Confessions of a Late Bloomer Part 11 For a long time, I thought love was supposed to feel like butterflies, that quickening, that rush, that tingle in your gut that made it hard to breathe. I thought adrenaline meant attraction.I thought chaos was chemistry.I thought if it wasn’t all-consuming, messy, magnetic, heart-racing… it wasn’t real.… Continue reading Calm Isn’t Boring, It’s Safe
Confessions of a Late Bloomer Part 6 Before I ever learned to shrink myself inside relationships,I learned to shrink myself inside a system that told me it was love. Before the heartbreaks with names and faces,there was a different kind of heartbreak.A quieter one.A belonging that asked me to be small. I started going to… Continue reading The Places That Made Me and Unmade Me
Some shifts arrive quietly, not with destruction, but with invitation. Not because something has broken, but because something deeper is asking to be born. Lately, I’ve felt a change in how I’m being asked to show up in the world, especially in relationships. Where I once felt most at home in my fire, in bold… Continue reading Bridging the Fire and Stillness
Sometimes we meet someone and feel a flicker of something we can't name.Not love, not friendship—yet—but recognition. A resonance that stirs the air between us. A pull that says, “Pay attention.” These early moments, where we feel a connection but don’t yet understand the why, are potent.They hold the power to awaken us. Not because… Continue reading When the Soul Remembers Before the Mind Understands
You don’t have to shrink to be held.You don’t have to earn rest, or softness, or love. You are not the weight of old stories.You are not the voice that says you must be smaller to be chosen.You are not a project. You are a beginning. A spark. A sovereign.You are the risk worth taking.You… Continue reading A New Archetype
Last night was a hard one. One of those moments in parenting, especially solo parenting, that leaves you raw and questioning. Am I doing the right thing? Am I too hard? Too soft? Is she pulling away because I’m showing her the boundaries she needs, or because I’m getting it all wrong? I sat with… Continue reading Rooted in Love, Even When It Hurts
April brings growth, nurturing, and the archetype of the Gardener—one who tends to what is becoming, trusting that what is planted will bloom in its own time. Growth is not just about action—it’s also about patience. About knowing when to step in and when to step back, when to cultivate and when to allow. The… Continue reading April: Attuning to Knowing
Photo by Marissa Grootes on Unsplash As we step into March, my card for the energy of the month is The Emperor. In tarot, The Emperor stands as a symbol of structure, stability, and confident leadership—a necessary evolution from the boundless, exploratory spirit of The Fool that graced February. The Emperor invites me to embrace order and purpose.… Continue reading March: Marching into Authority
Photo by Leio McLaren on Unsplash As we step into February, my card for the energy of the month is The Fool. In tarot, The Fool is the very first card—a symbol of new beginnings, fresh starts, and limitless potential. Often seen as the main character of the tarot deck, The Fool embarks on an… Continue reading February: To Walk Without Fear
The year began with fire in my hands.The Knight of Wands rose as my card for January. The spiritual revolutionary, bringer of change,charging forward with vision and heart. He asked me to stop circling difficultyand instead alchemize it and see what was waiting on the other side of fear. To step boldly where I had… Continue reading January: Revolution
