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🌞 Driven by awe, truth, and creativity 🦋 I mentor entrepreneurs on soulful scaling 🌀 Founder: @fablelisbon @thestoryhouseco
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What if creative blocks or moments of rejection weren’t signs of a closed door, but of a door opening somewhere else? In this conversation I spoke to author Michael Donkor about his journey as a novelist and creative writing instructor and he had so many pearls of insight about how to structure and plot your book, character-development, and how to move past self doubt. Every month I interview an author or publisher inside thestoryhouseco online Writers’ Membership to dig deep into the world of writing and truth-telling. We also host monthly writing workshops, co-working sessions for accountability, and more. There’s a free 14-day trial, check it out. 🙂 Michael Donkor is also our instructor for our upcoming 8-week novel-writing course, The Novel Blueprint. It’s currently $100 off for a few more days using the code NOVEL100. You can check out both the Writers’ Membership and The Novel Blueprint course via the links in my profile. 🩷 2025-10-08 18:58:11 What if c.. 14 -96% 0 -100%
My latest company, thestoryhouseco, is hosting a writing retreat in Portugal in just about a month and I couldn’t be more excited. Hosting retreats is one of my ✨favorite✨ things. Writing has always been my truest creative love and the one that always feels like coming home to me. It’s a big reason why I opened a bookshop, and why I’ve now created The Story House, which educates and creates community for writers. Why join our writing retreat? Uninterrupted writing time, transformative workshops led by authors I admire, mindful mornings, and breathtaking coastal hikes, all designed to spark your creativity and connect you with an incredible community of writers. Plus, I’m really excited to introduce you to Portugal if you haven’t been. It’s such a special and beautiful place and the perfect setting to recharge and reconnect. You can register for the retreat today starting at €333 / $389. Tap the link in my bio to join us! 📅 October 24-27, 2025
📍 Sesimbra, Portugal 2025-09-25 22:33:52 .. 37 -90% 4 -88%
Moments in July 🧡 1. Amsterdam in summer: expectation 2. Amsterdam in summer: reality (honestly v cozy and I like it!) 3. Seeing friends from home in Europe makes my heart expand three sizes 🩷 nataliemacneil yossefsagi 4. Every once in awhile, Rosa renounces domestic life to dig a dirt hole and reflect on the DNA test that simply said, “100% Western European Village Dog” 5. Taking an IFS training and Violet decided this is what my body needed (she was right). 🥰 6. Getting reviews like this for fablelisbon makes my day 💛 7. Simple lunch. Toast + butter + flaky salt = top 5 meal of all time. Science can’t explain, and honestly shouldn’t try. 8. Croatia yacht life with wonderful humans 🤍 9. Hvar, Croatia 10. Living room is feeling a bit more like home. I’ve lived in Europe for over 3 years (crazy!!) and I don’t feel like any of the places I’ve lived in have really felt like “me.” In the US I spent years collecting pieces I loved. Art, vintage and cozy furniture, books, rugs, so many things that give a house a soul. So when I got to Europe, originally not expecting to stay for so long, I didn’t really take the time to nest or find new pieces that inspired me. Most of the places I lived felt temporary, which I’ve realized is not easy for me as I love decorating over time and giving life to a space. So now I’m slowly collecting some pieces again that make my heart sing when I step into a room. I also recently shipped my favorite pieces to Europe from the US, which should arrive in the fall. I think that will really make my home feel complete again. 🩷 11. 🦋 12. In Dutch: “nothing is over, everything goes on.” 🌀 13. Neighborhood friends 14. Babygirl 🩷 15. Backyard friend 16. Since I suck at latte art, I just make random shapes and then see what they look like. Kind of like a Rorschach test or seeing animals in clouds. This one loosely resembled Casper 🤣 17. Speaking of clouds 😍 2025-08-06 01:15:39 .. 100 -74% 8 -76%
