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12/20/2025

My heart is so full today. 🩵

My second children’s book, Skippy and Sunny, is officially available for purchase on Amazon!

This project is layered in meaning for me. At its core, it’s an introduction to anxiety — the “what ifs” that can quietly limit our ability to live fully and freely. It’s written to support children (and the adults who love them), but it also holds me accountable to something deeply personal: following through on what I say I’m going to do.

Creating this book has been an act of care, courage, and commitment — to my values, my creativity, and my community. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to share this story and I truly can’t wait for others to experience it.

✨ Just in time for the holidays ✨
Perfect for little hearts navigating big feelings.

📚 Available now on Amazon
🔗 Link in bio or here: https://a.co/d/1MGzBLY

Thank you for being part of this journey with me. Truly. ✨

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12/13/2025

✨ Big news! ✨

I’m so excited to share that my second children’s book, Skippy and Sunny, will be released on 12/22 — juuuuust in time for the holidays! 🎄

This story gently introduces children (and the adults who love them) to anxiety, exploring how the “what ifs” of life can sometimes keep us from fully experiencing the world around us. With warmth, curiosity, and compassion, Skippy and Sunny invites readers to notice their worries — without letting them take the lead.

I can’t wait for you to experience this story and share it with the little ones in your life!

More soon! 🫶🏾

12/01/2025

✨ Today is a day you’ve never lived before — and that alone makes it sacred. ✨

You don’t owe this day perfection.
You don’t owe it productivity.
But you do owe yourself presence.

Maybe “making today special” looks like choosing gentleness instead of judgment.
Maybe it’s taking one brave step toward something you’ve been avoiding.
Maybe it’s holding your boundaries with love.
Maybe it’s allowing joy to find you in the small, unplanned corners of your day.

Whatever it is — let yourself meet this day with curiosity instead of pressure.
Because new days aren’t meant to be conquered.
They’re meant to be experienced.

And if all you do is breathe more intentionally than you did yesterday?
That counts as making today special, too. 🤗

Affirmations for today:
✨ I am allowed to show up as I am, not as I “should” be.
✨ I can create meaning without forcing productivity.
✨ Small shifts matter.
✨ I deserve gentleness, even on ordinary days.
✨ Today is new, and so am I.

As always and in all ways… Be well ✨

07/31/2024

📚✨ Exciting News! My book "The Tale of Amo: Discovering the Power Within" is now for sale! You can grab your copy here: https://a.co/d/883Ayk1. 🌟

I’m incredibly grateful for this experience and all the support I’ve received along the way. It has been an amazing journey! ❤️

07/29/2024

11/30/2021

‘Tis the season to ease your own hurt and create that soft place inside of you that you might seek from others. What a gift it is to truly be present and available to yourself! ✨ Now, I might make a reappearance as the year comes to a close, but juuuuust in case I don’t - Happy Holidays and please, please, please take care of yourself! 🤗

With fierce kindness and abundant compassion, I wish you well!!

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02/16/2021

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