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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).

I am writing a blogpost I will push public next wednesday and I keep reading, erasing, re-writing it. It is not an easy blogpost to share but I feel like it’s about time I do. In the meantime, it is essential for my sanity that I take some time each day to make a mental list of what I am grateful for. Either I do this, or I drown myself in my thoughts…

This week, I am grateful for:

• New creative ideas
• Letting my sadness go
• Books (I just finished “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas and started “Turtles all the way down” by John Green)
• Hugs, “I am sorry”, “I love you”, ‘You’re in my thoughts”
• Daily walks
• Going to Orange Theory Fitness with my husband 3 times a week, the coaches, and just moving my body
• Cooking what we eat

Good sound for your weekend:

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).

You guys, Winter is really here now in my Montréal suburb town. Last night, the snow was fresh and powdery while falling; walking the dog was actually really enjoyable et magical.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Laughter with my family, silliness
• Books (I am currently reading “They both die at the end” by Adam Silvera)
• Putting emotions into words
• Living in a warm home
• Knowing deep down that my Inner Voices do not always tell me the truth.
• The gifts we are able to do for our loved ones
• Getting my fingers out of my ass and doing what was needed to go back on the job market
• Music (I am currently listening to Kesha, P!nk, Willow Smith, Jaden Smith…)
• Comfort
• Possibilities
• Rest

Life has been hard this year, I won’t lie to you. Maybe I will talk to you about it, maybe it will only live in the pages of my journals (written or art journals). December is not the easiest of the 12 months but I decide to make it what I want it to be. My 12 years old daughter is glad we are in December for two reasons: she is now finally allowed to sing Christmas carols and she can start the Lindt Advent calendar gifted by our neighbor.

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 feels like balance was key. In all areas of my life. So taking the time right now to sit and reflect on what were the good parts of it (I do not want to forget the other ones, but I want not to focus on them). I know it’s a big weekend for you in the US as you might celebrate Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy quality time with your loved one.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Bearable cold outside
• Hot baths
• Books (I am currently reading “Eliza and her monsters” by Francesca Zappia after finishing a book that really shook me, “The Memory of Light” by Francisco X. Stork)
• My husband being allowed to work from home ALL.WEEK.LONG !!!
• Daily walks
• Sleep when it comes and is restful
• Good wholesome food
• My close family
• People who care

And to start your weekend on a high note, I hope this will make you smile biiiig:

Some days, I just need to find my Inner Child again and let her play.

My heart has been very heavy in the last couple weeks, I did not have anything positive to create so I just did nothing. However, it could not go on forever. I have noticed that in the past, my best Nixies were created out of pain. Should I seek them out so they could help me and release some of the suffering ?

This time though, painting was out of the equation (I might end up deciding to share with you my current “work in progress” paintings), my work is way too dark. So I decided to go back to my childhood activity: making bracelets ! Jewelry has a special place in my heart: I call it Sacred Adornment. I choose very carefully what I will wear for the day. I often layer them, as in the photo there. Gemstones, symbols, colors… each has a purpose and a meaning.

You can infuse your work with intention and make it magical.

It’s as easy as repeating a mantra of your choice while adding each bead. It can only be a word, don’t over complicate it (I usually do !). When painting, or in my art journal, I hide symbols and/or words. My bracelets look simple, et really they DO are simple, but they have this little something others don’t.

When a project is done, if it is something I intend to sell or gift, I will charge it with Reiki and smudge it before sending it to its new home.

I firmly believe that everything is and holds energy. And when I am creating, I infuse what I do with intention. It’s essential in my work and I am currently teaching this basic notion to my daughters. Because once you are aware that even your thoughts are energy, I find it easier to shift the ones you don’t need to replace them into something else…

Do you make jewelry ?

Welcome on a new edition of my weekly ritual, Gratitude Friday (if you are not familiar with it, please go read how it came up and what it is about).

I am emotionally tired, I would lie to you if I was saying otherwise. Trying to figure things out, both around my career and in my personal life. I know I am not the only one feeling helpless, scared for the future of my children, and what else. And I don’t want to make less of it than it is because tomorrow IS scary.

But our reactions to it is what matters now. And as I was telling you last week, deep deep Gratitude is for me the best coping mechanism. What’s yours ?

This week, I am thankful for:

☆ The escape offered by books
☆ Long hot baths with incense, music, a candle and a book
☆ The effort my daughter puts into making her school year better
☆ My Mom
☆ Planning my Mom’s immigration to be in Canada with us
☆ Art making
☆ Going back to my Spiritual practice a little bit more each day
☆ Gifts shopping

What are you thankful for today ? <3