Sometimes I watch the bees in my garden and think about how they are so effortlessly able to move in partnership with the earth. They don’t have a to-do list or a five year plan or qualifications beyond being alive in their unique bodies. They’re just in rhythm, responding to the scent of a flower, the warmth of the sun, the timing of the season. Their purpose is already within them. There’s no urgency, only attunement. And the wildest part? Just by following scent and sunlight, bees end up pollinating about 75% of the world’s flowering plants, including nearly one in three bites of the food we eat. Their intuition literally makes the world bloom. Human life is made up of the same stuff. So many of us try to control and force and worry when nature has been showing us another way all along. What if your deeper purpose is already within you, even if you can’t yet see it? What if your value to the world isn’t something you need to chase or “figure out,” but something quietly asking to be remembered? What if you’re not behind, you’re just still listening for the next yes? Clarissa Pinkola Estés wrote, “If you have ever been called by a deep longing to follow something you could not see, you are in the right place.” You don’t have to rush. You don’t have to worry or cling or fix. You’re allowed to move from intuition, not urgency. The rhythm is already inside you. All you need to do is trust it. If you’re craving a business that scales with proven strategies, while being rooted in your intuition and natural rhythms, Upward Spiral was made for you. It’s my group coaching program for entrepreneurs in metamorphosis. Tap the link in bio to learn more. Applications are open just a little longer. The journey begins in September. 🐝 2025-08-01 14:27:20 .. 0 -100% 8 -76%
Burnout isn’t always loud. Sometimes it looks like irritation creeping into things that used to light you up. Or watching your energy drain faster than you can recharge it no matter how many wellness rituals you try to stack on top. You keep pushing, doing all the things that used to work – rest days, journaling, vacations – but the heaviness doesn’t seem to lift. That’s because burnout isn’t just about doing too much. Sometimes it means you’ve stayed too long in something that no longer fits, like a way of working, creating, or serving that once felt aligned but now feels like a version of yourself you’ve outgrown. You might still be showing up and getting things done, but somewhere along the way, you started moving further from your own aliveness. The real medicine for burnout isn’t more bubble baths or pomodoro timers. It’s honest reflection. What part of your life or business is asking to evolve? What truth have you been ignoring out of habit, fear, or loyalty to an older version of yourself? Burnout is an invitation to realign, not just recover. If this is resonating, you’re not alone. I created Upward Spiral for entrepreneurs in this kind of season of change – people who are successful on paper, but quietly asking, “What now?” It’s a 6-month group coaching experience to help you reconnect with who you’re becoming and reshape your business to support the unfolding version of you. We begin September 1, and applications are open now via the link in my profile. 💛 2025-07-25 23:04:47 .. 177 -54% 13 -61%
Letting go is rarely comfortable, especially when it means leaving something behind. Even when we know something is no longer aligned, we often grip harder before surrendering. One of my previous mentors used to say, “You can’t steer the truth.” It will always reveal itself, despite how much we may try to control and resist it. But nothing in the natural world stays the same forever. It’s always shifting, evolving, returning back into itself to emerge again in a new form. Waves crash and fold back into the ocean. Flowers wilt, only to bloom again in Spring. Caterpillars dissolve into the dark without knowing they’ll grow wings. Endings are intrinsic to life’s rhythm. This is the part we forget sometimes: letting go creates space for something new to be born. And that’s okay. Becoming doesn’t always look like blooming. If you’re in a moment of transition and want to alchemize it to its full potential, I invite you to apply for my 6-month group coaching program for entrepreneurs and creatives called Upward Spiral. It blends soulful business strategy and advice with guidance on moving through life’s liminal spaces. We begin on September 1, and there’s still space to join us. You can learn more via the link in my profile. 💛 2025-07-24 04:18:18 .. 102 -74% 6 -82%
“What we are looking for is what is looking.” – St. Francis of Assisi This quote reflects one of the deepest truths I know: transformation isn’t about becoming something else, it’s about remembering who you already are. So many of us abandon our inherent qualities in search of a “better” way to be, especially when we want to build a meaningful life or successful business. We chase the proven path, emulate the experts, and try to do it “the right way.” But what if everything you desire becomes possible when you stop searching outside yourself and start reclaiming who you’ve been all along? In Upward Spiral, we don’t chase goals through rigid blueprints. We work from the belief that what you’re seeking already lives within you, and that growth happens naturally when you stop resisting your true essence. There are infinite ways to build a business or live a life. So why force yourself into a version that no longer fits? Yes, we include ✨a lot✨ of practical strategy in Upward Spiral. But none of it is one-size-fits-all. I’ve