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> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #41: dailyFor almost a year, I’ve had three daily books, each containing a single page ...
12/01/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #41: daily

For almost a year, I’ve had three daily books, each containing a single page of wisdom or intentional reminders. At first, I read them every night before bed, checked the task off, and felt less overwhelmed because it took less than five minutes. But when I started missing a night — too tired, too busy, too rushed — it became easier to miss the next one. Ironically, I spent more time thinking about it than it would’ve taken to just do it.

Eventually, I’d catch up to the current date and vow to stay consistent. But each time I did, the catch-up process felt more like a chore: flipping pages just to return to where I was “supposed” to be, missing the entire point of the pause I wanted to create.

And now, for the first time all year, I’m a day ahead. Not because I’m trying a new strategy, but because the small daily tasks finally added up to something different: feeling a bit less rushed, a bit less obligated, a bit less pressured. And sometimes that tiny sense of accomplishment is enough to nudge us into doing the next thing we’ve been putting off… like exercise. :)

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #40: dimensionsI was reading an article the other day about the dimensions of wellness,...
12/01/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #40: dimensions

I was reading an article the other day about the dimensions of wellness, preparing for deep discussion with some students. And I started thinking about our habitual response we have to judge, fix, or dismiss a problem presented by another human who may just need space to let it out. It’s like the helper or healer in us just tends to chase harmony… even if that harmony is dependent on an internal response from the problem holder.

So then I wondered: what if our dialogue — (no lecturing, no judging, no problem-solving) — involved the dimensions of wellness? What if we patiently walked through them and asked which dimension feels out of balance?

Because for me, feeling “off” is rarely about a single problem. It’s often depletion in one dimension or overcompensation in another. And maybe if we approached each other with curiosity, we could co-create activities or moments that help strength whatever dimension needs attention.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #39: sadnessThe past few months have been an ongoing season of sadness, and I mostly he...
12/01/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #39: sadness

The past few months have been an ongoing season of sadness, and I mostly held it close because I thought I could better control the bleed. But what I had to puzzle through was this:
• What if I was afraid my sadness would backfire?
• What if it created a bigger mess — one I’d feel obligated to clean up, even though I barely have the energy to navigate the current environment?
• What if I had to over-explain or over-justify this experience of moving through an emotion that’s so much easier to avoid?
• And what if, by resisting it, I missed the lesson and the season stretched on with an even deeper sadness?

But maybe that’s the point - not just to move through it, but to break through it. Maybe the bigger mess invites reevaluation, reorganization, and recalibration… an opportunity to recognize the humanness in the journey, as scary as it is. Because maybe the most liberating thing we can do is surrender and have faith.

> > Soulful Saturday 6.0 - Weeks  #1-52: celebrateLast year, I wrote a post similar to this one — finding grace in the 3...
11/17/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 6.0 - Weeks #1-52: celebrate

Last year, I wrote a post similar to this one — finding grace in the 365 days that passed, creating a gentleness because I still haven’t finished the Soulful Saturday posts from year 4, deciding this year was filled with lessons that forced me to pay attention.

Throughout this year, I’ve saved thoughts, without context… likely because subconsciously I knew I’d need them later. One said, “What’s at stake?” And it seems fitting because this year was packed with more vulnerability than anticipated, internal arguments about the level of my self care, and external events that challenged my world view.

So when I reflect about one of the hardest years yet, I’m flooded with gratitude for the humans who showed up and stayed, the recalibration of my internal compass, the knowingness in this spiritual upgrade. Because all of this, through the tears and the sleepless nights, generates the next iteration of breathing life into what matters. And that is beautiful.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #38: busyness (part 5 of 5)With wisdom comes the reality of time — days moving faster t...
08/25/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #38: busyness (part 5 of 5)

With wisdom comes the reality of time — days moving faster than before, staying obedient to the purpose this life has provided… even if it is hard for others to understand. But that’s the beauty of this journey; it’s divine and unique, created for you to stand in your awe. And there is no one else who can learn the lessons you were destined to learn.

While I’ve spent so much energy trying to explain or justify or reflect on why my journey may not make sense, I finally feel like it’s not for anyone else to understand. I have to find ways to navigate without an over explanation or rationalization of why I’m doing or adding or pivoting or gently declining… because I’m not generating more time; rather, quite the opposite. But it’s my perspective that has to adjust — one that values the time because of the intentionality in this work, this journey, this life.

So while these thoughts on busyness are scattered, they are raw and unapologetic… because time is of the essence.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #37: busyness (part 4 of 5)Expectations:Pieced together by the narrative of what they w...
08/25/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #37: busyness (part 4 of 5)

Expectations:
Pieced together by the narrative of what they want or need. Fragmented in how I understand, solve, challenge, reflect.
Influencing the way I complete, pivot, navigate, achieve.
To feel misunderstood, misaligned, misled.
Because maybe the internal doesn’t match the external.
Breathe.
Quiet the mind.
Trust in Self.
Pause.
Let go.
Create.
Stay curious.
Because maybe expectations cause necessary disruption.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #36: busyness (part 3 of 5)Over the past three years, I’ve had humans (more than I’d li...
08/25/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #36: busyness (part 3 of 5)

Over the past three years, I’ve had humans (more than I’d like to admit) comment or have an opinion about the busyness of my life. Almost always, I believe they feel they are telling me from a place of love, one of great concern and true compassion. But I also believe duality can exist in this space, turning the concern into need — one where I create disappointment or misalignment in their expectations of me. And not out of malice or greed, but simply, “I needed you, and you were too busy.”

Unfortunately, these conversations or comments have built some residual trauma, one where it feels easier to isolate to recharge, assuring myself that I don’t need to explain my rationale but stuck on justifying my contributions in this life. And in my most exhausted moments, it leads to an inaccurate assessment of time and sounds something like, “If I can just make it to the end of the month” or “Do these three more tasks and then take a break.”

