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I’ve got five kids, I’m a queer feminist, and I just might be the only life coach in the world who doesn’t believe in the Law of Attraction.

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I’m back, and I’m kind of a mess, but I’m also just fine.

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Beloved kindred spirits, I missed you! And I missed me. I have been gone this summer in more ways than one. We packed and unpacked and repacked, rode on planes and ferries and Disneyland rides, saw beloved family and friends, swam in the ocean, camped in tents for nine days, and ate the most delicious […]

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Time Management

So I was on the phone yesterday with a beautiful kindred spirit who took my Make Art, Choose Joy class, and we were talking about the inhale-exhale that’s fundamental for artists (and all humans). We were acknowledging how HARD it is to let ourselves inhale (take in nourishment, sustenance, rest, nutrients, beauty, pleasure) when we are measured […]

Right Before You Phoenix

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Life Is Beautiful

We’re past summer solstice. Welcome to this tender, tender season. My dear kindred spirit– If you feel lost. If everything is a little swampy. If the world feels swirly. Like you can’t quite remember who you are anymore. Like you can’t quite get your bearings. Then you are probably RIGHT on the brink of a […]

The Man With the Plums

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Life Is Beautiful

Last summer, we sat in the orthodontist’s office hoping to hear the magical words, “Good news! No one needs braces!” (I will pause while you cackle at my naivete and foolish hope.) Instead, we learned that we needed MULTIPLE sets of braces. The total cost was shocking. Like, I felt my soul leave my body […]

10 Things My Clients Taught Me

10 Things My Clients Taught Me

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Bliss

For more than a decade, I’ve gotten to talk to the most interesting people in the world about the most interesting parts of their lives. I’m talking about my private clients, who are ambitious, successful, tender, justice-oriented, mystical, grounded, creative, intellectual, sensitive, fierce, world-changing kindred spirits. While I guard their privacy fiercely and rarely tell […]

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