Category: General
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🦋 Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Earth
What if the very thing you were told to “fix” is actually your greatest gift? I used to be told I had my head in the clouds. It was not always said kindly. Sometimes it came with frustration, sometimes with dismissal, sometimes with the quiet implication that I needed to be more realistic, more grounded,…
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🦋 The Story You’re Telling Might Be the Problem
This week, I caught myself mid-thought. Not in a big, dramatic moment, but in the quiet unfolding of everyday life. A plan. A reaction. A subtle resistance I couldn’t quite explain. For a moment, I did what most of us do. I assumed it was the situation. That something felt off because something was off.…
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🦋 Two Quiet Teachers
This week, winter decided it was not quite ready to leave. After a glimpse of spring, 70* sunshine and the first brave plants pushing through the soil we found ourselves suddenly in the middle of a messy, howling blizzard. Snow swirling sideways, temperatures dropping, and many of us wondering how we ended up back here…
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🦋 Looking at Her Differently
For me, this week held an unexpected moment of reflection during a quiet “Natalie day.” After the completion of my Chakra Workshop series, I intentionally stepped away from the usual pace with no expectations, no conversations, just space to think and move through the day the way I do when I am in the solitude…
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🦋 Softening Into Strength
For me, this week was an invitation not to push harder, but to soften. I carried that word with me intentionally, especially in moments that felt tight: challenging conversations, compressed timing, everyday irritations. Each time I noticed tension rising, I paused and asked myself a simple question: How can I soften here? What surprised me…
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🦋 Honoring the Right to Feel
For me, this week has felt expansive, warm, and deeply affirming. The sunshine outside mirrors what has been happening within me; a sense of flow, gratitude, and emotional presence. Another chakra workshop unfolded exactly as it was meant to, my heart felt full connecting with my children, and I intentionally took time for self-care that…
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🦋 The Pause We Did Not Choose
For me, this week offered a lesson I didn’t plan for and one I clearly needed. It began with movement and joy: a beautiful hike with my pup Quila, fresh air filling my lungs, presence coming easily. It softened into a slow Sunday afternoon nap… and then, abruptly, my body asked for everything to stop.…
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🦋 Grounded in Living: Honoring Our Right to Be Here
For me, this morning began in stillness. A gentle snowfall here in Wisconsin, the world softened and quiet, as if everything collectively agreed to pause. There is something deeply grounding about these moments when life slows just enough for us to feel ourselves here. Present. Breathing. Existing without needing to do, prove, or perform anything…
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🦋When Kind Words Become Steady Ground
For me, this week held everything. Grief and joy. Tenderness and strength. Loss and new beginnings, all arriving at once. It began with the tragic passing of a young colleague, leaving a heaviness that settled into our days and our hearts. I felt it deeply, and I chose to pause, to grieve honestly, and to…
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