Four months ago, we welcomed our second little boy, a spring-time baby with the sweetest smile. My first postpartum experience was incredibly challenging, and this time around, I was determined to have a better journey. While I’m still in the early days of being a mom to two, I’m already noticing how different this postpartum period feels, and I wanted to share some of the things I’m doing to better navigate this new phase in our life.
As an empath, or someone who is highly sensitive, energetics strongly influence how you take action, and one of the easiest ways to begin working with energetics is to begin to tune into the cycles that affect us as individuals and as a collective. A few I track in my life and business are…
Read MoreIt’s Gemini season. A season that asks us “who do we need to connect with to get where we want to go?” A type of energy that supports the sharing of ideas and opinions in order to reach our goals. It’s a social energy that knows the power of togetherness and teamwork. This year though, the person we most need to connect with is ourselves. Here are a few things I’ve been doing to disconnect to reconnect with myself, to create space to hear myself outside of the noise of others/the collective mindset. Tips and tools that might also help you if you are also highly sensitive.
Read MoreWhen you get guidance from the universe, do you trust it? When repeating numbers and other coincidences show up, do you know how to decipher and act on what they are telling you? In this blog post, I’m talking about the six unexpected ways we communicate with our higher selves and intuitively receive our next steps. Some people call these signs from the universe.
Read MoreFour years ago I left my social work job to become a full-time entrepreneur. Though many cautioned against that decision, I knew it was what I needed to do. It was a heart pull; a pull that has led me to the most fulfilling work and lifestyle. However, the journey to get here wasn’t always easy and I know many people who read my blog are in the early stages of starting their own businesses or have businesses they are ready to grow, so I felt it would be helpful to share a few things that I wish I knew.
Read MoreIf you’re new to this work, the mother wound is the collection of harmful beliefs passed down through the maternal lines that keep women small — and because of that trapped into cycles of martyrdom, self-sabotage, and feeling shame and guilt for wanting more.
Read MoreIt’s a new moon, and this one feels special.
Not only is it a new moon, it’s in a physical sign that helps us reach further towards our real-world goals. I’ll be releasing a podcast episode tonight on how this is manifesting in my world and a few of the new moon lessons we’re working through, but I also wanted to leave you with a new moon ritual.
Virgo is a yes/no sign. It knows how to designate and categorize. For that reason, it rules discernment and the ability to judge what is and is not in our best interest. It asks us to commit. And set boundaries for what doesn’t align with the life we want to live.
Which isn’t always the easiest, stepping into worth never is, because… what if?
Over the last few days I’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors, we’re in Virgo season afterall, a call back to nature, and all her wisdom. For me, that learning has come through all the autumnal flowers. I love their muted tones; the mustards and plums.
And as I walked by a flower last week I thought about how unafraid they are.
Flowers don’t ask permission to grow, or question their place in the world, and they don’t see another flower and close up their petals, thinking they aren’t as beautiful.
If they did, earth would lose so much of her soul.
And so many insects and animals would lose their homes.
In Gemini season I wrote was about finding expanders. In Cancer season it was about the mother wound. And now in Leo season I feel pulled to write about self-worth, a topic coming up for me a lot lately as I’ve been preparing my nervous system for the Empaths in Business rebrand happening this fall — a shift that’s seeing me through many moments of doubt and old patterns of self-sabotage.
Read MoreI’ve been back to my notebook. I feel inspired to write more. I’ve filled three journals. Words I used to share with the world. An open book; sharing my everything and helping others through the same, so they would know they weren’t alone.
In a way I was creating a home.
A place of refuge from the real world for myself and those who followed my work.
I struggled with boundaries, though.
And the home I was creating was dysfunctional.
Opening my doors to whoever wanted to walk through, even if it meant I was taken advantage of, or left hurt. Or helped at the expense of my own needs and nourishment. So I pulled back and learned to value my output. Curating new rules for what I shared, when, and with who.
New passcodes for new doors.
Doors that didn’t just open to others, but kept me safe too.