tested what works (and what doesn’t) over more than a decade of entrepreneurship and millions in sales. You’ll get grounded, proven guidance, but the truth is, none of it matters if you're building a version of success that isn’t yours. Before you can choose (or change) your path, you have to be in relationship with your own essence, and have the courage to live it. That means noticing when something no longer fits, and being willing to shift course to meet who you are now. My coaching philosophy is where fluidity meets structure. Opposites can coexist. Ambition and spaciousness, grief and joy, structure and surrender can all have a seat at the table. This isn’t about squeezing yourself into someone else’s version of success. It’s about trusting your own, no matter how quiet, bold, unconventional, or expansive it longs to be. My coaching program, Upward Spiral, is open for enrollment now. If this speaks to you, I’d love to have you inside. DM me or head to the link in bio to apply. 2025-07-20 22:50:11 .. 143 -63% 22 -34%
Life is a flow between contrast and change. Sometimes you’re in the cave of misalignment, noticing that your soul has evolved but your surroundings haven’t caught up yet. Other times you’re carried by the current of alignment, where your life feels spacious, whole, and true. Neither one is better or worse as they’re both part of the same dance. But how can you know when you’re in one season or the other? Here are 4 signs you’re currently in a season of true alignment: 1️⃣ You trust in the unfolding of your life without needing to grip or control.  You’ve made peace with the mystery. You understand that you don’t always need to have all the answers for your life to make sense. And in fact, you’ve realized that having all the answers can feel stale and stagnant. You know that change and seasons are part of what make life so exquisite. 2️⃣ You feel deeply connected: to yourself, to the people you love, and to something beyond what you can see. You know that valuing these connections means tending to them, so you’ve stopped hustling to the point of self-neglect. You create space for your chosen community. You’ve deepened your connection to your own definition of the divine. 3️⃣ You’re able to be present to the beauty of life. You’ve realized that it’s not always about what’s next, but about what is. You’re attuned to moments of awe. Misalignment can look like black and white thinking. Alignment widens the lens, takes it all in without judgment, and is present to the symphony of life. 4️⃣ You’ve stopped performing goodness and started being good enough. You’ve shed the self that has something to prove. You strive for excellence, but not perfection, and you’ll settle for good enough because there are sunsets to watch and lakes to swim in and so much else you were made for than achieving validation from anyone but yourself. If you’re outgrowing an old chapter but aren’t sure how to begin the next one, I created Upward Spiral for you. It’s my group coaching program for entrepreneurs in metamorphosis who are craving harmony between personal alignment and strategic business growth. Tap the link in bio to learn more, or DM me “spiral” + I’ll send the details. 2025-07-17 19:41:51 .. 76 -80% 4 -88%
At fablelisbon, we’ve tucked a few interactive journals around the bookshop, giving space for people to pause, put pen to paper, and share something from the heart. Sometimes they write for others to discover their words. Sometimes the act of writing is catharsis enough. This sweet idea was initiated by rvrr.888, and it’s become one of my favorite hidden gems in our space. Each journal has its own theme. One is a collection of love letters, and reading through it is like entering a secret room of open hearts confessing their deepest feelings. There are letters written about relationships that never quite found their time, notes of devotion to beloved pets, tender words written to honor one’s hard earned self love. But today, I opened the journal meant for letters to the next generation, and the sincerity of each person’s advice left me wanting to share. These are a few that spoke to me. The last one made me laugh…I think my dad would say that I have expensive taste too. 🤣 What’s a piece of advice you would share with the next generation? 2025-06-28 01:29:41 At fableli.. 137 -65% 5 -85%
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For a long time, I thought emotional mastery meant moving past hard feelings quickly. Like the goal was to process them and move on — or worse, to distract, numb, or escape them entirely. But now I feel the goal is to find reverence for the hard feelings. Not only because I know I can hold myself through them, but because they bring a wholeness to my life that positive emotions alone can’t touch. Every emotion holds a kind of beauty. Grief has cracked me open in ways joy never could.
