Leading Heart Wellness

Remember that when things get challenging, we usually reach for comfort, not the new way of being. Expect discomfort, even with good change, until the new way of being becomes the familiar ♥️ You’ve got this!!

This past week, I was honored to bring together leaders in higher education using various formats and facilitation methods to create meaningful learning and connection. ♥️ Their engagement and presence made it a reciprocal experience. I am energized and grateful for everything they shared. Professional communities and connection can be part of your wellness plan. Many of these attendees commented about how it is just what they needed during some hard and challenging times!

Oohhh - I’m coming off a big push for an event that I manage that brings together over 400 academic and student affairs leaders in higher ed. It went great! I’m really pleased AND I am tired and I feel it in my bones! Late nights, early mornings, constant social connection, leading, facilitating, planning, executing, and all the things! NOW it’s time to restore what has been depleted. ♥️ When we keep pushing without that time to restore after periods of high stress, we diminish our capacity over time. Make rest part of the project plan! ♥️♥️

I’m prepping to teach my Thursday night class, Myofascial release and stretch at Find Your Flow. This is one of the texts I reference to help folks with specific areas of the body where they are experiencing pain or restricted movement. I love helping people feel better in their bodies, mind, and heart. Check us out if you’re curious. Lots of classes and modalities to choose from ♥️

It’s ok to take breaks. It’s ok if not every day feels like a slam dunk. Progress is being made and best of all, you’re maintaining your integrity and wellbeing along the way. ♥️

Excited for this!

🚀 LOOK UP TONIGHT! The lowest full moon until 2043 is rising! 🌕✨
Tonight’s Strawberry Moon is a double rarity: it's tracing the lowest path in the sky we'll see for 17 years, and it’s the final micromoon of the year.
Even though it's technically farthest from Earth, a mind-bending optical illusion will make it look absolutely MASSIVE and glow with a stunning golden-red color as it hugs the horizon.
🌕 Best time: Right around your local moonrise tonight! Look low toward the southeast.

Happy Monday! Happy full moon. Happy mercury retrograde 😊 You’ve got this ♥️

Being visible is sometimes part of how we make an impact as leaders but perfection isnt sustainable or realistic. We are human. Let us give each other grace and model the way ♥️

Happy summer solstice and international yoga day! ♥️

Happy Summer ♥️

Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️

The solstice has long been associated with transition, light, reflection, and change.

There’s something beautiful about Atwood’s description of it as a “threshold and unlocking” — a moment suspended between what has been and what is still unfolding.

A reminder that change doesn’t always arrive all at once.
Sometimes it begins with simply paying attention to what’s shifting within us.

What feels ready to be released.
What feels ready to grow.
What feels ready to be seen more clearly in the longer, brighter days ahead.

The solstice can be an invitation to pause, take stock, and reconnect with what feels meaningful right now.

💭 What feels like it’s shifting for you this season?