A New Year!
Some thoughts/reflections, your tarot card for 2025 and a new recipe!
This is a bit of a belated New Year send out. It was meant to go out last week, but with the absolutely devastating fires in LA I hit pause. My heart is with everyone in LA and all those directly and indirectly impacted by this horrific tragedy. The level of destruction caused by these fires is unbelievable. The sea of need for people and animals living through this man-made disaster is immense. I wanted to share a few places to donate to if you are able. Donations help at anytime as the road to recovery and healing will take years, so if you can’t make a donation right now, please save these for if/when you are able to.
A whole new year! Time is so wild. Simultaneously it can feel like an eternity waiting for that thing you want to happen so badly, and then you blink your eyes and an entire year has gone by. Pregnancy has really highlighted this for me. The first trimester was painfully slow because I was feeling so miserable, but then the second trimester seemed to happen overnight. Now I’m about to enter the third and part of me can’t believe there’s only three more months until we meet our little one and the other part of me can’t believe I have to be pregnant for three more months.
As I highlighted in a recent Instagram post, 2024 was a special year for me. In the late winter and spring, I worked hard to heal some past wounds so I could move forward into this next chapter of life. In August I found out I was pregnant! In October, I got engaged to the man of my dreams!! I traveled to some seriously special places with some of my dearest, most treasured people. I spent quality time with family. I witnessed one of my best friends becoming a mother. I deepened my relationship to faith and my spiritual practice. I let go of some lifelong trauma that was holding me back. I stood strong in my values and continued to be an advocate for human rights, justice and collective liberation. I hosted many dinner parties in our home. I sold my car. I felt nauseated everyday for almost 10 weeks. I went back to my original hair color after almost a decade of being blonde. I watched the eclipse. I sat in ceremony. I watched my body transform. I laughed a lot. I cried. I left 2024 with a feeling of deep fullness in my heart.
I always love going back through my photos from an entire year. It’s like a catalog for my memory. Especially these days with pregnancy brain, I need visual reminders of all the things I did and moments I lived over the months. The 243,757 (and counting) photos and videos in my phone really help jog the memory.
Speaking of memory, I can’t remember if I’ve always been this way (I tend to think not), but lately these years I’m not much one for making resolutions and goals for the year ahead. I like to have a general idea of the direction I want my life to go in and things that are resonate in my heart, but I’m mostly leaning into softness and just letting things be and go at whatever pace feels right in the moment. I know 2025 will be an absolutely transformative year, like no other year of my life, because I will become a mother. But I’m trying not to set too many specific goals or intentions for this journey. Mostly I want to be present. I want to see how I feel and adjust based on that. There’s really no way to know what’s going to happen, to know how I will feel, or what I will want or not want, so I think better to just be patient and let the answers arise from my intuition in the moment.
It’s wild entering a new year already knowing it will transform your life completely. I still want to let myself be surprised by the journey however. If pregnancy has taught me anything it’s that you can imagine an experience all you want, but until you live through it yourself, you’ll never really be able to fully grasp it. So far, I’m leading with a grateful heart and an open mind. I want to continue to embody my purpose through generosity, compassion and a strong commitment to justice. I think the best thing any of us can do is to inspire others by being examples of all that we value and want to see in the world. Especially in a world where it feels like there is increasingly more suffering and little-to-no support from our structures and systems of power. We must lean on each other, on our communities, learn to serve and inspire one another to our fullest capacity, be compassionate with each other and lift each other up when it may feel like all has been lost. I hope this year is expansive, rich with connection, filled with love and everything you desire. Many, many blessings to each of you. Thank you for being here.
A little activity for you to do (if you want!):
On the solstice, my girlfriends and I did a small ceremony to honor the darkness and also to invite in the energy of the new year. Part of the ceremony was choosing our tarot card for the year. We did this through numerology. If you want to find yours, add all the numbers of your birthday and birth year and then 2025 (ie: my birthday is June 17, 1986, so mine is 0+6+1+7+1+9+8+6+2+0+2+5 = 47 and 4+7=11 and 1+1=2). So my number for 2025 is 2, and my corresponding tarot card is the High Priestess because it’s the 2nd card of the tarot.
What’s yours? Share with us!
Sharing a little recipe to start the new year! I’ve been making this Cherry-Vanilla Smoothie almost everyday. I woke up craving cherries one day, and I haven’t looked back. I hope you enjoy it!
Cherry-Vanilla Smoothie
[Serves 1]
¼ large avocado (or ½ small)
heaping ½ cup frozen cherries (about 15 cherries)
½ cup coconut water or coconut milk
¼ cup full fat yogurt (Greek or coconut works best!)
2 Tablespoons coconut butter
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons chia seeds
1 Tablespoon almond butter
1 scoop collagen peptides
A pinch or two of sea salt
Cacao nibs, to garnish
1.) Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender until very smooth. Serve, top with cacao nibs and enjoy!
Bright and fantastic new year ✨💖
My number is 8: the Justice 🙏🏼
Happy third trimester! I'm really loving your updates.
I ended up with a 6 for this year - the lovers card. ❣️