Anger has taught me how to protect what matters.
Confusion has pointed me back to trust. And since nothing in life is fixed — not our moods or identities — it allows all of it to belong, since eventually it will flow and change again and again. I find that I’m a lot happier when I don’t resist what life brings. A while ago I was moving through a season of grief. Grief is an emotion I’ve only encountered a few times in my life, so when it arrived, it sparked a strange kind of curiosity inside me. I felt like a scientist in a lab — “ah, so *this* is what it’s like to wake up inside grief. This is how my morning coffee tastes with a side of sorrow.” I didn’t often enjoy the feelings, but I was fascinated by them — by how my life could be exactly the same, yet everything felt like I was living in a different color. I think there is something meaningful about that, like rewatching a childhood movie and realizing it now holds an entirely different meaning. So although the grief was painful, I also held reverence for it, knowing that this corner of existence was mine to touch and feel only briefly. And as the grief began to leave, I found myself grieving *the grief itself*, aware that I would never taste it in exactly this flavor again. Some parts of life ask us to bleed. That doesn’t mean they’re not holy. What if the invitation isn’t to fix how you feel? 
What if it’s simply to be where you are? To let the full spectrum of life move through you. If we’re always running from the hard parts, how can we ever truly arrive anywhere worthwhile? 2025-06-17 02:44:30 .. 77 -80% 4 -88%
Every season of life holds the seed of the next one. 💓 2025-06-14 13:09:52 Every season of life h.. 103 -73% 0 -100%
If you’re new here (or if it’s been a while), it feels like time for a little reintroduction. 🦋 A few years ago, I used to share a lot in this space. Writing has always been my first love, and I felt so much joy in distilling what I was learning into words. But then I shut down a business I’d built over nearly a decade, moved to Lisbon, and quietly entered my cocoon. I started that business when I was 24 and ran it for 8 years. It felt almost like a marriage. So when it ended, it wasn’t just a business I was leaving behind, it was a version of myself. For a long while, I didn’t really tell people in Lisbon what I used to do. If it came up, I’d brush past it, not because I wasn’t proud of what I’d built, but because I didn’t want to be defined by my past. I wanted to be a blank slate, to see what might emerge on an empty canvas. Eventually, I opened fablelisbon, a bookshop and creative community rooted in my love of stories and connection. Fable has become a kind of living room for curious, creative humans (and dogs 🙂). Since opening, we’ve hosted over 200 events for thousands of people -- from book clubs and writing workshops to open mic nights and community dinners. But what’s moved me most is how the space has taken on a life of its own. Fable is no longer just something I created. The presence of each person who walks in forms a kind of living ecology. It’s taught me to create from a slower, deeper place. And I know this is only the beginning. Somewhere along the way, I also rediscovered my own voice. That’s what led me to Future Current, the next evolution of my work, where I support entrepreneurs in navigating their own transitions and building things that feel aligned with who they’re becoming. Whether they’re reshaping a business and need holistic strategy, reimagining a creative path, or just trying to figure out who they are after a big pivot, this is the work that lights me up. So if you’ve been here since the early days, thank you. I feel like we’ve grown up together. 🥹And if you’re just finding me now, welcome. 🩷 I’m excited to start sharing more again and see where the next chapter leads. It’s going to be a juicy one. 🥰 xoxo Mel 2025-06-12 01:34:26 .. 439 +14% 46 +38%
The moments in life when you feel most unmoored and uncertain are often the very experiences that lead you back to yourself. We’re taught to fear being lost, to rush our way back to certainty, but the truth is that being lost isn’t the opposite of being found – it’s often the very pathway to it. Something happens when we stop trying to fasttrack our way out of the fog and instead allow ourselves to be shaped by it. So if you’re in a season of not knowing, can you savor the darkness, even just a little? Can you trust that the mystery is not a mistake, but a vital part of your becoming? 2025-06-09 21:30:00 The moments in .. 70 -82% 2 -94%
