Humaning: The Shit We Need to Talk About

Living in alignment with your natural energy is of the utmost importance. The shit we need to talk about this week is: QUIT BYPASSING YOURSELF. It is time to really understand yourself so that you can restore balance. It is time to LIVE IN TUNE WITH YOUR NATURE - which is Ayurveda’s first pillar of self-care. It is time to quit bypassing and or gaslighting yourself and tune into what you need and...

Summer begins next week and the shit we need to talk about is: How can you create a life you don’t need to always take a break from?   Summer naturally offers us a time to release stress and restrictions and here in America, we do it HARD. Honestly, we’re basically forced to thanks to capitalism and white supremacy culture. As a result, there are some pretty glaring tendencies at play from Ju...

The glitch is here! Spring is coming to an end, we’re in a new month, and summer will be here in two weeks (even though where you are in the Northern Hemisphere - if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, that is! - might already be feeling quite summery… thanks, climate change).  In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: The most important thing you can do during the glitch (the transi...

In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: In the west, yoga has been appropriated, white-washed, and watered down. And honestly, as a result, the yoga industry is a big mess, at least it is here in the US.  So much of what yoga really is is rooted in the ease of the mind, self-acceptance, being able to feel big emotions and balance/manage them, and an authentic connection with other...

As we disrupt the ways the systems in society are oppressing us (and those with identities more marginalized than our own), we must disrupt how they’re impacting our self-care, and in this particular conversation, our ability to take it easy and enjoy abundant and restful sleep. When it comes to taking it easy, remember: it’s a vibe. In this week’s episode, I’m breaking down two Ayurvedic lifestyl...

The future of your well-being depends on you living in tune with yourself Society has taught us to bypass and gaslight ourselves In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: From a very young age, we are taught to look for validation and information outside of ourselves ABOUT OURSELVES. Surprise, surprise: It's not working.  Drop in for a conversation all about how you can begin to tun...

As adults, we need more play, playfulness, light-heartedness, and leisure in our lives. They are key factors in you living authentically, preventing burnout, and being your most resourced self (considering your bandwidth and capacity, of course!) at work and home. The shit we need to talk about in this episode is: - capitalism is designed for the hustle and grind mentality - white supremacy cultur...

In western culture, intense and intensity is what shows your level of commitment, determination, focus, and probability of success. It’s also what stands in our way of some connection, grace, compassion, flexibility, problem-solving, creativity, rest, and a regular practice of pranayama and meditation. In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: reevaluating and redefining our relationship...

If you’re craving more peace, ease, and “control” in your day overall (over what is within your control, that is!), your morning routine is a really important place to start. A morning routine sets the tone for the day and is a great support to your body and mind. It allows for a steadiness and connection from the very beginning and will support you throughout your day. There are TONS of practices...

The shit we need to talk about is ALL the goodness happening in the Spring Sanctuary THIS SATURDAY, April 22nd from 11am - 2pm ET on Zoom, the benefits of which will reach FAR BEYOND the spring season. And honestly, for me, as your guide, I think that’s a pretty big deal. The Spring Sanctuary will be a haven for gentle renewal and surviving capitalism for the next 2 months with 5 main adventures:...

Have you saved your spot in next week’s Spring Sanctuary on Saturday, April 22nd? Enroll in the virtual retreat! —— When it comes to your spring mental, emotional, physical, and energetic health - how do you want to experience life?   A step further: for the rest of 2023: how do you want your soul to feel? These are the two questions that are the center of our conversation today. And the...

The end of the year burnout is real. Winter anxiety and deep heaviness are real. Capitalism’s push to hit the ground running in January and maintain the pace and intensity is real. Spring’s sunshine and warmer temperatures often help lift the veil of winter, help us to feel lighter and soften the severity of capitalism’s push. Then, we have fun in the summer, but inevitably, we end up heading into...

Capitalism, white supremacy culture, the patriarchy and alllll the systems are prevalent and deeply entrenched everywhere - including in our self-care. In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: The system is designed for you to fail. And it’s designed to fail you.  - Despite your best efforts, this is EXACTLY why your coping mechanisms aren’t working. They’re not working for a bunch...

