How to Get Out of Your Own Way
Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try—and sometimes, the harder you try—you can't quite seem to make the progress you want on your projects and goals? It's always something or other getting in the way and it's one step forward, two steps back. Sigh. Me too,...
An Uncomfortable Truth About Why You’re Not Winning
Look, I know you don't want to hear it, but it's time to dole out a little tough love. You know all those results you're hoping for but just not seeing? You wanna know why you're not seeing them? Well, buckle up, Buttercup, because I'm about to lay it all out on the...
How I Failed at Taking a Month Off
Every year, Adam and I take a sabbatical during the months of June and December. I know what you're thinking: this sounds awesome. So how come I feel like I failed at being off during my time off? Why am I making this into something hard? You're not wrong; it IS...
What a Slug Taught Me About Myself
In my last newsletter I wrote a little bit about how I was tackling my beleaguered veggie gardens this year. To be clear, they’re not really beleaguered yet, but based on empirical evidence, they will be soon enough. I am, after all, their caretaker and that is an...
Giving Up What Doesn’t Make Us Special
Do you ever notice that the things we're all super weird about are all the things we all do but want to pretend we don't? All those normal human things we cover up like they're Pentagon secrets? We are constantly relating to ourselves as weird or special, and we...
Spring Cleaning for My Soul
Well, we did it. We limped over the vernal equinox and we made it to spring. That being said, I'm clear that even though we've jumped our clocks ahead (can we just stop this already, please?), at least here in North America, and crossed the 21st of March off our...
I Failed at My Goals and Here’s What I Learned
Last year, I set a goal to do a small thing every day for 365 days. And I failed. So, what did I learn about setting goals? Not what you might think. Ah, January. The brand-new year stretches out in front of us like a gorgeous blank canvas; a vision of unmarred,...
How to Get Unstuck
Have you ever had the experience of wanting to do something new or different, only to find yourself unable to make yourself get up and actually go Do The Thing? Of course you have; you’re a human and this experience is common and normal. This could be getting up...
Why Commitment Feels Hard (& How To Make It Easier), Part 3: Stop Confusing Relief With Intuition
This is it: the final instalment in the three-part why-commitment-feels-hard-and-how-to-make-it-easier series. We've covered the natural reasons we tend to shy away from commitments, which is normal and human of us, because of how our ancestors learned to survive....