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Man, I love that I am not this woman anymore! 🙌

Man, I love that I am not this woman anymore! 🙌🏽

That’s really all I see when I look at this.

👉🏽A woman who believed she was defined by her looks
👉🏽A woman who believed her children had to fit a mold or people would judge her as a mom
👉🏽A woman who had blocked off her heart to fully trusting her marriage because she had been hurt too many times before

So much growth has taken place since this day.

In letting go I have been able to connect to my true self (not the people pleasing person I once was).

I have been able to see my children unfold into who they were meant to be without me holding them back out of my own fear.

My marriage is strong and is a constant marathon where sometimes one is ahead and one is behind but we always catch up and sprint together for a while.

We have an anime obsessed son. Not a football star.

A wannabe filmmaker youngest daughter … who never lets me put pony tails in anymore 🤪

A 20 year old daughter whose style is … all black. I wore her out with too much pink.

And a 26 year old applying for medical school and planning her wedding!

I don’t even know the people in that first picture…but I know they had no idea how happy life would really be.

Do you ever take action JUST for the sake of takin

Do you ever take action JUST for the sake of taking action?!

It’s like you’re moving and staying busy to convince yourself you’re doing something useful but ultimately you end up going nowhere?

I’m super good at that.

I am a genius at coming up with ideas that I burn out on too quickly.

I am so good at coming up with ways to make money without asking myself if that’s actually something I want to do long term.

I am soooo good at taking action. Not so good at slowing down and connecting to that part of me that ALWAYS brings me to peaceful, purposeful, action.

My “Do Less” experiment is still in full swing and I am tellin’ ya…it’s a success in big ways.

It’s so easy to go slow on vacation and come home feeling totally aligned, it’s a little tougher to to continue the slow when life goes back to normal — but I’m working on it.

What do you think you could do to intentionally sloooowwww down a little bit in order to reconnect to yourself and your inner guidance?

Today’s revelation: I was an outdoor girl raised

Today’s revelation: I was an outdoor girl raised indoors.

My dad was the “outdoorsy” kind. We went camping, swimming, sliding down “waterfalls,” slept in igloos in the winter and somehow made everything an adventure.

Unfortunately, as I started losing my dad to his addiction, I stopped seeing him at age 14.

From there it was a lot of time in front of computer, being in dance, cheerleading and spending time with friends.

It wasn’t until a few years ago that I felt a spark light up in my belly when we took the kids to a waterfall I used to go to with my dad.

I watched my daughter climb the rocks and a voice inside me said, “OMG this is me!!”

It was like I remembered my wild side. My adventurous side. My love for the outdoors.

I have heard that before…that we need to try new things because we may have a passion that just hasn’t been ignited yet.

If we had parents that raised us one way…we may never have had the chance to explore something that is a natural part of us.

So I guess, get out there…try new things.

Wait for your spark. Have you found it yet?

I did this a while back and you could FEEL the ins

I did this a while back and you could FEEL the instant wall people had up.

I love human connection.

I genuinely want the best for anyone who I have ever crossed paths with.

One day I thought, “I’m going to reach out to people I haven’t talked to in a while and just check in and send them some encouragement.”

I swear, you could feel the distrust in some people.

Quick answers.

Questioning my motives.

I get it. I’m the same damn way.

Maybe that means we need to start making it more normal to just pop in and check in with people — no motives connected.

Reminder: Speak up for yourself. Advocate for you.

Reminder: Speak up for yourself. Advocate for you. You deserve the best. ♥️

Story I used to tell myself: if my joy makes them

Story I used to tell myself: if my joy makes them feel bad…I need to change.

I’m not sure of its because I grew up learning to people please or if it’s an empathy thing but I have always been hyper aware of when my successes make someone else feel like shit.

When someone would compliment my looks and my friend’s face would drop.

When I was successful at something someone else struggled with.

My teeth being white.

My hair bring straighter.

I was a better drawer.

I would think, “Uhhhh…you’re making them feel bad. Knock it off. Shrink yourself down a little.”

This is still a mindset I struggle with, but I have ultimately come to accept that I am not responsible for someone else’s happiness or unhappiness.

I came here to be me.

My looks. My skills. My heart.

All of it.

If you fear being authentically you or showing your successes or wearing a smile when it makes someone else uncomfortable, let me tell you right now… Cut. It. Out.

The sooner you step into who you are without apologizing, the sooner you give permission for others to do the same.

Tap that save button if you know you need this reminder more than once! 🙌🏽

Life is being lived more and more off social media

Life is being lived more and more off social media…
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I love social media, always have.
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I love connecting through photos, memories and snip-it’s of a well-lived life…
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But I’m finding that I turn to my natural social media sharing instinct less and less.
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I partially blame Covid brain — I swear it did some rewriting.
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But mostly I think I’ve become ok with being silent.
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I’ve gotten better at being present.
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I’ve stopped feeling the need to share my thoughts with everyone and instead allow myself to sit with them more.
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It’s been weird.
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I’m navigating who I am, what I want and … how I want to live.
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I hope you are too. ♥️
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Anyone else find themselves turning to screens and social less and less?! 🤔

My favorite part of any hike is when my family is

My favorite part of any hike is when my family is away from me.

I love the conversations that I have with my kids on our hikes.

I love finding new creatures to observe with my kiddos.

I like the things they say on hikes that they don’t say at home. It’s almost like a new insight into their souls…

But my favorite part are the moments when they leave me at the back to walk alone.

It doesn’t always happen but when it does .. magic happens.

I can hear myself outside.

I see a clearer picture of who I am and what I want to do.

I feel peace.

I feel silence.

Stillness.

Nothing else quiet accomplishes this in my “normal” life.

Do you have something in your life that brings you this kind of peace?

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