Patty Atkinson

There is a difference between healing and treating. And there is a difference between following and deciding. I recently went to my OBGYN for my annual visit. Lovely gal. She sees me for about fifteen minutes a year. At the end of the appointment, she said, “At your age, you should be taking 1,200 mg of calcium daily.” I scribbled it down like a good little patient and went on with my life. After two weeks, I finally sat down to research a more natural calcium brand so I could order it and...

About five years ago, I joined a program with Julie Ciardi, and she changed my life. I'm still in it. I don’t ever want to be without her teachings. One of the first things she introduced me to was the concept of the noisy roommate, the voice inside your head that runs on a loop, coaching you away from everything you actually want. The ongoing reel of old stories, old conditioning, old beliefs playing on repeat. The wake-up call wasn't just that the voice existed. It was that I had no idea...

Music speaks where words fail. Playlists for the journey back to yourself. THE BLIND SPOT: Conditioning. Noise. Performance. The moment something stops feeling true and the blind spot starts breaking open. For fellow travelers learning to hear themselves again...let's override the override. Spotify Amazon Music THE OVERRIDE: The moment you stop abandoning yourself to keep the peace. The static clears. The signal gets louder. For fellow travelers learning to trust what they hear ...let's...