What does it actually take to unwind?
Hi Reader, What does it take to unwind? To really, truly let yourself let go and relax? For me, it's quite difficult to just take a few days off and feel at ease. There are always more things to do, more thoughts to think, more dreams to plan for. So when it comes time to vacation, it can often take days — sometimes weeks — to fully come down from business as usual into a space of true rest and recovery. And very often, that rest and recovery arrives with a cold or stomach bug. My body's way...
2 days ago • 3 min readI used to feel stuck waiting for clarity to come...
Hi Reader, I have a confession to make: I spent years waiting for clarity before I felt ready to take my next step. Waiting for the lightning bolt moment. Waiting for someone to show up and tell me exactly what to do. And all that waiting? It kept me stuck exactly where I was. In the latest episode of Don't Step on the Bluebells - Stop Waiting for Clarity: 5 Powerful Tools to Build Your Next Level Now - I'm sharing the tools I actually use in my own life and business to start seeing and...
9 days ago • 2 min readWhy you can't answer the question 'what do you want?'
Hi Reader, How many times have you been asked what you want and genuinely can't answer? What kind of job do you want? What would you like to do this weekend? Where do you want to live? What's your biggest dream? These seem like innocuous questions on the surface. But if you aren't able to answer them, they can feel a whole lot like anxiety. And here's what I want you to know: it's not because you don't have dreams. It's not because you're broken or playing small or lacking vision. It's...
16 days ago • 4 min readDo you keep your word — to yourself?
Hi Reader, Before I get into today's story, I wanted to share that a new episode of the podcast just dropped. In #058 — From Doomscrolling to Detox: Why Conviction Beats Willpower Every Time, I walk through the six-part framework that helped me finally complete an eight-day Ayurvedic detox after years of stopping at day three. It's about what actually makes follow-through possible – and it's not willpower. Hit play wherever you listen to podcasts. And speaking of follow-through – it's been on...
23 days ago • 5 min readI was only hiding from myself
Hi Reader, A few years back, I was building my business, feeling overwhelmed and lost, wondering why things weren't working out how I thought they would - while simultaneously experiencing a spiritual awakening. It shook me to my core. Everything I knew about myself and the world evaporated overnight, and I couldn't find my grounding again. I kept trying to grow, scale, and leap into my next version - but I didn't yet have the words for what I was experiencing. My business was doing well. I...
about 1 month ago • 4 min readThe Limbo of Tentativeness
Hi Reader, I remember when I first started to realize that most of the successful entrepreneurs and business people I knew were spiritual. Because spirituality was so far from my typical operating realm, it had never even occurred to me that the people I admired might believe in something greater than themselves. I remember watching interviews with people like Marie Forleo and Tony Robbins and realizing that they followed a daily meditation practice. This revelation shifted something within...
about 1 month ago • 8 min readThe 4 stages of spiritual awakening (and where you are right now) 🎧
Hi Reader, I'm thrilled to share my latest recording of Don't Step on the Bluebells with you. This episode is all about The Four Stages of Spiritual Awakening and what I call The Awakening Framework—the roadmap I desperately wish I'd had eight years ago. For years, I searched for information that could help me understand what was happening to me, only to find fragments, disconnected ideas, or spiritual platitudes that didn't land. I struggled to find the words to describe my experience, and I...
about 1 month ago • 2 min readThe Difference Between Trying and Deciding
Hi Reader, Last week, my husband and I completed an 8-day Ayurvedic mungbean detox. Day 1, I was hugging the toilet, feeling sick to my stomach—literally—wondering if I could even make it through another 7 days of this. My head pounded from caffeine withdrawal. My body ached. My brain was in a fog, searching for the gluten, dairy, sugar—all my comfort foods, gone in one shot. I'd done this detox before. Twice. Both times we stopped after 3 days. But this time felt different, even on Day 1...
about 1 month ago • 4 min readFrom skeptic to believer: My oracle card journey
Hi Reader, I'm excited to share something deeply personal with you today—a solo episode where I open up about my journey with oracle cards, from total skeptic to daily practitioner. In this short episode of Don't Step on the Bluebells, My Journey with Oracle Cards: From Skeptic to Practitioner, I share the pivotal moment that shifted everything: a single card reading that mirrored my life so perfectly, I couldn't ignore it anymore. (Spoiler: it involved a family of crows I'd befriended during...
about 2 months ago • 1 min readWhen success starts to feel empty
Hi Reader, I want to share something vulnerable with you today. I started finding it hard to get out of bed. Each morning I'd wake up and want to pull the covers back over my head, to hide in my cocoon just a little longer. I felt lost. Every direction felt possible - and that was the problem. Too many possibilities. Drowning in overwhelm. No idea where to put a stake in the ground. I had finally reached the income level I'd only been dreaming of. The clients. The cashflow. The "success." And...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read