Our desires aren't always heaven sent at the perfect time, aligned with our current life, requiring little change or diversion from our current flow to step into.

No - the truth is, our desires can be everything but straightforward: 

• Our desires can be messy, and bring up a lot of fear and discomfort. 
• Our desires can be inconvenient - asking for change just when we thought we could take a breath
• Our desires can be disruptive, asking us to walk away from decisions we thought we already settled (and wanted). 

And when I say desires - I don’t mean these off the cuff things that are attractive in the moment, but the things that light that inner spark and feel good to have done, on a soul-level. (This is an important point of clarification and if it doesn’t make sense to you, drop me a note and we will build that understanding.)

In my latter years of college I thought I was making headway - in school and personally. While I was working both the ever consuming hours of architectur...

This post was written October 14th. The photo image is from my office, a gift from my brother nearly 20 years ago. 

As I build this business - deeply focused and devoted to empowering us to decide, declare, and pursue what we really want from this precious lifetime - it is easy to have fun in the lightness and joy of possibility and expansion. Truly, I’ve loved every second of it. 

Yet, as I write this, I have a to-do list that includes preparing a eulogy for my youngest brother, whose unexpected passing has left us in the throes of grief these past few weeks, coming on the back of months of some of the deepest inner work I’ve ever done. So it’s been on my mind, living with fresh sadness and grief, what it looks like to come back to this in a way that feels authentic to me and this mission while meeting me where I am. 

I decided the only way I want to do it now is the only way I want to do it ever, in the spirit of building community while being of service to our individual growth a...