As I wrap up and close -- for now -- my series on The Politics of Languishing, I am feeling called to offer some life coaching pep talks to you if you find yourself being One Who Is Languishing. If you have been following along, I have talked in recent months about...

“I guess I'll just have to suck it up and do the job,” she said on the Zoom session. These were the exact words from a client I just started working with who wants to find a new career — one that allows her to fully self-express the way she longs to be seen in the...

Do you ever feel so utterly tired of being strong that all you want to do is collapse under all the weight you are carrying and free yourself of everything? This might look like dreaming of running away. This might look like hiding under the covers. This might look...

My biggest passion in life is working with creative women who want to revive their creative energy and feel more alive in their life and work. And yet, everyone I know right now is languishing -- especially my creative...

If you feel like you are constantly striving and doing everything right but always feeling as if you are getting things wrong, you may be experiencing Good Girl Syndrome. On my Instagram account last week, I posted a cozy dose of inspiration that I thought up during...

What stops you from writing or creating with wild abandon?  What holds you back from going for it as a brave leader? What prevents you from going after your most wild inner longings? Likely, your answer is fear.  Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear of...

Women are exhausted by overworking and overdoing. And, if what I believe is true -- that women have been languishing for years -- it’s worth it to dive into the political -- small p political -- traps that have led to the feeling that women cannot seem to do anything...

Are you languishing or flourishing?' In a New York Times article by writer Adam Grant that went viral in April, we all nodded our heads at the fact that, yes, indeed we are languishing right now in the messy middle of this long, drawn out global pandemic. Adam Grant,...

When I launched my podcast The Brave Yes Show, I knew that at its heart and soul, the show would be about women finding wholeness, alignment and living our values and in our integrity. I knew because it's what I am ready for in my own life -- and it's what I am here...

Growing up in New Zealand, Amelia Butler didn't have many opportunities to learn her mother's native language, Māori, in school. As she got older, though, she sought out ways to learn more about the language and the culture. In 1987, the Māori language was made an...