Empowerment Blog

On the Path
with Tris

Empowering tips, practices, insights
and opportunities for living your best life

Letting Go and Lightening Your Load: A Guided Meditation for Fall

Hey there, friend— Each season carries a unique energy, mirroring nature's cycle of birth, transformation, and release. As beings deeply connected to these rhythms, we, too, can draw from this...

The Shadow: Ready to Meet the Hidden You?

Hey there, friend— Have you ever caught yourself reacting in a way that surprised even you? Maybe a casual comment from a friend stirred up unexpected irritation, or a minor setback at work left you...

Healing Beyond Sobriety: The Power of Shadow Work

Hey there, friend— Have you ever found yourself asking, “Where do I go from here?” after achieving sobriety, only to realize that the emotional and psychological wounds that drove your...

5 Stages of Leaving Your Old Self Behind (working with Tris)

Hey there, friend— It’s been a minute since I shared with you how I work with women on the path of inner healing and personal growth in a level of detail that gives you a big picture vision...

Self-Doubt Holding You Back? Read This!

Hey there, friend— I hope this finds you living well and feeling inspired. I’m feeling called to address something you likely continue to struggle with, despite all the healing and personal...

How to Let Go of Regret + Embrace What’s Here Now

Hey there, friend— While at my gym on the treadmill this past weekend, a woman was inquiring about what I do and, after sharing a bit, she asked me a question I wasn't expecting. "How can...

Shadow Work: Time to Take Off the Mask and Face Yourself

Hey there, friend— You’ve likely noticed by now that I’m someone who takes the conversation to places that often feel uncomfortable and even triggering. The way I see it, that’s a good thing...

That Thing You Fear Most is the Key to Your Growth

Hey there, friend— Last week on the path, I zoomed in on some of the specific patterns we run when times are uncertain, and things seem to be unraveling in our lives. There’s a quote I love...

Leaning Into Your Growth Edge During Uncertain Times

Hey there, friend— This week on the path, I’m shining a light on two important factors for personal growth and spiritual development that we sometimes use as excuses for not taking...

Is Self-Forgiveness the Missing Piece on Your Healing Journey?

Hey there, friend— There are 3 integral areas of focus for those on the path of self-discovery, and those are emotional healing, personal growth, and spiritual development. ...

Recalibrating the Modern Rise of the Feminine

Hey there, friend— This week I’m shining a light on the collective conversation around recalibrating the modern rise of the feminine. I recently did a podcast episode with Alex Gil of...

Stop Short-Cutting—You’re Only Cheating Yourself

Hey there, friend— This week I’m shining a light on short-cutting and how it can be detrimental to our happiness, our relationships, and our ability to live a fulfilled life. Short-cutting is...

Tips for Bringing Things to Completion with More Peace, Poise, and Personal Expansion

Hey there, friend— Today we’re looking at our patterns for how we bring things to completion. How you bring things to completion will determine what you bring into your new beginnings. ...

🚩 Recognizing Red Flags and Tips for Course-Correcting

Hey there, friend— Over the past several weeks, I've shared some of the hardships and internal struggles I experienced over the last few years. As always, my intention is to talk...

Emotional Regulation When Your Life is Spinning Out

Hey there, friend— This week on the path, I’m shining a light on finding ourselves and our center when life is dishing some mighty challenges. Many of us feel the desperate need to change...

A Practice for Overcoming Hardships and Raising Your Vibration

Hey there, friend— As I approached a critical point in my marriage where I would ask for a temporary separation—knowing deep inside it would likely be the end—I was toe-to-toe with my darkest...

How to Navigate the Loss of Your Identity, Purpose and Path

Hey there, friend— There’s a shared theme happening amongst a lot of people right now, and that is the eerie and unsettling sense that they’ve somehow lost their purpose, their identity, and...

When You Know the Truth and Are Afraid to Face It

Hey there, friend— This week on the path, I’m zooming in on the two things that tend to consume us when we’re faced with making big life decisions—our emotions and the haunting thoughts...

Healing from Divorce; Unveiling My Story with Truth, Integrity and Grace

Hey there, friend— There comes a time in our life when we’re each faced with some difficult truth, and we’re forced to make a decision that will massively alter the course of our path. In...

Adapting with Grace; How to Embrace Unexpected Change

Hey there, friend— This week on the path, unexpected change is in the air and some of what the Universe is dishing might have you feeling like “what the…what?!?” When change takes us by...

December Self-Reflection Practice

Every year in December, I spend some focused time recapitulating the year for the purpose of feeling gratitude for the people, events and experiences that helped me become a better version of...

How to Be Your Best Self During the Holidays

What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? For many, it’s a time for gratitude, an opportunity to spend quality time with loved ones, and kick off the festive holiday season. And, for some,...

What is “Self-Love” Exactly, and How Do You Actually “Do” It?

What is “Self-Love” I was recently asked to explain (from my perspective) "self love" and what it means to actually love yourself. More specifically, this man asked, “How do you actually DO it?...

5 Tips for Personal Growth During Challenging Times

Personal growth is that shiny object we all gravitate toward, even if we don’t really know what it means...or how to satisfy the craving. Personal growth has such a great ring to it. Many of...

Executive Coaching in Action: A Case Study

We often hear about executive coaching services, but what results can one expect from the guidance of an executive coach? This is especially true for executive women coaches. Women continue to be a...

Lost and Found: An Aviation Metaphor for Life

I've been a little quiet on the aviation front lately, in large part because my stuff is up (another way of saying I'm feeling frustrated because I'm up against yet...

Welcoming a New Era of Leadership

We are ALL leaders to some capacity. We influence and affect everyone we come in contact with...EVERYONE. Leadership is something we do--consciously or unconsciously--through our daily choices and...

End of Year Reflection

How many times have you heard this, “wow, what a crazy year 2020 has been,” or, “I can’t wait for things to return to normal.” I think we can all agree that 2020 has been atypical (for at least a...

Practicing Gratitude During the Holiday Season

The word gratitude is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means gratefulness, grace, or graciousness. In other words, gratitude is the appreciation that a person either receives or that a...

Intentional Meditation

Meditation is more than clearing one’s mind, it can also serve as a means to intentionally create positive change in your life. We’ve all heard the expression, “two birds, one stone.” ...

How to Tap Into your Ability to Overcome Obstacles

From an early age we are taught to think about our future. It starts when our parents or other family members ask us, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” For the majority of us, we...

Goal Setting With The Changing Seasons

Seasons Change our Perspectives I don't know about you, but the older I get the more I enjoy the shift from summer to fall. Maybe it's because of the season of my life, or maybe I'm just...

Befriending Your Dark Side

The shadow can be defined in many different ways with one being, “an imperfect and faint representation.” Exploring our shadow side is about coming face to face with the aspects of ourselves that...

Shadow Work 101: Your Inner ArchEnemy

We have all heard the expression “Keeping up with the Joneses.” The expression implies comparing yourself to your neighbors as a benchmark for social class. This saying is generally...

How to Manage Emotions Under Pressure

Managing emotions under pressure can seem like an impossible task. In our increasingly busy lives filled with endless to-do’s and seemingly not enough time in the day, it’s easy to feel like...

Letting Go of Emotional Suffering

Have you found yourself experiencing an overwhelming emotion, but don’t quite know how to cope with it? Maybe you find yourself in an emotional loop of distractions and unhealthy habits that...