Hot, restless, and not sleeping? It’s not just 30 degrees
It’s too hot to think straight, isn’t it. The hottest May on record, as it turns out — and the other night the temperature never even dropped below twenty-one degrees. No wonder none of us is sleeping. Hot, bothered, faintly irritable for no good reason. A few degrees too many and suddenly nobody’s quite themselves. […]
Why the state of your heart may shape the quality of your thinking
The heart has a brain. And it’s been leading yours. You know the moments. The decision you made fast and regretted slowly. The room you walked into already somewhere else. The Sunday evening that arrives with weight and no name. That is not a performance problem. It is a disconnection — from the part of […]
Don’t Die From Something Stupid
About a month ago, I went to see a naturopath. About ten minutes in, she looked at me and asked quite calmly: “Do you know what your blood pressure is?” I didn’t. Now. I am a yoga teacher. I have spent years guiding people to breathe, to listen to their bodies, to notice what’s happening […]
Is this it?
I was walking in the park earlier this week when I stopped walking. Not because anything dramatic happened. Just because something landed in a particular way and I needed a moment with it. I was listening to The Soul’s Code by James Hillman. He was talking about the daimon — the ancient Greek idea that […]
What if nothing in your life had to pretend anymore?
You saw the photographs. Maybe you felt something — that brief catch in the chest, the sheer scale of it landing all at once. The busyness going quiet for just a moment. Then you moved on with your day. But first — a detail many people probably scrolled straight past. The crew named their spacecraft […]
The part of you that won’t go where you want to go
You can know exactly where you want to go — and still not go. Or you get there briefly, only to find yourself pulled back. Back into the same patterns. The same delays. The same overthinking. The same version of life you already know you’ve outgrown. We usually explain this in practical terms. Timing. Confidence. […]
The Day 90% of Women Went on Strike — and Why Women Thriving Still Isn’t Finished
International Women’s Day didn’t begin with brunch and flowers. It was born in 1911, in the aftermath of women marching for the right to vote, to work without being exploited, and to be seen as something other than an afterthought in the running of the world. Over a million women took to the streets across […]
The problem with “love yourself first”
Everyone says it. Love yourself first. Fill your own cup. And for years, I said nothing. But I’ve been thinking about this since Valentine’s Day — and I think it’s time to say the thing I’ve been sitting on for twenty years. There is a problem with “love yourself first”. It started with a book. […]
What your 3am wake-ups are actually trying to tell you
You wake up at 3am. Heart racing. Mind looping. That familiar dread sitting on your chest. Here’s what I’ve noticed after years of working with accomplished people who struggle with sleep: the 3am wake-ups aren’t actually a sleep problem. They’re a message your body keeps sending because you’re not hearing it during the day. The […]
When self-care becomes another thing to fail at
You know what you’re supposed to do. Meditate. Journal. Morning routine. Yoga. Breathwork. Gratitude practice. Get to bed earlier. Drink more water. Move your body. And somehow, taking care of yourself has become another thing on your to-do list. Another thing you’re not doing consistently enough. Another thing to feel guilty about. If that sounds […]