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Just Follow the Joy! Parent Life April 19, 2017May 19, 2017 0 Minutes

This morning my four-year-old woke up, strutted into the living room stark naked and declared “Good morning my little lovely!”

Now that’s what I call an entrance.

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Published April 19, 2017May 19, 2017

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Feeling this so much! Less struggle more flow. Especially in parenting. This was a great lesson as I decided to stop taking my daughter to a reading therapist about as cuddly as the church lady (1980s snl reference...too old?!) and instead stepped into flow where we found an awesome, kind therapist whom my daughter looks forward to seeing! It all came together magically once I dropped the struggle.Now to apply this concept to bedtime routine! 😳 📝 I share the full story on my blog, link in profile (bit.ly./findflowblog) 💕 How are you embracing flow as a parent or otherwise?

You worry too much. Live out loud. Your thighs look great. Stop wondering about what will unfold. It’s all beautiful. Trust. You are a badass. Play! Don’t wait until you are an old wrinkled coot to play and be crazy. Try some pottery. Get some new lipstick for crying out loud! You are doing it my dear, you are. You are me. You are magic. I believe in you. Love, Old fart Sarah ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ I wrote this as an #artistsway exercise — a letter from my future self to me now. I so need to follow her advice. She calls me a badass but I think it’s the other way around!! 🌞🌝🌠 What about you? What would your old fart version of yourself say to you? 🌟✨⭐️🌟💫 📷credit: @roseunfolding

The essence or intention behind your creation is as important as the creation itself. When I look back to times when my creations haven’t “clicked” almost always there was a wonky energy behind it. I was pushing too hard, I was doing it out of fear or most often it was the case that I had this NOT-ENOUGH-TIME-MUST-DO-IT-ALL-NOW energy–the telltale sign of the ego pushing its way to the front. When it’s about life and death it’s the ego. When it’s about flow, ease, joy, then you know it’s soul-level. 💫 Recently I realized I wasn’t having enough fun in my life. My spiritual work had become purely WORK (sure, it’s challenging and all but it shouldn’t be drudgery!). I needed play and spontaneity! I needed that inner child to do her little dance again. 🥳 ⭐️ On somewhat of a whim I bought some beading supplies and dove into making jewelry with no plan or purpose, just play. It was SO FUN!! Pure joy. My daughter got in on the act too! 🧚🏻‍♀️ 🌼 The act of play without any agenda seemed to be just what I needed to step into flow. That tiny act inspired another (some 🏠home decorating things I hadn’t been inspired to do in ages) and another (🥣cooking a new recipe, something that had recently been drudgery) and then another (📝writing on my blog again). ☀️ Have you experienced the same? What’s helped you step back into flow after a funky period? ❤️ 💫 📷Image credit: beautiful art from Wordsmith Studios Etsy Shop @wordsmithstudios

Do you need a hug? Consider this one. SO many people are passing through hard times. Pretty much everyone in my life actually. And lots of people who I don’t know, too. I want to hug each and everyone of you (whether I know you or not – I’m originally from the Midwest, we hug everyone!) 🦋 You may be wondering, what is UP?! Why why why all the struggle and hardship. ⭐️ You my dears are awakening. The light is returning and light does this thing where it shines into the darkest corners and helps us to see what was hidden. I don’t know about you but when I shine a light under my bed I do NOT like to see what is down there! Cob webs, toys covered in dust bunnies, it ain’t pretty. Yesterday I found a sock so covered in dust bunnies it was like a small sock-shaped animal. YUCK. (Note to self: vacuum more frequently under the bed.) ☀️ Yes, the light is returning and asking us all to raise our consciousness. This is a GOOD thing and will lead to so much beauty, grace and joy. But the process to getting there is a doozy. It asks us to step up and see what we haven’t wanted to see. It asks us to love parts of us that we didn’t want to love. It is demanding that we see ourselves as the love that we ARE and cleanse our hearts of all the pain, trauma, outdated beliefs, identities and attachments that no longer serve. To see ourselves as the light that we are. ✨ To shine the light we have to first remove the density. It can feel never-ending but I promise things will lighten the more you release and heal. We live in cycles and all cycles have their resolution. Not only that but we’re living in a time where we are experiencing a quickening which means it’s all going much faster than it would normally. So we’ve got that going for us! 🌻 If you’ve ever given birth – to a human or even to a beloved project or idea– you know that the labor involved can be hard but the end result is worth it. Keep that in mind. Labor doesn’t last forever. 🌼 So it shall be for you. Savor the pauses. Bring all your love and strength to yourself during the hard bits. You were born to do this.

What a journey with the #artistsway! It’s my first time finishing it in its entirety, and I’m so grateful for my fellow companion and friend on the journey, @beatrixdoree ❤️ Fear is popping up BIG time, as fear does when you’re suddenly clear about all the creations you know it’s time to bring into the world! Oh my it’s been intense. (Though in my experience, if it doesn’t scare the bejeezus out of you, you aren’t making much of a leap.) 🌱 My impromptu prayer I’ll share with you all: 🌱 May I face down the fears and see them as shadow memories only, seeking light and release. May I leave them in my dust as I fly —not unlike this little bird at Panera! 😂 🕊🕊 #artistsway #faceyourart #bringthelight #creativepath #artistsoninstagram #inspiration #bethelight #goodbyefear #timetofly

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