You know when you just love a place? Well I just love one of the last places I worked. It was a massage studio in the suburbs of Chicago...

My emotions are everywhere, all the time. Or maybe most of time. Or maybe some of the time. My point is that my emotions frequently can...

I don’t like feeling sadness, pretty much no one does. But sadness has a heaviness to it that slows you down. And when it does, there is...

Hindsight they say is 20/20. I can not argue with that at all. I wish I could. All too often a bad situation or painful feeling I had,...

What makes life better if you’ve lost function? Self care. Self care is the loving act of looking after yourself, so you can live, period.

I’ve never really discussed in detail my story on my site. So I’ve put together a piece that is kind of spicy, a little in your face, but...

I have written in the past about my journey through substance abuse recovery so far. I have three years sober from alcohol. I have also...

You know what’s rough? Making lasting change in your life. Whether it’s getting fit or toned, or changing your career, or changing the...

When I first started massage therapy school I knew a truth: I was going to have to get fit in order to sustainably do massages. Massaging...

This will be a short piece. But I have begun realizing the true value in forgiveness. Of self and others. It sets you free. Lightens your...

I was driving, in traffic and mumbling to myself about what I don’t even remember. But what I do remember is that I said something to...

Just a blub really... I was reading an article a while ago and I don’t remember specific details, but the author was telling a story. In...

I was listening to a good friend one day and she said a profound thing, "Don't compare your insides to people's outsides." The lesson...

We want to be different every year. And frequently we’re usually different than we were before, but not necessarily where we want to be....

Growing is a layer by layer, cyclical process. Mouth full ain't it? Lol. What I really mean to say is that it's damn messy! 😆 The last...

This is hard to write, but I struggle with smoking tobacco cigarettes! I am terribly fearful how this could make me look, but here goes:...

I didn’t start out wanting to feel the shame I felt about my sexual expressions in life. By that I mean, I didn’t want to feel bad or...

I had an epiphany not that long ago, it’s the title of this article: Your worth never diminishes, ever. Period. Full stop. End of...

I didn’t know in my youth that I was responsible for my own feelings. I mean I was aware that I should have self control. I had even...

Besides being a mental wellness coach I am also a massage therapist and let me tell you: people breathe terribly. All chest and neck, and...