07/07/2023
well, hi there loves - WE’RE BACK 💖🥹👋 what a road it’s been. I’ve been hiding from this sweet account of ours since my Dad passed away in 2020. I wrote in our May newsletter where we’ve been and what’s happened since that time, but our insta was always a special, personal chronicle of building a brand I loved so dearly with heart, soul and fu***ng *realness*.
That is why I always felt SA was not only my brand, but a CBD brand that represented real life struggles and a community of humans who could talk about mental illness, loss, grief, happiness & getting to the other side feeling a little better. the irony, I suppose, bc I finally couldn’t show up here anymore, the way I used to.
This account, during a time where all our lives seemingly feel a part overnight— represented in no particular order (in my mind, full of grief and confusion); shame, defeat, failure, embarrassment and a deeply troubling type of entrepreneurial burnout that led me to saying for years I’d relaunch the SA account in a big way “soon”. when in reality, what does an Instagram account even mean, anymore? certainly not as much as it used to with all the ways to “market” oneself.
I’m excited to be back this way in an entirely new (happy-ish / nothing is ever perfect, loves 🙃) place both as a founder of Soul Addict, a big time lover and educator of canna(bis) + 🍄, a creative entrepreneur and just someone willing to show up again IRL amongst this brand offering the insight I’ve gathered since pretty much falling apart and putting everything together…kinda’, again. lol I’ve always been an open book and I’m excited to share with ya’ll all the insight the last few years have given me. it’s been a wild ride, I’m (and the SA team!) excited to share intentional space with you in this new chapter. ily!
🌸 we are doing an ✌️’Ask Me Anything’ in our stories today, so head that way and say hi bc I’ve missed you!!!! cheers to FEELING FU***NG BETTER IN OUR FEELINGS and being real about the on-going journey of actually getting there.
- Laura xoxo