I think we underestimate how disorienting it can be to leave something behind without knowing what comes next. We celebrate the bravery of chosen endings, but we talk much less about what comes after: the foggy, liminal stretch where you’ve outgrown who you were, but haven’t yet found the container to hold who you’re becoming. Where your ambition and sense of purpose crave a roadmap, but the path only offers breadcrumbs. Yet within these lacunas of your life exists a quiet transformation — one where you begin to build reverence for not knowing. Where you start to move from intuition instead of only certainty. You can’t always reason your way to the answer. Sometimes, you have to live your way there. 2025-06-09 02:14:08 I think we unde.. 345 -11% 22 -34%
We often misunderstand Mary Oliver’s famous question: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” It’s easy to hear it as an anthem for achievement — to chase greatness, hustle for something extraordinary, or make every moment productive. But if you read the poem it’s from, you’ll see it’s saying something almost entirely opposite. It’s an invitation to pause, to marvel at the world, and to let wonder be enough. I’ve spoken to so many people who have achieved their biggest goals in life only to realize that the finish line wasn’t as fulfilling as they thought it would be. I’ve felt that, too. But I have to say that I’ve never watched a bumblebee in flight, or a tree dancing in the wind, or children splashing each other at the beach and thought, “Is this all there is?” Sometimes, in all the chasing, we forget to see what is already here. So, here are some moments that made me stop and pay attention — that felt wild and precious in their own quiet way. And in case you’re curious, here’s the rest of the poem (it’s a personal favorite)… Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean — the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down — who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face. Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away. I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (The quote in the video is sophia.joan.short) ❤️ 2025-01-29 00:50:51 .. 170 -56% 13 -61%
While I was staying in a little beach town in Costa Rica, a woman was making coffee in the common area that joined our two hotel rooms together. The scent of freshly ground beans emanated through the entire space. “I’m so grateful you’re doing that.” I told her, aching for the aroma of espresso after a month on the road. “It smells amazing in here!” I learned that this was her first day in Costa Rica and among the usual gear, she even packed a coffee grinder. I admired her devotion, especially considering that the most special item I had packed may have been a collection of face paints. I told her that, if nothing else, she must watch the sunsets at the beach. That the entire community gathers just before dusk to share in a colorful ceremony of letting go. She nodded, beaming. We parted ways briefly while she finished brewing her coffee and I went to grab something from my room. When we crossed paths again a few minutes later, she came over with a cup in hand. “Here,” she said. “I wanted you to have some.” I know it might seem simple, but of course it wasn’t. It felt like someone had just stepped inside my soul and turned on the light. This is the currency of Love, I thought. “I wanted you to have some.” Tiny moments and small gestures that blur so effortlessly into the tapestry of life that unless we are paying attention to the details, we might overlook as ordinary. It’s why I think starting a cafe or bookstore or really any business at all feels so meaningful to me. It creates the opportunity to turn the mundane into the magical. To value people over profit. To be a community more than a company. And to create unexpected beauty in tiny moments. So much is to come. I can’t wait for you to join us soon. ❤️ fablelisbon 2023-09-20 00:28:54 .. 468 +21% 46 +38%
Field notes from my first 26 days in Lisbon ✨ - The colorful tiles and buildings feel like you’re walking around a quirky Wes Anderson set. - I feel so safe here! Portugal is the 3rd safest country in the world?! What an exhale! - At least 45% (ballpark) of my food is decorated with edible flowers when I go out to eat. I didn’t realize how vital this is to my sanity, but I will hereby accept nothing less than this figure moving forward. - I’ve met so many delightful new people and creative entrepreneurs! My biggest fear in moving abroad was that I’d lack community, but I feel so connected here already. 🥰 - A black trans woman (honeydijon) closed out Sonar, a music festival in Lisbon. Everyone was so hyped about her and she was fucking awesome. It made me smile. 🦄 - Got covid for the first time. It only lasted a few days and was quite mild. Now I have a lingering cough that inspires dirty looks from people around me. ~It’s a vibe~ - I’m rekindling my love of fashion. 92% of the clothes I brought were athleisure or crop tops, which I’ve found are the antithesis of chilly, well-dressed Europe. 🤣 I’m excited to get back into expressing myself through my style! - Finding my favorite local coffee shop with the sweetest Brazilian staff. Violet and I walk here every morning for an oat cappuccino and it makes my soul smile. 🥰 Violet’s highlights so far ✨ - She loves her daily 1-2 hour walks all over the city. - She can hang out inside restaurants since many of them allow dogs. Who needs health codes when you can stare at a cute dog over a plate of avocado toast? NOT ME. - All the elderly ladies that give her lots of pets and speak to her in Portuguese like she’s one of their grandchildren. - That mystery piece of trash she ate off the ground yesterday. Lisbon is a secret trash heaven. - There are billions of things to sniff in the city, all the time. She’ll never want to live in a suburb again – what a snooze fest! - Getting her EU dog passport, which basically means Violet has more of a right to live here than I do. - Initially being forced to pee on the sidewalk like some common rat. ☹️ Later realizing she can pee on the sidewalk and feeling ~liberated~ 2022-04-26 19:11:01 .. 801 +107% 87 +161%
I moved to Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹🥰 In February 2020 I flew out to London to look at rental apartments — it was always a dream of mine to live in Europe! I later shifted my move to Brooklyn, where I was ready to sign a lease. Then the pandemic happened just a few weeks later and my well laid plans were starting to look like a dumpster fire. I stayed in LA, then spontaneously moved to Austin 6 months ago. I really enjoyed living in Austin and perhaps I’ll be back one day, but the European itch never quite went away. I’ve always felt most at home when I’m in Europe, like a part of my soul is known here that is dormant everywhere else. Adding to that, it’s been a desire of mine for a while to reconnect to my Portuguese ancestry. My grandparents immigrated to California from Portugal, and my grandma had a big hand in raising me, so I got glimpses of our culture growing up. But it didn’t help that my family was determined to assimilate as Americans and it felt like so much became lost in translation. In recent years, my mom and I have been rekindling our connection to Portugal, so I knew it was where I wanted to move to first. I intended to stay for a month and then digital nomad myself all over Europe indefinitely…but now that I’m here it’s hard to imagine leaving! So, I’m in the process of making this my longer term home. 🙂 I had the idea to move to Europe only a couple months ago, and as soon as it popped into my head I felt a hefty surge of “WHY THE HECK NOT?” There are always so many reasons to not do something that feels big or difficult, but all it takes is a whisper of possibility to say yes. The last time I lived abroad was when I moved to Japan when I was 22 — 10 years ago, holy shiznit?! I was in a similar place of transition, flow, and adventure then, too. Japan is where I started my first business, got my first dog, fell in love and stayed a year-and-a-half longer than I intended, and really began to find my creative voice in the world. I don’t know where this adventure will take me – I like to live in the juicy place between “has a plan” and “allows magic to unfold in the flow.” It’s an ever-evolving discovery…just the way I like it. ✨ 2022-04-25 20:15:07 .. 1,030 +166% 168 +404%
One year with my sweet Violet 💜✨ It feels like a distant memory now, but when we met, you were so scared of life. I can’t imagine what had happened in the 3 years before we knew each other, but judging by your fear, I can only guess it wasn’t pleasant. You were easily sent into a panic spiral by commonplace things — the way I’d quickly put a jacket on, a siren outside, a rogue leaf blowing in the street. For months, you’d destroy anything you could when I’d leave the house — rugs, doors, mail. 🤣 I could tell that anything new felt deeply unsafe. As much as I wanted to help you, I was honestly unsure if I had what it took to make you feel whole again. But eventually things started to change. Instead of flinching when I make a sudden movement, you curl into my lap waiting to be pet. You love long strolls and will walk right up to strangers…you expect a treat, but you’ll settle for a scratch on the head. You’ve become unphased by loud city sounds, as if garbage trucks and construction had always been the soundtrack of your life. You don’t mind when I leave anymore, but you love to join me anywhere — coffee shops, hair salons, even plant medicine ceremonies — and people always tell me how sweet and friendly you are. You remind that someone can be so strong and so soft at the same time. Happy 1 year adoption anniversary. I love you little bug! Monja does, too. 💜🧡😊 2022-04-04 03:08:31 .. 344 -11% 25 -25%
I was on a date with someone when we found ourselves on a boardwalk in LA, ogling beautiful beachfront homes. He asked me what my dream home would look like, and where. I said… “I want to have homes all over the world, but if I picked one? Maybe somewhere along the coast of California. Oceanfront, but on a hill so you feel wrapped in the ocean and trees simultaneously, with a view of the whole world around you. Lots of light, and antique doors that lead to a big backyard, shaded by trees and colorful flowers.” He laughed. “Okay…now be realistic.” I smiled. “I am.” I have no idea how I’ll afford a home like that one day. Maybe instead of an oceanfront oasis in Malibu it’ll be a simple stone building in Spain. Or a jungle treehouse in Costa Rica. Who cares? That’s not the point. The truth is that I could live a deliciously blissed out life in a little apartment away from everything. I’m often delighted by how little I need to be happy. But dreaming without limits is fun. Why not? Abundance is actually what you are when you’re living in your highest alignment. At its core, abundance is simply about possibility, while scarcity is about limitation. People often equate money and abundance as the same thing; they’re not. Money is more like a wave. Abundance is the whole ocean. When you dissolve the conditioning that says “there is a right way to live,” you begin to realize that there are endless possibilities. For all of it. For you. So dreaming of an oceanfront home on the Pacific Coast? Why not dream of that instead of watering down my desires to something that feels easier to achieve? When we say “be realistic,” what we really mean is: Conform to the limitations you’re currently choosing. How about dreaming that absolutely anything is possible instead? What about living in such deep trust in The Universe that you know you’re being divinely guided to your dreams, or something even better? I believe that you are co-creating with an abundant universe, full of infinite possibilities, instead of just being some random human whittling away on earth by yourself. 😅 Believing in limitless possibilities might, in fact, be the most realistic thing about me. 2022-03-01 01:05:53 .. 1,183 +206% 76 +128%
“What do you do?” He asked. For a moment I nearly went back into my habitual response of describing the business I ran for several years. The one that will always feel like a part of my soul, but that I stepped away from 5 months ago. It feels familiar to tell people about my former life. Sometimes it makes me feel more interesting to have a “thing” — a purpose — to tell someone about. Other times it’s simply easier than describing the free-flowing space I now exist in. But I knew that at the core of his question was actually, “Who are you right now?” So I answered that instead. “I explore the world, and therefore myself,” I replied. “I create art and learn something as often as I can. I practice staying open when I want to close. I follow my intuition and trust where life takes me.” I didn’t give him the backstory of what my business was once-upon-a-time. I just shared what felt true in that moment. When I stepped away from my business last year, I decided to stop trying to figure out “what’s next” for my life and career. Trying to “figure it out” was making me miserable, and I knew that my next wondrous purpose would never come as a result of being forced. So I dropped the intention entirely. If it took me 10 years to find my next calling, then I was finally at peace with that. I trusted that life was guiding me exactly where I was meant to go, and in the right timing. I can tell you now that surrendering deeply to the flow of life has become one of the most extraordinary journeys I’ve ever been on. Synchronicities abound because I trust in the unfolding path instead of trying to control it. The right people walk in in mind-boggling ways. Bliss multiplies because there is no painful attachment to how the plot unfolds. My purpose doesn’t always need to be something that makes sense in a LinkedIn bio. It can be a moment — this moment — simply because I’m alive. It is the in-between, because the space between mountains is just as essential as the mountain itself. My purpose can be to live the questions, so that my life can be the unfolding answer. So what do I do? I’m fully alive. Right now. And for me, that is more than enough. 2022-02-27 21:42:48 .. 1,790 +363% 107 +221%
For the last 3 years, my home in LA has held me through some of the biggest plot twists of my life. It became a playground for dancing, creative expression, deep soul connections, tender + honest + loving + hilarious + painful conversations, tears, turning point decisions, a remarkable amount of laughter, game nights, plant medicine ceremonies, events, my dog’s funeral, healing old parts of myself, adopting rescue animals, and so so so much more. As the years passed, I started to feel a connection to the home beyond it being just a physical place. It seemed like it had a soul or energy of its own. I was deeply held by it. I felt that when I adorned it with a splash of paint or cleaned it with intention, I could feel the home’s living gratitude. It was more like a friend and less like a building. People would often tell me that they instantly felt warmth, peace, and creativity when they entered, which is exactly what I’d felt the first time i walked inside, too. I delighted in offering my home to friends and near-strangers when I went out of town because I knew it could bring them the kind of peace it brought me. I had these photos taken shortly before I left so that I could remember how it was — who I was — then. I loved decorating my house because it combines two of my deep loves — self expression and creating a feeling of home for myself and others. These were some of my favorite areas to adorn and spend time in. Can we imagine that I’m toting you around the house, explaining every little detail? 