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The Paradox of Attraction

The Paradox of Attraction

In the dance of relationships, there's a phenomenon that often unfolds like a complex puzzle of intentions and perceptions. Picture this: you believe you are broadcasting a readiness, an "open for connection" energy.  Meanwhile your signals, unbeknownst to...

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Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 2)

Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 2)

“You can use the relationships in which you find yourself as crucibles for your own change and transformation, and as sources of support and deep healing. Because love does heal us; love transforms – if we are willing to move past our own egos and show up for the...

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Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 1)

Looking beyond Me and You in Relationship (part 1)

✨ “…the price we pay as a society for our toxic individualism and patriarchy is our permanent estrangement from one another.” ~ Bruce Springsteen ✨In my work and personal life, I see relationships as a meeting of two entities which go on to create a third entity – the...

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The Art of Leading Through Struggles

The Art of Leading Through Struggles

I’ve experienced 4 significant family deaths in the last 10 months.  Both parents.  Both aunts. What’s one to do as a Leader, when hit by wave after wave of adversity? Whether handling attrition, lost income, high interest rates, talent...

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BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 3)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 3)

Consciously activating a prescribed fire in relationship means a commitment to lean into vulnerability, to staying curious and generous, to sticking with the messy middle of problem identification and solving, to taking a break and circling back when necessary, to...

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BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 2)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 2)

As you become comfortable in your relationship with a partner, those edges between you that initially were full of excitement, energy and potentiality, begin to cool. The qualities that thrilled and enticed you before, can become mild annoyances and irritations....

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BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 1)

BURNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP DOWN (part 1)

“How was your day?” Recently I was asked about this question and whether there were other ways of engaging with a partner after a time apart. It’s a question we don’t often examine.  Although the original intention was to create connection, you may have...

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THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 3)

THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 3)

Are you aware of your “havingness level,” how much you are willing to receive before the sensation of all that goodness feels like too much? Without an awareness to some of the factors that limit how much goodness you can take in and stay conscious for, you will...

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THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 2)

THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 2)

Over 20 years ago, after a very messy, painful, and contentious #divorce I found myself in a new relationship.  I was the fittest, happiest, and most fulfilled I had been in my life up to that point.  I felt for sure, this new relationship would be a...

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THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 1)

THE PROBLEM WITH RECEIVING (part 1)

Years ago, I had a client who came to me looking for a relationship.  In our sessions, she confided that men hit on her quite often, but rarely wanted more than sex.  One afternoon she went clothes shopping with some girlfriends.  One of her...

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