Exposing The Roots

09/01/2026

My bestie and collaborator, Jayne Jacova, is a fantastic writer and author.

She recently published a piece in SJ Magazine featuring our women’s journey to Peru! It’s titled “Where the love goes - What leading a trip to Peru taught me about self love”

Its a good read —->

A journey through Peru teaches four powerful lessons about self-love, grief, letting go and finding joy after the devastating loss of a child.

08/31/2026

Some women handle everything alone. Not because they don't have people who love them — they do. But when those people try to get close, try to help, try to really show up, there's a wall. Things stay surface. She's fine. She's got it.

And over time, the friendship stops going deeper. The people who care about her start to feel like they don't really know her. Like maybe they don't matter as much as they thought.

She doesn't mean it that way. She just never learned that letting someone in is part of loving them — and part of loving yourself.

Learning to receive is some of the deepest self-love practice there is. When you let someone care for you, you're saying: this relationship is real. And so am I.

The Art of Putting Yourself First — a 6-week live online series for women. Starts October 18. Link in comments to register.

08/29/2026

For years I watched my partner. Watched what he was doing, not doing, saying. Watched how he was feeling. And somewhere in all that watching, I became filled with resentment and stopped noticing myself entirely.

The shift that changed everything: I redirected that attention back to me. What do I need? What am I feeling? What have I been avoiding?

That's where this practice begins.

The Art of Putting Yourself First — a 6-week online class with Jayne Jacova Feld and me, starting October 18. Link in comments to learn more and register.

08/28/2026

I used to cringe every time I saw a photo of myself. I abandoned my own needs so consistently I didn't even notice I was doing it. I believed things about myself that simply weren't true — and I stayed in situations that confirmed those beliefs.

When I truly learned to love myself, everything changed.

I no longer reject or abandon myself.
I no longer strive to meet everyone's needs at my own expense.
I no longer judge myself — or others.
I no longer cringe when I see a photo of myself.
I no longer believe the lie that I'm not good enough.
I no longer stay where I don't belong.
I no longer act against my own best interest.
I no longer deny my own truth.

This is what self-love actually looks like from the inside. And it's available to you.

I built The Art of Putting Yourself First so other women don't have to find their way there alone. It's a 6-week live online series for women — guided teaching, honest conversation, and a community that holds you through it. Starts October 18.

Link in comments to register.

08/25/2026

Every morning I ask myself one question: "What do I need today?"

For most of my life, I never asked it. I was so focused on what everyone else needed that I forgot I was allowed to have needs too.

And when I finally started asking — I realized I didn't even know the answer. It had been so long since I'd put myself first that I'd lost track of what I actually needed. It took time to remember.

That's the practice. Slowly, one day at a time, coming back to yourself.

When I started meeting my own needs first, everything shifted. More patience, more presence, more joy. An empty well has nothing to give.

If you're tired of running on empty — and if you can't quite remember what you even need anymore — that's exactly where The Art of Putting Yourself First begins. 6 weeks, starting October 18. Link in comments.

08/24/2026

My dear friend and co-facilitator Jayne Jacova has been a professional writer for 30+ years. She's been moving from journalism to writing her memoir and her first novel. She also writes a beautiful Substack.

Here she wrote about some of her experience on our Women's Journey to Peru, and how it ties into taking her youngest son to college, the loss of her oldest son, and becoming an empty nester.

Lots of wisdom and love in this piece. Take a look and subscribe! (it's free)

The empty nest was coming whether I was ready or not. Fortunately, snakes followed me home from Peru

08/23/2026

I used to be happy. Then I lost myself trying to hold everything together for everyone else.
This is my story — and it might be yours too. Swipe through. ➡️
When I finally learned to put myself first, everything changed. My joy came back. My marriage was saved. My kids learned a new way.
I built The Art of Putting Yourself First so other women don’t have to wait as long as I did.
6 weeks. Starting October 18. Link in bio to register.
Are you ready to be supported back to joy?
Link in bio

08/23/2026

Join me on September 15th! I will be presenting a webinar for a-plan coaching, "People-pleasing and perfectionism can drive success—but at what cost to you?"
registration link in the comments below.

People-pleasing and perfectionism can drive success—but at what cost to you?

Join us for a free, live, one-hour webinar featuring best-selling author and the founder of Exposing the Roots, Tina Green.

What You’ll Learn

1. How people-pleasing and perfectionism lead to both overload and resentment
2. What it means to build a foundation of self-love and acceptance
3. How honoring your own needs, setting boundaries, and speaking your truth keep you from getting overloaded and resentful in the first place

Where: Virtual, register in the 1st comment below.
When: Tuesday, September 15 at 10:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific (US and Canada)

Tina Green is the founder and lead facilitator of Exposing the Roots, where she guides people in strengthening their foundation of self-love and acceptance through classes, workshops, and retreats around the world, and the author of the best-selling The Life-Changing Power of Self-Love: An Essential Guide. Before founding Exposing the Roots, she spent 23 years in executive roles, including as a Managing Director at BlackRock and a Program Director at Ceres Community Project. She's also a trained chef, and brings our relationship with food, which she sees as integral to self-love, into her offerings.

Details and registration link are in the comments below.