Have you ever found yourself exhausted? Like straight up physically, emotionally, and maybe even spiritually exhausted?

Loss can do that.

Loss can make us feel so exhausted, foggy, and in emotional pain that it seems like we can't dig ourselves out of the hole we somehow fell in…

It's that time again! Time for me to sit down, connect in and create a plan for the next few months.

Planning is the best and the worst of things - am I right?
Let's look at the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition for a second:

Plan (verb): to arrange the parts of : design

For someone who has experienced loss, it can be SO easy to use a plan to sabotage ourselves.
Hear me out...

I am really excited to update you on my new direction as an Emotional Sobriety Coach at The Stress Less Company!

As you may know, over the last 5 years I've been working with professionals across the US to manage their stress.

Today, I'm excited to announce that…

As you might know, I love referring to the dictionary for everyday terminology.

This week?

Cabin Fever (noun): irritability, listlessness, and similar symptoms resulting from long confinement or isolation indoors during the winter.
Source: Oxford Languages Dictionary

Yep, cabin fever. This is something that comes up often this time of year…

Did you know that, according to A Course in Miracles, a miracle is defined as a shift in perception?

That's because a simple shift in perception can dramatically change your life for the better.

Let me share a key formula to help illustrate this...

Generally, stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources that individual is able to mobilize. In other words, stress is...

It's 2022. We made it!

Thank God - am I right?

As we transition from new year celebrations back into the day to day grind, I want to share with you a simple tip that's been my saving grace time and time again...

It's called the buffer zone..

I've been doing some thinking lately about the power of the mind.

The mind's power to truly make us...

...or break us.

Over the last few weeks I've had a few calls with folks interested in joining my Emotional Freedom Training Programs and I can't help but notice a pattern...

Two weeks ago I went hunting for the first time with my dad.

I had been preparing for this experience for MONTHS - taking the hunter's safety course, going to the range to zero in the scope on my rifle, practicing my shot for even more accuracy, getting my hunting license, gear and more…

Did I ever share with you the reason I got into Stress Management?

I'm going to warn you from the gate that this is a heavy story that could trigger you *and* I still think it's important to share.

When I was 12 years old, my mom's ex-boyfriend broke into my childhood home...

Okay my mind is absolutely blown.

I just found out that hostas...

Yeah, HOSTAS - the pretty green plant that grows in gardens across the US... are edible!

I've been thinking a lot lately about the power of social media. Perhaps it's because Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down the other week... or maybe this has been a long time coming...

But regardless, I've been thinking about the positive and negative impacts that it has had on my life, my business, and so much more…

Did you know that one of the first things to go out the window when we are stressed is our ability to access effective critical thinking?

This means we can't effectively…

Brace yourself, as I'm going to drop a mental bomb on you. A bomb that used to keep me in the stress cycle and drive me to madness.

It's the oh too common (conscious or subconscious) belief that...

Ever wonder why you have trouble putting work down at the end of the day? Or struggle to let go of work related thoughts once your workday is done?

It could be that this work is your soul's purpose.

AND, it could also be that you're trying to avoid…

Saturday was my 29th birthday, can you believe it?

In many ways I feel old and wise beyond my years and in many other ways I feel like a toddler still learning to walk. The experience of life and age is interesting, huh?

Regardless, I want to thank you…