The Myth of The Strong Independent Woman

I used to think I had way more masculine energy than feminine energy.   I was the no label, jeans and t-shirt wearing, mountain climbing, adventurous outdoor chick. I was definitely not a girly girl. Even growing up in a pretty liberal, hippy, idealist community where everything goes, I still absorbed these cultural norms we…

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I Have Something to Say About Growth Mindset

I wanted to talk about something I see a lot i the self development world and is often totally misconstrued, and that’s risk taking. More specifically the relationship between risk taking and growth.   You’ve heard it many, many, (many), times before. “Life begins outside of your comfort zone” “Great things never came from comfort…

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Macho In Drag

We are under the illusion that we live in an equal society. This is a gross understatement and rather dangerous illusion. By “we” I mean the educated Western world. We believe that in this post-feminist era, here in the year 2022, we are somehow above our biology, our neurology, our history. We are not. In…

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The Hermit In Relationship

Today I wanted to write about my personal experience riding the thin line between being in connection, and checking out of the world for a while. I wanted to talk about the difference between unplugging and how it’s both an act of self care and self protection.   The Hermit. I am an introvert. This…

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Why I Don’t Manage My Anxiety

I have anxiety.   Most people don’t really know this about me. They perceive me as a generally outgoing, extroverted, adventurous woman. They see me as youthful, playful, and fearless.   And while I am many of those things (except extroverted, I am 100% an introvert) I can assure you, I am also human. I…

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Forgotten Pieces of My Spirit

I told her not to come.   My best friend and sister really – I had told her not to come. It just wasn’t the right time, vacations, busiest tourist time, and worse, I had only 2 nights available in my own house because it was the busiest 2 weeks of the year and I…

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A Day of Rest

Yesterday I took the day off.   I needed it.   Time change, waking up too early to go surfing, the afternoon was a full on in and out of siesta experience. Contrary to what I’d like to believe about myself, I’m a pusher. I like to push myself. In my twenties, this expressed itself…

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An Ode to The Tower

Yesterday I was chatting with my friend Naomi about my past experience with all of the past Tower moments in my life – how I usually embrace and accept them. I hate them just as much as anyone else, but I also accept them – this is what is happening right now. Ok. There is…

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