Hello Warrior, Sometimes the thing that protected you becomes the very thing keeping you stuck. I recently joined Brad Berg on the Encompassed Purpose Podcast for a very personal conversation about trauma, fear, forgiveness, and becoming your authentic self. I shared parts of my story I don't always get into during an interview, including being 11 years old and asking my dad for counseling, the "cowboy angel" who helped my sister and me get home from New Mexico, and the simple question my dad...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, What if the parts of yourself you’ve spent years trying to fix were never proof that something was wrong with you? You may have learned to believe that being worthy meant getting it right. Being strong. Being useful. Being agreeable. Healing enough. Accomplishing enough. Becoming the version of yourself that no one could criticize, reject, or find lacking. But that version of you doesn’t exist. And she doesn’t need to. In my newest article, Flawed & Sacred: How Accepting Your...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, This quarter kept bringing me back to one truth: Fear may have something to tell you. It just doesn’t get to make the decision. That message runs through the new Q3 issue of Warrior’s Journal, and it is also at the heart of something I am especially happy to share with you. Soul Solutions® for Overcoming Fear & Limiting Beliefs, Book Two in the Soul Solutions® series, is officially here. This book takes the awareness work from Book One and moves into the next question: Now what?...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hello [First Name], There comes a point on the healing journey when you realize the past is still trying to lead. It may show up when you silence yourself instead of speaking the truth. It may show up when you over-explain a boundary because part of you still believes your needs require permission. It may show up when you wait for someone else to apologize, understand, or change before you allow yourself to move forward. But your power does not return when the past finally becomes different....
25 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, There is a difference between understanding why you react a certain way and being able to choose differently when the moment actually arrives. You may recognize the fear. You may know the old story. You may even understand exactly where the limiting belief began. Yet you can still find yourself saying yes when you want to say no, pulling back from something you want, overthinking the decision, trying to control the outcome, or responding from a pattern that no longer reflects who...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Warriors, If you’re in North Georgia, I’d love the chance to see you in person. On Saturday, September 26, I’ll be at The Collective & Silent Auction by Inklings Creative Expressions at The Mill on Etowah in Canton from 12–4 PM. The Collective brings writers, artists, creators, and readers together for an afternoon of learning, inspiration, and connection. This year’s sessions include conversations about book promotion, writing from an editor’s point of view, and the realities of using...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello [First Name], There comes a point on the healing journey when you realize the wound is not asking you to build a home inside it. It’s asking you to listen. That is the heart of my newest article, Trauma Is Information, Not a Lifestyle. Trauma can shape how you trust, love, apologize, shut down, control, or abandon yourself to keep the peace. But trauma is not your complete story. It may explain the wound, but it doesn’t get to define the whole person. In this article, I share how trauma...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello [First Name], There is a kind of strength the world praises that is not really strength at all. It is armor. It is the clenched jaw, the guarded heart, the need to prove, the urge to control, and the refusal to let anyone see where you still feel tender. For a long time, many of us were taught this was strength. But the egoic mind may have helped you survive without being able to lead you into freedom. Real strength is softer than that. It is the ability to pause before reacting. To...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi [First Name], There comes a point on the healing journey when you realize being hard is exhausting. You may have called it strength for a long time. Pushing through. Holding everything together. Measuring your words so no one misunderstands you. Pretending your heart doesn’t need tenderness. Becoming guarded, useful, capable, and controlled because softness once felt unsafe. But sometimes what looks like strength on the outside is really armor on the inside. My new blog article is about...
2 months ago • 1 min read