Wild She trudged through the dirtFeet bare against the earthWith a warm, soft breezeCaressing her cheeks.Coming home to yourself is messy,She thought;She feltVolcanic eruptions of emotionBirthing a clarityShe’d been seeking all her life.Sometimes she’d strayedA bit too far onto the path,Mistaking her lifeFor that of someone else +The rocks stung her toesUntil she remembered. She […]
Tag: self-reflection
Be grounded: on being right where you are (poem)
What does it mean for you to come home to yourself? What does it mean to feel grounded? I can still remember where I was when I wrote this poem, standing in my living room in the breaks between handstands. For much of my life, I’ve often written this way – in the gaps and […]
Some thoughts on what it means to be seen
Where are you hiding? Something I’ve been sitting with a lot recently is my secret desire to be seen. At some point when I was a child, I picked up the patterning that this desire was selfish. That was the last thing I wanted to be, so I grew to block myself from being seen […]
On breathing through indecision + finding your way back home
An exploration on indecision and intuition, this piece is a 5-minute read. There are no right or wrong answers, only the path you choose. Lately, I have been plagued by indecision. This is not an uncommon experience for me – I’ve spent many hours and days in my life fretting over what I should do […]
How to create sacred spaces in your everyday life
How do you make your every day sacred? This is a question I’ve been sitting with recently. How do we create a sacred energy in our everyday lives? How do we fill the spaces between the doing with an energy of stillness and presence? How do we stay present with ourselves in what we’re doing […]
2020: the year of letting go (and other thoughts)
Some reflections on 2020. This is a 6.5 minute read. I’m sitting here on my couch in my living room with snow piled up on the balcony outside my window. It’s the third year I’ve been living in this apartment, and I’m starting to feel like it might be time to spread my wings and […]
the dreamer within: a poem for 2021
What does it mean to dream? I wrote this poem a few months ago when I was asking myself this exact question. I think any time we approach a new year, questions often emerge: what are we doing with our lives? What would we like to create for the future? Where are we going and […]
on belonging, course-correcting + being who you are
Some reflections on what it means to be yourself in a noisy world. This is a 6-minute read. Who am I, really? And when did I start feeling so disconnected from my core? I ask myself these questions so much right now. Whoever thought becoming yourself is a linear journey or one that happens as […]
This week, look for your answers within + dare to hope
This is the astrological update for the week of November 16, 2020. A 3-minute read. We begin this week with internal tension and indecision The energy of this week is a light, watery blue in colour, one that is inoffensive but refuses to go where you want it to. Neither here nor there, it feels […]
Find calm amidst the chaos as Mercury goes direct this week
This Tuesday, Mercury goes direct in harmonious Libra After a long retrograde that began in Scorpio on October 13 and continued into Libra last week, the planet that rules our mind is finally going direct on Tuesday. After weeks of things not quite going according to plan and some challenges in the realm of communication, […]