the sun is out and it's waking me up

Do you feel the change in the air?  Like a cloak of heaviness softly evaporating in the sunshine? Winter was a waiting game, planting seeds of new beginnings. Now that it is spring, so many new possibilities bloom. 

This has been an interesting winter season for me. It is the first year back in my childhood hometown after spending over a decade away for school and work. Coming home meant coming back to my roots, and it also meant confronting parts of myself that didn't have time or space to be acknowledged during the intense years of studying and starting a business.

It means that I spent a lot of time this winter sitting in the discomfort of new beginnings and figuring out what I want in my personal and professional life. What I want the most is to know who I am here. Not who I was growing up, but who I am now. 

Who are you? This is one of those universal questions that is simultaneously easy and difficult to answer. 

I know I am a daughter, sister, auntie, art therapist, teacher and a friend. I know that I am all these things and also more than just these parts smushed together. I know that everyone who encounters me encounters a different version of me and maybe there isn't an option to fully know me or know myself. Because each day I wake up and discover a new version of myself as well. Don't we all change a little bit each day as we move through the world? 

And isn't it beautiful that we can be wild and rooted at the same time? There will always be constants that ground us and there will always be new avenues for discovery. 

This kind of self-reflection is what I am craving this season, so I am offering an online art therapy group to explore more within a creative and cozy community! Learn more about this upcoming group starting May 2 ☺️