I have an attention battle with my phone all day. I push myself to be more disciplined and not look at it as much. I’m aware of the dopamine hits my brain gets when I look. I judge myself a lot for not being better at “not looking.” I’m also feeling the sense of fragmentation […]
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One of the most fulfilling roles I get to play is facilitating Leading + Living on Purpose. Every cohort changes me—every single time. If I’m being honest, what gets me out of bed each morning is the chance to help create spaces where it feels safe to look inward, to notice the conditioning that pulls
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Fresh beginnings are a chance to pause before we pile on. They invite reflection before action, space before strategy. We tend to treat new chapters as a call to add new habits, new goals, new versions of ourselves designed to fix whatever feels unfinished. But sometimes a fresh start requires the opposite. Instead of asking,
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There’s a moment at the turn of the year when everything gets very busy. Goals. Plans. Fixes. Optimized versions of yourself marching in formation. Before we rush into any of that, what if we slowed down just enough to listen? Listen not to what you should want for 2026—but to what’s quietly asking for your
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I found out that I went viral from my neighbor’s daughter. “Hey, Mom—isn’t this your friend Tina? She’s gone viral on TikTok.” I assumed she was messing with me. Then the link arrived. And the screenshot. The shirt and the hair were unmistakably me. Here’s something you may not know about me—or my husband
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We’re approaching the winter solstice—the longest night of the year, when darkness reaches its fullest expression before the light begins its slow return. For thousands of years, people have gathered at this threshold to honor the darkness and welcome the returning light—a reminder that we’re part of something far older and wiser than ourselves. There’s
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As the end of the year draws closer, we find ourselves in a position to reach for some in-between time where routines pause for traditions or gatherings. But if someone hasn’t called you to help in the kitchen just yet, these are the moments you can indulge in curiosity, creativity, or even personal development. What
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As we move toward the end of the year, I find myself returning to a model that has become essential to my own practice of living intentionally: Ikigai. It’s a Japanese concept that translates roughly to “reason for being,” and it invites us to explore the intersection of four questions: What do I love? What
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The ornament broke this year. One of the tiny angel wings—from the first ornament my mom ever gave me—fell off as I lifted it from the storage box. I sat on the floor, ornament in hand, and felt my throat tighten. It’s wild how quickly joy can turn into tears and how memory collapses time
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November 13 was World Kindness Day, but most of us don’t wait for a date on the calendar to know this: Our nervous systems already understand that kindness isn’t an event. It’s a way of being present. When we choose to notice—our friend’s expression as they share a story or a different tone in a
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