Everything Happens for Us

There is one belief that has quietly guided much of my life. Not because I’ve always understood it, but because I’ve watched it reveal itself again and again. Everything happens for us. I know that idea can be difficult to…

There is one belief that has quietly guided much of my life. Not because I’ve always understood it, but because I’ve watched it reveal itself again and again. Everything happens for us. I know that idea can be difficult to…

One of the greatest relationships we will ever have is the one we have with our own body. And yet, for many of us, it’s a relationship we’ve never been taught to trust. From the time we’re young, we’re encouraged…

For much of my life, I’ve heard spirituality described as something that asks us to rise above the body. To quiet its desires, transcend the physical, and separate ourselves from this earthly experience in search of something more divine. But…
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to describe personal growth as “doing the work.” We work on ourselves. We work through our emotions. We work on our relationships. While I understand what people mean, I’ve often wondered what…

We often think the limits of our lives are practical: time, money, age, geography, circumstance. And sometimes those limits are real. But just as often, the first ceiling we meet is the one we have imagined. We stop at the…