“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

― Steve Maraboli

Sometime people ask me why I focus my life-coaching on women and my answer always is “No, I don’t hate men (;)) I am just really passionate about helping women unlock their true selves, get in touch with their femininity, and create lives for themselves that they love - actively and now, instead of hoping for happy feelings to fall into place when everything else in life is all set and done.”

I also simply know what it’s like to be a woman and am familiar with the struggle of not feeling good enough/ ready enough/ pretty enough….. enough PERIOD. In my life, I have come across so many brilliant and beautiful women, who feel like they need to be perfect before they can be happy, enjoy their bodies, feel in charge of their own lives, and fall in love.

Beliefs are ideas and thoughts that we accept as truth. What we think about ourselves and the world becomes true for us. What we choose to believe can expand and enrich our world. Each day can be an exciting, joyous, hopeful experience, or a sorrowful, limiting, and painful one. Two people living in the same world, with the same set of circumstances, can experience life so differently. What can transport us from one world to another? I am convinced that it is our beliefs that do so. When we are willing to change our primary belief structures, then we may experience a true change in our lives.

 

This is what Louise Hay writes about creating change from the inside out. She writes about the inner space that we need to cultivate in order for real change to happen. She writes about our beliefs because it is our thoughts that ultimate create our feelings, which ultimately create our experience of our lives.

As a life coach it is my mission to set women free to be who they are and do what they love -independently of external expectations and societal norms, because I believe that when women wake up to their own desires and their intrinsic power, and realize their dreams and callings, they will spread the kind of happiness that will be carried through generations to come.

The way I do this is by helping women make the changes they have been internally debating or “dreaming” about for years without getting paralyzed by overwhelm, self-doubt, or constant worrying.

Instead, I focus on supporting “my ladies” in creating a positive and nurturing relationship with themselves so they can feel clear, motivated to the core, and at ease about what they want and how to get it… now, not “later.”

Hello Sunshines,

Do you find yourself saying things like:

“I don’t have enough time to go to yoga/ eat mindfully/ go on a date/ have fun.”

“If I only had more time, I wouldn’t have this problem.”

“I hate always running late and rushing around, but that’s just how life is.”

Ahhh the good old struggle with time. I totally know what that feels like: constantly eyeing the clock, speed-walking, inhaling your food, checking your email and phone obsessively. I also

Hi everybody,

As you are reading this, I am on my way to California. I am going on a weekend retreat to Sonoma with a bunch of other women. We are going to explore what it means to live free, embrace and dwell in our femininity, and connect with other like-minded women who want to love their lives fiercely. Plus, we will eat delicious food and sip the best of the best wine. I cannot wait.

While I am gone doing fun stuff and taking care of myself, I wanted to make sure that I take care of you as well. That’s why I am sending you my October Find Your Voice Interview today.

In this interview I am talking with Nadya Andreeva from Spinach and Yoga. If you have been following me for a while, you have probably already seen an interview with Nadya and know that listening to Nadya share her wisdom is like taking a vacation. Her energy is just so calm and gentle that you cannot help feeling nurtured and taken care of.

One of my favorite quotes is by my good old wise friend Albert Einstein. It goes like this:

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein

Which one do you chose?

There was a time in my life when I put an enormous amount of pressure on myself. I had to prove myself to the world (through things like: a body of a certain size, a career of a certain caliber, a perfect family and relationship, etc.), before I could feel proud, accomplished, and henceforth, happy.

I told myself that I had to earn feeling good. I lived as if nothing was a miracle and instead believed that unless I worked really (painfully) hard for something, it didn’t carry any worth.

Sound familiar?

Hi beauty,

You know what I have noticed in literally ALL the women I am friends with as well as in ALL the women I get to work with in my 1-on-1 coaching?

They are all extremely kind, giving, nurturing, and loving women. They are all women with an active emotional life and a special sensitivity for when something feels off or imbalanced. They are women, who literally “feel” when someone else is not doing well and they are fierce defenders of those they love. They are women who want to jump in, fix, and lighten other people’s emotional burdens. They are all women, who we are so lucky to have in our lives.

If you are reading this, chances are that you are one of those women as well and I encourage you to read on.

A topic that has come up a lot lately (both privately and in the media), is the topic of self-care. 

Hello my ambitious ladies (& some gents!),

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, realizing you didn’t send in the rent check or forgot to get back to your best friend about dinner plans? And as you begin to mentally go through all of your to-do’s, you start to feel totally stressed out and overwhelmed?

A few hours later, you wake up to your shrieking alarm feeling drowsy and exhausted. Before you even brush your teeth, you grab your iphone to find your inbox flooded with work emails to respond to (ugh!). You have a knot in your stomach, skip your morning exercise class, scarf down lunch at your desk, and sip one coffee after another to make it through a busy day at work.

This morning I walked out of my apartment in Brooklyn to go on a walk when I was hit by fresh, cooler, crisp autumn air. I felt my lungs expanding, my back straightening, my eyes squinting in the sunshine. While I was sucking in the air, my whole body suddenly felt so awake and alert. Then, a sense of giddiness literally showered me as I tucked my scarf into my jacket. I love fall (and scarves;))!  

While I was out walking, my mind began to wander and I thought about what feelings I want to feel more of this fall. The one clear answer I got was that I want to feel LIGHT. When I say “light,” I am not talking about my weight or my body. I am talking about my way of being in the world. I mean “light” in the sense of feeling carefree, full of trust, giddy, confident, playful and positive. (If this is something you resonate with but just feel too overwhelmed, I have a surprise for you this Thursday, so stay tuned!!!)

Then I thought about how this feeling of “light” would find expression in my tangible, real life. I pictured 

Happy Saturday my lovely reader,

Phew… we are more than half way through September, can you believe it?!

In the last 2 weeks, I have been talking to you a lot about finding balance in your life, about boundaries, and about creating the space you need to lead a life that feels happy, free, and light. I have found this to be a particular important topic for women, because only when we feel happy, free, and light, can we connect with our authentic femininity and dwell in our own greatest power and potential.

Because I know how stressful this time of year can be, I wanted to send you a quick reminder to really use these fall weekends to fuel yourself –mind, body, spirit- in whatever way you need.

Ask yourself: