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Sep 16

2 of my favorite reasons that things “didn’t w

2 of my favorite reasons that things “didn’t work out” for me when I younger. 🥰

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Sep 14

Rolling into Sunday night feeling grateful, tired,

Rolling into Sunday night feeling grateful, tired, excited, nervous, sticky and slightly overwhelmed... did I mention my first book, “The Quest: from the Hollywood Hills to the Amazon jungle, one woman’s search for enough” comes out in less than 2 months?!
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I know it probably seems like all I do it lounge around at the beach with my babes and go to sound healings... 😂 but this last year has actually been the busiest, most creative season of my entire life. I’ve been working away🐝 on some very special things in honor of this moment that I can’t wait to share with you very soon! Thankfully these leetle loves are keeping me grounded as I ride the wave 🌊 of ALL THE FEELS watching this 10-year dream finally come fruition.
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If you are finding yourself facing road blocks or being “seemingly” derailed by detours on The Quest to your dreams, don’t lose faith beautiful one. It doesn’t mean you’re not enough or you’re doing it wrong. It simply means you’re been re-routed to a treasure trove of healing and expansion you’re craving on a soul level. Stay the course and try and enjoy the ride because The Quest to achieving your goal is actually where the real riches lives.
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Id love to hear in the comments 👇🏼 what dream you are working towards now? Tag a friend who may need to hear this! ❤️📚🥳

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Sep 7

Welcome friends! I’ve seen a bunch of beautiful

Welcome friends! I’ve seen a bunch of beautiful new faces, so I’d thought I’d do a little intro.

For the past 14 yrs I’ve been on a wild Quest that’s taken me to the far corners of the earth and deep inside myself. I’ve studied with teachers who have information that’s not in books and hands that heal. And I’ve found true LOVE is still the sweetest, most expansive thing around. My superpower is helping women call in heart-thumping-passionate-I-got-your-back-no-matter-what-kinda-love.

For 15 yrs, I was a high flying corporate-career, LA Woman before getting an impossible to ignore intuitive hit to return to the natural world.

The instructions were clear: Do not pass GO, do not linger... return to the elemental dear one! I adventured down to a dusty little surf town along the Nicoya Peninsula… where I met my sexy, fiery Frenchman, Manex.   A 2.5 week whirlwind romance + an invitation to return and ‘make a bebé’, + a strong nudge from my intuit was all it took to leave safety and security behind and leap into the unknown.

‘How do you know you can trust him?’ Concerned friends asked.
‘I don’t need to worry about trusting him bc I trust myself,’ surprisingly sailed out of my mouth.

10 yrs on a dedicated spiritual path (aka looking at myself in the harsh light of day + shedding destructive illusions on the reg) had instilled a limitless truth in me: life doesn’t happen to you, it happens FOR you.

At the very least he’d be a beautiful catalyst. At best he’d be my guy.

4.5 yrs later, we’re soul stirring lovers, humble stewards of 35,000 sqm of raw jungle land, and grateful (albeit exhausted) parents to our beautiful barefoot babes Saïa Moon (3) and Teotihuacán (3mos). We’re in the final phase of building The Sunrise Mountain Retreat & Wellness Center—a sanctuary for healing, transformation + radical personal realization.
 Is it dreamy..? Oh yessss. Is it perfect? Ha!😜🤣👈🏼Conscious partnership means mirroring each other’s unconsciousness, bringing the dark into the light... and that my friends can get a leetle messy at times. But we are very devoted—to each other, our children and a shared vision of life.

Swipe to see a slice of jungle life 🌿

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Aug 16

I can’t believe baby Teo is 3 mos. By the time

I can’t believe baby Teo is 3 mos. By the time Saïa reached this milestone, I’d lived lifetimes.

A post c-section PTSD haze + fear of not producing ample milk garnered my first gray hairs. Panic riddled through my nervous system as I watched the # on the scale drop 6 weeks in a row. Everything vanishes in the face of the primal need to keep your baby alive.

After years battling chronic illness, good health, has become my GREATEST WEALTH. It’s the most important thing, only second to love, I‘m determined to gift my children. I know mama’s gotsta do what mamas gotsta do and there should be NO SHAME in the formula game, but my fear of her having health challenges like I did was powering my determination.   To up my supply, I pumped till my nipples were raw, and ended up exclusively pumping to ensure she received 32 ounces daily. Nothing about it was easy or enjoyable, but in the end, I got my baby girl that liquid gold for the first almost 7 months of her life.   Pregnant with Teo, I was secretly dreading these beginning days when once again the responsibility to keep my baby alive would solely depend on my body.

But much to my delight, this time my milk runneth over. Breastfeeding Teo has been a beautiful bonding experience I treasure.