💜 If you’d ever been to my home, I’d love to know a word you’d use to describe how it made you feel. 🧚🏼 Are there any places, homes, or buildings that you have a special connection to? 2021-10-28 01:50:10 .. 743 +92% 46 +38%
“Thank you for helping me hear.” No matter what she did, one of my clients’ programs just wasn’t selling the way she hoped it would. At first, she took this to mean that something was wrong…with her, her messaging, + her business altogether. But soon she played with another idea: What if I’m forcing something I don’t really desire? What if putting all of my energy into “trying to make it work” is an old habit rooted in a fear of failure rather than a desire to succeed? 🦋 Eventually, she created space in her life so that she could truly listen to her inner knowing. 🦋 She decided to close the program so that she could expand the projects she actually feels a soul resonance with. 🦋 And she’s finding soo much more abundance and fulfillment now. When we chatted recently about her evolution, she said those words to me: “Thank you for helping me hear.” I loved how simply they describe what I do for a living. My role as a coach is not to insert my own will and opinions onto the people I serve. What’s “right” for someone’s life is personal. I also believe that you have a spiritual path that is meant to guide you to your deepest evolution. Sometimes your path will intentionally lead you to challenging experiences that help you grow. Other times it’ll lead you to important synchronicities that couldn’t be predicted through logic. If I told all of my clients what *I* would do, even if it defied their inner guidance, I would be ignoring the path they’re meant to experience for their own expansion. Of course, this doesn’t mean I sit idly by and watch people drown, either. Instead, it means that I help them hear… ✨ Their own inner wisdom. ✨ How their body + nervous system feel about certain decisions. ✨ What truth they’re avoiding for the sake of safety or old conditioning. ✨ How to honor what alignment looks like for their unique life. Then I support them in taking courageous, aligned actions toward their truest desires. I show people how to listen, feel, trust, allow, play, and experiment. But I don’t tell my clients what to do. I help them connect so deeply to themselves that they no longer need to ask me for directions. 2021-10-27 00:10:15 .. 620 +60% 26 -22%
(Continued from previous post…) I haven’t launched anything since January. Turned off all my ads in February. Haven’t sent an email to my community since March. A different kind of business coach may have looked at me and said, “What in the actual fuck are you doing?” But my soul knew. It was necessary. Sometimes the best thing for a business is saying “fuck it” to everything you’ve been told is “right.” Nothing forced. Nothing out of obligation. I knew that if I trusted in the mystery, it would all unfold in its own perfect timing. It’s been one of the most profound experiments of my life, and I can tell you now from the other side that it’s only led me more deeply back to myself. And as it were, to you, too. A friend and I were talking about the spiral of life recently. How evolution is less about getting to a new, undiscovered vantage point, and more about coming back to something you once were and experiencing it with new eyes. That’s where I’m at now -- dancing in the spiral, delighted to be here. This week, I’m going to send my first email in months to my community (you, I hope!). It will be raw and honest and will hopefully make you feel like a fucking radiant sunbeam who is capable of living whatever life you desire, because you are. You can subscribe at love.melyssagriffin.com or the link in my profile. I’m also going to start sharing inspiring, truth-telling, love-infused text messages again. I adore this intimate way of communicating and I’m excited to dive back into it. You can receive them by texting your name to (310) 359-1519. I can’t wait to BE with you again. I have a feeling you’ve died in many ways in the past two years, too. Let us dance together in the messy, beautiful expansion of our aliveness. I love you. 🌹♥️ Who are you becoming, sweet one? Where has your soul been this year? 2021-10-26 05:20:58 .. 454 +17% 62 +86%

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