Monday Manifestation

Words of love and light for entering a new week with clarity, high vibes, and a positive attitude

Take Back Your Power

Life, work, success, challenges, opportunities, creative spins and ruts - they all move quickly. Ebbs and flows are the name of this game.

It’s so easy to feel as though we’ve lost control, as though we’re spinning.

Before deep diving into another whirlwind week, start by closing your eyes for five minutes, quietly breathing into balance and back to the central goals.

Ground. You’re in control. The moves and decisions are yours to make.

Proceed, rooted in your power.

Finding Your Footing

Looking to recenter quickly (or help your littles to do so)? No matter where in the world you are, even if it's inside your own head, take your day old bread and go feed the birds.

This is one of the easiest and most attainable grounding techniques I practice and always recommend to friends. I encourage you to try it and see how you feel afterwards.

Spoiler Alert: grounded, connected, balanced, calm, rejuvenated

2024 Word of The Year

It's a New Year, providing us all with a clean slate, a fresh start, a new beginning. However you want to describe it!

I believe deeply and wholeheartedly in intention setting, mindful living, and a genuine commitment to perspective. I (respectfully) don’t believe in resolutions. Way too much pressure.

A new year doesn’t always have to mean a ‘new you.’ Again - so much pressure. Sometimes it means opportunity for growth, new beginnings, a breath of fresh air, and setting the tone for the year you want to work towards. Which sounds way more refreshing to me. That’s why I love this practice.

My word for 2024 is NOURISH. To me, this represents..

A focus on earning and embracing what's mine and meant for me with gratitude, grace, and grit.

Lovingly accepting and releasing all which no longer serves or support my greater purpose, perspective, or plans. And a deeper connection with that, both old and new, which does.

Commitment to an unwavering trust in my gut intuition, thriving through boundary driven choices and surroundings, and devotion to passion, growth, and abundance.

Whatever your practice may be, Happiest New Year! I am so grateful that you continue to explore this journey with me.

1/11 Portal

I don't know about all of you, but I saw 1111 sequences just about everywhere I went today. From the clock, to the cash register, to the radio station, it seemed to be following me. Which makes sense. Because today is the 11/1 Portal AND the Capricorn New Moon (the first New Moon of 2024). Let's talk about what this all means...

11:11, 1/11 Portal, 1/11/2024 = 11

& the Capricorn New Moon. . .

- New beginnings

- New opportunities

- Connect to desires

- Release fears

- Clean slates, fresh starts

- Big picture visualization

- Bew phase for personal growth

- New chapters are available

- It’s time to make big decisions

- Manifest and take career action

- Persistence and patience are key

- This is an invitation to try again

- Very powerful twin flame/soul contract energy

- Everything now is leading to a higher purpose

- Do more of what you love, less of what drains you

Look Panic In The Eye

Anxiety can be completely draining. I strive to remain present, but the state of the world constantly has me in some state of worry, afraid for the future for our babies. However, panic doesn’t solve anything and is incredibly detrimental to our overall, long-term health. We can’t pour from an empty cup, and we’re stronger in solidarity. That being said, I want to share a few of my quick, go-to practices if you’re experiencing panic, and other similar emotions. These are not a cure all, but they certainly support a need for balance and calm. I hope they bring you some of the energy you seek.

Grounding & Connection to Nature: Walk barefoot or sit in the grass/sand/smooth pavement. Observe the safe connection of your feet to the earth in this moment and the sounds of whatever nature surrounds you, even if it’s the sound of silence.

Meditatation & Vitamin D: Sit in the sun for a few minutes a few times throughout the day. Close your eyes and just feel the warmth on your skin.

Breathe: Inhale deeply for 3 seconds and exhale slowly for 6 for 2-3 minutes.

Tea Time: Take a moment. Find my 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑒𝑎 recipe on the blog. Add ginger for more digestive support.

Journaling: I know this sounds like a chore for many, but just jotting down 2-3 mantras for your day and setting intention is powerful. You can even do it in your phone.

Reiki Healing: I am a Reiki II practitioner. Contact me if you want to schedule a healing session. It doesn’t matter where in the world you’re located. I'm always here to provide as much guidance and support as you are called to receive.

Beneath the Surface

This week I want to sure a loving message, and a very powerful reminder for us all, that even when you can’t see it, the universe is working it’s magic beneath the surface, preparing for those moments when bright, beautiful, bold things are going to emerge unexpectedly and claim their destined place in your life.

