Everything has energy. Every person, every thought, every action, item, and word carry a certain vibration. Why is this important? Because energy and vibration have a way of multiplying, it is as contagious as this virus we are dealing with and can change a room full of people from feeling alive to despair. From feeling fear to hope. From feeling lost and discouraged to feeling empowered and inspired.

Do you have a Type E Personality? That’s right, E like enthusiasm, energetic, entrepreneur, enlightened, and perhaps even getting "Enough Already" from people. If these sound familiar, then you may have a TypeE personality.

Whoever said that life should be all about suffering—was most certainly wrong!! Take it from me, some who has mastered that art and skill of suffering. What I have learned is that leaning towards suffering and sacrifice is a perfect prescription for a life of resentment, frustration, and exhaustion.

Leaning towards JOY, in fact, helps our capacity to experience more happiness, hence being more productive, patient, and purposeful. Joy is the happiness of the soul. Joy, I have learned, is our true nature. What that means is that we were all born joyful.

Several years ago, I woke with this nagging feeling that my life was feeling joyless. I knew how to create fun for others but had forgotten to include myself.

I had spent so many years in my adult life being such a good girl, so responsible that I had forgotten how to lean towards joy. Now, I know where I learned it from—one of the world's greatest teachers, my mother! As a child, she would tell me, "You can't go out and play until your chores are all done!"

So much has changed over these past few months. In the nation, in the world, and each and all our lives. Everything from the way we work, shop, learn, teach, and connect with one another.

In the beginning, I, like many, believed this was going to be temporary, but the longer the virus lingers, the more I have come to consider that this will be the new normal for a long time to come.

I recently polled over 20 people about their experiences during this time. I asked them what they have lost... and what they have gained.

I have a question for you. What's sitting in your inbox? I know it may sound like a silly question, but bear with me. What if in the answer to that very question, lives in the answers to larger questions about you and your life?

What do you do when you can't run or hide from a truth that has been revealed? When your old go-to's that served as an escape from the discomfort of those truths are not so accessible? When you no longer can shop for that perfect pair of shoes, exert pent up energy at the gym, enjoy a leisurely 2-hour lunch with a friend, or escape to the office for the day?

To walk the Camino de Santiago, an 800-kilometer (500 miles) trek over the Pyrenees and across northern Spain, has been on my bucket list for some time. To complete it from beginning to end takes at least five weeks averaging at 15 miles per day!

This post could very easily focus on the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of worry, but I will save that for another day. Instead, today, I would like to offer you a tool to help you confront your worries.

This week's question is what drains your energy? What Clutters your life? I know what you are thinking, those are 2 questions! But I think they are one and the same. They can have everything to do with why you have felt anxious, stagnant, struggle with a health issue, relationships, and money challenges—despite our current crisis.

Times like these can bring out the best in humans. There have been so many heartwarming stories I have heard and being circulated on the internet, softening or hearts and offering hope for humankind.

I am confident that this is not the first time that you, me, WE have experienced adversity. I am also confident that we all have tools and strategies that we have used in the past that have helped us overcome these adversities. I am confident that this is not the first time that you, me, WE have experienced adversity. I am also confident that we all have tools and strategies that we have used in the past that have helped us overcome these adversities.

Imagine the most powerful tool for stepping out of this prison and bringing more peace and calm into your life already lived within you. Mindfulness is a tool that is accessible to everyone, everywhere, at all times.

Over the last few weeks, we explored the idea of limiting beliefs. Hopefully, you began challenging your beliefs that are no longer serving you especially around goals or intentions that somehow have never come been realized. Today we are going to dive into what may be the greatest obstacle of all—procrastination! Put off, delay, postpone, ignore… whatever you choose to call it, we all do it.

In the nearly 30 years that I have been helping and supporting individuals achieve their goals, I have discovered that one of the greatest obstacles that stand in the way is a person's beliefs, in particular the limiting ones.

Can you recall the ages between 9-12, when you were in 4th to 7th grade? They are incredibly informative years in our development. We are old enough to be out from underneath our parent’s wings and yet young enough that our egos haven’t quite set in. These years often hold lots of wisdom of who we are authentically and our purpose here on earth. 

Have you ever wondered why you have been placed here on earth? If you are here to fulfill a certain mission? Or, if you and your soul were given an assignment to fulfill in this lifetime? I love contemplating these ideas. In fact, I believe in this notion so much, that I have designed my coaching practice very much around it. I help individuals discover who they truly are authentically (deep down to their soul), and how to build a life to support that person. 

Life is filled with defining moments. These moments can be so powerful that they can alter the trajectory of our life.  When these events happen from a place of kindness, they can often remind us that we are worthy, loved and appreciated.