Earlier this month we celebrated our 8th<\/sup> wedding anniversary. A few days ago, I celebrated my 36th<\/sup> birthday. And next week, we will celebrate 5 years in business. September is always filled with such incredible milestone moments that call me to pause, reflect, and have deep gratitude for all of the wisdom that was gained leading up to that point. It\u2019s part of my annual practice to journal, honor, and choose what gems I\u2019ll take with me into the next year to record what I know is true in my heart, but could often use a loving reminder.<\/span><\/p>\n Last year after my reflection exercise, my mantra presented itself as \u201cone step at a time, without judgment of pace.\u201d It was all about a year of grace by slowing down and realizing that everything happens exactly when and how it\u2019s supposed to. I don\u2019t need to constantly have my foot all the way down on the gas. And man oh man did that manifest itself during this pandemic! <\/em>One of the greatest silver linings of this time is realizing how perfect my mantra was, using it constantly.<\/span><\/p>\n As this wisdom list came to life on my birthday this year, it became clear that this would be a year of Self-Love and compassion. My mantra arrived as, \u201cI release self-judgment and embrace self-love\u201d. And just two days into my personal new year, I have already harnessed it with great intention and intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n Now that I\u2019ve pulled the gems from 35, I wanted to share it with my community with hopes that it might serve you too!<\/span><\/p>\n And trust that all of this didn\u2019t come from days of rainbows and sunshine. The power of these truths shined the brightest when I was wading through the mud, with scrapes and bruises.<\/span><\/p>\n What gems did you pick up during your last revolution around the sun? How do you honor them?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Embracing Self-Love and Wisdom: Reflections from a Year of Grace Earlier this month we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. A few days ago, I celebrated my 36th birthday. And next week, we will celebrate 5 years in business. September is always filled with such incredible milestone moments that call me to pause, reflect, and have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,23,9,10,13,35,21,22],"tags":[99,75,17,24,3,82,34,25,27],"class_list":["post-19046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-intelligence","category-empowerment","category-engagement","category-experience","category-leadership","category-mindfulness","category-reflection","category-values","tag-balance","tag-connection","tag-emotional-intelligence","tag-empowerment","tag-engagement","tag-growth","tag-mindfulness","tag-reflection","tag-values"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n