hiiiiiiiii!!!! i want to first say thank you to everyone for supporting me in my absence, it feels so good to be back. recently, i had a friend remind me of just how hard i worked to build an online community, to build a safe space for myself and for others and that it's okay to take as many breaks as needed, but to remember to come back. thank you miana <3 this inspired my message to you all today, sending you luck on your journey back to yourself.

one of my favorite writers, billy chapata once said, "the journey back to yourself will be soft on some days and rough on others, liberating in certain moments and absolutely frightening in others, but you've evolved too much for your way back home to be straightforward, you can't continue to walk on the same paths you've outgrown."

every experience in life has brought you exactly where you needed to be, bringing you closer and closer back to yourself. don't let fear and comfort keep you in spaces and places that you've outgrown. the grass can be greener where you water it and on the other side, so just journey. journey into alignment with understanding who you are today and where you want to be. the path to get there will not be straight, but it'll be worth it.

i realized that these podcasts are essentially audio hugs to my younger self. they are audio journals for my present self. and they are audio love letters to my future self. as i spread this love onto myself, i am sending love to everyone feeling the weight and pressure of trying to take back claim on the best version of themselves. just remember, just as you need love today, that best version yourself also needed love and healing, so you are, just as you have been, are going to be okay.

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