I Feel Good All Over, This Is Divine Living

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.

When people encounter me, I hope they will leave with the warm and fuzzies. They often leave with a clear head or feeling like they want to embark on a new journey. All of it is good to me. It’s not necessarily my intention, but I like to see situations from all sides. I feel it’s the best way to be fair and balanced.

When you connect with me, I want you to feel like how I like to feel. I like to feel good. I like to feel like people are rooting for me—it’s the same energy I give off.

I was having a conversation with a woman who had stopped by my table at a sustainability fair and she just blurted out “wow, I feel so comfortable talking to you.” That’s what it should be. You should be unjudged and safe to be yourself. Who among us is perfect? I know I’m not, but at the end of the day, I hope to be loved and at minimum, listened to.

This confident self-awareness is new for me. For a long time I had no voice or anything to say. Today, after fighting many battles, I’m happy in my skin and with who I am. I owe a lot of it to nature and grounding myself in nature. If there is one thing I am the most grateful for in my life it is the great outdoors. I’m a total nature girl: camping, tree hugging, creek water gathering, jam making and berry foraging woman.

I’m still working out some kinks in my system, but I like to be real.

I’m not perfect but I am authentic. To many people authenticity often feels like love in a heavily curated world. Getting others to their authentic selves is something I do best, just by being me. If someone isn’t authentic I don’t hate them, I actually relate to them because for the majority of my life I was queen of the carbon copies. Sometimes it’s like that. Without it we’d have no reason to go on a journey of self discovery.

How would like others to connect with you? How would you like to be seen? Sometimes it’s about grounding ourselves and becoming more natural. It’s about being natural and showing your flaws—while striving towards your betterment.

I just like knowing people will be there for me because I know I’d be there for them. It’s not easy to find, but no matter what, I still will be me. I never want to make what someone doesn’t do affect what I do. I want to still extend love if I can and as long as it doesn’t hurt. And if God protects babies and fools, then I am good with being a fool. At least I’m protected.

How about you?