This journey is full of twists and turns, and I’m so grateful it continues to push us to forge our own unique paths. So long as we do the inner work, remain grounded and strong in our manifestations, and stay true to our passions and higher purpose, I trust the universe and our angel guides will continue to guide each of us accordingly.

Don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers each day, loves. Messages and signs are all around you. The key is opening your eyes, heart, and mind to receiving them.

Come Into Your Own

I’ve continued to come into my own so much more steadfastly since filming The Julia Child Challenge. As a woman, mother, home chef, and creative I feel stronger, more confident, and more excited than ever about my authenticity. I knew there was strong purpose behind why I was guided to declare this my 2022 word.

Professionally, I realize with more clarity than ever my value and potential, and that my persistence and work ethic is an unparalleled driving force in the pursuit of my passions. Even in my fails and moments of doubt, my imposter syndrome no longer sits up front as I take the wheel. It’s in the far back seat…it may even be clinging to the the bumper. I continue to connect with amazing people who support and get me.

I continue to feel rooted in my belief that the universe will support what you manifest and open yourself up to, and in time I have every intention of building out my Reiki practice so I can help to guide others along their own journeys.

I don’t know if it was being so immersed in Julia’s essence, that it was my first opportunity to be casted in a major network food series, or the journey as a whole, but I’m here for this growth. I’m present, enlightened, and positive this is what I’m supposed to be doing. And damn, it feels good. Full steam ahead, no settling.

Let’s get to work, loves. We are worthy.

Instead of Sweating It, Break a Sweat

Elle Woods said it best: “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy!”

Instead of sweating the unhealthy small stuff this week, let’s make conscious attempts to break a healthy sweat.

Whenever something is frustrating, stressful, or makes me feel anxious, there are few things that a workout and a few natural healers can’t do to clear my mind, reset my sense of clarity, and help prevent any heat of the moment emotional responses.

Fresh air, moving our bodies, and sunlight are all powerful natural healers. In addition to the amazing gift of being able to move our bodies, pumping our endorphins, AKA the feel-good chemical in our brains, and sweating out toxins, allows us to release mental, physical, and spiritual contamination that can really mess with our bodies, minds, and sense of balance and centeredness.

This week, make at least one or two attempts to be present in whatever kind of movement makes you feel free, strong, and powerful. It doesn’t have to be high intensity or extra time-consuming. Take a swift walk solo or with your human or fur baby, go outside and do 20 minutes of cardio intervals or take a jog, play hide and seek with your kids, clean your apartment and burn sage to cleanse the air. The point is, breaking a powerful sweat can be really helpful when it comes to not sweating the small stuff.

This week, take your power back: pump joy into your brain, get in touch with your breath, and release the things that are out of your control. Embrace your flow.

Actively Shifting: Journaling & Intention Setting

Journaling to establish your intentions truly has the potential to transform your life. This practice requires just a few minutes each day.

This practice aids in organizing your thoughts, setting goals, and coming to realizations about what you’re feeling and experiencing by sorting things out on paper. You don’t need to write a novel every single day. Sometimes you may not even feel like you have anything to say, but this too may be worth noting. Journaling aids as a guide to exploring and digging deeper into your feelings, experiences, joy and pain, and may lead you to many self-discoveries.
By spending a few minutes in the morning setting your intentions for the day, what you will strive to manifest, and what you will aim to release, you can shift from thinking or saying you’re going to do something, to actually doing it. This is one beautiful and therapeutic way to begin speaking your destiny, dreams, and goals into existence.

Intent: Speak it. Live it. Mean it.

Setting 2022 Intentions & Defining Your Word of the Year

Happy New Year, sweet friends.

I do not believe in resolutions. In fact, I loathe them. There’s way too much pressure involved to reach maximum success and achieve our highest potential. This perspective is similar to the way lifestyle habits are generally much healthier and longer lasting than crash diets.

This is the reason I practice 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 for the New Year - and a much more peaceful tone, in my opinion - for the type of year that makes me feel 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 about thriving and striving. We are gifted this life to embrace living, not to dread the precious days ahead in fear of failure or defeat.
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Each year, I mark a new chapter in my manifestation journal. Then, the first thing I do is list my 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 and a 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. It starts things out on an inspiring, positive, motivational note. It’s like creating a road paved with love and enlightenment to guide your journey. And if you ever feel lost, you can just come back to this home base to rebalance and gain some clarity. I highly recommend this practice.
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Rather than feeling pressured, depleted, or fearful, I’m feeling eager, excited, and driven. What’s your 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 2022? Mine is 𝐴𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦. Being an empath, I always choose to keep my intentions private so that outside energy is less likely to disrupt mine. Wishing you all the happiest, healthiest, most fulfilling year ever.

