Happy Friday beautiful hearts!  Feeling so grateful for the beautiful souls that I have crossed paths with that have offered me greater insights and understandings about my behaviors and emotions.  I was working with my coach yesterday and she brought up the notion of how we make choices.  

"Something my teacher shared with me Sarah is that when we make choices out of implication and obligation we miss the opportunity to truly relate to ourselves and others at a soul level."  

As I have been sitting with her ideas, I find myself glancing through my interactions and noticing that sometimes my choices have resulted from a sense of obligation and implication.  The egoic voice in my head sometimes says, "You really need to do this because of XYZ."  

​As I compassionately notice these choices I also notice that there is a lack of honoring going on inside of myself as well as outside of myself.    Obligation can be defined as, 'something by which a person is bound or obligated to do certain things.'  Implication on the other hand is defined as, 'something implied or suggested as natural.'

I'm grateful today for this new awareness that peeled away another layer of my work.  As a beautiful friend of mine always says, "Good to know."  I think when we are ready for the next piece of the puzzle it appears with great clarity.  

As you gaze into your own life, how are you making choices?  Are you doing so out of obligation and implication?  And if you answer yes, know that you aren't alone.  Perhaps the richer question is, how can I uncover my unconscious motivations to please others and override my own sense of knowing?  

May you be Sweetly held as you discover your findings!
In Gratitude,
​Sarah   

“What I want to be, girls, is beautiful. Beautiful means ‘full of beauty.’ Beautiful is not about how you look on the outside. Beautiful is about what you’re made of. Beautiful people spend time discovering what their idea of beauty on this earth is. They know themselves well enough to know what they love, and they love themselves enough to fill up with a little of their particular kind of beauty each day.” 
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior: A Memoir

Happy Wednesday beautiful hearts!  Loving these words from this exquisite love warrior.  The fierceness of this quote reminds us all to fill up on our particular kind of beauty. When was the last time you sat in the fullness of your beauty?  This unique constellation of energy that is you...there is not another soul on this Earth that has your make-up.   Go forth and share your light!  

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah 

Happy Tuesday beautiful hearts!  Loving everything about this clip from Sadhuguru!  I hope you find this video to be of benefit in your life.  I am playing this on repeat!  Welcome to a major Earth School lesson my loves.  Show yourself some fierce kindness and compassion as you perhaps invite these teachings into your life.

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah 

Happy Monday beautiful hearts!  Over the weekend my mom and aunt traveled to NY to celebrate my cousin's graduation from high school.  Their pilgrimage there reminded me of that moment in my life and got me thinking about the notion of graduating.  It seems like it's not limited to a singular event at all...  

I'm pretty sure when I graduated I felt invincible and perhaps even a bit important as I walked toward the podium and received my diploma from my uncle who was on the school board.  It was a magical rite of passage to move from child to young adult.  Do you remember your high school graduation?  I chose to move forward to college and was a bit less enchanted about the ceremony, but thrilled to have traveled through the necessary channels to say, "YES I FINISHED!"  I had no idea what I would do with my degree, but the satisfaction at that graduation was that I had finished.  A few years later I went to grad school and this graduation became pivotal as it paved the way for events to unfold that I couldn't have ever dreamed of. All the pieces of my graduation puzzles never looked like they fit, but as I sit back and reflect upon them, they all had to unfold in their own timing.  And they all fit.

At some point in my life I would love to get my PhD, simply because I love the discipline of learning and growing the container of knowledge within me, but at this point I'm feeling pretty content.  As a mid 30ish woman, I now think we should have a graduation ceremony at the end of each day.  Don't you?  I have surmised that daily living is a feat to be celebrated.  I'm suggesting that the further we get along the path, the more we have to celebrate.  Each day we have the opportunity to graduate from old limiting beliefs.  We have a choice to jump into our lives with hearts wide open and eyes full of magic.  We have the superpower of belief in ourselves to navigate whatever life throws our way.  And some days maybe we don't graduate in the ways we thought we would, but that offers incentive to return again the next day and try again.  It also encourages the inner dialogue of, "Wow, you're doing the best you can.  And today that is all that could be asked of you."  

