Self-compassion ≠ making excuses. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept. Instead, self-compassion is what allows us to get enough perspective to accurately identify the problem. This matters because correctly identifying a problem is the only real chance you have of solving that problem. Read more for an excellent example of what this looks like, and why self-compassion is so critical to our ability to make meaningful progress in any area of our lives.

New Years Resolutions are trash. I'm just going to say it. They are the steaming dumpster fire of personal growth. Instead, here's a list of 7 approaches to life you can commit to that will definitely improve your New Year - including the neuroscience behind why each one is important and why it works. Basically - here's your one stop coaching superstore, complete with hilarious gifs!! READ ON, good humans, and get ready to glory in 2017!!

This is the best language I’ve ever found to distinguish between what I talk about as “feel good/turning off” activities and “feel good about yourself/battery-charging” activities: self-soothing vs. self-care - including that both activity types can only truly exist in the context of community and structural care. Check it out!

Everyone in my house has Covid right now. It sucks, and we’re exhausted. But we’re also genuinely ok - as a couple, and as a family. Check out these six brain-based relationship coaching practices that we lean on to stay connected and co-create a healthy, loving relationship - even in the face of Covid.

Have you ever found yourself in a super negative headspace, where you are just spiraling into an evil mental rabbit hole of doom and can't seem to get out? Me too. It sucks. Neurocoaching offers some simple tools for getting out of an awful emotional headspace like that in 15 minutes or less. 

Ok, listen up with all that "I'm not getting enough done. I'm not writing that novel. I haven't worked out at home 8 days a week. I'm FAILING QUARANTINE" NONSENSE.

The state of your brain determines what you are capable of accomplishing on a basic, biological level. And right now there are several things happening on a BIOLOGICAL LEVEL that are fucking your brain up.

What do you do when you've lost faith in your own judgement? Maybe you always pick shitty friends, bad men, or jobs that don't fulfill you. What's the solution? Learn why relying on your gut intuition is the most logical path, and how your brain can support you to make smart, tailored-to-you decisions!

Happy Thanksgiving! This is always a fun holiday to celebrate, as well as a wonderful culturally built-in moment of reflection: what do we each have to be thankful in our lives?  This is such an important practice, and one I encourage you to build into your lives as often as possible, for a single, important reason - YOU WILL BE HAPPIER.  In fact, gratitude is one of the most consistent indicators of happiness, regardless of personal health, and across socioeconomic lines. 

So I belong to a secret girl group in New York City, and last week one of our members asked for advice on a hot topic for creatives: "How do you get inspired/motivated to do creative or health-related things when you work a day job?" She's totally right; trying to stay focused and creative when you're working a day job – especially if it's unrelated to your passion or you, *ahem*, f*cking hate it – can feel epic on a walking-this-ring-to-Mordor level.