When people find out that I teach meditation, one specific response comes up way more than any other. "I can't meditate." Every single time I hear it, I find myself smiling. Not because I don't believe them, but because I don't believe the story they're telling themselves is true. Somewhere along the way, we've built this rigid image of what a meditation practice is supposed to look like. We picture someone sitting perfectly still on a cushion, with a completely blank mind, totally free from...

If you walk outside in late August, you’ll start to notice something pretty subtle. The light shifts. The mornings get that tiny, crisp edge to them. Long before the calendar officially claims it’s autumn, the plants are already pivoting. Nature doesn't wait around for the season to change before getting ready for it. The preparation is just quietly happening in the background. There is something so beautiful about that rhythm. As humans, though, we usually do the exact opposite. We wait...

There is a phrase I hear all the time in our community. "I just haven't felt motivated lately." Maybe you've said it too. I know I have. We wait for the exact right mood to exercise. We wait to cook the healthy meal, or to finally start that project we've been mulling over for months. We wait to meditate, to journal, or to sign up for the class we keep looking at online. We completely convince ourselves that once motivation finally arrives, everything else will just fall into place. But what...