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Today, I'm excited to share something I've been working on. While I've been sharing weekly reflections with you about gratitude, rest, productivity, and connection, I've also been channeling my experiences as a therapist into something bigger: my new book, Soul Audit: A Not-So-Perfect Guide to Living in Alignment.
Over the years of sitting with clients, I've noticed a pattern that transcends diagnoses and demographics. Whether someone is dealing with anxiety, depression, or simply feeling stuck, there's often a fundamental misalignment between who they are and how they're living. This disconnect—this gap between our authentic selves and our daily existence—is what I've come to see as a soul out of alignment.
As a therapist, I've witnessed countless moments of transformation when people begin to recognize and address these misalignments. But I've never found a resource that specifically names and addresses this issue in a practical way. So I created one.
Soul Audit isn't about overhauling your entire life overnight. It's about shining a light on the places where performance has replaced authenticity—where you've drifted from your true self. And with that clarity, you can start to choose what still fits, what’s run its course, and what might need to shift.
I believe in the power of this process so much that I want to share the beginning with you right now. Here's the opening scene from Soul Audit: A Not-So-Perfect Guide to Living in Alignment.
In my work as a therapist, I've sat with hundreds—maybe thousands—of people across offices, clinics, schools, and hospitals. Different ages. Different backgrounds. Different kinds of pain. But one thing shows up almost every time: the version of themselves they want to be rarely matches the version they're actually living.
Sometimes the gap is small—a matter of timing, or courage, or clarity. Other times, it's wide enough to feel like a double life. But whatever shape it takes, the cost is the same: disconnection, exhaustion, and that nagging sense that something just doesn't fit.
Whether their presenting problem is depression or anxiety, situational stress, PTSD, or a personality disorder, the common denominator is always the same: something in their life isn't lining up with the rest of who they are.
There are plenty of screening tools and assessments out there—and a million self-help books, too. Many of them are excellent and deeply helpful. But I've yet to find one that names what I keep seeing: the quiet ache of living out of sync. The misalignment of the soul.
So I wrote my own.
I used to laugh when coworkers panicked about audits. As a new supervisor, I thought, "Perfect—someone's coming in to do the hard work of finding what's broken so I can actually fix it." I understood why the word made people tense, but I never saw audits as threats. I saw them as flashlights. They didn't create problems—they revealed them.
And once you can see clearly, you get to decide what stays, what goes, and what gets realigned.
That's what we're doing here.
No judgment. Just light.
You don't need to overhaul your life to move toward alignment. But you do have to start noticing where the performance ends—and where you begin.
Let me tell you where I began to figure that out.
Despite telling myself, I needed to wait a bit before releasing another book, Soul Audit: A Not-So-Perfect Guide to Living in Alignment will be available soon. It’s too important to sit on. But I do want to make sure it’s in the best shape possible before we go to press. So, stay tuned!
In the meantime, I'll be sharing more excerpts and insights from the book that have helped my clients find greater alignment between who they are and how they live.
For those who've been with me on this journey of weekly reflections, thank you. Your engagement and feedback have shaped this work in more ways than you know. And if you're new here, welcome. There's no better time to start exploring the path toward a more authentic life.