Humaning: The Shit We Need to Talk About

Now that nature has increased sunlight and some warmer temperatures, it is thawing out from winter’s cold. And depending on where you live geographically, there might have been ice and snow, so the earth is starting to be saturated with water. It’s providing us fantastic conditions for planting seeds and reaping abundance.  As a result, you might be feeling uplifted as we come out from under...

Spring is here and I don't know about you, but I have zero interest or energy to do any springing, jumping or bouncing forward. What’s deeply present for me these days are some heavy hitters: grief, overwhelm, stress, fatigue, disconnect, worry, doubt, and fear. On top of all the current events that just won’t quit.   In this episode, I get candid about how I’m experiencing life in the hopes...

I think there’s some confusion happening out there in the world when it comes to consistency. We all know when it comes to definitions, consistent is something we’re pretty dependable about doing, usually the same way, while constant means doing something continuously without interruption. And yet, when it comes to our committed actions in the world, somehow our effort to be consistent has morphed...

We get a bonus day this year. An extra 24 hours. A bonus 1440 minutes. 86,400 seconds more to work with.  What an amazing thing it would be to do something special on February 29th (or later if you’re getting to this episode after!) How about making this time work for you? Not just on the leap day but throughout the year? In this episode, we: - Dive into the science behind the Leap Year (cuz...

The shit we need to talk about this week: We need to examine how our own guilt, shame, and peer pressure play into our relationship with exercise. Cuz the reality is, for us liberation-focused folks, it’s still there.  - It’s there in the guilt of not having the energy, motivation, or desire to work out. - It's there in the judgment of not having the energy to do the workout the way you plann...

The shit we need to talk about this week is self-love has become a commodity in dominant culture, much like self-care. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word friendship and how that’s feeling a bit more aligned for me. And considering that Valentine’s Day is this week, I thought it was a timely topic to drop into. So my question for you is: What kind of friend are you to yourself? Are you a rea...

Winter tends to be really challenging for a lot of people, and those difficulties can happen in different ways. For some people, it’s kind of the same cycle year after year with the same challenge or challenges and for others, it changes based on how they’re experiencing life.  This week, the shit we need to talk about is how necessary uncovering any discomfort, difficulty, or challenges that...

Winter calls us to slow down, to turn inward, to rest, reflect, rejuvenate, and imagine. And as you might be feeling, there is a huge ass conflict with that and the way dominant culture is behaving itself. In this week’s episode, the shit we need to talk about is how complicated the start of winter is and how hard it is to keep wintering through January and February when society is sprinting forwa...

Western society has placed such a huge importance on creating a new year’s resolution that’s of course fueled by the building blocks of perfectionism, hustle and grind, commitment, and discipline culture.  Many of us who are in decolonized spaces and doing liberation work in our lives have adapted the resolution making practice to be less about achievement, commitment, and drive and more mean...

This week, the shit we need to talk about is: when we are experiencing collective overwhelm, exhaustion, and injustice, we have got to leverage rest, quality sleep, and taking it easy to cope, to be in it, and to keep going day after day and move through it.  Beyond navigating current events, these practices are essential when we’re managing everyday stress, going through tough personal times...

The world is hard to be in right now. The shit we need to talk about today is how to meet ourselves in the difficulty of being with and digesting all that is happening, especially since there continues to be one atrocity after another amongst all the other shit that’s been going on. In this week’s episode, we discuss Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom of strengthening our digestive power through practices...

When it comes to Fall, it is nature’s natural downshift, the transitional period between vibrant summer and dormant winter. But it can be a very unsettling time based on society’s pace, how life is landing for us, and with consideration to current events.  The shit we need to talk about in this episode is living in tune with nature for fall so we can be more at ease and nourished.   The...

