What I've learned about accepting myself, sobriety as the beginning rather than the end, and why all I ever needed to do was make space for the person I am.
Making Room for Myself: What I’ve Learned from 10 Months of Sobriety
Becoming More of Yourself
Just a little essay on how when we force ourselves to change and grow is when we stop ourselves from changing. How do we embrace change with less fear and more grace?
Becoming the Tree – Looking Inward Instead of Out
How can we re-write the stories of ourselves by looking into our own selves rather than frantically searching for something outside of us?
The Sound My Body Makes
Just a little poem.
Look Where YOU Want to Go
I thought I would kill it at snowboarding. I definitely did not. But I also remembered something I'd forgotten I already knew, and once I started living it everything else fell into place. Read about how in this new post. Image credit to @mkphotos808 on Instagram <3
Attending the 2021-2022 Eddie Aikau Invitation Opening Ceremony
It's not often you get to participate in a world-history moment. This essay is a reflection on legacy, surfing, humanity, and the impact of Eddie Aikau on the surfing community.
Beach Bum Creative 2022!
2022 is just around the corner...and so is a massive pivot in my business! On January 1, 2022, keep an eye out for Beach Bum Creative, my new copywriting, brand development, web design, and content marketing business services. I can't wait for you to check it out 🙂 Image Credit: catwalk studios
Leaving Space
A poem about mostly nothing, but also the small things. Where we need to listen harder, and speak more softly.
Finding Your Right Fit
It's so easy for us to see when we are using the wrong board. It's so easy for us to see what needs to change or what we need to do differently in surfing, but in the rest of our lives we're equally quick to blame ourselves. What if you have always perfectly fit life all along, but you just needed to start believing it?
Life’s Waves and Finding Your Joy(ful) (People)
There's always that one person in the line-up with a smile on their faces, and the one with a scowl. I realize in the line-up, and in life, you can choose to be whichever person in the lineup. At the end of the day, we're all in the ocean of life, but how we ride the waves is up to us.