A few simple instructions for loving yourself. May they serve you well today. Lift yourself up with kindness. Even when you’re mad at yourself. Even when you don’t think you deserve it. Be generous when remembering your own story. Heal yourself first. Every time you think you need fixing, turn your heart to healing. You’ll soon…
Words + Pictures For Your Beautiful Heart
Sometimes You Just Need to Remember: You Were Here
When I’m feeling uninspired, disconnected, or defeated. When I’m rushing or pushing. When I’m adrift and need to find my footing, I look for signs of life. And every time I do, I’m reminded that life speaks to me, everywhere and always. Life speaks to me in colors. Girls in crimson dresses gather around a…
Have faith that you’re enough for this.
Have you heard the call to parts unknown? And have you dared to answer? The call will lead you to strange lands beyond imagination. The landscape will grow more unfamiliar the further you travel, and you may wonder if you’ve lost your way. Remember then how unimaginable where you stand once was. Only yesterday, today was unknown too….
I thought that’s what “keeping it together” looked like.
I came upon a great divide one day. Towering cliffs faced each other, each a world of its own. The people on either side, certain they were right, shouted instructions on which way to go. I stood at the edge, lost and confused. Fear appeared beside me, fretting, “What should you choose? Who should you…
An Invocation for Clarity
An invocation for clarity: Love, guide me into joy. Call me forward with wonder, and leave me there, fully present in my experience and unafraid. Remind me of what I cherish most, and plant gratitude on my lips. Love, give me clarity. Wisdom, guide me into simplicity. Lead me there with discernment, and leave me…
Be insatiable.
I found a little jar in a shop window, clear with blue paint chipped off at the rim. I carried it home in tissue and twine, rinsed it, and set it in the window to collect sunlight by day, starlight by night. I placed a feather from the yard inside, hawk I think, and a…
Love and Blessings for 2019 + a Free Worksheet for Clarity!
“When I look at my life, I see how many experiences I’ve lived. Isn’t it extraordinary?” – An affirmation for living life, from Clarity (coming soon in 2019!) One of my favorite New Years traditions is to clear as much from my schedule as I can for rest and a soul sabbatical. This is a…
Softer still and a colorful sneak peek!
For about two years, softer still has been my mantra. It came to me at a time of transition in my family when I felt pressured (by me) to make things take a linear, orderly path. Forcing things to look just so has never worked. Even if I get the details right or hit the target, the process feels…
I love sneak peeks. Don’t you?
The shift into winter and anticipation of the New Year always pulls me deep into creation mode. Maybe it’s the change in rhythm at work as the students prepare for winter break or an innate desire to hibernate. Either way, this is one of my favorite times of year. I have a few bits and…
The most beautiful place I’ve seen. (Maybe you’ve been?)
I found a place more beautiful than any I’d ever seen. I first came across it while building sandcastles with my children. I showed them how to dig down to the wet sand beneath the surface. We raked our fingers through it, creating rivers and roads. The sand clung to my skin and told me of…