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The Art of Making Life Magical

Resetting our souls with beauty

03.23.2025

You ever have one of those days where the weight of the world just presses in a little too hard? Where youā€™re doing all the ā€œrightā€ thingsā€”staying informed, staying productive, staying strongā€”but your soul just feels... tired?

Yeah. Me too.

This week, I wrote about something thatā€™s been saving me lately: The Art of Beautiful Distractions.

Not the numbing kind. Not the kind that pulls you away from yourself. Iā€™m talking about the little things that gently pull you back into your body, your breath, your joy.

The moments that refill your cup without asking anything in return. The kind of distractions that remind you life is still beautifulā€”because you are still in it.

New Blog: The Necessary Art of Beautiful Distractions

This isnā€™t about checking out. Itā€™s about staying human.

I wrote this piece as a love letter to the small, beautiful things that help us survive big, heavy feelingsā€”not by fixing the world, but by keeping us soft enough to stay in it.

Itā€™s about why beauty matters. Why pleasure matters.
And why sometimes, choosing a moment of joyā€”on purposeā€”is what allows us to keep showing up with heart.

If My Life Was Directed by Nancy Meyers

This is the soundtrack I play when I need life to feel like I'm living in the frames of a rom-com with heart and soul. Itā€™s soft and warm, like sunlight through a kitchen window, something good simmering on the stove, and a heart thatā€™s just starting to soften again.

Itā€™s cinematic magic for your everyday life.ā€‹
Whether youā€™re making dinner, setting intentions, or just trying to feel good againā€”this playlist is here for you.

Sometimes you just need a little permission to lighten up.ā€‹
I turned one of my favorite Instagram posts into a free printable list of joyful, rebellious ideas to help you reset your nervous system and reconnect with your magic.

No pressure. No productivity. Just gentle nudges back to yourself. A

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šŸŖ» Spring Magic Workshop (starts tomorrow!) šŸŖ»

If the blog post and playlist are the soft landing... this is the next step.

Spring Magic is my seasonal vision board workshopā€”but itā€™s not about forcing a glow-up or manifesting a perfect aesthetic.

Itā€™s about getting quiet, asking the deeper questions, and learning how to get to the root of what you wantā€”so you can actually call it in. No fluff. Just clarity, intention, and gentle momentum in the direction of your truest self.

We start tomorrow. You in?

āœØ Let it be beautiful. Let it be enough.

Whatever you choose this week - a song, a recipe, a vision, or just one soft breath... I hope it reminds you that youā€™re allowed to feel good again.

Not in spite of everythingā€¦ but because of it.
Because your joy is sacred.
And beautiful distractions? They just might be your way home.

Wishing you a magical week,

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The April issue of Illumine is here!

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My digital magazine, Illumine, is full of cozy, seasonal rituals and everyday magic to help you feel enchanted in your own life again.

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