Series Feature №3 Margo’s Creative Life I am an advocate for Margo Gabriel It is amazing to see how social media creates opportunities for connection. Sometimes I get thrown by its curated veil, the one made up of Bali landscapes that frame slim bodies in warrior one poses or the infinity pool scene with a raspberry dolloped…

I am an advocate for Erin. A painter, graphic designer, and hike master. She is a growing master of many trades, constantly fueled by inspiration in the mountains. Not only in the conceptual sense, but in the physical, reach-the-mountain-summit, kind of way. It is the inspired drive to create that…

Series Feature №1: Maya Kay Art Empowered. That word seems to fall from my lips so easily when I talk about Maya’s work. Empowered by her pieces, my response to them is always a visceral one. I study the details of the paint and immediately reflect on my own experience. …

The way fashion helps me walk my walk — The mind of fashion. I had a presentation one Monday morning at work, a brief share of what I and a co-worker had been working on for a current project. …

I started this blog initially for travel, at a time when I had recently explored a few countries in Europe, and felt my wanderlust lulling me to different lands. When I reflect on Conscious Life Collaborative’s beginning, it makes me sad to know how much adventure played a role in…

Finding peace in the ever-changing landscape of my unruly body. — Prompt: What does it mean to live in an unruly body? I am so inspired by author Roxane Gay and her collaboration with Medium, and their creation of an anthology of stories about unruly bodies. Twenty pieces written by twenty exceptionally talented writers touch on topics like aging, abuse, self-discovery, ancestry, and more. I reveled in their honesty, insight, and struggle…

When I made my mother proud, I felt elated like no other. My matriarch, patriarch, and friend, was an imperfect emblem. The scope of her love was, in a dichotomous way, measurable and immeasurable. Measurable, in her words and actions. Long lists of prayers for God to hear, I witnessed…