Sparked!

What does it take to own your power? What will it take for you to stand tall, be authentic, be self authoring? These are questions I’ve written at the top of my journal for the last, let’s just say 20 years! Owning your power—for me—is being self authoring. It’s not needing acknowledgement of others. It’s not needing to talk to the experts before making a decision. Being in your own power in not w...

What does it take to truly trust yourself? This is a massive question. One of the most common remarks I hear from the women I work with is that they question their own judgment. They question their direction, their passions and purpose. Why do we do this and what will it take for us to finally, once and for all, look to ourselves first? What does it take for us to trust ourselves before we seek th...

What does it take to speak your truth? Practice. That’s all I have to say. Practice speaking your truth and you will become more graceful at doing so. How do I know this? Oh, I have learned this the hard way, my friend. I have held back. I have played small. I have not said what I mean. I have said things in a sticky awkward way. You get the gist. I love this topic. Mentions: #71: Speak your truth...

I’m feeling very brave and bold these days. I want to talk to you about what it takes to be more confident. Today, I share one simple exercise. It helps me to go way down deep inside and start to build a deep sense of capacity and confidence. I love this practice It’s called “Eat the Ugly Frog First.” Mentions: #361 – Eat the Ugly Frog First Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Gr...

When you feel your best, you do your best. And it spreads out to the world. My purpose—and my passion—is to help you feel better fast. And it starts with consistent daily action. When you are consistent, even for just three days, you move the needle on how you feel. It changes everything. Your whole outlook on yourself and life can be brighter and lighter in just three day.  Mentions: #315 – Feel...

EXPLORE is Mental Fitness Core Practice #5. Find out why you want to intentionally include exploring in your every day activities. Intro to Mindfulness Series My favorite Curiosity Practice Try This Micro-Practice To Find Your Flow   Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on building community and cross-...

CONNECT is Mental Fitness Core Practice #5. Discover the levels of connection—including self, source, nature and other— and how to, above all else, prioritize connecting every day.  Some of my favorite Daily Whispers to CONNECT – Why you need to leave your busy life every day – Pointing everything back to you – Two ways to study yourself Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid J...

SLEEP is your Mental Fitness Core Practice #3. There is no substitute for a full night’s sleep. If you want to win your day – every day – learn why deep sleep is essential to feeling bright and clear upon waking.  Recommended: Amare’s – Omega 3 info Sleep Plus info Order – Omega 3 / Sleep Plus Mental Fitness: Maximizing Mood, Motivation, & Mental Wellness by Optimizing the Brain-Body-Biome by...

NOURISH is Core Practice #2. Learn how your gut health directly impacts your mental health and why food diversity and supplementation are essential for optimal mental fitness.  Recommended: Amare’s – Omega 3 info Sleep Plus info Order – Omega 3 / Sleep Plus Mental Fitness: Maximizing Mood, Motivation, & Mental Wellness by Optimizing the Brain-Body-Biome by Dr. Shawn Talbott Grab my FREE Mental...

MOVE is your first Mental Fitness Core Practice. And it’s not all about getting fit! Discover why both deliberate and spontaneous movement are essential for your mental wellness and happiness.  For movement practices: Mindful Yoga with Me! 12-Minute Athlete with Krista Stryker Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for wo...

There is a storm coming—well, actually it’s already here. What are you doing to build your strength and stability? How are building your fitness? Today’s Whisper is another reminder—a reminder to buckle up because we are on the ride of our lives. And you, my friend, you are needed in a big way. You are needed to help others find their ground and prepare for what’s coming. There is a storm coming a...

Your mental fitness is not a luxury. Let’s stop thinking that self care is about bubble baths and  moisturizer. Taking care of ourselves through practice, through intentional deliberate action is not a luxury. The truth is, we need all hands on deck. You are needed in this world. You are needed to walk others home right now.  Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next...

