Episodes

MOVE is your first Mental Fitness Core Practice. And it’s not all about getting fit! Discover why both deliberate and spontaneous movement are essential for your mental wellness and happiness. For movement practices:Mindful Yoga with Me!12-Minute Athlete with Krista Stryker Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on building community and cross-training for mental fitness. Step 1 in building your men...

There is a storm coming—well, actually it’s already here. What are you doing to build your strength and stability? How are building your fitness? Today’s Whisper is another reminder—a reminder to buckle up because we are on the ride of our lives. And you, my friend, you are needed in a big way. You are needed to help others find their ground and prepare for what’s coming. There is a storm coming and you are needed in a big way. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my ...

Your mental fitness is not a luxury. Let’s stop thinking that self care is about bubble baths and moisturizer. Taking care of ourselves through practice, through intentional deliberate action is not a luxury. The truth is, we need all hands on deck. You are needed in this world. You are needed to walk others home right now. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on building community and cross-trainin...

It’s my birthday! As I take another trip around the sun, I share who I am, today — not to brag or boast but to offer you my human experience. So often we assume things about others when we aren’t with them physically. In other words, we see their lives through on-line filters. And then we assume. We assume that they are happy, or rich or in love with life all of the time. What we miss is the opportunity to really know that we are so much more alike than we are different. I want you to know me, a...

Yes, yes. And yes. Yes to the now. Yes to what is arising in this very breath. Yes to the impulse to soar and to shine. Yes to life emerging in and around me. Yes, and yes and only Yes. Yes to the intelligence streaming through my veins. Yes to the creative impulse and yes to the expression of life budding and bursting in me in this very moment. Yes to life over and over again. Yes. Yes, my friend. Say yes. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ...

Are you being authentic or not? It’s a huge question. Being aware of when you are authentic or not is an important practice. Learn to listen to when you are authentic and genuine or trying to force something to happen or someone to do something. In today’s Whisper, I talk about how to be more intuitive to what feels real and what doesn’t. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on building community an...

Welcome to Episode #500! In honor of this huge accomplishment, I take you back to the first episode where I share more about the “verge” – the place, space and most importantly, the state in which we thrive. I encourage you to go back to other earlier episodes where I share timeless teachings and practices. Listen to Episodes 1-10. Grab my FREE Mental Fitness E-Book and Cross-Training Grid Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on building community and cross-...

I miss me. Do you ever feel that way? Have you ever felt sense of loss or emptiness for who you were? I know that I have. The point of spending time by yourself every day—to gather and ground— is to remember who you are. The yearning and the sense of missing yourself may still re-emerge from time to time. However, that essential time spent beneath the busyness of life, builds trust in your deeper intelligence. And, as that trust builds, you recognize more and more that your true essence is right...

Put down your agenda from time to time and allow yourself to just be. I promise it’s in that quiet space beyond your habits and patterns that wisdom, direction guidance, creativity start to flow. Often, we have to break down the structures of our conditioned agendas in order to see more clearly what we really want. I share these Daily Whispers to remind you that our world needs us unshackled from our agendas. Our world needs us to be more grounded in reality, more often. Tune in for more on wh...

Allow yourself the opportunity to leave your life every day. Allow yourself to rest without thinking, without planning and without being productive. This is one of my most important reminders. Do not let your day go by without allowing resting in the natural world. Do not let life speed by without soaking in your precious existence. This may seem small but it is anything but. Leave your busy life every day, even if only for a few minutes, and connect with yourself as a dance of energy and lig...

I encourage you set aside a few minutes every day to shimmer. That means to shift beyond the fixed structures that make up daily life, and to allow yourself time to float in space and time. More specifically, I recommend intentionally taking time to hang out with life as it is arising and emerging. This is not easy to explain, one just has to experiment. When you go beyond your roles and stories, you remember who you are. You remember that, at your core, you are a collection of shimmering light ...

In this Whisper, I come to you through the filter of beer and burgers. And, it’s not pretty! My thoughts are blurry and foggy. What is crystal clear for me, however, is how our state of mind is so closely related to our physiology. I am aware of how I need to be careful with the choices I make today because I am I’m moving through the world through a blurry, foggy filter—thanks to the burger and the beer! Let my story be a reminder that filters come in many forms. It’s really helpful to be aware...

