This necklace is very symbolic for me and is worn whenever I need a reminder to live with more heart. It reminds me about the impermanence of life and helps me to live in a way that is more fulfilling.

Head Space vs. Heart Space

For me, head space is where I live in my logical brain (which happens a lot more often than I’d like to admit). It is accompanied by a constant chatter of thoughts that are critical, insecure, worrisome, denying, blaming, judging, resistant, static, rigid, or focused on past or future. This is what we have learned from conditioning that began for each of us in childhood. We all have habitual patterns of response, interpretation, reaction and perception. Living in this space means that our interpretation of ourselves is determined by what others think of us, therefore it is constantly changing. We take in all that others say about us in regard to who they think we are and we use this feedback to create a sense of self. We then try to mold ourselves into an image that other people will like. This is limiting and is not the truth of who we are.

Heart space is what I’m trying to drop into more frequently. It’s a state of inner knowing. It balances logic and emotion, has presence, feels expansive, is multidimensional, relaxed. From my heart I can more easily prioritize what makes me feel good, energized, balanced, and healthy (both physically and emotionally). It encourages me to be with people who nourish my soul, build me up and make me want to be the best I can be. For as long as I can remember I have had a wall around my heart that has helped me feel protected and safe, but it also kept me from fully accessing my experience of love. This has diminished my ability to live with deep authenticity with all parts of myself.

This year, with my word NOURISH, I have been rediscovering who I truly am, living truthfully, authentically, and with radical honesty. I started allowing others (as well as myself) access to the vulnerable parts of me, and the bricks started to fall, revealing a remarkable piece of myself that I have never seen before.

It’s raw.
Vulnerable.
Painful.
Beautiful.
Worth it.

Today I celebrate the work I continue to do to become my highest self.