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Jun 30

In these highly emotionally charged, polarizing ti

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Jun 24

Suspended in this surreal postpartum haze since Te

Suspended in this surreal postpartum haze since Teotihuacán joined the earthly realm, five weeks feels like just days and also lifetimes.
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The birth was an initiation like nothing I could’ve ever imagined— a wild ride that left me marveling in awe at the divine intelligence of spirit and life itself ✨
Swipe 👉🏼 to read our birth story. (Not PG-13 😜)

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Jun 22

Laying in bed, listening to an orchestra of noises

Laying in bed, listening to an orchestra of noises rise up from the jungle, Manex is soothing our 1 month old bebé with a combination of deep ohms and leetle French songs.
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He’s just cooked us vegan burgers with sweet potato fries, played dress-up with Saïa, and gave her and her baby doll a bath.
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He can catch a fish, build a house, scale a palm tree with a machete to fetch me a coconut, and happily banter with anyone in three languages. A master surfer and true adventurer, he’s usually shirtless and barefoot.
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Manex can go deep into the jungle and sit under a tree and meditate for 9 days with next to no food + water just as easily as he can organize a fashion show. He’s a fiery 🔥🔥🔥 Frenchman but underneath the flames is a truly devoted family man that’s all heart.
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He reveres Pachamama, does yoga at 5 a.m., serenades me with his handpan drum and comes home everyday at noon (it’s a French thing) to make me a gourmet meal.
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If there’s a problem--anything from no water in our well to an expired passport the day of the flight-- Manex somehow figures it out. Since having Saïa 3 years ago, I’ve traveled to the States for weeks at a time pursuing my dreams, while he took on full daddy duty, not complaining or guilting me once.
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I’m so grateful that I followed the strange hit of intuition to ask the baby spirit I felt around me to “bring me to the man you want to be your father.” Didn’t expect to meet him the very next day!
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Yep, our kiddos knew exactly what they were doing the day they choose this badass man to be their father. Thank you for doing this wild ride called parenthood with me! We love you 💓🙏🏼💓 PS... isn’t Saïa Moon SUCH a ham?? (1st pic) 😂

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Jun 17

. ✅Recovering from a c-section + bladder surgery

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✅Recovering from a c-section + bladder surgery (more on that wild ride soon!)
✅Averaging 4 hours of sleep a night.
✅Managing infant 💨 like it’s my job… oh wait it is my job.
✅No wifi at my home 😵 going on 13 days.
✅My nanny has dengue fever so running my biz on a very spotty 3G connection from a far corner of the house with zee bebé on the boob.
✅Rainy season aka 🕷🦗🦟🦂🐝season... also saw a 6 ft 🐍 in my front yard yesterday, nbd.
✅Navigating 327 toddler tantrums a day.
✅Still wearing adult diapers (sexy!) 4 weeks after the birth.
✅Wrestling with the impact of my own imperialistic footprint as an ex-pat as I dive deeper into @rachel.cargle unlearn program (highly recommend, btw). Coming to terms 😳😱😡with just how intentional, horrific, and insatiable white supremacy is.
✅Oh... and freedoms stripped, borders closed, 5G, police brutality, mandated vaccines, deep state corruption, the plandemic, a worldwide financial depression… 😣 ya know leetle things.
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Sometimes life flows and other times it pulls at us from seemingly every direction. If you’re also having one of those days, weeks, months... remember there’s a great power living inside you that triggers positive physical, spiritual and emotional shifts instantly!
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Yesss... 😆 Laugh if it hurts, laugh when there’s tears, laugh during lockdown, laugh underneath that mask and then rip it off and take a nice deep breath and laugh some more. Laugh if you’re exhausted, laugh if you’re confused, laugh if you’re scared, laugh if you’re mad, laugh if both your children are screaming at once. Laugh when life gets too serious. Laugh when you screw up. Laugh if nothing is funny at all, and then laugh some more.
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Laughter is a potent elixir that raises your frequency, activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest + digest) and soothes anxiety. It brings you into the present moment, decreases pain, improves mood, defuses conflict, is an aphrodisiac + creates intimacy... 💃🏼 ooh la, la!
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Yes, beautiful ones... even in these intense times—especially in these intense times, let’s laugh like our lives depend on it, because the quality of life actually does! Drop a 🤣🤣🤣 if you feel this!

