taking space

just over two years ago, my entire world changed with the birth of my daughter.

i was prepared for things to be different (as they are when you become a parent!) — but what i wasn’t prepared for was how much I would change.

i had no idea that the identity i had spent years creating was dying, and that alongside the birth of my daughter in the wee hours of that humid November morning in Bali, a new me was born.

in 2023, after nine months of intense highs and lows and unwavering internal confusion, i decided to close my jewellery brand, get off instagram and take a step back from the internet-land entirely.

i needed space.

i was constantly overwhelmed and who i used to be didn’t resonate anymore. i knew that if i kept continuing on this way, i would never be happy. i realized i was trying to force myself to be a version i had outgrown. i was clinging to who i was and with that, i was blocking who i was becoming. i craved letting go of it all — to create space to get to know who i am now… to find myself, again.

after that, i did what any free-spirited Aquarian would do: i packed up my family, sold my shit, and left the place i had spent well over half a decade creating a life in. the following six months were spent traveling vast landscapes in remote areas while slowing down and tuning in. and although the change of scenery and cultures, the deep nature and the adventure itself was incredible — it kinda sucked in a way.

i experienced a sense of great purpose in my role as a wife and mother and the thrill of our nomadic lifestyle — but i also felt more lost than ever. i found myself grasping… to identity, to things, to people and places… and to the idea that i would find myself somewhere out there. and what’s more — i knew better.

well, time has a way of letting things work themselves out. the longer i stay away from social media (and the tsunami of overwhelm i receive from “plugging in”), the more i slow down and let myself BE, and the less i force myself to find answers as if i’m not enough already — the more deeply i connect with the purity of what i’m here to experience… LIFE.

beyond identities.

beyond expectations + validations.

beyond words.

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some questions i’ve been sitting with for a while, in regards to moving forward creatively, are — who am i when i’m not selling anything?

what am i offering when there’s no transaction to determine success or failure?

how do i live when there’s no pressure to be anything more?

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i wish i could tell you where i’m going or promise the birth of an exciting new project that i’ve been secretly working on — but i can’t and what’s more, i won’t. self-imposed pressure just doesn’t work for me anymore.

what i can tell you is that i know without a doubt who i am — a true passion pilgrim, through and through.

i’m doing things more simply and old-fashioned these days, so if you wanna connect — through online breathwork sessions (yes, i still do those), a kind exchange of words, or you just wanna jump on my handwritten email list to be kept in the loop when creative inspiration does come through…