Creating a safe place for you to land.
a soft place for you to land
a soft place for you to land
I tend to keep my circle small and my love big. Humans are one of my favorite things. A little about me? Although I love humans, I tend to be an introvert unless the conversation is about other humans and their stories. I’ll show up for you but may need to peak around the corner at times to make sure it is safe. A dinner party larger than 6 and you will probably find me avoiding or hiding away. A crowd of people or a long line? No thank you. I love my solitude and even manage to find it raising my sweet teen boys. Solitude may be rare but it is possible. Even in the midst of my introverted self, speaking out about mental health and all the ties us together - I will do so from anyplace and anytime needed.
A way in which you can bring more peace, calm, intention AND direction into your life. Not a quick turnaround but a gradual easing in to more mindfulness.
Our lives are full. Full with good things and full with other things: news, todo lists, keeping up, over scheduled. This does not allow us to fully step into the whole of us. The well being of our emotional and spiritual selves.
What it is:
Gentle, Clear Guidance. Taking in YOUR life, not mine, not another. Taking into account with a deep analysis of how your day to day currently exists, what you would like your day to day to feel like and then finding a reasonable approach to incorporate more mindfulness into each moment, an abundance of joy, time and contentment.
What to expect:
a newsletter about love, life, loss, and hope
Initially when I wrote the first draft of my book (nope, not published yet as I get terribly private at times), I wanted to title it Silver Linings of Grief: Loss, New Love and Hope - something like that. I was fresh off a divorce from a long term marriage, a surprised falling head in love with someone new and still processing the death and suicide of my beloved stepmother and Father. I found while I am a big believer in silver linings, it is often used in many aspects and may get lost in the shuffle
In walked a new idea. I was amazed and touched by how many people told me my ordinary social media posts and musings touched them. These were typically words I held close, then shared and promptly wanted to jump in a bunker. Yet, the more I shared the more people told me they felt the same way, or how my words helped them. This is really all I want for my words to help. I realized that all my grief although huge at times, the divorce, motherhood, friendship was all so ordinary, too! I find humans so amazingly beautiful and if this was true then somewhere in my story my life was beautiful as well. Thus Beautifully Ordinary, Beautifully Real was born as a monthly newsletter for you.
Writer
It is only when I write I find my calm or perspective. I love to write for others. For work. For healing. I am a believer in silver linings helping me find wonder. These little sparks of joy keep me grounded and wanting to live my life fully with those I love. My path has not been in my time frame (way slower) and it is still so good. Life has been many steps forward and steps back and then forward again - or at least that is how it feels. It’s how growth is best for me I’ve found. Just a little movement here and there.
Mindfulness Mentoring
A way in which you can bring more peace, calm, intention AND direction into your life. Not a quick turnaround but a gradual easing in to more mindfulness. Ease stress level, more focus, more enjoyment, connection and understanding of how you interact in your day and how you react to your surroundings. Shifting your life to more ease, enjoyment and contentment.
Yoga & Retreats
Peace, love, yoga. It really isn’t this though, is it? Teaching for over a thirteen years I know how deeply community is needed. When a handful of souls or more come together. Being able to facilitate is an absolutely honor. I teach 4- 5 classes a week locally in Northern California, offer a handful of writing workshops a year online and in person. I do have a retreats planned for 2024. Those open for registration may be found here on this website, too.
“I was reminded that home for me is where I can be in absolute devotion. It is where I can be comfortable in body, heart and soul. It can be the grass beneath my feet, the sweat on my yoga mat, an ancient temple in India or the smell of the top of my children's heads. Most of all home is pure and clear.”
— Emily Robinson
Writing for ourselves is brave. When we write we show parts of ourselves that we may have not met yet.
Given this, these next 21 days of writing you will be prompted to write and in this writing I ask you to stay brave, be honest, and be truthful. I will be writing alongside you.
Prompts may look like:
Describe how these feelings land in your body and what they mean in your words: Joy, Resentment, Envy, Regret, Worry, Contentment
How does discipline show up for you. Does is feel like freedom, control or vibrancy? I have recently begun to think of discipline along the lines of creating vibrancy (health, how we nourish ourselves). However, it can also be a way to avoid.
Describe yourself as a child. Pick one age a) first age you remember, 10 years old or 14-18 years old. What would you tell yourself at this age, in the kindest, soothing and unconditional love kind of way?
What to expect:
Soft places to land lead to safety, expansion and our biggest truths.