Feeling Better Blog

"Heart is sea,
language is shore,
Whatever sea includes,
will hit the shore."
~Rumi

I'm learning that being able to name our emotions properly is an extremely important life skill.

Why?

Because language sh...

While watching a movie with a friend, we were interrupted and unable to finish it that day.

A few weeks later as we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do, I suggested we finish watching the ...

“Language doesn’t just communicate emotion, it shapes it.” Dr. Brene Brown

A married couple shared a memory with me from their early marriage.

One day as they were out for a nice little drive, they ...

I hate feeling the feeling of anticipation.

You know, that feeling of waiting for something to happen?

It gets into your mind and then spreads through your entire nervous system and becomes physical...

Monarch butterflies represent the guiding light that directs one to their highest spiritual truth, and the internal compass that we all have that never ceases to work to point us in the right directio...

When I was about three years old I fell in a pool while attending my sisters’ swimming lessons.

I remember being told to stay away from the edge.

But my curiosity got the best of me.

As I went to l...

Every Monday morning at 9am MDT I host an online book club. 

We are currently studying and discussing "The High 5 Habit" by Mel Robbins.

This week I incorporated Mel's practice of high-fiving my hea...

Today feels like a dumb day.

Lots of emotion and I'm not sure exactly why.

Where did my calm Zen self go?

I'm making mistakes all over the place and feeling all the feels that come with that.

Frus...

The beginning of this week I came down with some kind of cold/virus.

At first I thought it was allergies because it started right after I'd helped my son bag fall leaves.

It hit fast and got worse r...