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Turning 40 has made me reflect on how quickly life moves and how easy it becomes to lose yourself in the process of surviving it. Somewhere between motherhood, marriage, healing, financial stress, building a business, caregiving, responsibilities, and simply trying to keep everything afloat, I realized I had spent years prioritizing everyone and everything around…
This year has been a profound journey, and to be honest, I don’t even know how I can articulate it all in words. They say someone else’s darkness can lead you into your greatest gifts… well, I have come to believe that. I’m sharing this now because I’m finally strong enough to tell the truth…
Most of you know that I’ve been on a spiritual healing journey for the past decade. But this year was different. This year I fully committed to my spiritual self. My word of the year was surrender.Surrender to the universe.Surrender to my intuition.Surrender to my beliefs.Surrender to the unknown. Because that’s exactly what healing is —…
The Sunflower Rising™ isn’t just a photoshoot.It’s not just a day spent in a field surrounded by beautiful flowers. It’s a movement. It’s about women — all women — coming together to rise.To stop hiding.To stop shrinking.To stop waiting until we’re “enough” to finally feel worthy of being seen. It’s about celebrating ourselves — exactly as we are — in every…
Two years ago, I had the worst scare of my life. I was packing the kids for burn camp when my left cheek went numb… then my arm… then my whole ‘left side of my body’. My face started drooping, I couldn’t say my own name, couldn’t speak. Within 30 minutes, I was completely paralyzed…
In 2018, I sold everything we owned and moved my family to Mexico. We packed what we could into our van, had less than $2,000 in our pockets, and just… left. No backup plan. No certainty.Just a deep, quiet knowing that I couldn’t keep living the way I was. I was burnt out. Depressed. Disconnected…
I’ve stared at this blank screen more times than I’d like to admit. Not because I don’t have anything to say, but because this post feels like the start of something much bigger than me. This is more than just a blog. This is a space for stories. For honesty. For healing. For heart work….