I can look back on my life, and there is a particular delineation - a line where I realise I was waking up.

This was at the early stages of meditation, yoga, healing, and intuitive classes. I had a moment where I realised that (too) many of the choices I'd made had been less conscious, more conditioned.

When we are children, we look to our families; we follow their rules, attend school, and participate in cultural and religious groups based on their guidance. I went along with a lot of this as a child because a lot of it suited me well. I attended piano lessons, thrived on a few sports teams, and enjoyed the youth group at my church. I made great friends and learned a lot about myself, my strengths, and my preferences.

When it came time to choose a university, my options were mountains or beach. I wasn't sure what to choose. And I remember thinking - my parents enjoyed their time at ASU, so I'll try that and see how it goes.

In the long run, I do believe that ASU was a great fit fo...

Over the past week, a theme has been consistent in sessions and conversations: we’re projecting old identities and relationship dynamics onto those around us. I’ve had a dozen conversations about how we often don’t see people for who they truly are - we see echoes of the past layered over them.

Let’s break this down.

Our childhoods form the foundation for how we see the world. Our mothers (or mother figures) often shape how we perceive women, girls, intuition, receiving, and even the feminine - both positively and negatively. The way we experienced father figures affects how we relate to boys, men, institutions, money, support, authority, and the masculine.

If those early relationships were healthy, respectful, kind, and compassionate, we carry a clearer lens through which to view others. But if there were inevitable issues (we’re all human!), then our lens may be fogged with static - extra noise, blind spots, and distortions.

I was listening to a podcast recently, and one of the h...

Hello beautiful beings, I hope you’re all well! I’ve just returned from some precious time with family in North and South Carolina - filled with good food, sweet tea, and soul-nourishing connection.

Earlier this month, before I knew I’d be traveling back, I began writing a list: What happens when we talk about the things we don’t want to talk about? The uncomfortable stuff. The long-held family secrets. The moments we’d rather leave in the shadows.
And to my surprise, some beautiful things emerged.

I want to share a few reflections with you - not just the hard truths, but the healing that becomes possible when we begin to speak. There were even a few unexpected gifts in the mix, and I hope these words help you see communication in a new light.

The Unspoken Legacy

Most of us, if we look back a few generations, can find an ancestor whose choices brought shame to the family - maybe something illegal, prejudiced, immature, or simply misguided. And so, we don’t talk about them. Those con...

As many of you know, I’ll be flying home tomorrow to spend time with and support my family. (I’m looking forward to the hugs, laughter, sunshine, and southern food too!)

I love to travel. Love it. And what I love almost as much is planning the trip - booking the flights and choosing the seats, researching hotels, learning about the logistics of being in a new place, and figuring out what I’ll need while I’m there. I look into the weather, terrain, voltage requirements, and events or festivals happening during my stay. In short, I get to build anticipation, and my creativity opens up as I plan to embrace and experience a new space for a little while.

Last week, I quickly did a bit of research to check flight availability and prices. I tuned into my intuition and found my flights. It felt totally aligned, and so I began the process of booking. But halfway through entering my details, I had to stop - I realized the transatlantic flight did not include checked baggage.

My first response...

Breaking Cycles Without Breaking Connection-
Healing ancestral pain without rejecting where you come from.

It's a fine line, a dance, the ability to listen, feel, and respond.

Oftentimes, we lean into extremes of right or wrong. There’s a perception of comfort when we think we know something unequivocally, without doubt. But very little actually exists in the extremes. The reality is that life is far more grey - or, more accurately, a multitude of shades and colours. Layers of depth. Complex, living, breathing, and infinitely more interesting than any fixed idea of how something should be.

What often happens is that we witness a family member's behaviour and judge it on a surface level, without understanding the experiences that created it. And we react - rejecting not just the behaviour, but the person themselves. These overcorrections don’t save us from unhealthy emotional responses, or from being abused or manipulated. In fact, they can lead us into those very possibilities. When ...

We’ve been taught to believe that our genes are set in stone. That if our mother had anxiety, we will too. If our grandfather developed a certain illness, it’s only a matter of time before we do. If our ancestors aged poorly, so will we.

