Tag: values based living
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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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🦋 Stop Dress-Rehearsing Tragedy: Choosing Presence Over “What If”
For me, this week has been full in the best way; movement, reflection, insight, and deep internal noticing. As I near the final weeks of my chakra workshop and spent considerable time this week exploring intuition and imagination, I found myself returning to a phrase I heard years ago that quietly changed how I meet…
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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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