01/30/2025
Sitting with It All...LA
I’ve been quiet for a while. Not because I don’t have things to say, but because sometimes, the weight of life asks us to sit with it before we speak.
The end of 2024 was heavy. I had high hopes for the start of 2025, but if I’m honest, it hasn’t begun the way I wanted it to. It feels like I’ve been walking through fog—uncertain, restless, searching. So many transitions all at once from the work that I do, my clients, friendships, political landscape, the weather, even considering where I live and what's next - what is my soul calling for?
At the start of each year, I pull an oracle card as a guiding message for the months ahead. This year, my card was "Pause – Say No," with storm clouds in the background. Not the bright, uplifting message I usually receive—no soaring birds, no golden sunrises, just a stark reminder to stop, to sit, to not push forward just yet. I’ve really had to sit with that.
And as I sat, I watched parts of LA—the places that have meant everything to me—Malibu, Pacific Palisades, the Hollywood Hills—burn. The fires took pieces of my most sacred spaces, turning them to ash, mirroring an inner destruction I wasn’t ready to face.
LA has always held me through transitions- my escape and happy place I've been going to for 30 years to fill my cup. I’ve spent years here creating, healing, and witnessing the way this city breathes in stories and exhales resilience. And now, as I sit in this space between what was and what’s next, I remind myself: Pauses are sacred, too.
If you’re feeling the weight of it all right now, I see you. If your new year doesn’t feel bright and full of possibility just yet, I see you. And if you’re still finding your way, know this: The light always returns. ✨