Daily Gratitude: A 15-Second Practice

There’s a lot of sensory, emotional, and mental overload in this busy life, especially throughout the holidays. There simply isn’t always an entire hour or two to stop and meditate or do reiki, go to the gym, or implement your practice of choice into the day. Here are some realistic and sustainable methods for supporting yourself in feeling more centered, refreshed, and focused. Don’t forget to prioritize some self-care and give yourself some grace this holiday season, because you can’t pour from an empty cup.

Below are five tips for grounding throughout the hectic day-to-day:

1. Fresh air and connection to nature
2. Movement (a quick walk or stretch is perfect)
3. Laughter
4. A proper night's sleep
5. Cooked root foots (squash, beets, potatoes, carrots, etc.)

Focus on Watering Your Own Grass

Let's face it. Sometimes it would be easier to just look around and tell ourselves the grass is always greener on someone else's lawn. But what is that really doing for us? How does this serve our greater growth, plans, and purpose? It doesn't. It actually slows us down. It creates anger, toxic jealousy, frustration, and a tough-to-kick mentality of being impossible to satisfy.

Those who can never be satisfied can never, ever, ever, ever be truly happy, and will never, ever, ever, ever attain true success or fulfillment. You can have millions of dollars in the bank, the nicest homes, the perfect family, and it won't matter. Because it still won't be enough. You're too busy looking around at what everyone else has to notice what's right in front you. What a miserable way to live not just for you, but for those around you. And for what? You gain nothing but toxicity in your veins. Truly - bitterness is a breeding ground for disease.

We must not only focus on what's in front of us, but also express gratitude for the blessings we already possess. Only then do you reach the space where you can live in a state of prosperity, growth, abundance, and true and lasting fulfillment. Not only that. I guarantee that once you start shifting your perspective, focusing on watering your own grass, and counting your blessings, more blessings, success, and abundance comes your way. You are magnetic, and you are in control of what you attract from the universe.

Pivot Your Perspective

There is immense power in your point of view. Whether you see stepping stones or or stumbling blocks laid out before you, you're right. You hold the power. You are in control.

Allow Yourself the Space to Grow

We’re a go, go, go society. It’s so easy to become fixated on the future, the past, the “what-ifs”, the pressure and hunger for success, and the general ‘noise’ of life constantly happening everywhere around us, 24/7.

We’re seeking, yearning and longing for discovery and growth, yet at the same time, we so often hold ourselves back from doing just that because we’re in overdrive mode mentally, physically, and emotionally. We all need some space to breathe. To be. To reflect. Let’s allow ourselves some wiggle room to grow.

If you plant a seed and don’t nurture it with water, sunlight, and love, it will remain stuck and stagnant in the ground. It will never expand, never grow, never thrive, and just stay in the same place, never realizing its potential or getting a chance to see what’s out there. As the chaos of the weeds takes root and overgrows, the seed will become more and more held back from all the beautiful things that could be.

Realize that you’re better, stronger, and more deserving than that. Because you are. You deserve to build strong roots, thrive, and enjoy life as a fully formed version of yourself in the warmth and comfort of the bright and happy sun. This acknowledgement is where growth begins to happen.

Allow yourself the space to explore, go on adventures, make mistakes, fail, learn, evolve, change cycles or patterns that don’t suit you, and truly explore who you are, what you want, and what you deserve. Create space for silence and reflection, positive thoughts, self-love, gratitude, and healthy boundaries surrounded by good, pure company. Weed out toxicity and negativity.

This week, allow yourself the space to grow. To be. To thrive. Because when you grow, you glow...from the inside, out.

You Can Do Hard Things

You are a unique being.

Your gifts are powerful.

Your grit is powerful.

Nobody else is you, can be you, or ever will be you. There is beauty, empowerment, and motivation to discover in this truth. You possess strength, power, and potential simply by existing as the one and only you.

Embrace yourself and courage will follow. Not only can you do hard things. You can persevere, excel, and exceed the expectations and limits you’ve set for yourself.

Exhale into the world what you want to inhale and receive.

Allow yourself the space to grow.

The world needs you.

The universe supports you.

Feed your passions, fuel that fire within.

Let your grit be your stamina.

Stand up to that challenge. Stare it down. Trust your gut, conquer, and come out on top.

You're worth the risk. Because guess what? Life may get tough, but you’re tougher. If you were looking for a sign, here it is:

You can do hard things.