Some social gatherings can make me my own worst enemy! Navigating various energies and triggers creates the perfect opportunity for my inner critic to rear its head and cause havoc with my state of being, despite knowing better. Instead of using my normal strategy to stop, pause, reflect, and respond, I sometimes default into destructive patterns. Becoming your own worst enemy happens, and ideally you want to prevent spiralling backwards into a self-pity party. However, a recent experience...

Major life-changing events are perfect opportunities to identify whether you’re playing small or reaching for something better. Whether you’re going through a divorce, facing empty nest syndrome, or heading towards retirement, you may feel your life is shrinking instead of expanding. Endings force us to re-examine our life plans and decide what choice to make going forward. When one door closes, another opens, so the saying goes. Will you head into a new chapter with fear and play small?...

Fourteen years ago, things happened that made me slowly realise that something had to change if I was going to live a better life. Despite knowing that, it took me another two years before I was forced to make a choice – do I continue in chaos, or do I start finding my authenticity? In 2014, I met my shaman teacher and started the long journey back to Self. I had a deep inner searching for something, but I didn’t know what that was. All I knew, instinctively, was that I had to change. What...