Holistic and Spiritual AF

What’s up, Readers? I can’t believe I almost forgot how fly I am and I don’t know why. It’s uncanny how easily reduced I can become by other's opinions, judgments, and insecurities. I’m so sensitive and so hard at the same time it’s such a delicate dance between the powerful yet sensitive divine feminine and the direct and strong divine masculine energy.  It’s stupefying that even though my mind logically understands, not needing approval from other people my heart often does not. No matter how much work I’ve done in this area it always creeps back up like a bad dream. It’s mind-boggling how deep the wounds of emotional and verbal abuse can go. This creates such an imprint in the soul and I believe that it etches into something deeper like how one truly feels about themselves. Because the scar is so deep it requires levels of healing. It requires consistent reinforcement of positive seeds of inspiration and empowerment that grow into self-actualization. Image generated by: DALLE Th...

What's up Family, I hope your week was better than mine. The other day was one of those days. It was next to horrible! I was powerless over so many people, places, and things again. I'm an Aries proud leader of the zodiac, a leader by nature with a competitive mindset and I can't stand to be on the losing team. Not to mention we Aries can have quite the temper. This is something I've had to master over the years. With wisdom and maturity, it has gotten a lot better and more appropriate for the occasion but I still have my moments but much better than the old days. Anyway so back to my vent. So I finally got the job of my dreams and Chile there's always a catch between what we think we want and what it actually is. For me it seems that my dreams can be a bit unrealistic, I don't know if it's because it's really based on hope and emotion more than an intricate balance between the left brain and right brain.  Photo by  Houcine Ncib  on  Unsplash I knew that...

The power of reading at an early age! One of the greatest gifts I received from my mother as a child was the gift of reading. She read to me, and she allowed me to sound out words until I became a reader myself.   Some of my earliest memories were the feeling of my mother's pride when I read as a little girl. By the time I went to kindergarten, I knew how to read fluently. Throughout the years, I found the love for books, before audible was a thing. I remember my curiosity and initiative for looking up words that I didn’t understand in the dictionary. This was exciting to me, nerd much? Yes, and proud of it!  This went on to enhance my vocabulary, and even to this day my brain automatically reaches for the unconventional word first. I had no idea that that simple initiative on my mother’s part would open up a world of understanding of the world around me.  When I had my girls, I did the same thing, books were a flex in our house. Image: Midjourney AI generated photo I had...

Hey Sisters,  I hope everybody’s taking care of themselves, Mind Body & Spirit, because that’s what it’s all about without one of those things in integration. There is no balance. Maybe you just coming out of some dark times and into fresh new energy or maybe it’s the other way around. Either way, you get an opportunity to create some direction for the new year. My new year will be spent and reflection in spiritual inventory. No real big plans of getting together with large groups that’s not for me at the end of this cycle. It’s been a transformational year and I’m grateful for all of the lessons and all of the blessings.   Photo by: CraftLemon Here are some of the things I learned. 1 .  I don’t need validation from others! I stopped seeking validation and others and started seeking validation for myself. I realize not. Everybody has the same goals and path. Therefore they’re not gonna steer you in the direction that your spirit knows to go. 2. Stop, asking other peo...

Hey sisters!! Welcome back to the blog and welcome to a new month! I hope you’ve been taking care of yourselves, Mind Body & Spirit! As we end the fall season, this is a great time to go within and hibernate. I plan on doing just that. This year has been a year full of amazing changes and growth, and as I prepare to re-introduce myself, as who I've always been since I was a little girl, I’d like to take this time to continue to get to know myself. This year has been filled with getting back to the original me before the trauma and before the pain and survival skills. Don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful for every moment because it pushed me to this place. There were times throughout my childhood when I really didn’t feel as though I would make or that I had a place on this earth. Photo:  Baptista Ime James I felt like God had more of a purpose for me, but my life wasn’t reflective of that. When I was a little girl early in my beginnings of life, I was often told that I was invaluab...

Hey sister, so glad we made it through another week! This has been a challenging week, pushing me to grow. I’ve had a lot of fears and what I felt was non-clarity about important areas of my life.  Standing at a crossroads again, the journey continues and the spiritual growth never stops. Lately, I’ve been working on manifesting some big things and I felt like it wasn’t happening on my timeline. I remember at the beginning of my healing journey I thought that I was getting something wrong because everything wasn’t perfect and I wasn’t manifesting my dreams. I felt like if I believed it and if my thoughts were in alignment, then my outward reality should match. This is partially true, but over the years I’ve learned that sometimes what I’m asking for doesn’t align with my behaviors and actions, and I have to change my thoughts over time to match what I want and desire. Sometimes my subconscious mind is blocking the conscious and I’m completely unaware because it’s the subconscious m...

 Hey sister, so glad you made it back.  Whew, it's been a Great couple of days and I'm glad to be growing in understanding about ME. What a beautiful experience, you don’t wanna miss. Shadow work has taken me through the valleys of the shadow of death, and restored me to life AGAIN. Photo:  ThankYouFantasyPictures One of the first abilities that I recognized early in my journey was that I am VERY empathic. And I very much still am. I have a keen sense of knowing and understanding how people are feeling, sometimes what their thoughts are, and if they’re holding something back or being otherwise untruthful, and this has been a blessing and a curse at times. A blessing in the sense that it allows me to be in tune with the emotions of others, and therefore more compassionate, and comes in handy as a facilitator of healing. A curse in the sense that a lot of times I think somebody is talking about me, being shady telling me one thing, but thinking another, and if I’m not caref...