I took one for the team. I knew at a young age I was different. You too probably. But I grew up in a Catholic family in small town Nebraska where being different wasn't a good thing. When trying my best to fit in wasn't working anymore, I decided I needed to figure out who I was--not who "they" wanted me to be. So I began studying yoga. On my own at first. For several years that worked for me while I started to unravel some of my old beliefs. Yoga helped me to embody my spirit like never before - plus it kept my…

We all have our own kind of golden handcuffs we wear. And yes, they are golden if you have a roof over your head, food to eat, clean water to drink, a car to drive, and a cell phone in your pocket. You are better off than most people on this planet. And yet, you know there is more for you. You aren't selfish for wanting life to be better. Wanting can be done from your couch while sipping on a hot tea scrolling on your phone of tropical destinations you want to visit or dreaming of starting your own business. Deciding to upgrade your life…

I watched a movie, "Military Wives", over the weekend. I could absolutely relate since way back when, I was an army wife myself. It deals with the stresses military men and women leave behind when they are deployed. It shows the realness of how people cope, both in healthy and unhealthy ways. In this movie, it reveals that many women, without support, cope with the stress of their loved one's being deployed with drinking. I felt the pull to drown my sorrows too while Brian was overseas in war zones as a civilian. But, I also knew there was a better way. I searched for larger truths,…

This little cutie, Kevra, chose me to be her mama, just like all children choose their parents. I spent most of my pregnancy trying to figure out why. She already loved me, before she was born. I could feel it. She has an enormous heart and still loves me "Around all the planets and the whole solar system and back a 1000 times!" She was my second child and one that we had not planned for, yet were open to receiving if the Divine wanted us to have another. Motherhood changed me like is does all women. But why? It made me want to…

A couple weeks ago I felt like I hit the lowest low!   My body felt sluggish, my mind was deep in the murky shadows of doubt, fear and shame, and I did not feel like myself.   It happens to the best of us.   We can all have crap days, take on someone else's energy or beliefs, or just wake up on the "wrong side of the bed."   It' isn't about if it happens but what you do when you find yourself down in the dumps.   Low vibration emotions tend to feed off of each other and can easily get amplified if you don't do something…

I'll say it again: I used to hate parts of myself. I never wanted anyone to have access to or see what I thought were weaknesses. I wanted to be authentic but could only reveal the light and kept my shadows hidden. In doing so, I always felt attacked and like I needed protection. For years I used energy shields and smudged myself clean of negative energy daily. Because I couldn't honor all of me I had to hide part of me. That led to energetic walls (not just healthy boundaries) but thick ass, layers and layers of walls. It was the only way I knew how…