A Very Blessing Manifesting Thanksgiving

Over here in the States it is officially Thanksgiving Day. A day to be with family and to acknowledge and appreciate the things in your life that you are grateful for.I am celebrating softly.I made my favorite green bean casserole. I'm going to re-watch The Hunger Games and spend time reading Catching Fire and then I'm going to sleep in preparation for working this evening at my retail job.As I said in You Have Permission to be a Scrooge, do what...

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A Collision of Magic & Stardust

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Winter Self Care

For as long as I can remember Autumn and Winter have been my favorite seasons. My childhood is full of wonderful winter memories. In the two houses I lived in growing up, I picked the coldest rooms, the remodeled attic and then basement. It was always freezing in the winter time and I loved it, often keeping my window cracked for even more blissful cold air.Some of my favorite memories are of being snuggled up with a ton of blankets, a book in my...

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Win a free copy of the 2014 Self Love Planner + Workbook

Thanks to everyone who entered! The winners were chosen at random and you can now see them below! Thank you! xoxoI'm feeling pretty awesome right now. You see, the last few months I've been very busy creating something that I'm over the moon excited about.The 2014 Self Love Planner Workbook.It was finished a month before the release date which is November 24th! Mark your calendars! The sales page is already up, newsletters are set to go out, and...

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You have permission to be a Scrooge.

You have permission to be a Scrooge. Okay, maybe that's a little harsh because the last thing I want is to see you on the evening news running through a department store yelling "Bah! Humbug!" But - you are allowed not to buy into the holiday cheer. You are allowed to treat the holidays like normal days.You are allowed to celebrate in a soft and quiet way. You are allowed to preserve your energy and not spend it on cooking large dinners, or spending...

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Let Yourself Be Grateful

I'm going to tell you a little secret. I really don't like the holiday season. I haven't liked them since I was a teenager. When I ventured out to live on my own I desperately tried every year to celebrate and create traditions.Each year it flopped.Working in retail will do that to you. This year, I don't want to fall into the Holiday Grumps. I want to remember what the holiday season is about.Love and Gratitude.I hope that you'll join me in celebrating...

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A Different Kind of Abandon

sourceAbandon. I hate that word. It brings to the forefront of my mind all of my abandonment issues, ones that I still struggle with. It's a trigger to unpleasant feelings and emotions.My past is littered with abandonment. My biological father died without wanting to meet me, and my family and relationships have never been what I would call stable or reliable.Abandon: that thing that people do to me.I've been struggling with abandonment lately....

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The Power of the Nautilus Shell

Good morning my sweetlings! November is upon us and I think it's going to be an amazing one. The 2014 Self Love Planner + Workbook is all finished and ready to be released in a few weeks and so is the (free) Epic Gratitude challenge. So excited.Each time I work super hard on something to release out into the world I inevitably get smacked upside the head with growing pains. Sometimes it's personal, sometimes it's professional and sometimes it's a...

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Jump Start Your Creative Mojo

Happy November my friends! Are any of you participating in NaNoWriMo? If you are, let me know and keep me updated on your progress. I'm gonna be your own personal cheerleader! Go you you fabulously writer-y you! This is going to be a big month for me so I won't have the time. Sadface. However,I know the pain of staring at the blank page.Or blog post text box as it were. I was having that very problem the other day and I kept getting more and more...

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Loving All Of Yourself

I've been pretty open about my past. I was not a good person. I was a liar and a manipulator. I was depressed all of the time. I was mean and hateful to myself and others and all of these behaviors were hiding a lot of pain and a lot of depression and an overwhelming feeling of helplessness to change my situation.I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of.I have abused my body. I have verbally and mentally abused the people around me. I've had...

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Doing What I Love and Loving What I Do

I've officially been doing this whole business thang for exactly two years. The experience has been all over the place. I've gone from thinking that it's the most awesome experience ever to being moments away from throwing up my hands and throwing in the towel.At the end of the day, I still love it. I love it a lot. This past month me and the biz had some couple's time. We took time away from the public and we worked on our relationship. We...

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