My dear hearts, we are all moving through a continual graduation.  May we celebrate where we are going while taking stock of where we have been.  May we believe in our bad ass super-powers.  May we take chances, share our light, believe in our dreams and live in alignment with our visions.  In this season of your life, what life lesson are you graduating from?  And have you acknowledged all the effort and ease it took to get to this place?

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah 

Happy Friday beautiful hearts!  Love all the signs and wonders available in our lives! This girl totally channels truth!  May her message be of benefit in your life!

May You Sweetly Seek:) 
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah 

"Sar-wah, it's a dinosaw.  Look, look, look."

I have to chuckle as I think of this babe painting on my mom's porch.  Watching my niece explore and use her imagination reminds me that anything is possible.  As I take in her creative ways, I feel a tender nudge to tap into my own creative sense.  I see her ask for what she needs and then revel in the delight of her creation.   She jumps for joy.  She giggles with joy.  She revels in the little moments of life. 

While she was painting yesterday, she was so intent on the task at hand that she didn't seem to notice any of the other distractions around her.  I watched her squeal with delight as she created images on her canvas.  As I stared at her lines and squiggles, I wondered what she saw.  

I watched as she walked through the wet paint.  Stopping for a moment to notice why her feet were sticking to the paper.  She paused for another short moment as she continued her creation.  I leaned in and carefully asked, "Sweetie what are you painting?"  

"Sar-wah, fishy!"

​This babe has  it figured out.  Spending time with her always causes me to tap into a whole other world.  As you move through your day, can you tap into your imagination to create possibilities for your life?  If you look at the events of your life, can you see more than meets the eye?  What would happen if you tapped into your childlike wonder?  Go for it my friends...use your imagination and watch your world expand!  

So grateful for this little chicky who is my teacher, niece, super cool babe, and amazingly kind soul that agreed to be part of my family!  Feeling like we are going to imagine up some pretty amazing times together.  

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
Sarah 

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One of my favorite experiences on social media is connecting with awake and creative souls who often give words to the tender mutterings of our hearts.  One of my new favorites is Matt Licata, Ph.D (click this link to checkout his page).

I was recently exploring his heartfelt musings when I stumbled across this piece which really spoke to me.  I hope you find yourself leaning into the words as you fall deeper into yourself.   Allow the not knowing to be a landscape of sacred reflection.  

​Enjoy my friends! ~Sarah 

"There’s a fantasy that we’re supposed to know what to do with our lives. And if we do not then this is clear evidence that something is wrong with us, some cosmic error has occurred which must urgently be remedied. 

Especially if this not-knowing is accompanied by waves of uncertainty, hopelessness, and confusion… more evidence that we have failed, fueled by further fantasy that feelings such as contradiction, doubt, and deflation are not very “spiritual.” What about the endless stream of “high” vibrations? The manifesting of more and more cool things for myself, that I’ve dreamed will make me happy? The unconscious belief that the role of my partner or my spiritual practice is to make me feel good? 

Yes, at times it will appear that nothing is happening, that we are being asked to marinate in waves of the great ocean of nothing. Before we turn from the non-conventional allies of confusion and doubt, let us reimagine their purpose and their holy function. In a world that is fixated with doing, with answers, and with resolving the wildness of life, we must remember that death is required for new forms of love and creativity to take form. The death-rebirth journey is one that is non-negotiable and cuts through our preferences, hopes, and fears. While this reality is deflating to a mind seeking control and resolution, this cutting through is an emissary of wholeness, and is sacred. 

As our center of gravity drops out of the density of the conditioned and into the wisdom of the body, we discover profound wisdom and creativity in the core of the not-knowing. We come to see that not-knowing is a perfectly valid, honorable, and authentic place to be, and not in need of transformation. It is a pure expression of transformation, in and of itself, exactly as it is. 

As an experiment, you could say out loud, with the earth as your witness, “I don’t know.” And give yourself permission to not-know, for now, without any shame, judgment, or self-aggression. You need no longer pathologize the movement of not-knowing, but embrace and explore it with curiosity and a fiery tenderness. 

