Last updated on 2025/07/02
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The most important part of my everyday begins with setting my intentions.
Addressing these goals daily keeps me accountable and on track.
Living with this type of intention puts you in the driver’s seat rather than leaving you at the mercy of life.
Once you can harness and claim that power, I’m telling you, everything changes!
It’s important to focus on how you want to feel and not on what you want to happen.
Setting your intention for each day is a small, easy thing to do, and it will make a huge difference in how you face each day.
Both the brain and the body respond positively to a sense of ritual.
Taking a shower is something I would do anyway, so why not take advantage of the precious time?
How is my body moved by the energy of the earth? Allow your body to answer the question through movement.
The important thing to remember is to be positive, kind, and forgiving to yourself and to others.
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I wanted my home to feel like a deep breath of fresh air.
My goal is for anyone who stops by to feel a sense of lightness, love, comfort, and peace.
I believe these personal touches are what make a house a home, a sacred space to you and your family.
You don’t have to drop a mortgage payment to decorate if, like mine, your goal is to create a sense of warmth and welcome.
I’ve learned to become just as good about letting these things go.
I see a house as its own living, breathing being, a part of the family that needs as much love and care as those who live in it.
If you’ve attached an upsetting memory or the thought of someone who hurt you to something—get rid of it.
Every time I walk by the Fairy Tree I think of her, and whenever I take a moment to connect at the Fairy Tree, I feel our bond.
Having a designated spot is much more significant than saying, Oh, I’ll have this moment to myself in bed or at my desk.
How you look at your home as a reflection of who you want to be or how you want to feel greatly changes how you go about nurturing your space.
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I wholeheartedly believe our inner beauty directly affects our outer beauty.
When we feel beautiful on the inside, we in turn act, feel, and present ourselves more beautifully.
There isn’t a contour kit out there to make you believe you look like a beauty queen when you’re harboring sadness, stress, or disappointment.
Being empathetic isn’t necessarily a negative thing. It has many positive attributes to it as well.
I think of it like this: we brush our teeth, shampoo our hair, and exfoliate our skin to remove plaque, dirt, and dead skin. Why wouldn’t we practice the same type of cleansing from the inside?
At the end of the day, I like to go to bed with clean skin, fresh breath, and a clear conscience.
One of the most healing things a woman can do for herself is share what she’s going through with another woman.
We are not here to go about this life alone. We are meant to share it and experience it with each other.
Breathing is the essence of life. It is literally what keeps us alive, but also, it’s one of the most powerful tools we have when it comes to affecting our minds and bodies.
What we eat and drink truly shows up on our faces. This simple (yet hard to implement all the time) truth continues to astonish me.
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I didn’t believe this was happening. All I knew was that I didn’t want to be a part of it.
The abusive, inhumane acts so-called civilized people were perpetrating upon innocent animals were incomprehensible.
When I started researching the health effects of dairy, it broke my heart to see videos of baby calves being separated from their mothers.
As soon as I became vegan, my digestion improved, my skin cleared up like never before, my energy increased, and I felt immensely healthier all around.
It completely changed the way I look at the food I choose to put in my body.
If you don’t transmute your feelings, you transmit them to others.
You have to believe when you are in the thick of it that one day the light will come.
There is always darkness before the dawn, but the dawn always comes.
But this time in a better way.
I have bloomed and flowered a thousand times in this lifetime; (even when my roots were damaged) because I let the dying petals fall.
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It’s that I’m giving in, really.
It’s my goal to dress in a way that supports my lifestyle choices.
Showing skin is completely healthy, normal, and beautiful.
Sometimes we have to dress and act the part before we actually feel it in our bones.
It doesn’t matter who designed the dress or outfit, it’s about the feeling you have about wearing it.
Feeling a bit put together and like less of a slob has a lasting effect on me.
If you overthink this stuff it takes the fun out of it.
People in general have a tendency to work from what they don’t like versus highlighting what they do.
Evie gave me the best gift: she taught me to just surrender.
I chose to love my body so much more.
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Our bodies hold all our information—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
We need to connect: we need our minds and bodies to enter into a conversation.
Getting in touch with my body regularly results in moving things out of my body and mind and into my heart.
The simplest yet most precise understanding of my truest mind-set is based on how my body reacts.
The best way I have learned to combat this feeling is by focusing on strength, not size.
Body image truly comes from within.
Having an inner strength builds trust between your mind and your body, and that trust has a profound effect on everything in your life.
Strength in simplicity... sometimes simple, mindful moments are often better and can even be more effective.
Free dancing is incredibly powerful. Instantly, tension escapes your body and your mood is completely changed.
Honor yourself by lovingly and gracefully speaking your truth.
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In this business, everything is constantly switching gears.
I’ve learned to expect and accept a shuffle in our already crazy schedule.
You’ve got to be prepared to roll with the rejection, not only in work, but in life.
All in all, it always works out the way it is supposed to.
Walking into my dressing room... got me through what would otherwise have been a much lower point in my life.
Every single day I had no choice but to believe in myself.
Why not create an environment that encourages you to be the best you?
Go for it! You never know what the next opportunity will bring you.
Surrender your ideas of how it all should look and follow what lights you up.
I will tell her to be herself; and then anything she wants will float beautifully towards her.
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Becoming a mother is the best, most fulfilling, most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me.
I became focused and charged with purpose.
I want my daughter to feel confident in expressing her strong opinions, even as a five-year-old.
Knowing and liking the person we are helps us make better decisions, establish relationships, and feel good overall.
The respect goes both ways.
Play is the way kids connect with adults.
I feel it’s important for kids to have the opportunity to be carefree.
I always want Everly to ask herself, others, and the universe why?
I love the idea of her believing in a certain mystical, magical way of life.
Your own gut instinct is almost always right.
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To say I’ve learned a thing or two in the past year would be the understatement of my life.
I knew it wouldn’t be pretty or perfect in any way, no matter what I did or didn’t do.
Facing your pain means moving into a more candid place of being.
I couldn’t fly above or dig below the darkness this time around. The only way was to go right through the tunnel in order to get to the light.
I found a bigger, more expanded part of myself along with a new basis for life.
I realized I could view every hardship as an opportunity to learn about myself.
Grace is an ever-present force we can tap into when we need it.
Imagine how much kinder the world would be if everyone chose to be the grace in someone else’s day.
Choosing grace as I learned everything about my personal situation along with the rest of the world was really difficult.
The universe is brimming with signs. All we have to do is keep an open heart and an open mind in order to see and receive them.