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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

Sharing these pieces of my heart with you every week has made me happier. I am glad I decided to go back it. A lot of bad and plenty of good happened in the last seven days.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My new tattoo, inked by the amazing JF Biron
• My tight support system people
• Family time
• Creativity as a healing tool and as Soul Care
• Books
• Nourishing homemade food
• The warmth of our home
• Journaling
• Sunny days
• Cuddles

What about you ? What made you utterly happy lately ? Please, share your joy and gratitude in the comment <3

I told you pour painting was a never-ending technique. In this video, I share with you a plaster skull I bought on sale at my local Michaels store.

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One thing that I apply to my fluid art that I do with any creative endeavour is simple: not liking it ? Cover it up ! It’s okay. This is what happened with this project. I was not 100% pleased with the first pour… so I used the leftover paints to do another one on top. I ended up way happier about it that way.

Sometimes, simple is best.

I tend to over complicate everything. Really. Blame it on my over achieving, perfectionist side.

The video should speak for itself but please, if you have any question leave it in the comment section 🙂

More photos:

Inspiration is everywhere. Nature is one of the easiest place to get your inspiration from.

A weekend not long ago, my husband and I went for a weekend getaway in Mont-Tremblant (which is about 1.5hr away from where we live). We fell in love with the place last summer and wanted to spend some time together without the kids (thank you Mom for looking after the girls).

We decided to try the ZipTrek together. It is about a total of 3km of zip-lining and trek inside the beautiful mountain. The day was supposed to be clear but we can’t trust the meteo. The fog was heavy and paired with some rain. I felt it all: the eternal question “am I crazy or what ??”, the adrenaline, the surrender, the Magic of being surrounded by nothing. The view was breath-taking. And as a beautiful gift, while walking from one line to the other, we were greeted by a Mama Deer and her two babies.

The Deer is one of my animal guide, so it made it extra special to cross them on our path.

I looked up again what this encounter could me in the path I am right now and found this (from “whatismyspiritanimal.com”):

Throughout the world Deer symbolizes tenderness tempered with strength. This allows Deer spirit to act even when obstacles challenge the path. Deer also comes as a playmate for our inner child reminding us of innocent times where the smallest flower provided a smile and excitement.

Let me tell you: when you are up high, it truly feels like you are IN the clouds, flying through them.

It was scary as Hell but so exhilarating at the same time. I took all the beautiful Fall colors in to be reminded that even though Nature is currently preparing to sleep for a while. It was a magical time of year. Dying to become anew.

For the first time, Mont-Tremblant had a light show in the mountain: Tonga Lumina. There is a whole story that we follow once up in the mountain. It was magical. My Virgo analysing mind was blown away by the amount of work this must have been to install everything in the middle of nowhere.

The story reminded me that we are part of a Whole, that we are truly One.

Nature and Earth do not owe us anything, we are borrowing them and throwing them away as if it was a due for us Humans. It makes my heart really sad and I decided to find local associations in which I could help.

After that weekend, I had stories to tell in my journals (both my diary and my art journal). Images that wanted to be created.

Going outside was what I needed to feel refreshed.

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

Happy Friday ! I want today to be good. I want to feel more accomplished than any other day of this week.

This week has been challenging in many levels, so I am very happy it is coming to an end…

This week, I am thankful for:

• My husband coming home tonight
• The trip my 12yo daughter is doing with her school, and her dreams coming true
• Books and music as an escape route
• The safety of home
• Tears streaming down my cheeks, draining the pain out of me
• My friend Micki’s new amazing class, Fawn and Forest
• The possibility to rest
• “I love you”s
• Family time
• My journals, safe places to pour my heart out when I just want to let everything go, including myself.

Tune for today (and every other day because it is THAT good):

Want to be held in my Reiki bubble of Gratitude and Joy ? Feel free to leave me a comment with a short or long list of your own Gratitude moments, and I will send energy to you as a thank you <3

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

I am finally feeling like my normal self, or almost, after 4-5 days of terrible intestinal pain. I have no clue what happened last Monday but I was plagued with horrific spasms that left me crying and wondering when it would pass. But I am still here, and I have even more compassion for people living with conditions bringing this kind of pain on a daily basis…

This week, I am thankful for:

• “Beautiful Trauma“, P!nk’s new album. I waited for 5 years and it is just as beautiful and powerful as I hoped it would be
• The ability to push my creative edges and how this Munny project turned up
• The choice to workout regularly and control my food intake
• The job my best friend has recently started at the other side of the planet
• My daughter finding interest in Magic and paganism
• Books (I am currently reading a series by Cate Tiernan about Wicca. It’s for middle grade I think but it’s pretty good)
• People speaking up when words escape me but feelings drown me alive

Today’s jam is my older daughter and I’s favorite song from Kesha’s album (yes, I am still listening to it on repeat too):

Want to be held in my Gratitude bubble ? Leave me a few things you are grateful for in the comments and I will send you lots of love.