You. Your Honey. And Money.   How’s it working these days? If you’ve been in my community for a while, you’ve probably heard me talk about money dates – the time you spend on your relationship with your money. What happens when we add another person into the mix? In relationships, money can be one of the stickiest and most challenging areas to navigate as a couple. What to do if a money date with your honey sounds HORRIFYING. was…

“The only difference between a failure and a lesson, is how much you were paying attention.” When I recently read this on Joshua Onysko’s Facebook wall, I felt a big YES! My mind was flooded by all the ways this relates to our money relationship and the path to money healing. I’m curious . . . Looking back on your money story so far, do you interpret challenging spots as money failures, or money lessons? More often than not, I…

In August of 2001… I moved from Colorado to California, and arrived in a little town called Sebastopol. I was post-graduate school (in Somatic Psychology), standing at a huge professional crossroads. I was working as a bookkeeper, doing overnight hospice shifts, and leading authentic movement groups. I was searching . . . Trying to put the pieces together and discover the next chapter in my life and work. Just a few weeks after moving, I’m on my way to see…

I love ritual. I especially love those rituals we self-create for our own healing. And I extra-specially love those rituals we self-create for our money healing! For some of you, rituals may seem a bit silly, or you wonder how significant or productive they could really be. Perhaps the concept is overwhelming, and you wouldn’t know where to start, even though the idea piques your curiosity. If you hear a little whisper that there’s something worthwhile there for you, I…

Dear Community, Today is a loaded day. It’s Tax Day in the US. Body Check In: What happens when you read those two teeny little loaded words? Tax Day. Feelings, sensations, reactions? Breathe into Tax Day. Take a peek at what’s there for you. And: Read on, for some love + support + perspective.  For some (many), Tax Day holds dread, shame, fear, anxiety. Contraction. Avoidance. Tension, right? 

Yesterday Noah (my 4 ½ year old son) told us he wants to go to school full time, instead of just a few days a week. Deep Breath. Excitement. Hand-on-my-tender-heart. It’s not surprising that this request has come just two weeks after we completed the transition into his own cool big boy bed, after 4.5 years of co-sleeping with me. I knew this day would come, when he would want to be in school instead of our precious mommy-noah-days. I…