Sink into the raw, ripe, pregnant, muddy glory and mess of your unique, unprecedented heart… and see what you are."
~Matt Licata

Happy Tuesday beautiful hearts!  Just the other day I was talking to a new tribe member and she shared a wonderful book with me.  The book, Self-Care for the Self-Aware is by Dave Markowitz.  This 90 page read is totally worth the investment and placement on your bookshelf.  

I'm pretty sure that most of my life I have been a disconnected empath.  Soaking in the energy of those around me instead of letting this energy pass through me,  or building a wall up against it because I thought I needed to manage it to protect myself.  Sometimes leaving large groups of people with a headache.  Feeling like my kryptonite needs recharged.  Or soaring so high from the intensity of others that I can't settle down.  Can you relate?  Perhaps you have walked into a room full of people and instantly you can feel yourself drawn to a particular person, or on the other hand maybe you look like a short distance runner ready to head out the back door!  

How will you know if this book is a fit for you?  Have you ever been labeled as 'sensitive,' 'touchy-feely?'  Have you had the experience of feeling 'different' from the rest of your clan? Have you had the experience of taking on others energy, and emotions?  Has your body every felt drained and depleted after being in a large group of people?  If you can answer YES to any of these questions then perhaps you are an 'empath.'  Dave defines an empath as, "a person who can experience the thoughts, emotions, energy and direct experiences of others."  He continues that many of us identify as empaths, but very few of us know how to use 'this skill effectively.'  

How can being an empath become an effective tool to maneuver our physical world?  "As empaths we need to learn a skill-set to make sure empathetic abilities are used for the positive, and do not become a cross to bear....What this book teaches is not to be a sponge that takes on everyone else's pain or illness, while maintaining a healthy sense of connectedness."  

In his book, Dave offers wonderful practical tools for allowing energy to move through our bodies instead of soaking up others energy out of responsibility or due to a lack of awareness that we are 'taking it on.'  One of my favorite exercises is the 'KeyHole' exercise and in this exercise he uses the mantra, "I'm me, and you're you; whatever you send, I let go through." (You'll have to buy the book to get the skinny on the exercise, but this mantra is Divine:).

This book has deeply spoken to me and I hope that it will be of benefit in your life as well.  Being an empath can be a deeply rooted gift, for it is in this arena of our lives that we develop the greatest sense of compassion.  May your interactions be full of awareness and your body free of any dis-ease.  

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
Sarah 

Happy Monday beautiful hearts! I attended a wedding over the weekend and was blessed to see two hearts so in love. Their tender glances, loving exchanges and kind words were so inviting. One of their readings touched my heart in such a beautiful way. I hope these words touch your heart as well.

Happy Friday beauty hearts!  About a month ago I participated in a pre-natal yoga training that shed light on the world according to mama and baby.  I am not a mama myself, but I simply adore the space that a woman's body makes for her growing child and in turn how her child fills up the spaces in her external world.  The long and short of it is that I LOVE babies!!  Their smell.  Their innocence.  Their heavenly hook-up.  Their limitless potential.  Everything about them is just divine!  

Throughout the training I was shown where I hold my biases, where I have room to grow, and where I might be stuck as a teacher.  There were so many nuggets of wisdom that our teachers shared with us, but one of my favorites was a discussion about pre-postpartum.  In our society most first time mom's will work as long as possible due to a varying array of circumstances.  I had never thought about the offering that my teachers shared.  

"We encourage our first time mama's to take off at least a month before their birth.  We know this might seem extreme or unreasonable, but stay with us."  Their kindness filled the room as my fellow trainees and I listened to their beautiful offering.  They broke down the first month as follows.

Week 1 & 2- This is like mama's time to detox.  We are so addicted in our society to being busy, that this gives her time and space to get that 'busyness' out of her system.

Week 3- This is the liminal space of gently leaning into the question, "Who am I if I'm not busy?"  

Week 4- This week marks a divine recognition of the rise of the feminine.  Outside the roles and tasks of doing, one begins to notice her beingness.  There is a softening of who we are if we're not doing.

I love this breakdown because I feel like it crosses not only into motherhood, but into the daily acts of living.  Who are we if we aren't 'doing' all the time?  Who are we being?  Do we take moments throughout our day to tap into the sacred feminine that lives within us?  

May you settle into the space of curiosity as you play with this breakdown in your own life.  

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah