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Becoming the Tree – Looking Inward Instead of Out

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

How can we re-write the stories of ourselves by looking into our own selves rather than frantically searching for something outside of us?

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #mentalhealth, #thoughts

Look Where YOU Want to Go

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

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

Posted in Explore, Mind, SurfingTagged #gosurfing, #savvygoessurfing, #surfingjourney, #thoughts

Leaving Space

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

A poem about mostly nothing, but also the small things. Where we need to listen harder, and speak more softly.

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #creativewriting, #poetry, #thoughts

Finding Your Right Fit

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

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?

Posted in Explore, Mind, SurfingTagged #shortessay, #surfingjourney, #thoughts

I Don’t Know But I’ll Keep Trying To Learn

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

There is a lot I don't know right now...about how to help, what to do, and how to understand myself in this world. But there are a few things I do know. Here they are.

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #blacklivesmatter, #idontknow, #iknow, #ourworld, #thoughtfulthursday, #thoughts

How to Hold it All

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

How do we hold the cosmic and the mundane, the violent and the stunning, the brutal and the profound ?

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #2020, #connectwithyourself, #mentalhealth, #poetry, #thoughts

(Now) I Am

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

A poem of reflection: on changing, growing, letting go of pieces of ourselves, and looking towards the bright future. Celebrate every moment.

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #creativeexpression, #mentalhealth, #poet, #poetry, #thoughts, #writing

Radical Oppositions and Centering in the Sea

May 21, 2020May 19, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

In this essay, I explore the meaning of right and wrong, why self-improvement made me so angry at the start of quarantine, and how the ocean operates as my center through it all.

Posted in Explore, MindTagged #compassion, #covid, #quarantine, #thoughtfulthursday, #thoughts

Addict(ion)

January 13, 2020January 10, 2020 savvygoessurfingLeave a comment

Today for Mental Health Monday, I share a poem of mine exploring addiction and how it influences my mind and spirit, what it means and what it is (not).

Posted in Explore, PoetryTagged #addiction, #creativeexpression, #creativewriting, #mentalhealth, #mentalhealthmonday, #poetry, #thoughts
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