hey, smoked paprika. i wrote this claiming phrase last week, for myself, and decided to share it with you today: i release what keeps me locked in a loop of lack + less than and i wish the same for you even having done this work for so much of my life, i'm always hitting new levels it's a practice, not a task i won’t pretend that it’ll be easy or promise a rock-free road you’ll likely stumble, you may even fall but... you are worth the effort you deserve to take time to shift narratives that...
24 minutes ago • 1 min read
hey, ginger tea. i’ve only got 20 minutes before my next call — that’s not enough TIME to get anything DONE!! sound familiar? you may even feel like those 20 minutes are a total waste of time and believe me, i have REAL issues around time scarcity. i often get lowkey anxious when i’m doing something like writing before i have to do something else like show up somewhere in small pockets of time i can get creatively constricted, painfully aware of the quickly approaching start time of what’s...
1 day ago • 3 min read
hey, butter noodle. so, last friday I found myself close to the beach on a day that was super packed with must-dos but wow did i need some a that sunshine + saltair support so i stopped not for long, but i stopped i used to think that if i couldn't spend the whole day doing something great, there was no point in doing it at all i would just wait til i had more time and i'm not making myself wrong for that... maybe i just needed those big chunks more then but i'm so very happy i've come to be...
5 days ago • 2 min read
hey, warm caramel apple bev. yesterday i met with an investor in thriveandbloom who is also a friend, and we chatted for a full couple of hours at one point, well over an hour in, he pointed to my phone — which was set face down (idolize your own damn self sticker up!) on the table. and he said to me: don’t think i haven’t noticed that you haven’t picked your phone up once during the whole time we’ve been here he himself had just used his to show me pics from a recent trip, and then set it...
6 days ago • 3 min read
hey, cabbage slaw. LITERALLY THIS MORNING i had a convo with a friend + fellow entrepreneur about how much it means to us when our friends support our small businesses not that we expect them to not that we want them to do it out of any weird sense of obligation or anything like that just that it feels so damn good when the ones we love see us, see what we're doing, and dig it enough to want whatever it is for themselves (or the ones they love to gift) it's so satisfying, and it legit feels...
11 days ago • 2 min read
hey, pecan pie. before “you are magic in motion,” there was this message, first written back in the pandemic days of november 2020 not quite completed then, it’s been buried amidst so many other digital docs on my drive until i stumbled upon it today figured it was a good time to share it with you since i’ve just added the “you are magic in motion” design to my thriveandbloom merch line!! you can currently get it on a mug or a t-shirt in my shop: thriveandbloom.printful.me! xxoo, cc currently...
17 days ago • 2 min read
hey, maple bacon. real talk… if you tell me i only have 20 minutes to do a thing, most of that time will be spent in utter angst, trying to manage my anxiety enough to focus on actually doing the thing i’ll either get it done (but under such duress that i wanna blow off whatever i was supposed to do next) or i’ll find some possibly unconventional way to extend the timeline to allow me to do the damn thing in my fullest enthusiasm, attention + magic SO WHY IN THE WORLD DID I CREATE A...
18 days ago • 4 min read
hey, lime slice. the other day i wrote the following sentence: in small pockets of time i can get creatively constricted, painfully aware of the quickly approaching start time of what’s next a part of me REALLY wanted the alliteration + drama that would’ve come with substituting the word “cripplingly” for “painfully” — creatively constricted, cripplingly aware not gonna lie… i really love how that flows but you know what? a much BIGGER part of me cares that using a derivative of the word...
20 days ago • 2 min read
hey, sugarshaker. when you don’t really want to do a thing, you’ll crumble at the first obstacle to doing it that comes sure… you’ll feel shitty about bailing, but only just a little bit less than you feel relief at no longer being bound to do it in your belly or wherever you feel your emotions in your body, you may know the raucous duel between the sweet release of relief + the tight tension of guilt, shame + self-judgment and maybe you’ve forgotten that that’s not as good as it gets… that...
22 days ago • 2 min read
hey, limoncello smoked salmon. today you get to pretend you're a member of the UPRISING inner sanctum (without having to actually people!!) so go ahead + let today's community card pull ignite some wisdom within you watch the vid for the smallest taste of how we draw meaning + wisdom from oracle + tarot cards (as well as each other)today's community card was PANDA from grace duong's "cosmic creatures" oracle deck REFLECTION QUESTION:when you look at this card from the perspective of a message...
26 days ago • 1 min read