Once again I’m remined of a spiritual truth: If we want things to change on the outside, we must make changes inside. And that I did.

Between birthing Saïa and Teo, I adopted a plant-based, high fruit, alkaline diet that started with a deep—nearly 6 month—detox for cellular regeneration where I focused great attention on the pituitary gland: the maestro of all glands. You can spend years trying to heal anything from acne to gut health and everything in between, but if you don’t clear and restore the pituitary gland, little will improve. Healthy pituitary = generous milk supply.

I’m daaaaaays late because of #momlife, but in the spirit of #internationalbreastfeedingweek, I wanted to shine a light on this sometimes challenging path and empower you with what took me years to uncover: your body is a magnificent system of divine intelligence. Nurture it with what it wants, and it will nurture you…and your babes. 💓

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Aug 4

If you’ve been following along for a while, you

If you’ve been following along for a while, you know after struggling with chronic candida and avoiding fruit at all costs for YEARS, I was guided to Arnold Erhet’s radical teachings about CURING dis-ease and restoring health with an alkaline diet.

Embarking on a raw food detox for cellular regeneration (2 mos 100% fruit) not only cured my candida, but also gifted me with unparalleled energy + vitality I never knew was possible. A thousand 💡💡💡 flashed at once. Ahhhh… but of course 🤦🏽‍♀️ The energy of the foods you eat contribute to your frequency. Turns out… you actually are what you eat.

I witnessed how intrinsically linked body + mind really are. There was a moment during the 100% fruit days where the purest love and gratitude I’ve ever felt was radiating from my heart 💓 for every friend and foe I’d ever encountered.

Although I had legit fantasies about moving onto a fruit farm (yes it felt that good!) 😜 after about 5 months I added in more cooked vegan meals... but stayed about 70-80% fruit.

8 months later we called in bebé Teo. Despite all “conventional wisdom” and considerable external pressures that I needed more protein, I trusted my experience and maintained this lifestyle throughout my entire pregnancy. I think I was the only person not surprised when bebé Teo arrived at a sturdy 8 pounds of love.

But what did surprise me was being pregnant at 42 (and running after a toddler) wasn’t totally exhausting. I actually felt super energized, minimal nausea, and also experienced one of the richest creative seasons of my life.

While pregnant with Saïa and following a keto lifestyle, I needed daily naps, was extremely nauseous and not feeling very creative, not to mention the brutal c-section recovery that left me feeling like I’d been stabbed in the abdomen right after getting hit by a bus moments after limping off the battle ground. FOR MONTHS!

The biggest shock of all was I was up and around at 2 weeks after the c-section surgery with Teo. 🥳 Swipe to see me after 3 weeks postpartum.

To quote my flabbergasted Frenchman: If I had any doubts about the fruit diet, they’re gone.

Yep, this is zee bebé fruit made… isn’t he sweet? 🍇

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Jul 30

The fact that you’re here tells me lot about you

The fact that you’re here tells me lot about you. You’re curious, awake, tuned in, switched on and walking a spiritual path.
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So by now likely you’ve discovered that “spiritual healing” isn’t just burning sage, rubbing crystals and throwing around catch phrases like light + love… amiright?
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Sometimes it means looking at the shadow and guiding the vampires into the light. This isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes really courage to see what’s lurking in the darkness. I know you have a brave heart.
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And right now, the most vulnerable amongst us need you to call on that same courage it takes to look deep within yourself and venture deep into the shadowy underbelly of society and put a stop to the atrocious crimes against children.
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2 million children are sexually exploited in the multi-billion dollar commercial sex industry. 🤮 Every 30 seconds a child is sold for sex, labor or organ harvesting.  _ Trafficking another human is modern day slavery. SLAVERY. Today is world day against human trafficking. And honestly every damn day should be this day. _ If you’re just learning about this, I understand it’s tempting to turn the other way. To rationalize it away.. I mean how could any sane person do such a thing? Well clearly these people aren’t sane!
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I’m thankful to those on the front lines of this war and influencers who are shining a light on how we can help. It doesn’t matter if your platform is 500 people or 500,000. Your voice matters. Things you can do right now:
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Follow these accounts:

@ourrescue
@timballard
@exoduscry
@coco_berthmann
@humanthread
@thorn
@nolabrantleyspeaks

 My girl @alexipanos has an amazing catalogue of resources and documentaries in her bio if to further educate yourself on this topic.

Thank you my beautiful sister @planetbibi for sharing these helpful slides!
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The time is now to shape the future of the world we want to live in. Dear Braveheart, will you join me in being a voice for the voiceless? Drop a 💓 for yes.