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Jun 11

Hi loves! While my wifi was out for almost a week,

Hi loves! While my wifi was out for almost a week, I’ve been nesting with bebé Teo and giving a lot of thought to what it means to show up wholeheartedly for this movement.
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In @iamrachelricketts Spiritual Activism 101, I learned as a white woman I can’t actually be an ally, because I benefit from a system that oppresses Black people. But I can learn to act as an ally.
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Like anything we desire to change externally, we have to go inward. It begins with examining our own biases + prejudices that might‘ve been passed down to us before we could even think for ourselves. It means recognizing how we’ve benefitted from this system that systematically oppresses others. It takes courage to go there, and also deep compassion to move through it to a place where we can truly be of service.
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Yes feel it, but don’t linger in shame. You may have heard me talk about how all of our thoughts have vibrations associated with them. Well, shame carries the lowest frequency of any emotion. Check out @iamtoriwashington video in her feed about why shame isn’t helping anyone. So remember as you’re unwinding all of this privilege, don’t forget to give yourself a big old dose of forgiveness + compassion in the process.
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Acting in allyship will vary based on the resources available to you. I live in a small seaside village in Costa Rica, so protesting isn’t an option. But I do have a platform and intend to continue using it to amplify voices that are muted by the noise of whiteness.
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You may have hiring power and can create a more diverse workforce. Perhaps you have influence in your professional circle and can be a voice for the voiceless.
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We all have ears to listen. We have voting power with how we spend our cash. We have access to information created from leaders of this movement.
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Even the seemingly insignificant act of reading our children stories with POC as central characters begins to shift this narrative away from white people being the dominant race.
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No act is too small. In fact, daily consistent action across all levels is what it’s going to take in order to cure this insidious disease. Scroll to see the new books we’re adding to our children’s library📚❤️

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Jun 4

Santa Teresa Community! Please join the worldwide

Santa Teresa Community! Please join the worldwide effort coordinated by @blackgirlssurf for a peaceful paddle out at on Friday, June 5th at 6am at Playa Carmen.
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Still recovering from my c-section 2 weeks ago, I won’t be paddling out, but we will form a circle of remembrance beforehand for Black lives lost, unifying together as a community in support of efforts for global, social change.
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Surfers & non-surfers, let’s stand up for social justice! #blackgirlssurf #solidarityinsurf #santateresa 🏄🏿‍♀️🏄🏼‍♀️🏄🏾‍♀️

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Jun 4

Firstly, for anyone that is part of this community

Firstly, for anyone that is part of this community that is Black + BIPOC, I obviously can’t possibly understand the burden of racism, my eyes and heart are now wide open, and I am committed to learning how to act as a genuine ally to you.
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If you’re new to this movement, and perhaps feeling like I am: pulled between really wanting to support and also nervous to speak out and maybe say the wrong thing, I found this breakdown of how to act as an ally by @wastefreemarie super helpful.
Love, Emily 😘

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Jun 2

Beautiful hearts! If you’re blacking out your fe

Beautiful hearts! If you’re blacking out your feed, I know you care! I know your intentions are so good! But posting the black squares is actually drowning out the voices of the black activists + creators the mute is meant to amplify.
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Muting is about not posting our own personal stuff this week in favor of shining a light on those who can guide us! This is a great time to share on your platform those who you’re learning + unlearning from, those who are leading this movement, those who inspire you!
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Swipe to find @iamrachelricketts class: Spiritual Activism 101. I highly recommend signing up. Love, Emily 💓 #blacklivesmatter

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Jun 1

I wont be posting my stuff this week to amplify vo

I wont be posting my stuff this week to amplify voices that have far more important things to say right now than I do. Will you open your big beautiful hearts and join me in listening, learning and unlearning from our sisters and brothers of color? Scroll to find a list of black activists and creators to follow. 💛 #blackoutday2020 more info: @blackandembodied @jessicawilson.msrd

