Hi Reader, I wanted to pop into your inbox a little differently this week. Normally I’m sharing a weekly blog post, but this is the week I'm in the salon. I have barely opened laptop because my energy has been focused on hair, conversations in the chair, and being fully present there. So this is me giving myself permission to not do all the things all the time — and to not beat myself up for it because I’m human. And right now, this is where my energy is meant to be. There will be a blog post...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Do you ever wake up and feel like your mind is already running ahead of you?Last week, this came up more than once in client conversations and I knew I needed to share it with you too. I wrote a blog post about this practice because it's supportive, especially from a nervous system and subconscious perspective. I share why it works, how I suggest doing it in a way that feels gentle and doable, and what to expect when resistance shows up because let's be real, sometimes it does. If...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Have you ever wanted something deeply… and still found yourself hesitating or pulling back? You know what you want, you feel mentally ready, but then something inside you slows things down. You pause. You question. You wait...then nothing happens. We usually call that self-sabotage. But what if we look at it differently so that we can actually accomplish the things that we want. I wrote a new blog post exploring the difference between self-sabotage and protection and why your...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Have you ever noticed how one small thought can quietly shape an entire experience? That’s what happened to me recently while I was working on something new. I was excited… and also feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and more stuck than I needed to be. And it all came back to one sentence I kept repeating to myself. Once I noticed it—and chose to shift it—everything started moving again. Not perfectly. Not magically. But forward. I wrote about the entire experience in a new blog...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I want to share something that I just moved through, because it’s such a perfect example of how powerful our inner dialogue really is. As I’ve been shifting things into the new year, I decided it was time to redo my website. New platform, new layout, new content (a blog is coming soon, stay tuned!). And honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. For the first few days, the same thought kept looping in my head: "I don’t know how to do this and I’m really f**king frustrated." And the...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I hope you had a restful Thanksgiving… or at least a moment to breathe somewhere in between the chaos.Because wow — the past few weeks have been a lot over here. I’ve been going nonstop between house-call hair clients in LA, driving up north for salon clients, The Embodied Shift Method flash sale, and bouncing between three different Thanksgiving gatherings 🙃 — Wednesday, Thursday, AND Friday (my Filipino side loves tequila, karaoke and line dancing) Then my nieces and nephews...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Before you head into your week, I wanted to give you something you can actually use — a small shift that makes a big difference. It’s simple, but powerful… and it can genuinely change things when you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in your head. It’s called state awareness, and it’s one of the most important skills when it comes to understanding your nervous system. Most of us move through our day reacting to things without even realizing our body has shifted into a...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, I wish someone had taught me sooner how different life feels when you actually understand your nervous system— like your unique patterns, behaviors, triggers…basically why you operate the way that you do. This is a huge reason I created The Embodied Shift Method in the first place. Because most of us go through life having no idea what our body is doing or why we feel the way we feel. We just think: “Why am I anxious again?”“Why am I shutting down?”“Why can’t I focus?”“Why do I feel...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, If you read my last email (if you missed it you can read it here), you know I was in a pretty low place. Shutdown, overwhelmed, checked-out… all the things. And if you’ve ever been there too, you know how heavy it can feel. May I share what the next part has looked like for me? Not as some big inspirational moment, but in that real, slow, human way things actually shift. The first thing I noticed was… a little bit of energy coming back. Not enough to do anything wild, just enough to...
4 months ago • 1 min read
