The Success Principles by Jack Canfield – A Challenge
In the past, I’ve done some pretty interesting challenges on The Positivity Project. The initial vision for the blog was to treat myself as a guinea pig and work through the exercises assigned in...
View ArticleWhat exactly is beauty? And what does it have to do with me?
Where in the world do I feel the most vulnerable? Standing in front of the mirror at the gym, doing my makeup and hair in front of other women. Okay, there are other places that make me feel equally if...
View ArticleChoreographing the Perfect Morning Routine, with a twist.
Morning routines are tricky. I can’t figure them out, and I’ve been trying. Over the last three months I’ve been trying a little bit of everything to see if it would work… and I’m not even entirely...
View ArticleThere’s no where to hide when you’re not allowed to blame, complain, or play...
Over the last three weeks I’ve been trying to take more responsibility for my life -100% responsibility for my life. I’ve discovered that this is hard, and I don’t always know what 100% looks or feels...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was ‘Anger’
I’d like to explore the experience of anger. I don’t get angry very much. There have been times when I have exploded in blackout rage (okay, that only happened once), but for the most part I find anger...
View ArticleA 1000 year old tree called Opa and a Question: Why do we need breakthroughs?
What is a breakthrough? For me the stages of personal evolution ebb and flow between breakthrough and breakdown; exhaustion and stimulation; fear and bravery; certainty and doubt; confidence and...
View ArticleThe Soul Does Not Strive To Be Whole
Sometimes I feel powerless, angry, doubtful, and panicked. Will all this effort really amount to anything? How long will it take? I feel on the edge of breakthrough, but I’m afraid of who I will meet...
View ArticleEffort without an immediate reward is scary, and that’s why I’m learning to...
What if work wasn’t the most productive thing you could do in a day? On Tuesday I had the amazing privilege of attending the Mixergy conference in San Francisco with The Crave Company. The topic of the...
View ArticleI don’t care if there’s 100 other people here, I have a question Tim Ferris
A few weeks ago I attended a conference in San Francisco called Mixergy with Melody Biringer. At this conference I had the privledge of hearing Tim Ferris speak. I read his book The 4 Hour workweek...
View Article2 Weeks Into the National Voice Intensive With David Smukler
Some stuff is getting stirred up for me at the National Voice Intensive. Right now I’m in the middle of four weeks of intense 9-12 hour days working with the body, breath, and (of course) the voice. I...
View ArticleThe Double Slit Experiment and A Crisis in Consciousness
This video blew my mind. A friend of mine brought it up on her phone during lunch a couple days ago. I didn’t know what I was about to see, but wow. Watch the video first, and then join me below....
View ArticleWhat I learned at the National Voice Intensive about ‘Joy’
I arrived at the voice intensive believing that I had to push myself through a concrete wall in order to reach ‘belonging.’ I understand something different now. Now I understand that all I have to do...
View ArticleMala Collective Giveaway – An Intention Series, Part 1
Several weeks ago I was contacted by Mala collective to share my thoughts on setting an intention. Well, through that process… I discovered that I have A LOT to say. For the first year after starting...
View ArticleMala Collective Giveaway – Intention Series, Part 2
The teacher who I refer to at the beginning of this post is one of my instructors from the voice intensive I attended in May and June, Gerry Trentham. I’d like to introduce this post with a moment of...
View ArticleWin a Mala From Mala Collective
I’m afraid of moving forward. Are you? Sometimes I feel like I’m doing nothing but swat at opportunity. Other times I feel like everything I’ve ever written on this blog is wrong. It’s been one of...
View ArticleA Story About Obsession
I’d like to preface this entry, by clarifying that this reflection doesn’t actually have anything to do with what is going on in my life right now… That’s pretty vague, huh? Okay, it is related to...
View ArticleAnd the winner of my #MalaDistracted Contest is…
I thought I’d do the draw over my webcam because… well, why not? I tried the introduction to the draw three times before realizing that it was probably going to be a little bit awkward no matter what....
View ArticleTaking Flight Outside of Lindsey Stirling’s Imagination
What does it feel like to be stuck in a depression? When I was a kid, I described it as being stuck in a box. Outside this box was life, people, love. Inside this box was me. Alone. I could observe...
View ArticleToday is a dreaming day.
I think we all need days like that once and awhile. For over a week I’ve been stuck in a depression. That hasn’t happened to me in a long time. I was feeling discouraged by my dreams and by the stories...
View ArticleThe tug of war that is currently going on inside my mind: Presence vs Destiny
After some resistance, I met with my therapist again this week. It didn’t take long for her to lovingly point out that I’d trapped myself inside of a tug of war of sorts. Two opposing approaches to...
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