It takes some time when you move to another city to meet new people you connect with who you can call your friends. There is a level of loneliness at first that you have to go through that grows you to become more grounded in yourself. Meeting friends as an expat is not easy at first and requires time to discover who you are, your interests and where you fit in that new city before you can start making connections. Those friends that you do make over time end up challenging you to see new perspectives, new ways of life, making you question what you truly value and where you fit in the world. The friends you meet on your expat journey become the inspiration for your new self as you grow into your new self. You meet these new friends on a deep level you meet yourself on the journey. These new friends become apart of your identity in a way and hold a special place in your heart that leads you to understand yourself, the world and who you are in the world. These friends I met along my expat journey will be my life long friends I look forward to connecting with for years to come.

Stress is inevitable in our lives as humans. Stress can be good in situations to help motivate us and then sometimes stress can cause adverse affects that has the ability to affect our daily life in negative ways. Over the years I have built up the knowledge and the tools for grounding myself during moments of stress and adversity and conflict. This episode I share with you some of the ways I have learnt how to cultivate the self awareness in myself and engage in grounding as a life practice but also for when I need it in those adverse moments to help navigate those difficult situations by responding rather than reacting.

The energy you cultivate in yourself is the energy you share outwards. When you cultivate love within yourself, thats the energy you have to share with others. When I reflect back on the day of love that just past, I think about the most meaningful moments of love in my life and how I remember those moments. Jewelry is by far my favourite and the most meaningful gift to me. Not because of it's superficiality but because it's a nice reminder of the love, experience and meaning that person has/had in my life. The earrings I wear are whispers of wisdom from my aunty who has past and the Tiffany's necklace is a reminder of the love for myself that is needed into order to share love with others. Jewelry is a lasting energy.

A name is really important for setting the stage for how you want your audience to relate to your words. It was important that I chose a name that would reflect myself, what my content was going to include and the way I wanted to brand myself online. I'm no marketing guru, nor do I have a marketing degree but I do know that branding on your socials is important for authentic connection to my audience. It was important to me that my podcast be a passion project that would come from an authentic place in order to connect authentically with those who were meant to listen in on my podcast. A name has just as much meaning as the content it reflects.

Curious how I do it? I also had to sit back and really think about how I do it. Join me in this weeks podcast as I dive into multitasking at it's finest and the foundational approach I use to be able to still have energy, spirit and motivation to accomplish all the things.

My family would say I have made school a career. I can't argue with that statement. My curiosity and heart has led me to live a purposeful life. Don't worry, I have stumbled upon some failures along the way but that only taught me how to pivot and find new meaning in something that was more in alignment with myself. I truly adopt a live to learn philosophy to life. Listen in to this weeks podcast as I go over the many different career paths I have taken and how that has shaped the direction I plan to go.

A car is an extension of your identity. It represents who you are both internally but also externally to the outside world. Growing up around cars, I very much adopted a inner race car drive persona. Having a nice car that represented who I am is so important to me. A car represents freedom but also freedom of expression. You can always tell when girl is going through change when she changes her hair and her clothes. For me, you can always tell I'm going through a major life change when I buy a new car.

After living abroad for a year and living the expat journey, you realize that when you go back home, you are not going back home to the person you were before you left. You are going back home a new person. I very much felt different and the internal process of transitioning to go back home was not an easy process. It meant I needed to go through grieving my life I lived the last year to diving into the unknown of my new journey ahead back home.

2023 was my best year yet. As I reflect back on my year, I really think about what 2023 really meant to me and how it has shaped the person I am today moving into 2024.

A girl can dream of couture and all the luxury materials, the proud look of the displays and the the sparkle and the glamour that lights up your soul and makes you walk with confidence in the direction of your dreams. A girl can dream... or can she envision and make it a reality. I did exactly just that without realizing that I had done it. I had manifested and worked hard only to surround myself in the luxury fashion world of dreams. It's like Barbie's world but a level up in the designer style. It's important to not just dream but when you make you're dreams a reality to also celebrate your accomplishments and the hard work you put into accomplishing those things. Indulging in a capitalist culture of materialism in celebration of your success is a great way to stop and enjoy and to continue to remind yourself how amazing you are and exactly just what you are capable of when you put your mind to something and work hard. Treat yourself girl! Eat the cupcake and buy the Chanel handbag! You have only this one life to live so live it fully!