It’s been a year since I last wrote here, a year of navigating the changes motherhood brought and finding my way back to myself. In this post, I open up about the challenges of postpartum, the moments that felt heavy, and how I began to rediscover my joy and my voice.
The beginning of my journey into crystals is a bit of a blur. That whole era of my life is. I was one of many who hit rock bottom in 2012 and became interested in alternative healing practices to alleviate the pain. I don't remember exactly when I first made my way into a crystal shop or what made me decide to even want to go in the first place, but I remember very clearly holding my first crystal in my hand.
Read MoreOur food choices are socially constructed. We are taught to believe one type of animal is more valuable than another and through that process de-sensitized to believe killing another soul is OK. The guilt I've felt for my involvement in the torture and abuse of animals has been overwhelming - so I've invited Ollie Neveu, an intuitive healer, to shine light on the conditioning process and speak to the value of a vegan diet in remembering a different way. Ollie was avid meat lover until she transitioned to veganism after adopting her rescue greyhound (Guru Dog Neve) who opened her heart and showed her the shared consciousness in all beings.
Read MoreAt the end of August my entire world fell apart. Not like kinda fell apart. Like, really fell apart. Everything felt uncertain and heavy - it was as if the universe was pulling all its stops to test me. Had the events of August happened three years earlier I would have probably landed back in the hospital. I would have probably been prescribed an anti-depressant. I would have probably thought there was no reason to go on - but instead I was smiling, making plans, journalling, drinking tea, thinking: this doesn't hurt the way it use to. Here are some reasons I think this might be.
Read MoreI've wanted to start a blog for YEARS. The idea first popped up in grade 10 and again during my first undergraduate degree. I finally dabbled in blogging in 2015, but the timing wasn't right and I pushed the idea away for a bit. After graduating social work this past May the idea to start a blog become less of a want and more of a need. I had no idea why the drive was so strong, but it was, and I finally decided to listen to my intuition and jump two feet into the blogging world.
Read MoreOwning my voice and sharing my experience as a sensitive person has been monumental in my ability to accept myself. I no longer compare myself to other people or worry I'm not good enough. But it wasn't always this way. I spent the majority of my life feeling very insecure and unsure about who I was and what I wanted. True acceptance is at the heart of self-love and self-love is at the heart of a healthy, happy life, so here are a few things that have helped me grow into a person who knows herself, accepts herself, and is confident in her worth.
Read MoreThis space is called 'the diary of an empath' and not 'the diary of someone with mental illness'. Why? Because I made a choice to forgo a medical label and embrace a metaphysical label. A label that fit me, my experience and my needs much better. Because there is power in language, and how we define ourselves plays such a big role in our lives, I thought I would dedicate a post to labels and what they mean.
Read MoreThe first time I came across fairies as being a 'concrete thing' was when I came across a blog (messagesfromthefairies.com) in 2015. The author does a weekly card reading and her accuracy along with her passion for fairies and fairy energy made me curious to learn more. I'm open to a lot of things, but that doesn't mean I believe in everything. So while I had a curiousity for fairies and whether or not they were real, it took me a while to open up to the idea of wanting to connect with them.
Read MoreThe blog has *temporarily* fallen to the way side but I wanted to pop by and share a story about the importance of clearing and grounding your energy - because negative energy can really put a damper on our mental health and as highly sensitive people (or whatever term you want to use) we have a knack for drawing in negative energy and having it make us feel stagnant and stuck.
Read MoreThree months ago I was going through a particularly tough time. I was unmotivated, and completely uninspired. I was sad that I wasn’t living up to who I thought I should be and that I had moved back to a hometown I swore I'd never return to. I felt lost believing I wasn't "cut out" for the job I studied six (6!) years for and afraid over the thought of needing to create a new plan; one that somehow related to my field of study because of all the years I spent studying it.
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