Going first has been a big theme in my life, and in the lives of many of my dear clients– be it going first to therapy, being the first to get divorced, the first to come out, the first to leave the religion of your childhood, the first to ask questions or the first to have the courage to name the truth. Let’s be honest, going first is fucking hard. The below poem is about just that– losing your magic, but being willing to go first in finding it.
Read MoreIn my 20’s I found myself in a string of relationships rife with narcissism. At the time, the online space wasn’t nearly as narcissism-obsessed, so the language just wasn’t there. I didn’t know how to name or share my experience with others clearly. What I knew then was this: I didn’t trust myself…. At all. I was terrified something was wrong with me, and constantly working to “fix” myself….
Read MoreWHAT. DO. YOU. WANT? I was asked this question last year when I flew to Toronto for an intensive with my coach, Tanya Geisler. Among all the type-A goodness I went to uncover, the book proposal I was planning and all the ideas I had for my business, she stopped me dead in my tracks by asking me:“Madison, what do you really want?”
Read MoreWhen you live out of your old patterns, you are unconsciously juggling beliefs, behaviors and stories that are not even yours, but were handed to you! (It’s all you know). But, when you zoom out and see there is another way, you realize how trapped, and stressedcrazy, the old programming made you. There is more for you in life than juggling “shoulds” and expectations.
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