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May 31

My heart is aching for George Floyd, his family, f

My heart is aching for George Floyd, his family, friends and for all BIPOC who have been overtly and systematically abused, discriminated, marginalized or discounted since the day they were born.
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I’ve been silent for too long. Sisters of color, please forgive me. The truth is I’ve been afraid to say the wrong thing and offend. But as @glennondoyle so aptly put it: Black lives are more important than white feelings. We need to have these conversations even if they’re uncomfortable.
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It’s not easy to wake up to the truth that you don’t need to be racist to benefit from systemic racism. Unpacking this means understanding that no matter how difficult our perceived hardships and challenges are, as white people benefiting from a white system, our starting line is still many steps ahead, our opportunities far more abundant and fear of death or incarceration next to none.
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I believe we’re at the precipice of BIG change. And right now the darkness is boiling to the surface so we can heal generations of lies, abuse and trauma and welcome a new dawn.
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A critical choice lays before us: Remain unconscious, unwilling and divided or wake up, come together to dismantle the destructive, systemic white supremacy that’s been dominating the planet for since the 15th century.
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It’s time to listen, learn and take a stand for our sisters and brothers of color. Only then, can we usher in the golden age where all voices are represented, honest histories are passed down and BIPOC get the justice they deserve. #istandwithyou #blacklivesmatter 💛

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May 26

Hello dear ones!! I’ve been off the grid bringin

Hello dear ones!! I’ve been off the grid bringing this beautiful spirit earth-side. It was an initiation like nothing I could’ve imagined— one I’ll write about soon. Needless to say... we’re all deliriously drunk in love over the arrival of our son, Teotihuacán, “Teo”. 🥰

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May 16

42 years old carrying a nearly 9 pound baby (accor

42 years old carrying a nearly 9 pound baby (according to my doc!) at almost 42 weeks. Who would’ve thought this would be my life? Not me! And yet I’m so damn grateful it is.
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The journey up to this moment has been filled with so many ups and downs, twists and turns, serendipities, plot twists, recognitions, revelations, painful goodbyes and astonishingly beautiful new beginnings.
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Seemingly so many disconnected events leading me to one place—TRUST. Learning to trust my meandering path, my intuit and the magnificent intelligence of my body.
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During the years I battled crippling chronic illness, I felt like my body had let me down. Our culture bows down to the cult of science and “professionals” with credentials behind their names. I was raised to do the same. Until I got really sick and saw just how limited the overarching “healthcare” system is.
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One of the greatest stones I’ve overturned is that the body is a sophisticated, highly intelligent, self-governing instrument that comes with its own an internal guidance system. When we detox the acids + nourish it with what it needs to thrive mentally, physically and spiritually, we return to sparkling health, vitality (and even fertility in our 40s). The key is quieting the noise around us long enough to receive the guidance.
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It’s not always so easy to do. We live in a time when there are many false narratives masquerading as truths. Stories from ranging from “your eggs dry up at 35, to the body needs animal protein to conceive, a sexy, smart, loving, quality man your age wants a younger woman, to maybe even the one dominating the world stage at the moment? Wait did I just say that out loud? 🙊
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The Quest for greater conscious means daring to QUESTion these pervasive narratives, and recognizing that you have choice to agree to them or blaze your own trail lit by the luminous light of your own gorgeous intuition.
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Share with me in the comments your experience with your intuit! ✨

