Hannah in Seraphina's Wings

A woman I had been dating brought to my attention on a Thursday night that she did not feel ready to move forward in relationship (ie: "wanted to keep things casual, and didn’t want something serious” ), and so we agreed to part ways. This particular scenario, or some version of it happened to be a recurring theme in my dating life. You can imagine how overjoyed by this I was. Even after I thought I had been SO careful to “not allow something like this in” Ha! Big wake up call for me here : what needs to be seen/healed ALWAYS finds a way in. *Something to note here: recurring themes are HUGE signs letting us know that we have work to do in this particular area, and it will keep coming back around until it's fully healed and cleared within us. Hence why some people keep attracting the same ish over and over and over. BIG spirit truth here: It's not “them”, its us. Sorry to burst your bubble, ha! Well in all honesty, it is a two way street in the sense that ...

As I was working on a painting this week a mantra came to me. And as I sat with this in meditation the words began weaving in an out, swirling all around my body. They expanded to reach every organ and cell within me, and then grew, touching every corner of the universe. These words became more than a mantra. They've felt like a song, or magic incatation of a sort. Enchanted I've been with the feeling it brings me, and wanted to portray a bit of this through this piece. Mixed media happens to be my favorite medium, and was excited when this spoke to me, just waiting to be born. I visited the Tualitin River Wildlife Refuge this weekend, and was inspired to say the very least. The animals that graced me with their precence left me in awe. And I have a feeling even more will make an appearance here as I continue to unravel the magic and beauty this place has provided me. For now, this will do. May we all remember to stop each day and take in the gifts these amazing creatu...

So I had BIG plans. My family that I nanny for surprised me with an extra week paid vacation last week, and I about exploded in happiness when they told me. #bestnannysupriseever. I made plans to fill my days getting together with friends, going on fun dates, and excursions to all my favorite places; lakes, hiking trails, maybe even the beach. My last day of work rolled around, and I got off early. Instant inspiration hit me to drive to Hagg Lake to go swimming. It was a hot day for Portland, I had never been, and thought it would be the perfect start to my vacation. The drive through the countryside felt like the most incredible, divine, deeply nourishing experience my body and spirit had been craving. Nothing but open roads, rolling green fields, warm wind blowing on my face, sun on my skin.. pure bliss. And then right when I got to the toll booth at the lake..spirit surprise!! My car starting blinking letting me know I had a flat tire. Turns out Spirit had other pla...

I received a magazine called Bella Grace in the mail a couple months ago, which I happened upon while living in NYC for a few months over the summer last year. I decided on subscribing, simply put, because it was the most beautiful, gracefully put together, heart warming package of words I had ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on in this particular kind of format. It shares deeply rich and meaningful content that leaves me feeling inspired every time I read it. Without a doubt I knew I had to make this order, despite the dollar amount I had not been accustomed to spending on items such as this. The deeper call within always trumps the dollar amount, or whatever “logic” based mind stories that try to reason away these deeper calls , but more on that in another post : ) My Spring issue arrived, and I remember just curling up in bed with it. All I could do was just hold it next to my chest for what seemed like hours. Has anyone else done this?! It felt so good it didn’t mat...

The sun is out (BIG deal in Portland, OR), little flower buds are bursting, Spring feels like it’s ready to take over soon, and there is a newness in the air. Fresh beginnings, chances to rise up to what life has been bringing to our attention in a way like never before. This call to do more, be more, expand into more of who we came here to be. This time is now, and I’m choosing to say YES. YES to loving deeper, YES to leaning in to the places that challenge me, YES to holding the parts of me wanting love and attention and releasing them to love, YES to opening my heart wider than ever before, YES to opening my arms to all the miracles available to me in doing this, YES to only consuming products, and being around experiences and people that take me higher, and YES to spreading this love, light, and magic just by being the truest version of me I was designed to be. We all have this choice. To live, be, breathe the very best version of our selves we came here to be. To rise up...