Growth that begins in our roots
First and foremost: I completely understand that getting triggered, especially when it comes to trauma, can be painful, scary, uncomfortable, and debilitating. Everything I am about to say is to be worked into slowly and safely. Small steps and one trigger at a time. Now, before I go into how our triggers are our...
The time I spend alone has transformed into something I now cherish and even crave. It is a necessary part of my self-care and contributes deeply to my self-love and the relationship I have built, and continue building, with myself. This wasn’t always the reality though. I used to hate being alone, because I...
We are living in some wild times as I have no doubt everyone is feeling. 2020 has been absolutely nuts, with the forefront being COVID-19 & it’s global spread. With shutdowns, quarantines, mandates and more, there may be some curiosity as to why my boyfriend, Zach, and I decided to take such a big...
The other night at about 9:30pm, the smoke alarm in the common area hallway of our apartment building started going off. After careful investigation, us & our neighbors determined there was nothing cooking, no actual fire & that it was only one alarm going off (that clearly had no intention of quieting down). So...
Looking at our journeys, our goals, our dreams, and alllll the things we hope to bring into our lives can be quite overwhelming (especially if you’re like me and have so many dreams you can’t keep track of them all).It can also be very exciting – you get this feeling of inspiration & motivation...
Have you ever taken a walk barefoot through the forest? Have you ever swam naked in a natural body of water? Or danced in the pouring rain? Have you slept under The Milky Way?Or hugged a tree? How about let your soul scream “woooohooooo” at the top of a mountain? Because I have, and...
There are essentially two ways you can choose to look at life, and what happens throughout the course of your life: 1) Everything is happening to you, or 2) Everything is happening for you. The second, naturally, being much more powerful. But in order to harness said power, we need to choose how we...
As it turns out, we are so much more in control than we’ve perceived ourselves as being. I know, I know, let’s not get toooo wild here – turn it down, Mona. Let’s think about it for a minute though, shall we? I hear it sooo often, and I myself have perpetrated it many...
Many of us are on our own pursuit of authenticity, and for those of us who have begun this pursuit – we know it is no easy feat. & for those beginning it, know you are not alone in thinking how friggin’ hard this sh!t is. Bubble bursting: you will not, and can not,...
Here’s the thing: there’s no such thing as being “ready.” I’m talking 100% READY to do whatever it is you’re waiting to be ready for. If you wait until that point you’ll never get there. There will always be something else for you to do, or plan, or think about, etc. You’ll find a...