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Your Weekly Wake-Up with AP


This week's wake-up:

It's all about love, baby! 💜

In last week's newsletter, in the depths of grief and sorrow, I went BIG and shared about my own healing + leadership journey the only way I know how -- with extreme vulnerability.

Within hours my inbox started to fill with your stories of loss, healing, grief, triumph, discoveries, wisdom, and LAUGHTER.

In 15 years of doing this work I've never had more responses to a newsletter than last week.

But here's the really crazy part...

Not one person asked about what happened.

I was overwhelmed at how clear it is that our community recognizes the story is not important.

Stories offer us the opportunity to witness when something is out of alignment with how we want to live our lives.

Growth and expansion happen when we grab that learning, and then use it to rebuild our lives on top of our values and vision.

It's transformative to share space with other human beings who believe that when we live inside our story, we cannot live fully in our lives.

This is what the community we are building together is all about.

Not just celebrating our successes, but sitting with each other in the messy, sticky sh*t. Learning how to bring our pain and bullsh*t into the light so that it can be witnessed and learned from.

This week, as a thank you, I'm sharing 4 joyful things I love right now.

May these hits of joy help you find a humor, inspiration, and presence. 💫


Things I Love 💗

I created this month's playlist with one goal in mind – inspire myself to move + sweat so I can unblock stuck energy.

Sept playlist includes: Chromatics, Elvis, Cher, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, FM Attack, Italian songs, and more!

Click Here to Enjoy

Last week, while rage-cleaning my house, I listened to the hilarious A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost.

This thoughtful and well-written book delivers joy through laughter. It's light and fun, and if you also grew up on SNL, you'll enjoy an extra hit of nostalgia.


Michelle Wolf effortlessly delivers values-driven comedy that illuminates the truth of how f*cked our current climate is by letting us laugh our faces off so it doesn’t hurt so much.

Also, I'd like her to be my friend so if you know her pleeeeease introduce me 😉

One of my top self-care rituals is doing a twice-yearly Ayurveda reset w/ Marissa.

This 14-day Fall Reset Cleanse, is NOT a diet or program of restriction, counting, or measuring.

Hurry, it starts on Tuesday, Oct. 3rd!!

Click here to learn more


Remember

This sh*t is hard. You're kicking ass. Be compassionate with yourself and drink more water. May you live today fully in alignment with your values.
🩷 AP

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As a certified executive coach & master workshop facilitator, I teach deep-feeling leaders how to heal, lead, & scale – with ease. I share useful coaching tips, challenge you to cut the BS, and level-up your life professionally and personally. Subscribe to get wisdom on healing, leadership, entrepreneurship, workshop facilitation, systems design, regulating the nervous system, creativity, & more.

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