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May 11

The mother of my youth was a combination of effusi

The mother of my youth was a combination of effusive love + untamable eccentricity. When everyone else had station-wagon-driving, cookie-baking mothers, mine worked in fashion and danced in stilettos on the tables at my friend’s bar mitzvah 💃🏼 Independent + fun loving with a personal ethos of ONWARD, mama martyrdom wasn’t in her lexicon.
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Almost 3 years ago a little sprite, crouched like a frog was airlifted from my womb, and life was forever changed. Saïa Moon--my daughter, best friend, most hilarious companion and greatest teacher flung open trap doors in my heart I didn’t know were on lockdown.
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Motherhood is a kaleidoscope of emotions overlapping all at once. Love + fear, amusement + irritation, awe + exhaustion, pride + disgust, certainty + doubt... the duality is endless.
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It’s summoning energy you’re sure you didn’t have while surrendering to trust you didn’t know existed.
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It’s spiritual bootcamp, demanding you be the best version of yourself as little ears ignore your words, but little eyes take in every move you make.
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Amid hugs + kisses, snotty noses, backseat serenades, tears + tantrums hangs the ever-present question: Am I a good mother? Well, my dear, if you’re even bothering to ask yourself that question, you most certainly are.
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I think one of the most challenging parts is not forsaking our identities + passions when that sweet voice begs for “1 more story” & “don’t go” and you know somewhere deep in your heart if you don’t live your dreams + follow your heart, how will she know what’s possible for her?
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When guilt + doubt come thundering in, I’m comforted by the belief our children handpicked us. So the messy, imperfect fingerprint we’re individually putting on this wild journey is exactly what our babes chose on a soul level.
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My mother and I didn’t (and still don’t) always see eye to eye—but my foray into motherhood has brought me full circle to understanding and respecting her unapologetic need to retain her sense of self along with the moniker of mom. She paved the way for me to do motherhood sans martyrdom which might just be one of the greatest gifts we can pass along the matrilineal line. 💓 #iloveyoumom #motherhoodinspired

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May 4

Just 3 bugs in a rug waitin’ around for bebé br

Just 3 bugs in a rug waitin’ around for bebé brodddder!
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Do you think he’ll arrive on his due date...? Apparently Thursday is the final super moon of the year, called the flower moon. Drop a 🌕 for yes!!

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Apr 29

This guy and I had a hard couple of days. We left

This guy and I had a hard couple of days. We left our cozy jungle life, and embarked on an 9 hour road trip to the capital city, San Jose, with a 2.5 yr old. Manex is going on 24 days with no surf 😵 and I’m heavily sleep deprived and about to give birth. If that’s not a recipe for harmony, what is? HA!
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In full American style, I want to get everything the midwife put on the list for our home birth, and in French, minimalist fashion, Manex is like, what’s the big deal? We have a bathtub! We just need a few towels and a bucket 😳 He thought I was being hormonal and crazy (might be true). I thought he was micromanaging things (also might be true). All of my personal responsibility and spiritual awareness vanished in a puff of smog in the Walmart parking garage as a dramatic scene of pointing fingers and tears worthy of a telemundo broke out in front of a line of terrified, masked shoppers.
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When we got back to our house WITH almost everything on the list, (boundaries, ya’ll!) I had a moment to reflect. If you’ve been a part of my community for a while, you know I lean heavily on my box of spiritual tools and in that box is a lil’ sumptin called the spiritual mirror.
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Sometimes when someone is upsetting you, it can be a reflection of a piece of you that needs some love. Sometimes it’s scary to go inside. But what a huge game changer when it comes to navigating any relationship. Here’s the fine print: it’s not always someone’s surface level behavior that matches you, but something deeper. You can find the why if you go deep inside.
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In this case, my experience of feeling mico-managed was mirroring back to me my need right now to control the elements around me. Once I had the chance to give myself a big ole dose of compassion and acceptance that it’s totally ok to be right where I am, hormonal and all, I was able to triple that for my Frenchman (about to be a daddy of 2!). Quarantine or not, relationships have conflict. How you navigate that conflict either shrinks your relationship into a stalemate of blame and resentment or expands it into greater love and compassion. Remembering you have a choice is a true power. 💓
@allliiibaba 📸

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Apr 22

Ocean, like woman, is the ultimate womb for all cr

Ocean, like woman, is the ultimate womb for all creation.
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Hibiscus reveals our juicy, succulent, sensual selves.
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Leafy palms remind us to be generous + flexibile.
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Songbirds show us how to set our voices free.
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Micheiveious monkeys teach us life is play!
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The moon mirrors the cyclical nature of our intricate bodies.
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Rainbows reminds us that we’re different, but united we shine brightest.
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Mother Nature is and always will be our greatest guru. Her teachings profound. Her intelligence sophisticated. Her gifts abundant. Deep bow today and everyday.✨#earthdayeveryday