#endhumantrafficking #worldendhumantraffickingday #humantrafficking

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Jul 28

One of the most unexpected things about growing ol

One of the most unexpected things about growing older has been coming to truly appreciate being a woman. This appreciation isn’t linked to the things the over-arching culture says we should be appreciated for—our looks and sexuality, or titles like wifey, mama or CEO…
it doesn’t come from a # on the scale, # in the bank or # of followers.
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It comes from the graceful resilience born from a lifetime navigating this world that isn’t set up for women’s benefit. It’s compassion for self that arises in the space between those uncomfortable moments of not anymore but not yet. It’s sourced from those instances when life pulls on you from every single direction at once and you awaken to just how unfuckingbelieveably strong you are… in your softness. It lives in the womb energy breathing inside every woman that ensures you can and will continue to birth new versions of yourself again, and again and again.
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A magical thing starts to happens as you begin to see your own unique beauty, power, strength... it starts to be reflected in all of the women around you. Like water droplets slipping off a mallard’s waxy feathers, competition and comparison fall away and in that place that remains is the sweet nectar of genuine sisterhood.
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It’s an honor to walk beside so many women that inspire me… way too many to mention. Women are a truly amazing and I wholeheartedly believe that women supporting other women—all together on the same side—is the beginning of a new earth.
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#challengeaccepted @dorrygolden @drshaunashapiro @halliechrisman @attuneexperience @alexandrawestmore @melindausa @samantharunkel @bianca.marzouk thank you for thinking of me. 🙏🏼💓🙏🏼

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Jul 27

Waves of exuberant joy, bursts of beligerant anger

Waves of exuberant joy, bursts of beligerant anger, and stare downs into the depth of my soul—all in about a 5 minute span. Yep, this is 3.
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I work for myself yet somehow I’ve managed to get myself a 3 ft #girlboss that sasses me around in 3 languages, cracks jokes that are like a bit in a stand-up routine, and somehow remembers flowers from the forest of France last summer.
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She loves staring into the fridge, pretending she’s my mama and has a giggle that sounds like a a thousand golden bracelets jangling along the cosmic wrist.
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A leetle Leo through and through... she always wants to be first and won’t let anyone get a word in edgewise at dinner. Important things to discuss 🤷🏼‍♀️ of course!
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At the moment, sharing is a mild form of torture, thinks it’s absolutely hilarious to say everything is caca, and is sure a lobo 🐺 is going to come up from the jungle and eat her.
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My favorite is whenever we’re doing anything (just the two of us) from brushing our teeth to going out to lunch she curls her little palm into mine and says we’re on a “trip girls” mama. Daddy and Teo cant come bc they have 🍆zee-zees.
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A rascal of the highest order she has already figured out how to make all sorts of mischief like coloring on walls with a sharpie, bananas in the pool and swinging gatita 🐱 around by her tail... to name a few. Then when daddy’s tires crunch in the driveway, she whispers, “don’t tell Papa” then scurries into her room and sits peacefully with her coloring book like a leetle angel 🤣 I didn’t have that move mastered until at least 7.
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When I tell her I’m onto her and she’s not fooling anyone, she just shoots me a sly smile that’s says... “that’s what you think mama.” Yep, this is 3... Send help! 😜#threenager #ivemetmymatch #leetlemoon #obsessed

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Jul 16

8 weeks ago at this time we were laying skin to sk

8 weeks ago at this time we were laying skin to skin under the tent in the OR. Thank you for answering my call sweet bebé Teo. You are even more delicious than my dreams 💙

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Jul 10

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Includes☝🏼all embodiment practices

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This Saturday + Sunday treat yourself to a weekend of divine feminine embodiment practices designed to deliver you to that sanctuary in your heart — the cozy respite that grounds you in love, inspiration and joy. That part of yourself that knows and trusts beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are exactly where you are supposed to be!

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Jul 5

Savoring this rare moment snuggling in the sand. T

Savoring this rare moment snuggling in the sand. Teo is sleeping and Saïa Moon is scouting the beach for shells 🐚 Tired... but happy. My fiery Frenchman and I have had some hard moments over the past few months, but I honestly couldn’t ask for a better teammate in this wild adventure called parenthood.
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Good thing that nobody told me toddler life is like wrestling an alligator 🐊 while playing a chess game at the negotiating table (daily!) I might not have have the ovaries to do it 😜 Add a newborn, recovering from a c-section, a plandemic, building a house, an economic collapse, and planning a book launch into the mix and we’re looking at the next level of the video game my friends!
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But with this guy by my side, giving me bisous and making me vegan crepes and reminding me that we have each other, I know that whatever life throws our way we will figure out together... even if we have to navigate 36,782 lost in translations along the way. 💓 #lovers #expats #junglevibes

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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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