That little light of yours? Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Something I wrote on my Instagram stories lately that has made a home in my heart, and pulled out all of my dreams & fears from the deepest crevices: ”I bloody hate getting uncomfortable, but it is where the best growth happens. & my greatest fear is never realising who I can become; to notContinue reading “That little light of yours? Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.”

I am still finding my footing

It is part of human folly, or at least has been part of my own folly, to expect results overnight even though we’ve heard the cliche over and over that things take time. I reflected on how the first week of 2022 has gone and I know I felt like I was struggling, feeling aContinue reading “I am still finding my footing”

Letting the journey strengthen my heart, instead of weaken it

The most difficult thing I’ve had to do, as I’ve striven towards my dreams and goals, has actually had nothing directly to do with the goals themselves and everything to do with building myself. If you would have told a younger bright eyed and bushy tailed version of me at the start of this journeyContinue reading “Letting the journey strengthen my heart, instead of weaken it”

A series of simple and small daily choices

Often all it takes to create positive change in our lives is maintaining a sense of awareness around the choices we make on a day to day basis. I found myself today weighing my options of getting things done on my to-do list & running errands or going home, saying hello to a friendly strangerContinue reading “A series of simple and small daily choices”

When one dream is realised, a thousand more become possible

The power of a dream, pursued and realised, doesn’t just lie in the personal achievement and satisfaction of a goal but in the ability to have paved a way and all the doors we can then open for others. It is easy to think that our dreams only affect ourselves, but something that hit meContinue reading “When one dream is realised, a thousand more become possible”

A beautiful existence is one we create for ourselves

Being able and willing to spend time alone with myself and truly go through the process of developing self knowledge has allowed me to grow my conviction with one fact: This life is completely my own, and I never need anyone’s approval or permission for how I live it. Now that doesn’t mean I nowContinue reading “A beautiful existence is one we create for ourselves”