What are you bingeing on these days? In this Whisper, I share my current vice! Sometimes bingeing is kind of fun—as long as it’s not destructive. But other times, it can be destructive. Bingeing can also be an invisible gas that runs through our lives, so much so that we don’t even realize what we’re doing. So take a close look and be honest with yourself. Maybe there are some serious binges that need to be addressed and that are impacting your health. And, perhaps there are some fun, harmless b...

Before you let the world in, please take some time to ground, to gather, to tune-in and check-in with yourself. In other words, don’t start your day running. If you wake up and immediately look at your phone, and your feeds, you are letting the world in too early. We need time to gather to ground to remember who we are so that we can move forward into the day with all of our resources and with all of our intelligence and wisdom. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women...

I heard this great expression from a friend of mine years ago. And that is simply that the grass is brown everywhere. It’s a reminder that if we are in constant pursuit of the next best thing—the so called next shiny object—we’re going to continue to find brown grass. I know it’s not a super positive statement, but it is really funny. And in this episode I explain why. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on community and cross-training for mental fitness. ...

It is not easy to walk the path of awakening, the path of burning through illusion in pursuit of experiencing life fully. Most of us are hitting walls. We are standing on very shaky ground right now. I share what is happening with me so that you don’t think it’s just you. Let’s not hold back what we are experiencing. Let’s help others know that they’re not alone. Because when we don’t feel alone, when we know that it is collective, then I know in my heart that we’re going to ride these rough wat...

The path is the goal. This path we are on…this precious human birth we’ve been granted… is the path of discovery. The goal is to stay on the path and to stay curious as it unfolds. Even if it’s completely unsettling. Even if there is rumbling. Even if you feel tender and uncomfortable. Pay attention to your life, pay attention to life and the moment-to-moment becoming. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on accelerated transformation. (starts monthly) Gra...

I am learning to roll with life—the hard way. Sometimes it’s not easy to laugh about and be gentle and kind with uncomfortable circumstances. The bottom line is that I’ve asked for my inconvenient lifestyle. And now I need to learn to roll more gracefully. What do you need to roll with right now? What situation, person or predicament is squeezing you? Let’s explore. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on accelerated transformation. (starts monthly) Grab m...

This Whisper is simply to point you back to yourself. To point you to the mirror and to say, YES, you are already the best version of yourself. YES, there’s wisdom right there. To look at yourself and recocgnize, YES, I know what I need. Right there in your own space, in your own room, you find your way back to yourself—to your intelligence, your genius, to the stream of energy pulsing through you inspiring motivating encouraging, guiding, directing and whispering in your ear…I’m right here. Jo...

On today’s Whisper I offer my process, not my answers. The truth is that I don’t have answers. All I can do is share my path. All I can offer you is what is unfolding for me in real time. I intentionally do not plan or try to come up with some brilliant answer. I want to share my step-by-step, moment-by-moment highs and lows, ups and downs, struggles and releases. I share my messy life for you to ultimately recognize the same patterns in your own life. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-w...

Don’t let the simplicity fool you. In other words, the most ordinary happenings often bring us the greatest joy, the greatest wisdom, and the greatest sense of peace. Today I want to remind you of those moments, those spectacular moments that are appearing all day. Those simple moments of joy, pleasure and connection. And they often appear in the most ordinary moments of life. Don’t miss them. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on accelerated transformati...

Wow, that’s inconvenient! I learned about this simple reminder many years ago. And, let’s just say it’s stuck. Reminding myself that life gets inconvenient, and to not sweat the small stuff, has saved me mentally and physically. Next time somebody cancels your meeting or doesn’t show up, or when someone makes a mistake, try reminding yourself that it’s inconvenient. Tune in to learn why doing so may be really, really good for your health and wellbeing. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-w...

This too. This too is raw material to wake me up! I love this simple reminder and, honestly, this reframe. It’s a way of remembering that every moment can wake us up or make us go back asleep. It can help us stay alert and aware or can dull us and separate us. I encourage you to remember this reminder when in traffic, with a whiny child, partner or boss, etc. This too is raw material to help me wake up. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on accelerated tr...

Have you ever thought, “It’s easy for you to say… you have money, you’re a size 4, you have a this or a that.” In this message, I talk about unconscious biases and how they may be shutting us down from learning from one another. We all have them and we all do it. Shining a light of awareness may just wake you up to what you’ve been thinking all along. Join my next round of IN THE ARENA – a 4-week mastermind for women focused on accelerated transformation. (starts monthly) Grab my FREE Mental F...