this is a demo of switching from chaos to coherence (my voice doesn't come in until 30 seconds in). It was already happening - the biofeedback just showed mirrored it back to me. notice the incoherence even in my words and speech in my irritated, exhausted state and then the change in energy and heart rhythm patterns when I consciously, intentionally do a quick coherence technique to change my state of BEING. Maybe because it's my sphere, meaning, it's my zone, meaning it's my area, but I...

A few nights ago, my 9-year-old daughter was crying because nobody wanted to play with her. It was late, end of the day, we were all tired and over it... and we all know that when we’re tired and/or stressed, everything  feels worse.   My knee-jerk reaction is always to fix it for her or turn everything into a teachable moment. Sigh. Timing. I can only hear the right timing of things if I pause.   By grace, I was able to step into more of who I wanted to be - a good listener, gentle, kind.  ...

I remember the moment when I knew I was going to end my job with the National Park Service and begin my journey helping people feel better instead.  I was hiking to a beautiful spring in the Maze district of Canyonlands National Park to collect a monthly water sample and I remember having the thought “ If people felt better, they’d take better care of the planet. They would see how it - and we - are all interconnected.  Healthy people = healthy planet.”   I remember walking into the chief of...