thejoygoddess

Autumn has certainly been the season of letting go for me...and frankly, it's been hard. Letting go of my mother… and subsequently, loosening the grip of the limiting stories passed down through her- stories I’m still unraveling and setting down. With each release, I’m opening more to the possibility of who I get  to be when outdated beliefs that haven’t served me for years are no longer driving the narrative. I’m consciously choosing what I carry forward of her- the love, the creativity, the...

“Rather than close ourselves to grief, it helps to realize that we only grieve for what we love.”— Ram Dass This quote is really hitting home for me lately. These words remind me that grief is an extension of love- that it only exists because  of love. Grief doesn’t only visit us when we lose people. It can arise when we lose pets, jobs, relationships, dreams, or simply the versions of ourselves that once were. Our culture tends to reserve grief for funerals, but so much heartbreak happens...

Before I moved to Colorado, I couldn’t quite explain why I was falling in love with the place. When people asked, the best I could come...