You Are Loved

Part I: You Are Loved Dear love, What would you have me know today? My dear sweet heart, You are loved. There’s nothing that you need to do to be loved other than exist. It’s true what A. said—please, breathe in love. Please allow yourself to feel and truly take in the love. It takes…

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tending to myself

A lesson I keep learning, over and over again, is that I must tend to myself.I must find ways to make time to care for myself.Taking care of Abby is Abby’s responsibility.Taking care of our human is our responsibility. It sounds obvious—but it’s not. It hasn’t been obvious for most of my life.I don’t feel…

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breathe

Today’s message from love: Take a few long, slow, deep breaths. Take a few more. Breathe deeply all the way down into your pelvis. Breathe space between your ribs. Breathe into your back body. Generously give your lungs cool, fresh air. Let the exhale fall out of you gently. Let the air and the breath…

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message from love

A message from love: Never underestimate your heart. If you could see yourself through its eyes, you would never doubt yourself. It is not always easy to have a big heart. You were born for this challenge. You already have the capacity you need to give and receive love. You always have enough when it…

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waiting

I felt these words so deeply. I’ve been waiting too—sometimes patiently, sometimes aggressively, even self-destructively. I forget my self-care practices. I lean into choices I know won’t make me feel better. I ride a glimmer of creative spark, using a moment of inspiration to feel better, but I am still waiting. Waiting inside. Looking out…

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not doing it alone

I spent the morning wrapped in a comforter, nestled into a window seat in Fort Bragg, looking out at a garden that felt more like a prayer than a landscape. Mist in the air, birds dipping into the stone bath, moss filtering the light, trees bowing gently in the breeze—it all felt so alive. So…

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what really matters

There’s an explosion of new green everywhere, I saw the first poppies on the hillside today. Light pink blossom petals are silently fluttering to the ground with the slightest breeze. I’ve been easing my way back into my yoga practice after a 2-month break. I’ve found some energy and inspiration to cook a few meals…

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Wild Woman

Plus-size woman standing in water with head thrown back laughing holding handfuls of mud with sun bursting through trees behind her

Before the Unleash Your Inner Wild Woman photo shoot. Who is my wild woman self? What does she long for? How does she move through the world? How does she move her body? How does it feel inside of her when pleasure rises up through her root chakra and explodes throughout her whole body? How…

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