With all that’s been going on, challenges, hardships, oppression, attacks on marginalized communities here in the US and abroad, it is not easy to be in the world right now.  Last Sunday, on October 8th, I celebrated my 4th business anniversary. And if you know anything about me, or if there’s one thing you SHOULD know about me, it’s that I freaking love celebrations. Milestones are so import...

Enroll in the Fall Back to Yourself Series! The glitch continues as the last bit of summer comes to an end and we prepare for fall to begin this weekend. In today’s episode, we’re continuing to explore practices that will support you as you navigate this time of change, and actually these practices can offer you support throughout the fall season! They include: - Tuning in to your present needs an...

Enroll in the Fall Back to Yourself Series! We are officially in glitch territory - the two week period between the end of the summer season and the beginning of fall. And in case you’re unfamiliar with this concept, Ayurveda science uses the term glitch for the transitional time in between the end of one period and the start of another. During this period, it is possible for things to feel a litt...

The shit we need to talk about today when it comes to caring for yourself is self-consent, the process of  tuning in, listening in to yourself for a yes or a no, and then the most important step - honoring that.   Period. Without judgment, without second-guessing, nothing. If you, like me, are a master spiritual bypasser, it’s not our fault. Thanks to white supremacy culture, we have had...

In this week’s episode, the shit we need to talk about is: the work of disrupting and dismantling the oppressive systems in our life, and namely our well-being, does not require us to be martyrs and run ourselves into the ground in the name of being faithful servants of the cause.  On the contrary, it requires us to be resourced, as full as we can be in the moment, aware, connected to ourselv...

The shit we need to talk about this week: Fall is an incredibly busy and variable season, which can feel great for some but it can be totally dysregulating and aggravating for others. So, we need to be focused on fostering stability from now.  Fostering stability is cultivating the ability to tolerate difficulty and withstand adversity without becoming consumed by your emotions and responding...

This month, for many of us, is one of great transitions, especially here in the US. I am willing to bet you or someone in your close network is heading back to work or school or more responsibilities on a likely more rigid schedule sometime within the next 3-4 weeks. There tends to be a lot of feelings, perhaps some excitement (for some new stuff coming), and also tough emotions like anxiety, worr...

CW: we’re going to be having a candid conversation around food and the mess America has made of it all. So a quick content warning: I recognize a conversation about food and eating can be very uncomfortable and you may be dealing with some difficult emotions and possibly working through some challenging situations on this front. Disordered eating, body/food shaming, fat-phobia, and food insecurity...

Yoga at its roots is a way of life that centers self-awareness and deep connection with community and nature even though in the West it has been appropriated and watered down to a type of exercise to get more flexible. The ancient culture, philosophy, and practice of Yoga are a disruption of white supremacy culture and western individualism.  In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is...

CW: In this episode, we’re going to be having a real conversation about exercise that is bound to touch on some areas of life that you have lots or big feelings about and it may even bring up some past tough experiences because I’m calling out a lot of shit today that is wrong in the fitness and wellness industry and how it fucks with our mental and emotional health, promotes dieting, fuels disord...

We’re officially halfway through 2023 so it’s time for a pretty big check in. When you’re living in self-awareness (or on the journey of learning to live in it), you’re essentially in (or moving toward) a constant state of inquiry, of checking in, and being tuned into what you’re experiencing.  Considering summer’s call to expand, transform, and reap, PLUS reset and prepare for fall and winte...

The shit we need to talk about this week is: we need some more freaking ease in our lives.  Obviously, we need to end all the horror and trauma and bullshit of inequity, stripping people of their rights, and all the ways certain groups are in danger here in the US and around the world.  So let’s keep doing the work of standing up to all of that shit, AND let’s also resource ourselves by...

Summer mode is officially activated, and this week, the shit we need to talk about is: enjoying summer’s fire without overheating or causing a brush fire in your life. This will all depend on your energy dominance and how you’re currently experiencing life, of course. So, I offer guidance based on each energy so you can transform, expand, and reap while staying mellow, without overdoing it, and en...