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Day 30 of // “Never forget why you came here.”These days And today, maybe especially Are so incredibly emotion-filled ...
04/21/2021

Day 30 of // “Never forget why you came here.”

These days
And today, maybe especially
Are so incredibly emotion-filled

I don’t feel particularly poetic today so I’m just going to make an abridged list of things that took up space in my world today to illustrate—

:: Thinking about my dad a lot as I have been going through boxes of childhood keepsakes and reading cards he wrote me throughout the years and learning more about him today than I ever could have at the time he wrote me those cards

:: Thinking about who I used to be as a teenager as I read old notes from myself and wondering how much of her I still carry around with me

:: Thinking about the handful of people I need to text back, but for some reason I haven’t yet

:: Navigating the news cycle just in terms of caring about my fellow humans but also being very sensitive to the energy that accompanies big news days and also learning how to navigate my own energy through all of it

:: Spending all day thinking I should go outside for a run or a walk and then not doing it because navigating time management on my own between a full time job / multiple personal projects / a big upcoming life change / taking care of myself and my cat and my living space / getting appropriate rest / finding moments to relax and be joyful all in a day, each and every day, for the past year during this pandemic when human contact has been so limited is a lot (maybe this is why it’s hard to sometimes text people back)

:: Thinking about my taxes that I still need to finish 👀

Just an abridged list.

In the beautiful mess of it all
This nutty thing we call life
Let us never forget why we came —

To be the light-filled beings that we are
To be the love that we wish to see
To be the joy that comes natural to our souls

💫

Today is also technically day 31;
But I wrote this yesterday,
Again as I fell asleep (lol)

I said it once and I’ll say it again, consistency sits with a bit of contradiction to a sensitive soul — what can I say 🤷‍♀️

Anyway,

May your heart be light today 💕
May you be more you today than you’ve ever been before 🌸

All love,
Cristina

Day 29 of // “When she feels safe, she will let it go.”This feels like a bit of relationship advice and maybe it is, b...
04/20/2021

Day 29 of // “When she feels safe, she will let it go.”

This feels like a bit of relationship advice and maybe it is, but it’s also just heart advice.

When she feels safe,
—when your heart feels safe—
Truly, deeply
Feels safe

She will let it go
Whatever it is

Perhaps this feels like relationship advice because the most beautiful relationships I’ve grown with other humans are those which have created space for me and my heart to feel safe

Safe enough to drop down the wall
Safe enough to drop any act
Safe enough to be a mess
Safe enough to be show up without apology
Safe enough to explore myself without judgement
Safe enough to
let
it
go,
Whatever it happens to be

And when she feels safe
She blooms

🌸

The trick, of course,
Is to see that once she f e e l s safe,
She will know
the Truth
that she
has been
safe
all
along

💫

It was not so long ago that I would feel constantly overwhelmed by life and all of the things that come with it—feeling ...
12/21/2020

It was not so long ago that I would feel constantly overwhelmed by life and all of the things that come with it—feeling like there was just too much to do, too many texts or emails to reply to, too many people wanting my attention (like sometimes even just one was too many), too many emotions to figure out, just TOO much, you know?

No one ever told me that being very sensitive doesn’t go hand in hand with a lot of the modern lifestyles we live.

The amount of constant distraction and things vying for our attention is, quite honestly, absolute insanity.

We don’t talk about this with any regularity or consistency as a society, however it’s vital to acknowledge all of the ways in which being sensitive can be met with friction and tension, because once you start to do that, you will realize just how important it is to proactively find ways to calm your nervous system so that you can actually experience the joy that we are all immensely capable of feeling.

Spending time in nature, just looking at the ways the elements and pieces all interact with each other—how the sun’s rays light up the mountain, or how the ocean’s waves hug the rocks on shore—all help bring a sense of calm and connection.

And from that space, we are able to give more, love more, and remember the absolute joy that is always available to us just because it’s who we really are beneath all of the weight and overwhelm that’s so easily piled on.

Shared with love and a hope (and lil push) that you are thinking about and exploring ways to create calm in your own life ♥️

  




























I used to be a devout listener of Oprah’s conversations—during the periods of my life where I felt most alone, I’d put ...
12/17/2020

I used to be a devout listener of Oprah’s conversations—during the periods of my life where I felt most alone, I’d put her on in the car during my morning commute everyday and she pretty much became my best friend.

Earlier this year she did a series of conversations with well known individuals called ‘Your Life in Focus,’ and one of those was with the incredible .

I don’t often remember every word I hear on a podcast, but one thing Tracee shared on that one has stuck me with me ever since, which was these simple words: “gentle, gentle.”

She shared that she’d use them to talk to herself in those moments of negative self talk, in the moments when “one gentle wasn’t enough.”

And that’s just stuck with me. My mind can so easily go to negative self talk, as I’m sure ours all do, and in those moments now, when everything feels heavy or too tense or like I’ll just never see the end of it...I use her words.

Gentle, gentle Cristina.
Because one gentle isn’t enough.

♥️♥️♥️

  




























Making the shift to live from your heart instead of your head is the biggest secret I know for creating a life that feel...
12/17/2020

Making the shift to live from your heart instead of your head is the biggest secret I know for creating a life that feels alive, vibrant, and full.

Oftentimes, especially as super sensitive people, we get stuck living from the head. We overthink, overanalyze, and pretty much try to figure out every possible outcome of anything we might say or do in order to avoid being hurt.

Eventually, we stop trying altogether, because it’s EXHAUSTING to live like that.

We become shells of ourselves. We forget the essence of our joyful hearts—the hearts that once radiated pure light without worry, and over time shut down because no one taught us how to stop living from the head.

We need our heads to navigate this world, but we need our hearts to actually enjoy it.

These are my favorite ways for living from the heart (granted, this is new for me too! But I feel so strongly about this that my whole mission here now is to help you & I grow in this together):

1. Get into your body. MOVE. Dance. Love on it. Wave your arms around. Go for a run. Guess where your heart physically exists? Your body! You can’t think your way into your heart—you have to feel your way into it.

2. Breathe. A tried and true tip shared time and time again, but for good reason: it works. Your breath is life. 3 deep breaths into your belly will focus your attention away from your head and will ground you in a near instant.

3. Ask yourself: Am I being caring? Is what I’m thinking a caring thought? Is what I’m about to say full of caring words? Lady Gaga calls it kindness. Eckhart Tolle calls it consciousness. Whatever the words, the essence is all heart.

Shared with love from the HEART ♥️😉

xo Cristina

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