But that end of the month never comes or the tasks pile up. So I’m left with this “back to the drawing board” scenario, one that feels riddled with insanity because it always feels the same. Yet, powerfully enough, I know there is a lesson, one that encourages deep exhales and intentional connection, allowing me to feel so many dimensions of the human experience.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #35: busyness (part 2 of 5)I started reading this book a couple of days ago; it came re...
08/25/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #35: busyness (part 2 of 5)

I started reading this book a couple of days ago; it came recommended by one of my longest friends. During our conversation, she made this profound statement, “Rachael, at our age, I would have never imagined this many people chasing rest.” I’ve repeated that epiphany at least 20 times since our conversation, always feeling my soul tired in different ways, wondering how to slow down, untangle, and detach from the very things I always thought I wanted.

Eugene Peterson mentions “unforced rhythms of grace” and since reading that this morning, I can’t stop thinking about how much pressure being busy carries — the expectations, the responsibility, the time management. Maybe a lot of it is internal, but the internal often is reinforced by the external.

So what does life look like slow, steady, intentional? How many people do we disappoint by shifting our priorities, taking up space, and believing this life doesn’t have to always be on overdrive or overcommitment? Will it take others to seek to understand and deeply empathize, or will the journey remain lonely but freeing?

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #34: busyness (part 1 of 5)On New Year’s Eve, I chose a “word of the year” — one that w...
08/25/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #34: busyness (part 1 of 5)

On New Year’s Eve, I chose a “word of the year” — one that would, in theory, create a gentle reminder for the heavy, routine, or overloaded moments. Like a quick reset or deep reflection to avoid the patterns that easily consume my life, swearing I’ll find a different method of movement, challenging my concept of time, and redirecting repetitive glimpses of burnout.

Designed by Morgan Harper Nichols, the meaning behind this “word of the year” is this:

“Rhythm: even though at times you have wrested with what is and isn’t yours to carry, what to let go of and what to hold on to, where to fly ahead and where to slow down, what remains true through it all, you’re learning to create rhythms. These aren’t just repetitive motions but steady pulses you’re learning to notice and navigate, day by day.”

And lately, I’ve been overwhelmingly grappling with the concept of busyness. It’s come up so repetitively that this lesson that I share has multiple parts, each directing my attention in different ways, forcing me to lean into the uncomfortable space of vulnerability and self-reflection.

But here is where I’m finding graceful rhythms…

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #33: acceptanceThis year has been heavy. But with all heaviness, there comes a time for...
07/28/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #33: acceptance

This year has been heavy. But with all heaviness, there comes a time for reevaluation, realignment, and repurpose. Shifting the pieces of our lives that feel more urgent, allowing them to consume our energy. Dissecting the ways we feel more regulated, finding deep exhales in the reasons and seasons of joy.

And as I struggle to stay in this space of curiosity, I read a timely reminder to let go of the overabundance of emails, the misinterpretation of text messages, the external and internal expectations, the conversations that made me question my journey. The message from Danielle LaPorte said, “Acceptance is one of the surest ways to regulate your nervous system. I’m accepting the situation. I’m not perceiving it as an attack, so I don’t need to defend. So my amygdala is not sending all this fear to my survival systems.”

So today, I’m choosing acceptance + curiosity — allowing this season to be one filled with more awe, more gratitude, and more joy. Because I create my own reality… one grounded in being human and doing good, simultaneously in chaotic wonder. And my hope is that you, too, will find acceptance to anchor you through the heaviness.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #32: paradoxIt’s wild to think about the number of signs and gentle nudges, the deep th...
07/07/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #32: paradox

It’s wild to think about the number of signs and gentle nudges, the deep thoughts and meaningful readings, the situational awareness and the emotional intelligence that this world brings; yet, it feels like existing in this perplexing paradox — one filled with moments of sadness and hope, of misconceptions and comprehension, of fear and love.

And through the negativity of the news and the justification of judgement, the half truths and the self-preservation, it makes sense why this space feels heavy… as if the goal is to create so much anxiety that we have no other option but to shut down, shut off, shut out. We have less grace for humanness and more insecurity, because we’ve had an overreactive nervous system, unsure about the future while the divide continues to syphon our compassion.

But maybe this is where we solidify our endless supply of hope, believing the storm ends, infusing kindness back into humanity, instinctively seeking joy rather than judgment, strengthening the muscles in our every day to make the world a little better because we stopped long enough to listen to the devastation this world causes while generating assurance for one to continue forward.

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week  #31: dualityI’ve been living in this space of procrastination, of holding my breath for...
07/07/2025

> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #31: duality

I’ve been living in this space of procrastination, of holding my breath for the next decision out of my control, of navigating this emotional turbulence of life, of digging deep to find grace for humans who rapidly justify without context. And I’ve thought too many times about the depth of decisions, the critical need for hope, and the desire for the calm amongst the chaos.

And in this heightened space, my mind tries to decipher and seek on a deeper level, intentionally working to be more present during every minute of every day — never knowing how many minutes this lifetime will afford me. But the days are passing by in hyper speed, realizing the rapidness mostly when the blueberries in my fridge have withered.

So in a conversation with one of my favorite humans, she shared a piece of wisdom from her mentor. And I never asked to clarify the context — it was a moment of cherished curiosity, one where I received what I needed. Her mentor said: find peace in the wait/weight.

But here’s the thing — I have no idea which word he used. Was it “wait,” as in the peace found in patience, in living in the present tense? Or was it “weight,” the kind that comes with carrying burdens, with learning to find stillness beneath heaviness? Either way, I felt it.. the duality of meaning.

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