Hi friend, I’m excited to be offering an in-person training this fall on Hypnotherapy for Clinical Practice. If you’ve been curious about hypnosis—or wondering how it can be integrated thoughtfully into clinical work—this workshop is designed to give you both an introduction to the approach and practical ways to begin thinking about its use with clients. Hypnotherapy for Clinical PracticeOctober 2, 2026 | 9:00 AM–1:00 PMRVA Counseling | Richmond, VA3.5 CE hours available for eligible social...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, If you’re receiving this, you’ve already done something brave. You showed up, picked up the pen, and made space to listen to your own story. And I’d love to invite you back. Writing Bravely™ returns Saturday, September 19, from 12–4 PM in Richmond. We’ll spend the afternoon writing, reflecting, connecting, and following whatever wants your attention—without any pressure to share or produce the “right” thing. If you’re thinking, I could use an afternoon like that, I’d love to have...
14 days ago • 1 min read
What if you trusted yourself to handle what happens? Not predict it. Not prevent everything that could go wrong. Not create Plans B, C, D, and E for situations that haven't even happened yet. Just trust that when something happens, you'll figure out what to do next. A few days ago, I got a chance to test that theory. I was called to a workplace after an employee died unexpectedly. I was there as a crisis responder, which means I had prepared for what I was walking into—or at least I thought I...
15 days ago • 3 min read
I've been thinking about dead people this week. Okay, that sounds darker than I intended. It started with a Jay Shetty podcast. I listened to his conversation with medium John Edward, and what stayed with me wasn't really the question of whether you believe mediums can communicate with people who have died. It was what people seem to be looking for when they seek him out. Closure. Healing. Maybe even the hope that they'll finally feel fixed. But what struck me was that what they seemed to...
21 days ago • 3 min read
I’ve been having some wild dreams lately. In one, I was in jail and somehow found a way to escape—only to go home and start cleaning the yard. Not because anyone was chasing me. Apparently, even after achieving freedom, dream-me still needed to make sure the yard work got done. I woke up smiling, but the dream also felt a little too accurate. Which brings me, oddly enough, to bridges. I recently joined a month-long online art camp—midway through the journey, because that's just how I roll....
29 days ago • 2 min read
Event prep, apparently. Four hours before I opened the doors of Life Cycles Counseling to a roomful of business owners, I was in Virginia Beach singing along to Tim McGraw. This was perhaps not my finest event-planning decision. But there I was, racing back to Richmond to host a Coffee & Connect in my newly refreshed office space. And when I say refreshed, I mean clean carpets, a rad rainbow basket, a crushed-mint candle that smells amazing, and a working (mostly) aquarium. Honestly, I'm not...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Lower Falls of the Genesee River I once spent 45 minutes negotiating with six feet of snow. I was in graduate school, driving home from Niagara Falls when the weather shifted from this isn't so bad to where did all this snow come from? Every few minutes brought another decision. Do I stay on the highway? Do I get off and take the much longer back roads? Do I pull into a truck stop and sleep until morning? (I've actually done that before. Hello, 21st birthday.) Do I just scream? Looking back,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, If you’re receiving this email, you’ve already done something brave. You showed up. You picked up the pen. You wrote something you may not have known you needed to write. Maybe you shared it. Maybe you kept it entirely to yourself. Either way, you made space to listen to your own story. And I’d love to invite you back. Writing Bravely™ returns Saturday, September 19, from 12–4 PM in Richmond. This next Writing Bravely experience will include guided expressive writing, reflection,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Accountability, but make it acrobatic. This is my friend Mary. She has been known to hold me accountable—and occasionally cradle me in the air by one leg. So when we decided to try another 30-day journaling challenge together, I assumed accountability would not be our problem. This was our second time doing the challenge—and one of my favorite ways to stay close across state lines. Instead of relying on the usual “How was your day?” texts, we respond to prompts and send each other small...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read