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100 hr Ayurvedic Yoga Training, Inner Empowerment Mentorship, Energy Healing, Spiritual Mentorship, Ayurveda literally means the knowledge and wisdom of life.

It is the healing system of India, sometimes referred to as the mother of all healing. It originated in India over 5,000 years ago and is still being used today. Ayurveda views health and disease as the end result of how we interact with the world, in terms of our beliefs, perceptions, thoughts and feelings, which then ultimately determine our actions. Actions in harmony with our inner nature create health, while those dis-harmonious with our inner nature create disease. Ayurveda is the science of developing greater harmony with our environment through all of our senses. Ayurveda assists the body in journeying back to optimal health by balancing the five elements in the body and mind through the use of herbs, diet, colors, aromas, lifestyle changes, yoga, and meditation along with other five sense therapies.

03/30/2026

Maybe it’s not really about the sugar.
Maybe it’s about the reward at the end of the hard day.
The comfort after disappointment.
The tiny moment of relief when life feels like a lot.

That’s what we’re looking at inside Sweet Freedom.

Yes, it’s a 10-day sugar detox.
But it’s also about blood sugar, hormones, self-trust, nervous system patterns, and the deeper identity underneath the craving.

If you’ve been wanting a reset that feels honest, supportive, and actually relevant to real life, comment SWEET and I’ll send you the details.
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03/29/2026

Maybe you don’t want a sugar detox because it sounds restrictive.

Maybe you’re tired of being told to be “good.”

Maybe you already eat pretty well and think, this probably isn’t for me.

Maybe part of you wants more freedom around food, energy, and cravings, but another part of you has no interest in signing up for one more self-improvement project.

I get it.

That’s exactly why Sweet Freedom isn’t really just about sugar. Yes, it’s a 10-day sugar detox, but it goes way beyond what’s on your plate.

Blood sugar matters. Energy matters. Hormones matter. Sleep matters. Especially in perimenopause and menopause, when the body can get a lot less forgiving and a lot less willing to pretend your old habits are still working.

But what interests me most is what’s happening underneath.

The moment before the craving.

The hard day, the letdown, the depletion; that quiet reach for something sweet because it feels like relief, reward, or comfort.

That’s the real territory.

Not just what you’re eating, but what’s going on inside you when you want it.

Because for a lot of women, the sweet thing itself isn’t the issue. It’s the pattern around it. The self-soothing. The bargaining. The way a treat becomes the stand-in for real rest, steadiness, or feeling cared for.

Inside Sweet Freedom, you choose the level that works for your real life.

Drop “Sweet” below and I’ll get you all the deets.
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03/28/2026

The chain-link fence framed my mom on the other side, her fingers curled through the metal diamonds, her voice carrying across the empty deck, calling encouragement. I was still in the water, staring up at the diving board as if it belonged to some braver girl.

My face was hot with embarrassment.

The others had already left the pool, orange swim badges in hand, while I kept trying. Toes gripping the edge. Arms out. Body hesitant. The dive, never quite right. Eventually, the instructor, maybe moved more by my determination than my actual skill, handed me the badge.

On the way home, my mom promised me a chocolate bar as a reward. This memory floated back to me the other day when I heard Melanie Ann Layer say, “I want you to feel so powerful that you don’t need a treat.” That sentence hit me…

For so many of us, sweets were never just sweets. They were comfort. Celebration. Relief. Compensation. A little gold star for getting through it. A way of saying, here, have this, when what we were really hungry for was power. Choice. Enoughness. A deeper kind of nourishment.

And that’s what Sweet Freedom is here for. A 10-day sugar detox; it’s not about perfection, but your own determined leap. Whether you want a gentle shift or a bolder reset, it’s $22/ day, and you get to choose the level of depth that feels right for you, guilt-free.

Comment SWEET and I’ll send you the deets.
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03/27/2026

I had to laugh a little when I realized I was creating something called Sweet Freedom, because I am not, nor have I ever been, a woman who is above dessert.

I like sweet things. Quite a lot, actually. I like the pleasure of them, the ritual of them, the tiny emotional lift of them. But lately I’ve been paying closer attention. Not in a punishing, joyless, “good women don’t eat sugar” kinda way. More in a curious, grown-woman, my-body-is-trying-to-tell-me-something kinda way.

I’ve been noticing more around blood sugar, hormones, energy, sleep, and that general sense of whether I feel like a clear, radiant human being or a slightly haunted Victorian child wandering into the kitchen at 9 p.m. looking for salvation in chocolate.

what I’ve noticed isn’t exactly shocking, but it has been clarifying. When I eat less sugar in my everyday life, I feel better. My energy is steadier, I sleep more deeply, my mind is clearer, my body feels less jangly and I don’t get that same grasping feeling that can show up when I’m tired, depleted, or wanting comfort and calling it a snack.

I’m not interested in extremes. I’m not here to demonize sugar, become spiritually smug about celery, or start speaking the language of restriction like it’s enlightenment. I believe in balance. I believe in pleasure. I believe in cake on your birthday, gelato on vacation, and chocolate because it’s Tuesday and life is short.

