how to change what you don’t want

The summer after I graduated from high school, I worked as a telemarketer selling water softeners. Actually, my job was to convince the people I called that if they didn’t get their water tested soon, they would regret it for the rest of their lives. Lovely....

my word of the year (and 5 ways find + honor yours)

Whoomp, there it is. I really thought long and hard about this: the one little word I want to guide me this year. THRIVE. I love this exercise so much more than making resolutions at the start of a new year. A resolution typically focuses on what we lack or want to...

How To Make Next Year Your Best Year Yet

‘Tis the season to dream big. As everything and everyone slooooows down this week, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the past year and prepare – heart, mind and soul – for the next. Are you simply wishing for a better year than last? You...

how i found my soul sisters

About a decade ago, I wondered what it might be like to have a tribe. Or even just one soul-deep, sister-like friend. I’d had best friends growing up, but things changed and we changed…and just like that, I felt a little lost at sea. I figured it was me,...

Sweet! Thank you! Yes! {too good not to share}

Do you subscribe to Tut.com’s Notes from the Universe? I just adore finding these little bursts of wisdom and love in my inbox each morning. I only open them on days I feel called to do so – and I swear the message is always perfect for what I’m...

How I Survived Being an Online Punching Bag

Four years ago, The Wall Street Journal called. A reporter there was writing a story about new research that suggested PTSD {post traumatic stress disorder} resulting from birth trauma was more common than previously thought. Few women were publicly talking about...

Stop Saying That: 4 Sentences Worth Banning

I believe our thoughts create our reality. When I wake up in the morning choosing to be conscious of the good stuff that comes my way, it shifts my mood, my perceptions, the outcome of certain situations, and even the way others react to me. When I wake up expecting a...

Need More Friends? Clear the Way…

I had already started writing this post about making new friends when I opened today’s Notes from the Universe, a daily email I receive from Tut.com {such a great way to start the day!}. Here’s today’s message: Get out, get out, get out even more,...