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Apr 19

With a very spirited 2.5 yr old running around and

With a very spirited 2.5 yr old running around and being 9 mos pregnant our quarantine isn’t exactly steamy staycation over here... but for the most part, we’re having fun together as a family, and nobody wants to kick anyone off the island 😜 I believe this harmony comes from a practice I started doing consistently a few years ago.
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If you’re feeling the rub and tensions with your partner are high, here’s what you can do right now to bring more love and flirty fun back into your relationship right now!
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1. Write down 25 things that you appreciate about your relationship. The stuff you love about your partner. Gratitude for what is working.
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The reticular activating system in the brain amplifies whatever gets attention... or in others words— what you focus to grows.
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It might seems so simple that you‘re tempted to dismiss it, but I continue to be amazed by how much better Manex and my relationship works as I consciously look for what’s working.
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Sometimes it’s easy to forget you have this power always with you. Once you start looking for the good, you’ll see so much good that was seemingly hiding in plain sight.
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2. Read your list to your partner and watch mountains of resentment melt away, creating space to usher in light + love + passion into your connection.
Share in the comments the ways you’re keeping the wuvvv alive in quarantine? 💓 @allliiibaba 📸

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Apr 19

Just in case you’re feeling conflicted... it’s

Just in case you’re feeling conflicted... it’s ok to experience stomach churning anxiety AND genuine gratitude for this big pause.
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It’s natural to feel genuine sadness for those suffering AND utter happiness that mama earth is getting a much needed reprieve.
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Tasting sweet moments of joy when everything seems to be falling apart doesn’t make you a bad person, it makes you human—capable of incredible dualities + complexities our minds can’t even make sense of.
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As I move into the final weeks of my pregnancy I’m finding myself nervous and excited. Tender yet strong. Uncertain but somehow trusting.
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It doesn’t make sense, but I’m not so sure it’s supposed to.
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My best advice: ride the waves of your emotion without too much attachment... after all, there’s always another one coming up over the horizon. 😘

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Apr 17

I think one of our deepest human needs is to be re

I think one of our deepest human needs is to be really seen for who we are and loved for what is seen.
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Drop a 💓 if you agree!
#consciouspartnership #lovers #iseeyourtruth
@allliiibaba 📸

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Apr 1

I just read a post saying something to the effect:

I just read a post saying something to the effect: thinking COVID-19 is a gift that will deliver us a better or more sustainable world, is just another form of spiritual escapism. Everything very well may just get worse and nothing real will change. Hundreds of comments agreed.
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This is such a frightening time. Thinking of a global virus as a gift can seem not only insensitive and even maniacal. I get it. But I wonder if each situation that arises has within it an opportunity for growth and rebirth?
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If someone had told me in my twenties that my co-dependent, toxic relationship was a “gift”, I would have wanted to pull their hair out 😬 More than anything, I wanted to transform that connection into a harmonious, supportive sanctuary where I was seen and loved.
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Then, when it was ripped away from me like an unsuspecting midwestern town at the hands of an unapologetic twister, I found myself alone and desolate. I lost friends and a lifestyle I’d grown accustomed to. Totally terrified, I had no choice but to venture down a path of greater awareness.
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I couldn't see it then, like so many of us can’t see it now, but that period of despair turned out to be the greatest gift I’d ever received. It sent me on an entirely new trajectory to a life that’s far more sustainable + authentically aligned. I am no longer unconsciously following the path laid out before me. That tricky twister led to radical shifts that I can now thank for the loving partnership I cherish today.
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Thru supporting women in 1:1 coaching and retreats, I’ve noticed a thread: exhaustion + anxiety. Everyone is overwhelmed + underwhelmed at once. We all desperately want change.
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Well, dear ones, what we’re collectively experiencing might well be a gift in a terrifying package. For some of us, the gift strips away all of the ways we distract ourselves, giving us the space to have incredible insights. For others, it means laying an entirely new foundation. The macro may be simply an expression of the combined micro.
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Any pain-point—individual or global— is an invitation to connect more deeply with the truth of your spirit. Whether any real change happens depends on us as individuals. ✨🌿

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