Crystals have become such a huge part of my world again and I love sharing what I have learned about harnessing these precious gems, rocks, and stones energy. They are absolutely beautiful but believe it or not you can use them to enhance your living.

I wanted to start a new series on my blog that you guys can reference from time to time. My goal is to do this once every few months as I am always ordering new items to try out whether that be household, skincare, make-up, or beauty stuff all together.

Let me start by saying there are SO many forms of meditation and connecting to yourself. This will always evolve which is 100% okay, you just need to find what works for you and let the rest be. I know for me it's a constant practice I need to hone in on and it changes with my mood and what I need for the day but I will share what I do. 

in this post I thought i'd talk about what the heck this even is and how it's honestly helped me plant seeds and manifest things into my life. It all started when I discovered Jill of Spirit Daughter on instagram through of course one of my favorite bloggers Jordan Younger of The Balanced Blonde. Jill is an astrologist who is always keeping you updated on what is happening in the cosmos and if I'm talking about it on my own feed it's likely because I learned from her.

Since I promised myself to connect more in 2018 and just do life this year I decided to get a reading done with a lovely woman who also had a heavy background in astrology, which made my reading that much more incredible!

I hope you guys enjoyed my first recap. I honestly thought I was going to be able to fit our 4 day trip into one, but I realized we actually did A LOT while we were there lol and our last full day as a group there deserved its own post. 

Finally, a in-depth recap of our amazing trip to Hawaii!

Oh boy 2017 has been a year. I honestly say that every year, but this year was different. Sooo incredibly different for me. It was the first year I felt like I bloomed into an entirely different human being. I am still very much the same person in so many ways, but I finally feel free of certain emotional states of mind. I am all around a more balanced person in my life and I can see so clearly now the person I want to be.