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Empowering individuals through transformational travel, adventure, and meaningful connection.✨

09/21/2026

What if your next “I should really do something like that someday” became “I’m going.” 🇨🇷✨

Costa Rica. June 20–26, 2027.

Six nights of adventure, exploring, yoga, hot springs, incredible food, plenty of time to slow down, and an amazing group of people to experience it with.

Come solo, bring a friend or your partner - this adventure is for everyone! ❤️

You don’t need to wait for someone else to say yes. You just have to decide that YOU want to go.

See link below for all of the details. And DM me with any questions!☺️🇨🇷

09/20/2026

Trying on my outfit for Country vs. Country Club spirit day this upcoming week🤠😂 and it got me thinking about how much FUN I’m having in this season of my life.

For those who don’t know, I’m also a Spanish teacher.

Last year, I stepped into a teaching position I really wanted to become permanent. When it didn’t, I was genuinely disappointed.

I’m so grateful for that experience and everything it taught me, but if I’m being real, I also spent a lot of that year anxious and second-guessing myself. Wondering if I was doing enough. If I was doing things “right.” If I was actually as capable as I thought I was.

Fast forward to this school year, a new school, a new position, and I feel like a completely different teacher.

I’m confident. I trust myself. I’m having FUN. And I genuinely look forward to walking into my classroom every day.

It’s made me realize how much being somewhere you feel valued changes the way you show up.

Or maybe it doesn’t change you at all.

Maybe it just gives you the space to become more of who you already are.

And the beautiful thing is that I wouldn’t be the teacher I am today without that experience last year, either. It taught me so much. It challenged me. It showed me what I’m capable of. And ultimately, it helped lead me here.

Sometimes we spend so much energy trying to prove our worth in places that make us question it that we don’t realize how differently we might show up somewhere that actually sees it.

I’m learning to pay attention to that.

To notice the people and places where I feel myself expanding instead of shrinking.

And if you’re somewhere that constantly makes you question what you bring to the table, don’t let that convince you to give up on yourself.

It’s often not that you need to become more, do more, or prove your worth. You just need to keep going long enough to find the places that recognize what is already there.

And so I’m grateful even for the doors I desperately wanted to stay open that ultimately closed.

Because they taught me, changed me, and led me somewhere I might never have found otherwise.

And right now, I’m really grateful for where I landed. ❤️

09/12/2026

I get it.

I used to look at women with muscles and think, I want to be strong… but I don’t want to look like that.

To me, beauty meant being thin, petite, and taking up as little space as possible.

So when I sent this picture to my son (who I have been encouraging to start lifting) and he told me he doesn’t think muscles on women are attractive, I felt a little disappointed… but I wasn’t surprised.

It wasn’t that long ago that a man I was dating told me something similar (We didn’t last long after that not surprisingly lol!).🤣

And I see comments like that all over social media directed at some of the strongest, most inspiring women I follow:

“Eww… you look like a dude.”

The truth is, I used to think that way too.

It has taken me a long time to redefine what strength and beauty mean.

For so many of us, we have grown up with messages that tell women to be smaller. Quieter. Softer. To take up less space.

But I have learned that there is a difference between being gentle and making yourself small.

Strength doesn’t make me less feminine.

It has made me more confident.
More resilient.
More willing to trust myself.
More willing to speak up.
More willing to take up the space I was always meant to occupy.

You can’t fake strength.

It is earned every time you choose to show up, to keep going, and to do hard things.

And maybe the strongest thing we can do is unlearn the belief that strength isn’t beautiful.

Because I have finally learned to see that beauty IS strength.💗💪

May we all learn to see the beauty in our strength and never again feel like we need to make ourselves smaller.💕

09/09/2026

Okay, ladies… the Costa Rica 2027 trip is officially LIVE! 🇨🇷❤️

June 20–26, 2027, I’m heading back to one of my favorite places and this time, I’m bringing an incredible group of women with me.

