Let’s take a deep dive into my word of the year: P A T I E N C E. Not the kind of patience like when we’re waiting in line or sitting quietly while our life happens TO us. I’m talking about the radical, world-shifting practice of patience that rewires how we engage with ourselves, others, and this messy, beautiful, unpredictable process we call being human.

Today we talk about how to assess how “awake” we are in the various areas of our spiritual journey and the complexity of this process. This is essential because we can have made amazing progress in one area of awakening (like spiritual insight) but be still lacking in others (like ethics, or relational skills). We enter into real danger when we mistake progress in one area with progress in other areas – think of the example of a spiritual teacher who teaches about their very real experience of unity consciousness while exploiting their students at the same time. This incorrect belief that one area of progress means a wholistic awakening in other areas can lead to harm to ourselves and others. I’ll introduce you to Ken Wilber’s Levels of Awakening and give you the key to avoiding harm to ourselves and others through humility, discernment, and self-compassion.

This week we talk about the difference between settling vs accepting, and how that helps us live our best life during the precious time we have left in this life. Plus I’ll give you some ways you can begin to change your mindset from shifting to accepting, starting right now. You’ll also learn how to spot BS when you think things are “good enough” but know in your bones that’s far from the truth.

In this week’s episode, we’re diving into the arrival of Winter Solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least!) and the importance of embracing and becoming familiar with the inner and outer darkness it brings. We explore remembering the light we all carry within no matter the season; our ziji, our radiant inner confidence, and set the intention that this Solstice be a time of connection – to yourself, your light, and to the gifts that the dark can bring.

This is a replay of one of my favorite episodes, because if you’re anything like me and you have a tendency toward some major FOMO with a dash of perfectionism, you can spend some serious energy debating all the options for any decision that comes your way. And we have a lot of decisions to make this time of year!

This week we’re diving into the difference between intellectually understanding concepts and knowing them in our BONES. We’ll talk about how we can find true realization on our own path, and the importance of applying it to the real world. We’ll also explore one of the trickiest parts of this all: being radically honest with ourselves about how embodied our wisdom really is.