But here’s the truth: nothing is fixed - not even your genetic expression.

We don’t just inherit eye colour or bone structure. We inherit belief systems, energetic patterns, and outdated worldviews. These hand-me-downs can shape the way we see the world, and the way our bodies respond to it.

Ancestral experiences live in us, not just emotionally or psychologically, but physically. Illness, imbalance, deterioration, disconnection - so much of it can be tracked across generations. But that doesn’t mean we’re doomed to repeat the past.

Science tells us that only about 5% of diseases are fully penetrant - meaning you will experience them no matter what. And even that, I’d argue, can shift. Because the rest? It's all responsive, adaptable, changeable.

Space + Time: A Return Home

I recently sat in meditation, moving deeper and deeper within, and experienced one of the most profound healings and realisations I’ve had in a long time. I was shown the relationship between Space and Time - specifically, how creating spaciousness is at the very heart of our healing, our insights, and our ability to truly change.

Take a moment now to tune into your body. Notice any tightness that lies within. Feel the places where there’s a lack of space. Watch how your conditioning, your fixed ideas, and habitual patterns pull you in, causing you to constrict in unnatural ways. The mind, the thoughts, the fear that pulses through, it all contributes to a state of contraction.

Now imagine allowing some expansion. A loosening. Picture your breath deepening, your muscles softening, your mind easing. Thoughts begin to flow more clearly. Emotions move unhindered. Energy starts to circulate freely.

Without space, there’s too much noise. No room to process. Y...

Lately, I’ve been thinking about Hungry Ghosts. I’ve been witnessing this aspect rising in the people around me, and it’s showing up enough that it feels time to name it, face it, and ask: What is it that haunts us? What are we trying to feed that can never be full?

There are many religious and philosophical takes on this archetype/aspect, but they all circle one core truth - a deep, abiding hunger that cannot be satisfied.

Think back to a time when you ate all day but never really felt full. Or when you longed for someone's attention or appreciation, but it just wasn’t there. Or maybe you went to a concert expecting a rush of joy, and the band was off, it didn’t land, it didn’t lift you.

These are small ways the Hungry Ghost begins to show itself. But the roots always run deeper...

The Hungry Ghost whispers through our cravings and can tie directly into addiction, obsession, and compulsion. Whatever we’re obsessed with ends up owning us - it pulls at us, drains us, and keeps us fr...

Welcome to Taurus Season, the first Earth sign of the zodiac, where our feet touch the earth, and we learn to embrace the human experience...

Developmentally, Taurus represents our toddler years, when we’re learning to master our growing bodies, understand big emotions, and discover how to interact with the world around us. We’re learning about physicalness, and what it means to be human. Big learning, new experiences, lots of processing in each moment.

And though this season might sound like a difficult one, it is ruled by Venus - who seeks beauty, love, support, and grace in everything that is witnessed.

So many of us view the human experience as a difficult one. We often feel confused, overwhelmed, doubtful. And when we do, we reject the experience - our bodies, minds, emotions, and all that is here for us.

This is your reminder: this is happening for us, not to us.

When we face the new, when we feel challenged or lost, the reaction can be to turn away, shy away, run away. But ...

Happy Easter to each of you, and welcome to your new light!

Over the past few days, we’ve been relinquishing the identities and limitations of the past. Facing old fears of change, brushing up against the unknown, and beginning to become familiar with it. The liminal is never a comfortable place, but it is a necessary one. Without it, we stagnate and decay. Now, we awaken - renewed - and step into the light.

Today represents an emerging. Not just a time of rest and reflection, but of embracing the new. Many speak of rebirth or renewal. I invite you to go one step further - into total luminosity, total newness.

Think of it as shedding a husk or skin. Once that’s gone, something else has to emerge. You can try to cling to the old label, but it stops something brighter and fresher from coming through.

So don’t see this as a renewal of the old, but a total cleansing, for something wholly new. I know it may feel like a leap. It might trigger fear. But if you’re seeking real liberation, ...