Last weekend I taught my first in-person yoga class….well, at least to people who I didn’t know.  I mean, I’ve been roping my family and friends into taking classes from me for months.  But this time, I was teaching strangers.  And honestly, it didn’t go as planned. I drove up to the small coffee shop […]

When I was young I had no frame of reference for the word “mindfulness”.  It probably wasn’t even a word that was used much back then.  But, my heart has always been built for this type of practice and it’s been a guiding force in my life whether I was aware of it or not.  […]

Between my 39th year on this planet and my 40th, my entire world changed.  At 39, from the outside looking in, I bet my life looked fucking amazing, idealic even.  Growing up Mormon, there was really one path to follow & up until that point that was almost exactly what I did.  Marry my best […]

Generally, I try to ignore everyone around me when I am on a plane.  I am the type of person that tries to get situated with headphones on, listening to a podcast, before anyone can even sit next to me, attempting to head off any chance of a conversation way before it starts.   First off, […]

It has taken me 5 months to write this second blog.  Yep, really.  But, you won’t know it because it has taken that much time to get things running on my website and substack.  Win?  Ah, technology.  You suck sometimes.   But my lack of technical skills is not the only reason that I have taken […]

Oh hello!  I am ecstatic that you are reading this!  A blog, written by me?  Wow.  This is a dream come true.  And to be honest, if you are not part of my close friends and family and you are reading this, it’s even more of a dream come true.  (because, let’s be real…..they already […]