the poem, One Glorious First Step, and then go right into a soulful reflection from my book, Gems of Delight.  In the end, I share three soulful questions you can ask yourself right now to support you in taking that firs...

Today, I'd like to share this powerful story of accompanying my friend, Jennifer, in her last days, and a moment when God was silent.  It's what I call an "on the cross moment."  An "on the cross moment" can happen during our life when we are experiencing a difficult time and we feel hopeless and alone.  And it can occur when we or someone we love is in their final days and is trans...

Devotion and reverence - two words we don't often hear in our everyday life!  But when we bring a sense of devotion and reverence to our everyday lives, it soothes our nervous systems, uplifts our mood, and inspires our spirit. It can be as simple as being present to this very moment.  I'll lead you through a short poetic experience to nourish your mind, body, and soul.  Plus, at th...