It takes some time when you move to another city to meet new people you connect with who you can call your friends. There is a level of loneliness at first that you have to go through that grows you to become more grounded in yourself. Meeting friends as an expat is not easy at first and requires time to discover who you are, your interests and where you fit in that new city before you can start making connections. Those friends that you do make over time end up challenging you to see new perspectives, new ways of life, making you question what you truly value and where you fit in the world. The friends you meet on your expat journey become the inspiration for your new self as you grow into your new self. You meet these new friends on a deep level you meet yourself on the journey. These new friends become apart of your identity in a way and hold a special place in your heart that leads you to understand yourself, the world and who you are in the world. These friends I met along my expat journey will be my life long friends I look forward to connecting with for years to come.

Stress is inevitable in our lives as humans. Stress can be good in situations to help motivate us and then sometimes stress can cause adverse affects that has the ability to affect our daily life in negative ways. Over the years I have built up the knowledge and the tools for grounding myself during moments of stress and adversity and conflict. This episode I share with you some of the ways I have learnt how to cultivate the self awareness in myself and engage in grounding as a life practice but also for when I need it in those adverse moments to help navigate those difficult situations by responding rather than reacting.

The energy you cultivate in yourself is the energy you share outwards. When you cultivate love within yourself, thats the energy you have to share with others. When I reflect back on the day of love that just past, I think about the most meaningful moments of love in my life and how I remember those moments. Jewelry is by far my favourite and the most meaningful gift to me. Not because of it's superficiality but because it's a nice reminder of the love, experience and meaning that person has/had in my life. The earrings I wear are whispers of wisdom from my aunty who has past and the Tiffany's necklace is a reminder of the love for myself that is needed into order to share love with others. Jewelry is a lasting energy.