But I also believe in honesty, and the truth is that a lot of us are reaching for sweetness when what we’re actually hungry for is rest, nourishment, comfort, regulation, relief, or a life that feels a little less relentless.

That’s where Sweet Freedom came from.

Yes, it’s a 10-day reset, and yes, we’ll be looking at sugar, but what I’m really interested in is what’s underneath the cravings. Because cravings are rarely just about cravings.

If your body has been whispering that it wants a reset, if your energy has felt off, or if your cravings have started to feel like they’re carrying a deeper message, this might be a beautiful place to begin.

Drop FREEDOM below and I’ll send you the details.
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03/25/2026

Soothes my soul.
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03/21/2026

I’m doing something I haven’t done in years; I’m opening up some spaces publicly for 1:1 work with me. # # # # Soul Sessions!

These one-on-one sessions are for you if you know something deeper is asking to shift.

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My gift is seeing the pattern beneath the pattern.
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I see where your system is out of alignment.
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Where you’ve drifted from your truth.
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Where unconscious patterns are creating suffering.
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Where something beautiful is asking to be restored.

Together, we go underneath the surface, beneath the coping, beneath the noise, beneath the familiar loops, to the deeper energetic and soul-level patterns that are shaping your experience.

This is the work of clearing distortion, restoring coherence, and creating space for more truth, abundance, vitality, and flow.

If you’ve been feeling energetically crowded, caught in old loops, disconnected from yourself, or aware that something in your life is asking for deeper recalibration, this may be for you.

I’m only opening a few spaces. These Soul Sessions are available at a reduced investment for a limited time. Drop “SOUL” below and I’ll reach out with deets.
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03/05/2026

So glad I let my soul lead.
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What a sublime day.

03/03/2026

Today’s full moon lunar eclipse feels like a threshold. Lunar eclipses tend to bring endings, revelations, and emotional clarity that sometimes feels abrupt.

Astrologically, this Virgo full moon illuminates the Virgo-Pisces axis, stirring the space between order and surrender, discernment and trust, the practical details of life and the deeper currents moving underneath it all.

Virgo wants to clear, refine, and make sense of what’s in front of us, while Pisces asks us to soften our grip and listen to what can only be felt.

I’ve just returned to Canada from Costa Rica, and the timing feels aligned. There’s something about moving through such a literal transition during an eclipse, it feels like a shedding and a recalibration.

If today feels emotional, tender, clarifying, or a little unsteady, that makes sense. Eclipses have a way of revealing what’s been hidden, loosening what we’ve been gripping too tightly, and showing us what is no longer meant to come with us.

Let this be a day to listen. Not to force answers, but to notice what is naturally falling away and what deeper truth is emerging.
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03/02/2026

There’s nothing quite like swinging over the side of a canyon in Costa Rica on a Saturday afternoon.

Thanks Eduardo for always taking things to the next level.
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02/27/2026

The written
word is a
portal.

A way back
into yourself.

A way to
make room
for what wants
to move.

You’ve got
memories and stories
in your bones,
in your tissues,
in your blood,

yearning for expression
so they don’t
go unlived.
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Ink & Alchemy starts tomorrow.

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02/25/2026

The written word is a portal. A way back into yourself. A way to metabolize what you’ve carried. A way to make meaning. A way to heal, and to ripple healing outward.

It’s not that you’re not creative. It’s that you’re stressed.

When your nervous system is braced for survival, your genius and creative flow gets capped.

It’s not popular but there’s power in choosing relaxation, beauty and creativity. And yet, with the way the world is today, it can feel… irresponsible. Like you should be doing something more urgent than making art, writing, dreaming, listening.

But what if remembering your creative nature is the urgent thing?
Not as a luxury, as medicine.

Because your health depends on it. Not only physically, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually. When you’re cut off from your creative current, you’re cut off from your life force.

And yes, the outer world will happily hijack your attention if you let it. The system is designed to keep you busy, doubting, disconnected from your gifts, your inner knowing, your personal power.

Ink & Alchemy is so much more than “journalling.” This is a sacred energetic space designed utilizing brain science, Vedic philosophy and intuition. Think: theta brain wave state, meets opening your creative channel, meets receiving coaching for healing at the core.
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02/24/2026

Pleasure isn’t a reward for good behaviour.
It’s a compass. It’s life force trying to get your attention.

And one of the fastest ways back to that aliveness is art. Not make something impressive art. Not pressure or performance. Ick.

Art as devotion, as medicine, as a way of turning the volume back up on your senses.

Write one true paragraph.
Make a meal like it matters.
Move your body like it’s not just transportation.
Speak one honest desire out loud, even if it’s small.

Because your life is not a task list.
Let it become your creative masterpiece.

Not someday. Not when everything is sorted.
Today. In the middle of the real thing.

Ink & Alchemy is where we do that. A private writing temple where we come back to your real voice, not the polished one. The alive one. It’s where we get to the core of your creative power and unleash that energy. Think: theta brain wave state, meets opening your creative channel, meets healing at the core, meets living in your personal power.

Drop “INK” below and I’ll get you the deets. We begin Sat!
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