THIS beautiful quote from Martin Luther King is being added to my daily mantra. Thank you @theellenshow for sharing!

Renewed life. Renewed vision. FORWARD. FORWARD. FORWARD I go. There is more to do. There is more to build. There is MORE. More life. More love. More power. More abundance to unleash. I won’t apologize. I won’t stop claiming and manifesting and #owning this life in front of me. I invite it and I Wills embrace and embody it. I love my kids. I love myself. And I love my people. My inner badasss (thanks for all your inspiration, #jensincero) is just getting started. Here I am, life. Here I am, world!!! #thisisme 

had WAY too much fun working with the S T A T E H O N O R S C H O I R yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was our last rehearsal before our concert in a week and a half! I couldn’t be more proud of each one of these 130+ singers...my heart is overflowing with passion, artistry, inspiration and gratitude. I’ve loved each and every minute with these amazing teens. They worked hard, showed up, kept raising the bar and brought WHO THEY ARE to the table. If they are singing this well now, I can’t wait to hear them roar even louder in the Devos Performance Hall on January 24th. Go, singers, GO!

Check out the video of our performance at       

https://www.facebook.com/1649787988636688/posts/2248334295448718/  or Live True Counseling Facebook Page 

N E WB E G I N N I N G S are available to us. Here. Now. In the chaos. In the heartache. In the struggle. If we get really quiet and listen to our inner voice, we will find it’s telling us the message we need to hear. Sometimes, there is an emotion right under the surface. Other times, there is a thought or memory or longing that is beckoning us to check in. Maybe these feelings just need to pass through us, maybe we are terrified to look at the feelings staring us down...and maybe it’s time to allow them to have a voice.

What do you feel? What do you need? How can you love yourself through this process of getting mindful and clearing out some blocks to your best life of freedom? Healing is available. I’m taking another step toward more mindfulness based and holistic wellness. One approach I use in my counseling practice that aims to achieve this is the #internalfamilysystems model. I’m quite enamored. I’m quite obsessed.

This approach is similar to #emdr therapy, yet functions more holistically and is far reaching in its effects. I’m feeling #thankful for the training I am receiving and totally smitten with this modality of #therapy that I’ve incorporated in my practice. “Traumatized parts can be permanently healed instead of managed.” Ask your #therapist for more information on this therapy model! It’s amazing.

I’m all about more meaningful moments and less of the fluff. More of embracing my kiddos and less of keeping up the perfect house. More homemade pancake breakfasts and less cereal on the run. More snuggles and cuddles and less sprinting from one opportunity to the next. I want to make meaning wherever I go and I want to continue taking chances. I want to dance in the snowstorm and run in the rain. I want to paddle in the sunset and hike the biggest mountain. I want to fill my lungs with enormous breaths of fresh sunshine and splash around in clear blue streams. I want to LIVE MORE, expect more abundance and LOVE with a wild abandon. This is my 2019. I’m only adding in what feels right. And I’m already relaxing my way into it. One foot in front of the other into my goals. My eyes are on the prize and I’m ready to continue embracing opportunities and spreading my wings with these amazing humans by my side. 2019, we love you already!

I invite you to JOIN me in this life living, abundance embracing, clarifying journey. It’s available to each of us. It just requires a first step. Then a second... #youvegotthis ❤️

 I got my very first copy of Grand Traverse Woman Magazine today and so much excitement and gratitude is swirling around in my heart. All I can say is I AM HUMBLED by the opportunity to share my story — Beauty from the Ashes: My Journey of Transformation. My arms are wide open and my story is enormously transparent. I have swung from giddy highs to anxious lows during the process of opening up and writing more of my story for all to hear. But it’s mine. And as I say in my article, “My heart is full of joy, my life is filled with hope and my kids are thriving. I stand on my sacred ground and claim love above all else and I trust that love will be greater than any obstacle that comes my way.” Thank you, my friends, for being my village, my rock to stand on, my shoulder to cry on, my feet to dance with and my sunshine on cloudy days. I have the BEST friends a girl could ask for and an iron clad community with hearts of gold. YES. This is my story, these are my people and THIS is my very best life chapter yet. #thisisme ❤️