True Stride

How can we balance our heart and mind rather than suppress our authentic selves? In this world, it is important to reconnect to your true essence. You may find this happens when you engage with something you liked as a kid, or when you have an Expansion Experience. By tapping into your authentic self, you fully express who you are and were meant to be. This episode talks about how honoring your we...

Every experience invites us to be present and aware of our energy and emotions so we can make informed choices and take intentional actions. Often we want to support someone else, and show up for them, but we also have to be aware that they are managing their emotions and energy at that moment. When we feel unaligned (with ourselves or others), we need to pause, breathe and pivot to create connect...

Taking a Wise Walk allows you to look at your feelings. How do the feelings that come up make you feel? If they bring up undesirable feelings, how do you plan to replace the feelings with something closer to what you actually want to feel? As you let your feelings reveal themselves to you, you get to choose new actions. This episode talks about a Heart Value Practice called the Feel-Choose-Act Amp...

Everyone can follow their own idea of success to build a better relationship with money. It's not uncommon to do what you're "supposed" to do by society's "standards", and have things not go the way you expect. Creating your own path gives you the options that lead to a thriving life. This episode talks about feeling good in our relationship with finances. Growing up, I constantly saw a theme of "...

There's a void we know that exists within ourselves. Yet, we push it off.  We know that there is something there that is worth exploring, but because it's a new muscle we haven't exercised, we give into our excuses. What if we decide to move forward in our True Stride? This episode talks about what EPIC adventure is calling you. For decades, I was in a corporate role that limited my ability to per...

When you view life with a lens of self-awareness, you discover a fully expressed version of yourself. With each aha, it becomes easier to embrace discomfort and look at situations from a growth perspective. How can you use moments of resistance to pivot and adjust to what lights you up? This episode talks about looking at life through a self-reflection lens and being able to laugh when transition...

Society feeds us a dream of "streamlined everything." We are so used to this idea of having a vision, filling a task list, and executing it seamlessly that we can miss our present moments being too caught up in what's "next." This episode talks about ways to be more present in the ebb and flow of life with today's special guest Ron Rothberg. Personally, one of the times I feel most present is when...

Your senses are constantly absorbing information. Externally, you try to make sense of the energy around you, pulling you, and requesting your attention. Internally, you try to balance and navigate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that you experience. You don't need to absorb all the information presented to you. This episode talks about having the keys to your own Wise Walk reflection. Every time...

What is possible with 10 minutes a day for 100 days or a word intention? What might you experience, create or receive? Imagine if you had a chance to create each day, and transformed the way you connect with the world. This episode talks about how committed intention can change your worldview with today's special guest Leigh Farrow. This year feels like a clean slate and full of possibilities. Peo...

Are you fully addressing yourself as you are? When you can take a look at your habits, your challenges, and your truth, you can conquer what lies ahead of you. Like a Navy Seal, you can perform no matter the resistance that comes your way. This episode talks about how a Navy Seal mindset supports your life with today's special guest William Branum. Health and wellness is extremely important, menta...

As 2022 starts up, take time to think through what you really want this year and what you are trying to manifest. No matter how the year unfolds, you can navigate anything you weren't expecting. You only have to slow down, check your reality, and open your heart and mind to new possibilities. This episode talks about how your mindset can enhance your experiences. I challenged you to choose a Word...

Let's reflect on all that last year offered, and let's envision a new year bringing us more alignment. This episode talks about practicing reflection and intention. Around this time, I'm feeling energized and happy as we wrap up the year. Are you excited for next year? A reflection process helps ground me in what my heart feels, including how I am in alignment or if I'm not in alignment with the l...

Are there times you feel resistance to receiving gifts, or do you ever feel unworthy of receiving gifts? This episode talks about consciously reminding yourself that you are worthy without doing anything special. There's a story about gifts, occasions, and worthiness that I feel called to share for this episode. Honestly, it's a story from years ago that I always find myself telling since it's suc...

If you want a powerful compass to guide you through 2022, choose a word for the year that'll remind you on where to go. This episode talks about how to align with your Word for the Year. Lately, I'm reflecting on what word will embody the upcoming year, 2022. Since 2010, I chose a word every year to anchor me as I move forward. It's like a mirror that I want to see in myself, and that I want to ca...

Any couple problems can be addressed through personal growth, since most relationship issues come from interlocking complexes. This episode talks about ways to co-create soulful love. In previous generations, societal structures such as marriage had a different purpose. Being happy in a romantic relationship was not necessarily a priority. In our society today, people want meaningful relationships...

Life can get so busy that it can seem that it's happening without us, but we should remember that space and focus create intentional evolution. This episode talks about how space and focus nurtures growth. Over the holiday, I had time to see virtual friends I made during the pandemic, high school friends, my old English teacher, and of course my friends and family in person! I had a long drive and...

When you crave a feeling, idea, or thought, you are more likely to seek or replicate that thing in the world around you. This episode talks about understanding how thoughts create intentional experiences. Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all are spending the holidays in whichever way helps you tune into your Joy Frequency. Personally, I'm traveling to visit my family for the holidays. For right now,...

Creations blossom as a result of our contributions and our efforts. Every time we share our creations, it's time to celebrate our impact and recharge ourselves. This episode talks about managing ourselves as we move through the creation process. Let's really reflect on what you're creating in your life, and what I'm creating in my life, and this idea of us being creators. We're all creators, regar...

I'm feeling giddy about the future. Do you know that feeling? I look back on the amazing nuances of my journey, and think that 11/11 matches what this moment means to me. Today, this episode reflects a day of remembrance and intentions. I'm choosing to start two new practices for myself on this date of 11/11. From here on out, I continue to honor Veterans and take time to clearly set intentions ar...

What if you release the idea that you had for the life that you or others expected for yourself? Doing what lights you up will conquer any expectations without even meaning to and is ultimately the best way to be kind to yourself. Ryan Cwick, our guest for EP58's Wise Walk, likes to take on the world with the intention of spreading love and kindness. He doesn't back down from a challenge, and I ad...

The key to shifting our energies, regardless of gender, is to honor our emotional and energetic vibrations so we evolve with our feelings (instead of ignoring or resisting them). Joe Hawley, our guest for EP57's Wise Walk, has inspired me for several years with his ability to follow his heart and stay open to the Universe's signs and paths that call him. I even mentioned him in my book, HEART VALU...

What daily habits elevate your Joy Frequency? How can you cultivate authentic joy? The truth is that you have the freedom to choose, the freedom to choose again, and the power to connect with others in a circle of trust. Now is a good moment for a Wise Walk. On the True Stride podcast, we take a Wise Walk to slow down and check our reality. True Stride is that feeling you get when you're aligned i...

From the earliest signs of civilization, nature is observed and used as analogies to teach life lessons. A popular example is the analogy to the "storms" of life. Do you find yourself in the midst of a storm? How do you face your storms? Now is a good moment for a Wise Walk. On the True Stride podcast, we take a Wise Walk to slow down and check our reality. True Stride is that feeling you get when...

Investing in a business or project requires a full process with components and aspects that may exceed our original cost expectation. You never know what you're fully getting into until you walk through the experience. How can entrepreneurs stabilize life, business, and abundance? Now is a good moment for a Wise Walk. On the True Stride podcast, we take a Wise Walk to slow down and check our reali...

When someone enters your life and creates conflict or awkwardness, do you ever wonder if they were placed in your path so you could learn a valuable lesson and expand? We all cross paths with negativity, but it's how we respond to it that matters. How can we take responsibility for our own energetic maintenance? Now is a good moment for a Wise Walk. On the True Stride podcast, we take a Wise Walk...