the "aha" self-acceptance moment
I spent the early hours of Monday morning as a Breakfast Criminals smoothie sidekick, slicing strawberries and spreading some breakfast love for the Glossier team in NYC. Ksenia is a soul sister and inspiring girl boss; I'm always pumped after our hangouts to keep moving forward in the direction my heart is steering me toward.
Which begged that existential question: what am I here for? As the CEO of my own life and partially my own career boss: how am I calling the shots, what do I want to do, how do I want to feel about it all?
A few days before the Glossier breakfast, my sweet friend Aditi sent me the powerful poem above. Especially in this time of Mercury retrograde and introspective inquiries, it was another sly reminder from the universe/Heavens/Mother Nature [etc] to check in instead of check out.
I started to dig and take a look inward. I think I take pretty solid care of myself and do my best to tune in by eating well, staying active, meditating, maintaining good relationships with others - all the things we read about that provide healthy benefits, which all continually evolves.
At the core of all of this - something I think we can all tend to sweep under the rug - is the relationship with myself on every level and how it relates to my existence in the present moment, instead of identifying with or gripping on to the future and past [or anything out of my immediate control].
I began considering present-day answers in lieu of goal-oriented objectives for questions like: Why do I take care of myself, why do I want to stay active and meditate and eat well? How do I want to feel about myself, and why? Why am I doing the work I do?
Click here to read the full post, including internal inquiries like why we do what we do, what we all ultimately crave, and why acceptance is an imperative component of creating a more fluid and less-strenuous existence.
Consider acting and reacting, as often as possible, from a place of acceptance and clarity instead of expectation, and watch life unfold a little less stressfully.
Bluntly laid out for us in the beautiful poem above: We are here to pay attention. That is enough.
What do you do to stay present and accept every part of your Self?
Read on for a clean cacao treat, delicious music, wellness happenings and more.
Photo: Renee Choi, wearing Hyde Yoga at Lucent Yoga Brooklyn.
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recipe: chia raw chocolate bar
My new go-to chocolate, because last week I was out of my favorite Grenada Chocolate and Antidote bars, so I took measures into my own hands.
This will take you no more than 10 minutes, and is extremely satisfying [both the taste, and the fact that you can dig yourself out of a chocolate meltdown when you run out].
Click here for the super easy recipe and let me know what you think!
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farewell for now...
As Tara Mohr lovingly illustrates in the poem above: What we will all crave years from now are memories that kept our heart beating, or how it felt to be on this earth in this life.
Pay attention. If you need support, you know how to find me.
Spread the wealth, spread the health.
peace, love, and self-acceptance.
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