1. Blood ties. My family is so far away on this holiday & I miss them so, so, so much. I love them so dearly. I am so infinitely grateful that I have a healthy, loving relationship with both of my parents & have reached the point in my life where I actually miss being around them on the holidays & find myself wishing I could afford to fly back east just for 3 days. It took my dad & I a long time, but we've been enjoying the last year & a half beautifully, and I feel as if I've only just begun to learn how to love & appreciate every moment with family.
2. Chosen family. We have the one we're born with, and then the one we choose. I am so, so, so grateful for the amazing tribe I've gathered around me. People who really & truly see me. People who love me unconditionally and show up in my life in the most positive, loving, kind ways. I feel like I have everything I've always wanted & deserved right now. Thank you, all of you. I love you.
3. Morning yoga is the best way I've ever started Thanksgiving! My friend Lizzy taught her first class this morning to a group of us...it was so perfect, so beautiful, so heart-opening. What better way to give thanks than this?
4. Community. I spent my day volunteering at Cafe Gratitude serving free Thanksgiving Day meals & in addition to spending time with some of the members of my chosen tribe, I also got to connect with other people in the local community. It was a giant lovefest.
5. Being of service especially on the holidays, just fills me up. Don't hide your heart from the world - giving is where it's at!
6. Raw pumpkin pie was the best part of my meal. Yum!
7. Abandoned meadows. Took a walk after dinner today and discovered that the stairs near up the hill from our house lead to a sweet little piece of land. From that far up, you can see all of town.
8. Living in Marin. Nature is all around me here. I have redwoods & waterfalls at my finger tips, deer as landmates, hummingbirds visiting for lunch. It fills me with such joy to live in one of the most beautiful places on eARTh.
9. Warm spicy chai keeping the frost out on this blustering day.
10. Mother Earth for blessing us in so many ways. What sweet perfection, sufficiency, balance...I am full of awe every single day.
11. The best naturopath ever has been helping me reverse hypothyroidism for the last few years. His guidance + my intuition + divine downloads from the Universe = kickass healing team. Tomorrow we get to focus on my gut & hormones, the remaining puzzle pieces.
12. Reversing a disease has been the most amazing thing I think I've ever done in my life. The 'Path of the Wounded Healer' has been so intensely beautiful & amazing & getting sick was actually the best thing that ever happened to me. Through this, I discovered the real, authentic me inside. My thyroid labs are coming out clean, and once we get the rest of my hormones & gut issues tackled, I will be living in a 100% balanced & healthy body. I'm almost there!
13. Herb School. A few months ago, I got accepted to the California School of Herbal Studies & today am polishing off my application for one of the coveted Garden Apprenticeships which will enable me to spend even more time playing in the dirt, talking to the plants & learning from them. May it be so.
14. Team Goddess. I have sooooooo many amazing women in my life these days. I have no idea how they assembled or when I called them all into my life, but I am in awe at how loved, supported & held I feel by all the ladies in my life who have held space, prayed for me, prayed with me, sat in ceremony with me, send me words of encouragement, reminded me who I am & have just shown up as beautiful reflections. I love all of you.
15. Recommendation Letter Pam-Anela, an old coworker of mine is one of the sweetest, most generous beings. Thank you to her & Chris King (another recent coworker) for writing me letters of recommendation for the Garden Apprenticeship program.
16. Luna. This month's blue moon energy was intense. I am so glad when I look up into the night sky & see our sweet dear Luna basking her light down on us, guiding us through the darkness.
17. Avasa & Matty Love for singing songs of love & beauty. A married couple in my gratitude clan, they folks are on fire with creativity & inspiration. Avasa has the voice of a goddess, for real & Matty knows just how to balance it. Check their music out here.
18. The voice of the heart always whispering the way to go, steering us towards our highest good.
19. Candles that keep me warm, that give me a focus when I am praying at my altar, that bathe me in their light & help me connect with the Divine.
20. Tears that cleanse away our pains, our fears, our sorrow, our grief, always allowing everything to flow out so we can make room for more love, more beauty, more good.
21. Generosity. An amazing video from the Charity Focus gang, some of my local heroes:
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