How is your heart? How is your life feeling in this strange new world we are in? I know that emotions have been running high in my household. I have found it harder than usual be kind all the time; to use my best relationship and communication skills. At the same time, I have been … Read more
In 2014, Bessel Van Der Kolk published a very important book called The Body Keeps the Score. It has since become a bible for therapists in helping clients access body wisdom and untangle mental and emotional illness. This book has been very important in my own healing journey and in my coaching practice. In 1998, … Read more
It has been such a transformational summer. Healing and learning swept into my life in ways I wasn’t expecting. As I sit now on my purple sarong on the sandy beach overlooking the lake, my heart is filled with awe and tenderness. Only a few years ago I was standing at the top of my … Read more
Have you ever been in a situation where you partner is asking you how you want to be touched, where you want to be touched, and at what pace, and you simply don’t know? You get muddled and overwhelmed or you feel ashamed and guilty? It’s okay! Most women are on a path of fully … Read more
It can be so challenging to raise our voices as the women when what we want to say goes against the grain or the status quo. I find myself often checking: ”Is it worth it? Will I be heard? Is this the right time and place? Am I just overreacting?” However, there is one situation … Read more
Happy Summer! I’m writing to you to let you know that the Love Empowerment Blog will be going through some updates. I have decided to incorporate more feminine flow into my production of blogs and will now be writing more on inspiration, when the fancy strikes me, when the iron is hot. I want to model … Read more
His name was Howard. He was a waiter at a fancy Italian restaurant in Upper Westside Manhattan. I was visiting from Montreal where I was studying music at McGill. Every summer since the age of 8 years old, I had been swept away from the rustic back-to-the-land lifestyle that my hippie parents had chosen, to the glittering … Read more
I was at a tantra workshop 2 years ago where the workshop presenter shared that he had learned everything he needed to know about TOUCH from his cat! It was not that the cat taught him specific touch techniques, exactly. But the cat had many different ways of responding to his touch, which ultimately taught … Read more
What is missing for you in the bedroom? What is boring? What is not working? What is turning you off? What is making you want to give up? As the two-year mark of this blog is nearing, I find myself wanting to amp up the wattage. I’m ready for some real juice. Are you? I’d … Read more
This past weekend my partner and I were away at a group retreat in nature. At first we had to wade through some repair and reconnection that we really needed. Then we had a really hot moment in our tent, while we were camping. It inspired me to write this blog. I’m going to be … Read more