The Practice

Our core values guide all we do and often make the difference between feeling good about a decision versus feeling regret. If we aren’t clear on our values, though, we can tend to live by default instead of by design. Tune in for some conversation on this topic that might help you clarify your own values and then proceed to live by them.

There are a lot of challenges surrounding apologies - in both receiving and delivering them. Listen in for some ideas on how to apologize in a way that aligns with your values (not just social norms) as well as ideas on how to receive apologies in a way that validates the experience and other person involved.

Caring for oneself is often depicted as taking luxurious bubble baths putting on facemasks and eating decadent chocolate cake. In reality, there are far more useful, practical, and meaningful steps we can take in building a relationship with ourselves. Listen in for three solid ideas.

What does it take to retire the futile and frenetic tendencies toward perfectionism? How do we set ourselves up to find contentment in what is “good enough”? Listen in for some thoughts.

We’ve all been there: a conversation turns unexpectedly heated, and we notice our heart racing and skin temperature rising. What do we say or do next? How do we navigate the moment in a way that aligns with our values? Listen in for ideas relating to digital and in-person interactions.

How many of your habits come from a place of love? How many come from a place of striving — to be ‘more’ or ‘better’ or ‘enough’? If any tend to come from the latter category, listen in for what might be a helpful and nourishing reframe.

Counterintuitive though it may be, choosing ease can actually be the more productive option - and one that is so often dismissed in our culture. Tune in for a a few examples and ideas of how this might look in your own life.

The fear of missing out can have a huge impact on decisions we make. In addition to that, we often worry that saying “no” might prevent a future opportunity or otherwise negatively impact us, when really it can give us the ease we desire. Listen in for a guiding question to help you make decisions in a way that aligns with who you truly want to be.

We’ve all heard about the “fight or flight” response, but in reality the nervous system is more nuanced than that. Understanding how the body responds to stress can help you to grow in awareness of yourself and to understand that the body always acts in service of survival — an understanding that can lead to greater self compassion.

Being around family isn’t always easy or pleasant, and there are some clear reasons for why that may be the case. There are also, however, actions and understandings that can bring more ease into those moments. Listen in for some ideas that you can carry with you this holiday season.

So often we view challenges as things that hinder us or hold us back. But what happens when we actually face up to them and take them on full force? Sometimes the energy of that encounter is enough to propel us further than we could have imagined – further than we could have gotten by tiptoeing through the challenge. Listen in for ideas on how this might look and how to implement it into your own...

Sometimes it can be helpful to understand why we are feeling a certain emotion or reacting a certain way. Other times though, identifying an origin or creating a story only gives that emotion more power. Sometimes the best thing we can do is not create a story and instead simply acknowledge what’s there for what it is. Listen in for some ideas on how this might look as well as how to implement thi...

Emotions are inevitable. However, they don’t always need a story or to carry some big meaning. Listen in to learn how you might better sit with your experience without the need to fully explain or step away from it.

Growth is a beautiful thing, but it is not always pleasant and it’s rarely ever easy. The process of growing involves grief in many forms — tune in for a conversation on this topic and some insights as to how to embrace the process of growth - messy parts and all.

What is a “passion project” and how might creating one help you feel more fulfilled? Tune in for some ideas.

How can choosing exploration over expectation infuse your life with greater joy and ease? What does it even look like to choose exploration over expectation in any given moment? Tune in for some ideas, including how this might look in relationship with others.

Maybe you struggle to trust your gut feelings. Or maybe you struggle to feel your gut at all; either way, that voice of intuition is there for reason and can be an incomparable guide if approached with intention. Listen in for some ideas on how to cultivate your intuition, how to trust your gut, and also how to tell if something is a gut feeling or just fear.

Fast fashion, instant messaging, social media, non stop news releases… we live in such a frantically paced world. So how do we navigate it mindfully? What can a single individual person do to make a difference in this busy culture? Tune in to find out.

This episode starts by debunking the myth of “soulmates” and then offers some insights about relationship in general, because it isn’t all rainbows and unicorns but it IS freaking powerful when done mindfully. There might also be some useful reminders in here for folks already in a committed relationship.

We’ve all been there: it’s Sunday evening, and dread has settled in the pit of your stomach as you contemplate jumping back into the work week. Even as you feel it you recognize the conundrum of how worrying about work is taking away the weekend even while it’s still there. So how do we move past that? How do we stop the Sunday Scaries in their tracks and enjoy the weekend? Listen in for some idea...

What do goals and joy have in common? Often they come with plans and a focus on the future. And while plans for the future are good, it’s also important to find ways to enjoy the present moment. Join me for a conversation centered on how we can more fully embrace change and also more fully experience joy, right here. Right now.

We could all rattle off a list of asked what we care about, but often those ideals don’t actually line up with our current experience of life. So how do we close the gap between our ideals and our reality? Listen in for some ideas.

Have you ever been afraid to try something new? Or have you ever started something that you were initially excited about but then lost motivation for? If so, give this episode a listen. Brooke shares some key tips and insights on both starting AND sustaining hobbies.

Mantras aren’t just things that monks chant. They can be created and utilized as a means of increasing awareness and aligning with our best selves in all aspects of our lives. Listen in for some ideas on how that might look in day to day life.

While we all sometimes crave a slower pace, it isn’t always obvious how to make it happen. Listen in for some ideas on how to slow down in your daily life, thereby cultivating more presence.