The Practice

Sometimes setting a boundary can feel offensive, and sometimes receiving a boundary can fee hurtful. But always boundaries aren’t insults but rather invitations to trust - ourselves and others. Listen in for some examples and ideas on how to navigate boundaries with greater grace and ease.

The values we practices aren’t always the values we aspire to, but how do we breach the gap and find better alignment? Tune in for some practices that might help you 1) determine your values, 2) prioritize them, and 3) live in a way that fully aligns with them.

If you ever find yourself sucked into the spiral of anxious thinking, consider giving this episode a listen. Discover a framework for thinking in those times by mindfully considering what is possible versus what is actually probable.

Some seasons of life are chaotic. We feel rushed and like our to do list will never see completion, and it often somehow leads to feeling simultaneously OVERwhelmed with tasks yet UNDERwhelmed with day to day experiences. So... how can we take pause and ground ourselves back into meaningful living? Tune in for some ideas.

Doing a new thing is hard...until it isn’t. Every romantic relationship will fail...until one doesn’t. Ultimately, failure is not a negative or detrimental thing, but rather a prerequisite to success. Listen in for some ideas on how a shift in mindset might offer greater ease and contentment to you in your life.

While guilt can be a reminder to better align with our values, shame is entirely destructive and serves only to lessen our self worth. Listen in for some distinctions between guilt and shame and for some valuable ideas on how to eliminate shame from your life.

Despite what the media portrays, self care isn’t just bubble baths and glasses of wine. In fact, it’s foundations are composed of far more meaningful yet simple things that can be done all throughout any day. Listen in for some ideas on how to better nourish yourself.

How often do we forsake honesty for nicety? Tune into this episode for some ideas on how to say “no” without feeling the need to say sorry or make an excuse.

What is the origin of yoga? Are western practices culturally appropriate? Tune in for one perspective and for an invitation to share your own ideas on the topic.

Rene Descartes once said, “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” So often we hold beliefs that are handed down or otherwise expected of us, but if we only pause and allow room for questioning we can unearth what truly resonates as true. Listen in for some ideas on how this might look and how it might b...

Although routines can be incredibly useful and efficient, they can also breed stagnation and mindlessness. Tune into this episode for some insight on how disrupting routine might benefit you.

You can feel scared AND excited. Sad AND joyful. Content AND unhappy. The truth is that no experience is ever one-dimensional, and recognizing that allows us to more fully ground ourselves in truth. It is only from present reality that we have any power anyhow.

Do you ever walk away from a conversation feeling depleted? Exhausted? Unheard? Do you ever walk away from others feeling energized? Connected? Uplifted? The difference likely comes down to the fact that some interactions are energy-producing while others are energy-depleting. Listen to this episode for some ideas on how to navigate either more fruitfully in your own life.

What makes you joyful to be alive? And why should you pay attention to it? Join Brooke as she discusses the importance of these joyful moments as well as how to further cultivate them in your own life.

Join Brooke for a look into building confidence and self assurance as she discusses how confidence is formed through taking risks and cultivating resilience.

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck saved you from” - Cormac McCarthy. You also never know how limiting the labels of “good / bad” can be until you take a step back from them. Join Brooke as she explores a way to broaden our perspectives and release the emotional burden of labels.

Yes, a mindfulness practice can apply to the way you manage money, too. In fact, any sort of consciousness surrounding spending is indeed mindfulness. Tune into this episode for a few helpful strategies to ensure that your spending aligns with your values and, ultimately, aids you in showing up as your best self.

Where are my indecisive people at? For years, I struggled to make even the simplest decisions of where to go eat or what movie to watch. Join me as I share out 3 strategies that have made decision making a much easier and less stressful process for myself. Hopefully they can do the same for you.

The way we talk to ourselves ripples into everything we do. It affects our attitude, our self worth, and how we interact with others. In order to keep growing, we simply MUST be willing to be a beginner, and in order to fruitfully be a beginner we MUST be willing to laugh at ourselves, even when the learning gets challenging and vulnerable. Listen in for some examples and ideas on how to rewrite t...

Usually when we hear talk of the ego (especially in yoga!), it’s cast in a negative light. However, The ego itself itself isn’t inherently good or bad: it just is. Listen in for some insight into how you might note the ways your own ego impacts your life for better and for worse so that you can interact with it more intentionally.

Are you curious about what meditation is and how it might impact you? If so, give this episode a listen. I cover some common misconceptions as well as the benefits of meditation as well as some ideas on how you can try it out for yourself.

A life of honesty, vulnerability, and trust may not be easy to cultivate, but it is quite simple. And it all starts with you. Cultivating those traits first in your relationship with yourself allows you to move through the world more intentionally as well as cultivate those traits within relationships to others. Listen in for some ideas.

"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it; it just blooms" - unknown. How often in your own life do you find yourself comparing yourself to or competing with others? Competition stems from a feeling of lack and / or fear; listen into this episode for some ideas on how to instead foster feelings of gratitude and appreciation which can help you connect and collaborate with oth...

Most of us would like to exercise in a daily basis, but most of us also struggle to make a habit of it. Join Brooke as she looks at how to build a sustainable habit of moving your body on a daily basis.

In a time when asserting opinions (via bumper stickers, hats, you name it!) is trendy, how do we filter through the feedback in order to only consider those ideas that actually hold value? How do we ourselves know when to offer an opinion? Listen in for a simple practice that can help you wade through feedback you both receive as well as give in order to determine what to consider as well as what...