Thanksgiving 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Just this morning, I was reading a devotion that asked a handful of fantastic questions — the kind that made me pause and think, “Oh… there’s something here.” But what did I do? I got up, made breakfast, and moved right on with my day instead of sitting with the questions for an hour and letting them take me deeper. And that’s exactly why coaching works. YES,...
7 days ago • 2 min read
Thanksgiving 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Okay — I’m finally doing it and I'm excited for it... After 5 years of coaching and a LOT of “one day I’ll create this…” , I'm officially launching The Enneagram Deepening Year. Here’s what I know after years of sitting with clients (and doing my own work): With the Enneagram, you never “arrive.” We’re always peeling back layers, noticing new things, and growing...
9 days ago • 2 min read
November 2025 Reader. Before we step into Advent and Christmas starts picking up speed — can I share something about Mary the mother of Jesus? Not the Mary in Nativity scenes, but the woman in Scripture whose twelve-year-old Son is missing for three days and absolutely unravels. I’ve read this passage so many times, but I had not saw her anxiety until now — it's not the “worried mother” version I had previously envisioned, but the kind of fear you feel in your body and don't have words for....
10 days ago • 5 min read
November 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, What to expect in this email: • A reflection on what you resist persists through the lens of the Enneagram• Week Two holiday special: 40% off Enneagram coaching for new clients• 9 Lumens Alum Complimentary Check-In December Dates What You Resist, Persists… and the Center You’ve Been Avoiding This week I kept hearing the same phrase over and over — enough times that...
14 days ago • 3 min read
November 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, What you'll find in this email. (and probably a typo or two somewhere) 1. A short story about my Costco parking-lot meltdown 2. How Enneagram vices and virtues show us where we really are 3. Moving from vice to virtue with your core values—a free reflection and a 40%-off session to guide you (expires Nov 20th) 4. A hint at the next two weeks’ specials The Parking...
23 days ago • 2 min read
November 2025 Reader. I love a good fusion—food, fashion, interior design… ideas that shouldn’t belong together but somehow do.But when there’s too much of everything? That’s not fusion—it’s a mash-up. October felt like one big mash-up for me: joy and ache, teaching and family, all at once—like a Thanksgiving plate piled high with every side dish… and dessert. Canadian Thanksgiving, October 13: I was teaching on Deborah with the Living Room community—the same day our grandson was born. Both...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
August 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, What you'll find in this email. 1 - A short reflection from my “sandwich season” and a free Enneagram journaling prompt to help you name what you really need 2 - Transitions by Enneagram webinar TOMORROW! + 1:1 coaching bundle to help you move through change with clarity (replay available) 3 - The Vocare Holiday Coaching Group I’m joining - yes, your coach is coached....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
August 2025 Reader. Quick invitation here— As part of the Women of Wisdom series I’ve been researching this year, there are two sessions I’ve been especially eager about for a long time. Years, really. Woman Wisdom from Proverbs who we covered last month, and tomorrow night we turn to the Proverbs 31 woman. Alongside my study, I’ve started a short survey to hear what you think about her. What do you think about the Proverbs 31 Woman? The research for both Woman Wisdom and the Proverbs 31...
3 months ago • 1 min read
August 2025 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Here’s what you’ll find in this email: (and probably a typo or two somewhere...) • Why journaling (or brain-dumping) works• A free guide with tips + prompts by Enneagram type• How journaling and coaching work together The case for journaling It only took two coaching sessions in one week to remind me: It's time to share my take on journaling again. For context—I...
4 months ago • 3 min read
May 2025 Reader. Two weeks ago, I did something I’ve never done in five years of teaching Illuminate: I canceled our July session. I felt like I was in a real-time lesson of what wisdom looks like—praying for wisdom about whether or not to lead a session focused on Lady Wisdom. My 82-year-old dad was in ICU on life support, heading into his third surgery in three days. I was with my mom, who had just celebrated her 78th birthday — it’s embarrassing now to admit I even considered teaching....
4 months ago • 4 min read