I woke up last week to my mind overflowing with scattered thoughts, clouding each other, swarming the landscape of my psyche and robbing me of peace before I could open my eyes. Quickly, I remembered my ritual of listing at least five things I'm grateful for before...

Maya Angelou once said, "Every storm runs out of rain." I am not the biggest fan of rain, but this year in particular I feel so much gratitude for the moisture that has graced the valley that I call home. Now that the winter months have come and gone (the ones I...

Clarisse. She’s one of my favorite literary characters. Every November when I have the chance to teach Ray Bradbury’s classic Dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 to my sophomore classes, I ruminate about her character, drawing parallels to my own life. In case you aren’t...

I’ve never felt shy or shameful about physical therapy. By contrast, just the mere idea of psychological therapy used to hold major stigma from my perspective. Physical therapy became a part of my life when I was 15 years old to lessen the symptoms of scoliosis. A...

Swirling spirals of thought Have me tangled up and caught Until I stop... What is right in front of me? What is quietly asking to be seen The present moment...outside the spiral, living the dream Write it down, make it real We create constructs to control the way we...

Picture this: you read a post on social media that resonates with you. From reading the comments, obviously it does with many others as well. The post is so lovely, you decide to leave a comment too. You compliment the writer for making so many people feel like they...

powerful, life giver, brave the O.G. trailblazer and mother of humanity saw the grand vision accomplished the mission revealed to her daughters divine intuition took on the burden didn't shrink down or shirk it trusted deep down that this life would be worth it to see...

The mind is a garden; What we decide to grow there will determine our prosperity Yung Pueblo Mental Health Awareness Month May is Mental Health Awareness month. Mental Health is a topic near and dear to my heart for multiple reasons, but the catalyst to all of them...

“You gotta leave yourself behind.” -Lady Gaga The Roles We Settle In There’s a lot about societal structures and cultural norms that make self-exploration and expansion a tricky task. Your upbringing determines your world view as a young person. Family dynamics,...

Lately, this quote has been repeating in my mind: “Well behaved women rarely make history.” It doesn’t really matter what I’m doing. I could be washing dishes, driving my car, or just lying in bed at night in the dark. The words continuously return. I am fortunate...

Recently I heard a woman on a podcast talk about “sacred rage.” For thirty minutes I ate up every word she said about a woman’s right to be angry and the power in her rage. It was balm for my soul. What Does Anger Mean To You? Before we dive into this topic, I would...

Sometimes I think we keep ourselves small by believing lies our mind masquerades as truth. Ill-rooted perspectives can have a way of misinforming us about who we are. Personality and experiences play a big part, too, of course. I have a bad habit of ignoring what I...

In my last post I wrote about the importance of living in alignment with our design. You can read it here in case you missed it! Understanding how our bodies work and passing on that knowledge to the next generation is vital. In the age of information, we have no...

Sun & Moon I read recently that men’s hormones are like the sun; they repeat on a daily cycle. In one day, a man will experience a fluctuation of energy, ability to focus, and ease of connection. Energy levels for men are usually highest in the earlier part of the...

I recently wrote a piece about my faith journey, which you can read here. I didn't feature it as a stand-alone post because honestly, it scared me to put something so personal and vulnerable out there on center stage. But ultimately I decided it has a place on the...

Over a year ago, Autumn and I launched this blog on a wing and a prayer. After literal MONTHS of going back and forth (should we...should we not...maybe we should...nope, not worth it...ok but let's just try), we finally took the plunge. And you know how it happened?...

Some people worship money, others sex, and still others don’t quite know who or what they worship...but they hold onto a hope that there’s something out there bigger than themselves. I personally worship God. And sometimes dark chocolate and Diet Coke (God knows I’m...

In order to have great friends, one must be a great friend. While I have passed this truth on to my children, I think different people hold different definitions of “being a friend”. What is valuable to one person may not be to another. Because of this, people come...

In 2016, an old friend of mine from college passed away to a rare form of cancer. His death was a turning point for me because it was in those vulnerable moments of quiet grieving that I turned to books about the afterlife. I suddenly had a thirst for knowledge and...

Has anyone ever told you that you are _______ (fill in the blank with a negative word)? My guess is yes. Nobody Gets To Decide For You In recent years, I watched a heated discussion unfold. At one point, Person A told Person B that she was “too sensitive.” And I...

Dear 2020, I must say that I'm happy to see you gone. I’m not afraid to call you out for what you were at times: a soul-sucking maelstrom of frustrations, losses, and annoying surprises. But with the bad comes the good; for me that equates to growth. I want to reflect...

A year to remember 2020 will definitely go down in the books, won't it? This year was everything. It was surprising, sorrowful, maddening, confusing, enlightening, downright shocking, terrifying, even unexpectedly joyful at times. 2020 evoked every emotion that exists...

Society loves boxes. It loves to compartmentalize people so that it can better make sense of humanity. It tells us: You are a democrat. Stay there. If you ever find yourself thinking something remotely conservative, stop your brain in its tracks. Only liberal thoughts...