We’re trying to find ease in our work and everyday life while also navigating capitalism but the only solutions offered to reach our goals are pushing us to join the rat race or are bypassing our actual experience. And doing it all as fast and intensely as possible. The result: an endless cycle of burnout. In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: You can’t sprint a marathon. You want to...

There is a rigidness in our practices, routines, beliefs, expectations and lifestyle that is a product of dominant culture which stands in the way of us being flexible, of tuning in to our knowing, and meeting ourselves there with trust, compassion, and aligned action without guilt or shame. Constantly pushing ourselves to achieve, not dealing with our feelings (whether that’s as a result of not h...

Society’s scarcity mindset is compelling us to form attachments that aren’t supportive or serving us, stay in situations and relationships that aren’t for us, and uphold thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that are actually harming us. In this episode, the shit we need to talk about is: - When we actively keep things in a chokehold that we are desperate not to lose or engage in ideas/beliefs/actions that...

Dominant culture’s obsession with having more capital and material things, doing more, being more - on all levels of our existence - as big and as fast as possible is taking a toll. The shit we need to talk about is: what it’s really doing is stealing precious joy, time, energy, and ease in the present moment. Instead of proud, settled, connected, capable, and successful, society’s obsession with...

Love. It’s damn complicated! We’ve got all kinds of beliefs and feelings about it - especially when it comes to loving ourselves and our perception of our ability to love and be loved. Are they true? Are they serving us? Are any of them lies we’ve accepted as truth? What is society’s role in nurturing our relationship with love? Is there a better way that would have us living more authentically an...

Sunday’s Full Moon in Leo brought some big ass fire energy with it. And it’s right on time because, February is the space between the deep winter slumber and the awakening of spring. It is the space in time when we have had a month and a half of tending to our nervous system (not that that’s all we need for the year!) and now we can use all that we gained from reflecting, resting, recalibrating, r...

The shit we need to talk about in this episode is the fact that a place called I-don’t-give-a-fuckdom exists, it’s beautiful, and you’re invited to join me! In honor of my birthday month, I decided to do something really vulnerable in this episode and share with you some lessons I’ve learned and ah-ha’s I’ve had over the last year or so, on my way to I-don’t-give-a-fuckdom, with the hopes that, al...

The reality is, it’s still winter. Nature is still calling us to reflect, rest, recalibrate, rejuvenate, imagine/dream, and continue with December’s sloth mode. But at this point in the last week of January, you might be finding that you’re using a lot of your energy (and limited capacity) actively resisting society’s breakneck pace out of the gate since January began rather than using all of that...

They say the truth hurts. … or is it that it helps??? That it creates shift, and change, and liberation? And maybe the only people it hurts are the people who aren’t showing up to the truth? Or to whom or for whom the truths in place in power uphold safety and having and being in power? Is it that the truth really is what sets us free? Winter is a WHOLE SEASON. As in 3 months of time from mid-Dece...

CW: In today’s episode I discuss the yoga philosophy of non-harming and mention self-injury once. We are in the second week of January, the second week of the New Year, and I’m touting the same message as the last few weeks - continuing at an unhurried pace. But already your life may totally not be in sync with nature’s offerings (not from your own doing, of course!) since many, if not all areas o...

Here we are, in the first few days of the new year and I am hearing from so many people that they’re feeling pressured to kick off 2023 a certain way… a perfect way. Totally goal and output focused. It’s no wonder AND there’s no shame in that. Why? Because society’s messaging is EVERYWHERE, especially from gyms and food companies. The new year, January, and the winter season may be a tough time fo...

The Twilight Zone of December - Society gives us this one week in an entire year where it’s “ok” and encouraged to slow down and then we spend the next 51 weeks disciplining and willpowering ourselves into self-improvement, judging and shaming ourselves for all the ways we’re not showing up but “should” be, and running ourselves into the ground in the name of success.  But that’s not working...