How do you handle feeling triggered? Do you react when someone triggers you to feel agitated, inferior or disrespected? Most of the time when we’re triggered, we shut down. We cross our arms over our chest and close our hearts. Maybe we pout or fight back. Maybe we become aggressive or diminish the other person. […]
After 10 years of writing blog articles (and loving every moment of writing), this year I shifted gears. Working together with my talented brother, Pete Shoniker, I’ve created and launched a handful of videos. The gist of these videos is spiritual and healing insights and practical tools for everyday life. Check out my videos here: […]
How can we stay in a place where we feel good and our hearts are open when someone in our work or living environment is in a funk or moody? How do we stay happy around negative people? In this video, you’ll learn five tips to hold your light when someone around you will not […]
How do we know if we’re coming from a place of love or a place of fear? Why should we care? When we’re rooted in fear, we block ourselves from accessing our inner wisdom and our inner power. Watch my video here: When we’re making decisions from a place of fear, communicating from a […]
All of us want the same thing in life. We want to feel loved. We want to feel appreciated. We want to feel like we matter. If we’re aware of it or not, we spend most of our lives trying to figure out how to feel loved. We spend the majority of our lives searching […]
“You’re useless. You’re pathetic. You never get anything right. You’re a failure. You’re stupid. Nobody likes you.” Feelings of unworthiness are vicious monsters that lurk in the dark, waiting to pounce on us during our weakest moments. (Photo by Joshua Rawson Harris) The self-admonishing, cruel tyrant in our minds can be so harsh and so […]
(Photo: Aditiya Saxena) Many years ago, a pesky, nagging thought taunted me, circling around and around in my mind. What if I miss the boat and arrive at the end of my life without ever knowing what I was meant to do? What is my purpose? If this sounds like you, or you feel uninspired […]
So far, 2020 has done a wickedly stellar job at painfully jabbing at our buried fears. No other year in recent memory has collectively triggered us so deeply and so relentlessly. What if I told you that you could put all this fear, anxiety and worry to good use? What if you could use the […]
(Photo: Amadeo Valar) Lost in the Darkness Sitting in a grassy park overlooking the water, I soaked up the spring sunshine and settled into a much-needed catch-up with a girlfriend. The self-isolating, social-distancing, homeschooling, shutdown-of-all-things-we-love saga had taken a toll on all of us. As my friend spoke, I noticed the exasperation in her eyes […]
(Photo: Dakota Corbin) I will never forget my first Mother’s Day. My first-born daughter was four months old. My husband gifted me a silver bracelet adorned with a heart charm and the letter T (the first letter of our infant’s name). On that first Mother’s Day in 2011, I felt honoured, validated and loved. […]
