Hi friend, If you’re working on bettering yourself, it’s possible you’re absorbing a lot of content online—reading books, learning about all the skills you need. You’ve probably even made some progress: you can give really good advice. You can name what’s happening. You can explain your patterns. You can tell other people exactly what to do. But are you noticing a disconnect? When tough situations come up, you can know the thing but still not do the thing. Awareness is powerful, but it’s not...

Hi friend, Here’s a hard truth for your Monday: Some of you aren’t taking space, you’re avoiding. It’s not dramatic. You may not even notice it. It happens in phrases like, “I’ll respond later” “I just need more time” “I don’t feel ready yet” So you wait to deal with the situation. You scroll. You ruminate on it. You almost reach out…but then you don’t, because there’s a part of you that doesn’t want to deal with the discomfort of what comes next. But taking space from a situation is meant to...

Hi friend, If you could erase all the discomfort you’re feeling RIGHT NOW with a single text message, why wouldn’t you? Keep reading! I’ll tell you! It’s such a normal human experience to avoid pain, but we’ve all felt it; we’ve felt it after standing up to someone and telling them firmly where we stand. We've felt pain and discomfort because what we said and how we feel could change things. Because we start to second-guess. Because our brains hate the uncertainty. And because our bodies just...