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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

OMG. What a week. You know, when your mind and your body seem to be in constant disagreement? This is what this week was like for me. Tears were shed, anxiety attacked but I am still standing. So there’s celebrating this.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My BFF, Cocotte (real name: Sophie) and the Whatsapp voice messages we share. She’s in Paris (France) and I am in Montréal (Canada). I hate the phone. We both have weird schedules (not to say there’s a six-hour time difference) but these are great
• My Mom for kicking my butt when I need to
• Homeopathy, that helps my nervous system to calm the fuck down
• I have a job
• Choices that can be made
• sticking to my daily early morning workouts
• the absence of rain when I bike to work
• time in my ArtCave

This week’s soundtrack:

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week has seen the comeback of the anxiety attack and crying during lunch breaks. I hate my brain, just so you know. But eh… I am learning how to manage that shit.
People tend to forget that saying “there’s no need to worry” to someone suffering from anxiety is pointless and does more hurt than good. I know it comes from a good intention though.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My husband came to have lunch with me at work on Thursday
• I have been working out again and love the program I am currently doing
• My BFF keeps me sane
• The accountability group I am part of in Facebook
• Homeopathy
• Food
• Books
• Days off from work
• Hot baths

This week’s soundtrack:

Note about this song: this is at the end of the last episode of HBO’s series “Euphoria“. My husband did not like the first episode so I ended up watching it by myself on nights I could not sleep. This tv show was amazing, the cast absolutely fantastic and the storyline…. well, I won’t say more than “when is season 2 happening?!”. Know, however, that it talks about abuse, drugs and stuff like that and might be triggering for some people.

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week has been strange for me over here. I am happy it’s Friday even though I tend to get anxious when comes the late afternoon at work (people want me to make them some Thai food on demand, and I still hate that part). I had an anxiety burst yesterday and it was plain awful. It started with that “something awful is bound to happen, I can feel it” thought, out of the blue; but it came with nausea, tears behind my eyes and that gigantic ball in my throat… I cried during my lunch break and just wanted to run home and hide under the covers. I hate it because there is no rational reason for it because I have zero control over it but wait for it to pass.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Lemon balm tincture, paired with skullcap tincture. Daily
• Publishing not one but two videos this week
• Being back at working out every day, I started a new fitness program
• Finally losing more weight, so my bones get some relief
• Your comments
• Time spent in my ArtCave
• My support system
• Words by others that make me feel less alone. In books, songs, whatever
• That deep desire to change
• Days off from work, even though the side hustle makes it impossible to really rest my mind

This week’s soundtrack

This is the perfect song to sum up my week… The “you” is actually herself and it makes so much sense and it is all said so beautiful. One of my favourite song from her (and you know I’m obsessed with Billie Eilish)
And because I love understanding songs, even though sometimes it’s good to make it what you need. And I loved hearing her explain what I thought was the meaning of the song. There you go:

I have been working more in my art journals again and I am very happy to share a new {Art Journaling In Motion} video with you today.
I am using my handmade easy journal, as it has a fun size and contains few pages. Do you know the pressure of completing an art journal? I do.

On this page, I wanted colours and texture. I wanted it to feel what Gratitude feels like to me. It might appear to be random, but nothing was.
For example, the crackles represent the fact that we often turn to Gratitude when Life falls apart. As a coping mechanism of some sorts; instead of it being a “normal” daily mindset.

If you were to paint your Gratitude, what would it look like?
I hope you enjoyed this video, and I’d love to know what you’d like to see next on my channel, I am open to suggestions in the comments 😉

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

I hope your week was beautiful. What fills your Summer? Please, feel free to share your Gratitude in the comments and I will read them and cheer with you <3

This week, I am thankful for:

• “Fever Dream”, the new VERY awaited album from Of Monsters And Men is out today
• I had a day and a half off from work and was able to take a bath
• Time spent with my family
• My Cocotte (aka BFF of 16 years)
• Also, thankful for the productivity in the morning, working on Inner Voices before going to my day job
• Having a nice boss and colleague
• My 12yo daughter facing her fears and doing scary rides with her sister at La Ronde
• The meal my boss made for me (so good)
• Love
• Time spent in my art journals

The soundtrack for this week: