I am…

I am beauty for beauty’s sake. I am hexagon tiles and not going to the bar to scrub my bathtub just because. I am making my home in the statement: Ask for what you need. I am tightly bound, laced-up, but unraveling. I am open to receiving. I am gathering women in truth everywhere that I travel. I am … Read more

Praying for my Life

This week, as I’ve been celebrating my two-year self-employment-aversary… I’ve also been sick. And we’re moving next week. The culmination of these three separate occurrences has had me thinking a lot about my metrics of success – the determining factors that I use to determine how we’ll I’m doing, in the scheme of things. A lot of … Read more

In Service to Your Big Dream

Two years ago today, I started working for myself full-time. The day before I started went full-time in my business, I found myself elbow-deep in food debris as I hurriedly washed dishes at my last catering gig. I remember the sudden awareness that I could not longer do things the way that I had done. … Read more

Blooming Wildly

As women, we often carry a desire for wholeness – for feeling vibrant in our bodies, for creativity that pours from our finger tips, and for relationships where we feel encouraged to show up exactly as we are. For giving ourselves permission to grow roots where we are now – choosing to become an active … Read more

Loosening the Tether of Perfectionism :: A Note to My Younger Self

Dear 22-year old Mara, I can see that you’re struggling with all the the unknowns that lie before you. I can feel the palpable nervousness throbbing through the years of memory between us. I know that you believe that it is always going to be complicated and that you’ll never be able to feel deliciously … Read more