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Diana wearing a salmon shirt, taken 2022

What Will You Choose?

Happy Mantra Tuesday!

The other day, I was rushing back home to make it to an in-person appointment and got a call from the person I was supposed to be meeting. 

They told me they’d decided to go to a movie with their friends instead and that they couldn’t make our meeting (which was happening in about an hour).

I was seething

I had cut a trip to see my extended family short so I could make it back to town for this. 

It had been on the calendar for weeks. 

I felt so disrespected, annoyed and angry. 

I wanted to lash out from my Ego, but thankfully I said, “Next time if you choose to cancel our appointment, you need to let me know the day before.” 

We rescheduled and after we hung up, I took a deep breath and remembered that in every moment, even the ones the frost our cookies like this one, we always, always have a choice. 

People will be people. 

Not every situation will go your way.

But you can always choose. 

So…

This month’s mantra: I choose happiness and happiness chooses me. 

When happiness becomes something you choose as opposed to something someone gives you, you’re in your own power. 

The outside world can do its thang and you’re still alright within yourself. 

Try it and let me know how it works for you this month!

How to use it: 

In quiet moments where you feel fears rising up in your chest, close your eyes, take a deep, cleansing breath and say the mantra above. Say it three times with deep feeling. Notice how you feel. 

Will you play with this over the week and let me know how it goes? Hit reply or share a comment on the blog! 

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Don’t Skip This!

As we approach the last week of 2022, and into the home stretch of Holiday craziness, I invite you to give yourself the space to reflect on the past year in a simple, yet powerful way. 

One of my favourite things to do is have a journal session with Spirit. 

I get my holiday spice tea ready, I shut my door and light a candle, ready to dive deep. 

I know you may not feel like you have a lot of time to journal or may even encounter resistance around this, but even finding a few minutes of quiet time can benefit you! 

Some of the prompts that you may consider journaling on:

  • A moment that tested me this year was…
  • I am so proud of myself for…
  • Something I now realize about myself is…
  • When it comes to relationships, a lesson I learned this year was…

A few tips to have the most impactful session with yourself: 

  1. Write by hand vs. typing (it actives your subconscious mind) 
  2. See how it feels to just go for about a paragraph. Go beyond just the surface answer to the prompt. 
  3. Release judgements of what you write-give yourself  permission to be honest and just express what you need to express!
  4. Set the tone: get a yummy beverage, shut off distractions and notifications and let your family, friend, roommate, etc know you will be unavailable for the next 15-30 minutes, etc. 

Have a beautiful holiday week and no matter where you are in the world, I want you to know that you are exactly where you need to be. 

You are loved. 

And you are enough.

See you next year and thank you for being in my Goddess world! 

Bloody Fingernail!

A month or so ago, I went to the gym and managed to drop a weight on my middle finger. 

It hurt like nothing I’ve ever experienced before and to make a long story short, the new nail has been inching it’s way under the bloody now black layer.

I felt embarrassed getting a manicure the day of my wedding at the urging of my sister-in-law, but the guy that did it was compassionate and covered it with like 5 layers of red nail polish so no one could tell. 

After the polish came off, part of the old nail started to fall off ut not enough to make a dent… (fun picture) 

The point of this story: 

A new life is waiting for you underneath your old one.

You may be clawing and scratching for “it” to reveal itself but you can’t rush it.

It won’t be rushed.

There is something to be gained from long at the ugly, deformed, dying parts of ourselves, our lives, our relationships, our homes, or in my case, my middle finger (which still makes em chuckle that it’s that finger!) whatever seems to be in the throws of a creative catharsis. 

Can you accept it?

Can you honor it?

Can you let it show you where you may need to love yourself even more?

Embrace the transitions that may be happening right now, goddess.

Once it’s time for the new to reveal itself, you’ll be ready for it.

You won’t miss it. 

Sending you love!