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In this month’s blog, I’m sharing a deeper look at my Wild Roses experience, including the parts that felt beautiful, the parts that felt tender, and the ways the weekend invited me to reflect on vulnerability, grief, connection, and community.

This experience reinforced my belief in the importance of nurturing a community where folx feel safe to be authentic and vulnerable.

And it reminded me that the best way for me to keep building that kind of community is to continue getting comfortable with my own authentic and vulnerable self.

The full reflection is now up on the blog, click the link in bio to read.

Imperfect Meal Planning is coming to The Self Care Circle this September. 🧡

This small-group session is designed to help participants build a grocery and meal planning framework that is realistic, flexible, and supportive of their actual lives.

Rather than focusing on rigid meal plans, perfection, or quick fixes, this session will guide participants through creating a personalized plan that considers their budget, needs, preferences, schedule, time, energy, and appetite.

This session is especially supportive for anyone who finds grocery shopping or cooking overwhelming, often forgets to eat, eats on the go, has difficulty sensing hunger cues, takes medications that affect appetite, has an irregular schedule, is neurodivergent, or is feeling burnt out and looking for simple strategies to stay fed.

Participants will leave with a meal planning framework they can return to again and again, without relying on boring, repetitive, or all-or-nothing approaches.

🗓️  September 20, 2026
🕚  11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
📍 Hearth Cowork & Cowellness, Edmonton, AB

Tickets are $25, with Pay-What-You-Can options available to help keep these events accessible (registration link in bio).

A little look inside the Self Care Community 🧡

One of the prompts we explored was Do Less Day, which is exactly what it sounds like: a gentle invitation to ask what it might look like to do slightly less.

Not nothing.

Not giving up.

Just slightly less.

The action was to intentionally leave something undone or give yourself more time, which can feel surprisingly uncomfortable when you’re used to trying to do it all.

But self care does not always have to be another thing added to your list.

Sometimes it is giving yourself some grace.

Sometimes it is letting something wait.

Sometimes it is noticing what you have already done today, and allowing that to count.

Inside the Self Care Community, we explore small practices like this for movement, rest, reflection, connection, and care that actually fits real life.

It is free to join, and you can participate as much or as little as you’d like.

Join through the link in my bio.

I’m still thinking about Wild Roses Festival...

The way it felt like a long overdue exhale as soon as I arrived on the land. The rare and precious feeling of being in a space created for women by women, and what it meant to lay down the burden of the male gaze for a few days.

I’m thinking about how I went into the weekend craving connection, and then felt myself withdraw when the vulnerability I wanted was right in front of me. That familiar feeling of being “too much,” not feeling safe to be vulnerable, and fearing judgement or rejection.

I’m thinking about the woman who saw me crying, offered me a hug, and reminded me how powerful it can be to be seen in my pain and offered love and acceptance, with no further questions asked.

I’m thinking about the presentation on Healing the Witch Wound, and how it helped give a name to my feelings and experiences. The fear of being seen. The distrust of others, particularly women. The feeling of connection not just with the women around me, but to the generations of women who came before me, even those who’ve been lost.

By the final day, I felt myself returning. As much as it would have been nice to experience the whole weekend from a place of lightness and connection, I am grateful for the experience I did have, because it helped me get there eventually.

This experience reinforced my belief in the importance of nurturing community where people feel safe to be authentic and vulnerable, and reminded me that the best way for me to keep building that is to continue getting comfortable with my own authentic and vulnerable self.

📸 : Rebecca Walker - Artist - Light Weaver - Mystical - Creatrix

I am not a great cook, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

For a long time, I thought supporting my health with food meant cooking everything from scratch, buying the “right” ingredients, avoiding packaged foods, and making meals that looked far more curated than anything I actually wanted to make at the end of a long day.

But I’ve learned that meals do not need to be perfect to support my health and wellbeing. I can eat in ways that care for my body without chopping every vegetable, following complicated recipes, or pretending I suddenly love cooking.

For many of us, cooking is just another chore on the to-do list. It can also be a real barrier for folks who are neurodivergent, low on capacity, dealing with pain, struggling with appetite, or simply trying to get through the day.

So here is your friendly reminder:
🧡 It is safe and healthy to eat packaged and convenience foods.
🧡 Ensuring that you eat is more important than what you eat.
🧡 A truly healthy diet takes your time, abilities, and budget into account, and includes foods eaten for enjoyment, nutrition, and convenience.

If you found this helpful, check out the Self Care Community (link in bio).

Let’s un-complicate self care together.