I'm trying to listen to a meditation every night. Last week, I managed three nights. I also went for a walk through Little Mountain trails today. My energy has been low lately but I felt better after.

Happy International Women's Day 🌺💕💪🏼🤍 Every year I tend to write something that comes from my heart about the power of women and all the amazing women I know in my life, or in my vision that are role models of strength, resilience and warmth. This year I didn't have the words, and I couldn't bring myself to make a video because I knew that I would cry and I didn't want my pain to be the message. I sit here feeling quite emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed with the knowledge that women all around the world are still fighting to have equal rights, to be safe in their homes, in their workplaces, to get paid fairly for their contributions and to just to feel seen as a beautiful presence of energy to the world around them. I feel heartbroken about the young girls killed in Iran, Gaza , the MMIW plight here in Canada, or the countless other places around the world that are being obliterated. I don't bring this up for any reason other than I know that I am not alone in this sadness, and we are all impacted by these violent acts even as witnesses. I know that we are so blessed here where we live, but we are also not emancipated from so many violations or hardships. I struggle sharing how I feel because I feel so grateful and blessed with my life, but I also have a voice as a survivor of a narcissistic, violent and abusive relationship. I have a voice as a woman who has fought to gain full legal custody of my sweet Jasmine, and been denied even though I have raised her alone for almost 11 years as she approaches her 12th birthday. I know that it is never a competition but I stifle my voice because I know so many who have had it worse. I downplay my sadness and trauma because it seems less than. So on this International Woman's Day, I feel sad. I feel sad that so many women are victims at the hands of a patriarchal system that doesn't honour them, or at the hands of a man that floats within the safety that the system grants them. I just feel sad. This space is for honesty and connection and I wanted to share that with you. I want you to feel safe here and to know that this duality can exist, we can be pained and saddened by the darkness around us but we can also seek the light within us, we can breathe deeply, we can move with love and care for our spirit, body and mind....We can feel all of it.