It’s my birthday! As I take another trip around the sun, I share who I am, today — not to brag or boast but to offer you my human experience. So often we assume things about others when we aren’t with them physically. In other words, we see their lives through on-line filters. And then we assume. We assume that they are happy, or rich or in love with life all of the time. What we miss is the oppor...

Yes, yes. And yes. Yes to the now. Yes to what is arising in this very breath. Yes to the impulse to soar and to shine. Yes to life emerging in and around me. Yes, and yes and only Yes. Yes to the intelligence streaming through my veins. Yes to the creative impulse and yes to the expression of life budding and bursting in me in this very moment. Yes to life over and over again. Yes. Yes, my friend...

Are you being authentic or not? It’s a huge question. Being aware of when you are authentic or not is an important practice. Learn to listen to when you are authentic and genuine or trying to force something to happen or someone to do something. In today’s Whisper, I talk about how to be more intuitive to what feels real and what doesn’t.  Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid...

Welcome to Episode #500! In honor of this huge accomplishment, I take you back to the first episode where I share more about the “verge” – the place, space and most importantly, the state in which we thrive. I encourage you to go back to other earlier episodes where I share timeless teachings and practices. Listen to Episodes 1-10. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my...

I miss me. Do you ever feel that way? Have you ever felt sense of loss or emptiness for who you were? I know that I have. The point of spending time by yourself every day—to gather and ground— is to remember who you are. The yearning and the sense of missing yourself may still re-emerge from time to time. However, that essential time spent beneath the busyness of life, builds trust in your deeper...

Put down your agenda from time to time and allow yourself to just be. I promise it’s in that quiet space beyond your habits and patterns that wisdom, direction guidance, creativity start to flow. Often, we have to break down the structures of our conditioned agendas in order to see more clearly what we really want. I share these Daily Whispers to remind you that our world needs us unshackled from...

Allow yourself the opportunity to leave your life every day. Allow yourself to rest without thinking, without planning and without being productive. This is one of my most important reminders. Do not let your day go by without allowing resting in the natural world. Do not let life speed by without soaking in your precious existence. This may seem small but it is anything but. Leave your busy life...

I encourage you set aside a few minutes every day to shimmer. That means to shift beyond the fixed structures that make up daily life, and to allow yourself time to float in space and time. More specifically, I recommend intentionally taking time to hang out with life as it is arising and emerging. This is not easy to explain, one just has to experiment. When you go beyond your roles and stories,...

In this Whisper, I come to you through the filter of beer and burgers. And, it’s not pretty! My thoughts are blurry and foggy. What is crystal clear for me, however, is how our state of mind is so closely related to our physiology. I am aware of how I need to be careful with the choices I make today because I am I’m moving through the world through a blurry, foggy filter—thanks to the burger and t...

What are you bingeing on these days? In this Whisper, I share my current vice! Sometimes bingeing is kind of fun—as long as it’s not destructive. But other times, it can be destructive. Bingeing can also be an invisible gas that runs through our lives, so much so that we don’t even realize what we’re doing. So take a close look and be honest with yourself. Maybe there are some serious binges that...

Before you let the world in, please take some time to ground, to gather, to tune-in and check-in with yourself. In other words, don’t start your day running. If you wake up and immediately look at your phone, and your feeds, you are letting the world in too early. We need time to gather to ground to remember who we are so that we can move forward into the day with all of our resources and with all...

I heard this great expression from a friend of mine years ago. And that is simply that the grass is brown everywhere. It’s a reminder that if we are in constant pursuit of the next best thing—the so called next shiny object—we’re going to continue to find brown grass. I know it’s not a super positive statement, but it is really funny. And in this episode I explain why. Join my next round of I N TH...

It is not easy to walk the path of awakening, the path of burning through illusion in pursuit of experiencing life fully. Most of us are hitting walls. We are standing on very shaky ground right now. I share what is happening with me so that you don’t think it’s just you. Let’s not hold back what we are experiencing. Let’s help others know that they’re not alone. Because when we don’t feel alone,...