September 19, 2024

We know that as living organisms we need to breath. How often do we hold or restrict our breath when faced with stress or conflict? Life apnea, or lack of breath due to stress, keeps us from stepping into stress or conflict in our highest functioning way. Bringing intention and actually practicing breathing can help us approach stress or conflict with greater clarity, regulated emotions, and more space to respond with care in our relationships instead of just reacting.

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August 27, 2024

Leadership development often relies on the notion of tabula rasa, or a blank slate, that new ideas can be etched into. Somatic coaching for leadership invites building awareness of what has shaped us as leaders, how we show up in the world, and how we connect or disconnect with others. In laying this foundation of our current leadership shape through somatic awareness, leadership development can result in embodied change that lasts, not just trying on new ideas from others' approaches to leadership.

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March 10, 2024

For the past five years, I’ve been exploring life transitions–my own transitions through professional pivots, supporting a parent experiencing dementia, my mid-life innermission, and grieving the loss of my parents. I’ve also developed resources and helped others through life transitions–divorce, job transitions, and becoming a first-time parent. Transitions are abundant and there is rhythm and a pattern to them, even when the loss, grief, frustration, and confusion make it feel untethered and frenetic. In examining transitions, I’ve relied a lot on the logical patterns of the process–naming the endings, investigating the messiness of the neutral zone, and intentionally planning the next step. But sometimes logic isn’t enough. Sometimes our rational brain wants to control or think through the process of transition at a pace, or with an approach that isn’t authentic to our real needs in moments of transition. Enter my journey into somatics.

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February 17, 2021

As an adult child of an aging parent, cognitive changes and increased support for my loved one are increasingly important issues in my life. I had the opportunity to interview Shoshawna Rainwater for the My Innermission podcast to talk more about dementia, the impacts on caregivers, and how the shift in roles offers a complex transition moment for families.

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February 14, 2021

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February 3, 2021

 One of my favorite exercises that I undertook was to reflection the roles that I played, how I defined success in those roles, and what brought me stress in those roles.

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December 28, 2020

As the year comes to a close, many of us step into January with new intentions for change in our lives. I wanted to offer some of my favorite questions shared by guests this year to help you embrace greater self-awareness, more mindful practices, and to support you in your own change process in 2021.

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October 6, 2020

One of the catalysts in starting My Innermission was my 40th birthday. I wasn’t ready to buy in to the notion of “over the hill” or all black tombstone parties. I wasn’t dreading 40. In fact, most people [...]

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September 28, 2020

When I left my job, I knew I was feeling burnt out, angry, and overwhelmed. I could name the mental health imbalances I was feeling. At the same time I knew that working my full time job, which was mostly sedentary, meant [...]

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September 22, 2020

Autumn is one of my favorite times of year, but it didn’t used to be that way. As a kid I loved the long days and playtime potential of the summer sun.

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September 14, 2020

When I first started thinking about My Innermission, it felt like a personal journey that hit different people at different points in their lives. And then, a global pandemic hit us. We suddenly collectively found ourselves returning to our core needs [...]

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August 25, 2020

Two years ago my world changed. I had decided to leave my job of 10 years. I found myself without any energy or motivation, diagnosed with an autoimmune virus that made getting out of bed an enormous challenge. I was angry [...]

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