Think rainforest adventures, hot springs, yoga, incredible food, lots of laughter, meaningful connection… and 6 nights in Costa Rica with women who are ready to say YES to something fun. ✨

And you absolutely do not need to know anyone else going. Come solo. Come with a friend. Either way, you’ll come home with new ones. ❤️

I still have 3 Early Bird spots available, so you can save $200 when you reserve yours.

If you’ve been watching my Costa Rica posts and thinking, “I want to do this…” this is your sign. 🇨🇷

👆 Check out the full trip + reserve your spot through the link in my bio!

09/07/2026

What if your next “I should really do something like that someday” became “I’m going.”

Costa Rica. June 20-26, 2027.

Six nights of adventure, exploring, yoga, hot springs, incredible food, plenty of time to slow down and a group of women ready to experience it together.

You don’t need to wait for a friend to say yes.
You just have to decide that you want to go.✨

Comment COSTA RICA and I will send you all the details.🇨🇷

09/06/2026

On a whim, I decided to drive 2.5 hours to West Michigan today. It’s a fav destination of mine and my kids. But this is their dad’s Labor Day weekend, so they weren’t with me.

I had no big plan. I did it just because I could. And because I wanted to.❤️

I ran 4 miles along Lake Michigan, jumped in the lake, ate dinner at one of my kids’ and my favorite restaurants, and wandered through some of our favorite places.

I walked by my daughter’s favorite candy store and texted her. I walked by their favorite ice cream shop and asked what they would get. And then… I went somewhere entirely different for ice cream!

Because I wanted the one with simple ingredients: coconut milk and really good dark chocolate (not gummy worms and lemon sherbet)!

And somewhere in all of that, I found myself thinking about how differently I live these days.

I used to think about so many things as all or nothing.

If my kids weren’t with me, part of me felt like I was missing something. Like maybe the real memories were the ones we were making together and the time in between was somehow less important.

I don’t believe that anymore.

I can wish they were here and have an incredible day without them. I can think of them, text them, ask what they would order and still choose the ice cream that I want.

I can miss them without missing my own life.

And really, isn’t that motherhood anyway?

They are only ours in this way for such a short time, and I absolutely want to make the moments I have with them count.

But that doesn’t mean the moments without them should count any less. My life doesn’t stop when they are not here.

Maybe that’s the freedom I didn’t understand before: it was never all or nothing.

Maybe it was always about love: loving my kids fiercely, loving the life I have been given, and showing up fully for whatever moment I’m in. ❤️

Wishing you all a life filled with love and the courage to be fully present for all of it.💗

09/03/2026

Sometimes life gets busy and we need to step away for a minute.💗

I have been a little quiet on here this past week, but behind the scenes, something I’ve been SO excited about is finally ready to share…

COSTA RICA 2027 IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING! 🇨🇷🌴

June 20–26, 2027, I’m bringing a group of women back to one of my absolute favorite places for a week of adventure, connection, relaxation and FUN.

We will spend the week tucked away in the Costa Rican rainforest, with a mix of adventure, wellness and plenty of time to slow down and enjoy it all, including:

🌿 Hanging bridges through the rainforest
♨️ Natural hot springs
🧘‍♀️ Yoga surrounded by nature
🥾 Guided naturalist walk through the rainforest
💆‍♀️ Spa treatment
🍫 Cacao ceremony
🌴 Free time to relax at the lodge or choose your own adventure
❤️ Plenty of time to connect, laugh and simply enjoy Costa Rica together

This isn’t a retreat where every minute of your day is scheduled. It’s a girls trip with intention: incredible experiences, meaningful connection, adventure, and plenty of space to just enjoy being in Costa Rica.

And after being there again this summer, I am even MORE excited to bring a group of women back with me next year. 🇨🇷💗

The trip is officially open for booking, and I’m offering $200 off for the first 3 women who reserve their spot.

If Costa Rica has been calling you, or you’re just ready to do something fun and adventurous for YOU, send me a DM with “COSTA RICA” and I’ll send you all the details!🌴🇨🇷

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Detroit, MI

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https://www.tourhero.com/en/epic-adventures/costa-rica/forest-wellness-at-finca-luna-nueva-costa-rica-with-brandy-873037

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