#gratefuleverydamnday

[stephynow]

Today, I feel full. Like the loved up, seen, and heard kind of full. This social media thing is funny to me. Wonderful-funny. Distractingly-funny. Annoyingly-funny. Life-connecting-funny. I started this account in 2012, in the midst of being a brand new mom and in the midst of my depression. I don't know, maybe I was looking for a distraction. Or a message. Maybe I was trying to say something then. Or see something. Since then, I have found loving connections through being vulnerable. I have found wisdom through creation and childlike play. I have found people living and loving boldly and beautiful. I have disappointment and upsets. I have found growth. I have found that yoga can take place many ways. It's a state of life. A testament of love. A path of healing. It's limitless and lifelong. I am full today from this morning's chat with @jenpastiloff. I am full today from lunch with @carrot_bowl_bonnie. In my head, I am squealing, "Omg! I get to chat or hang with these women! Like whoa!" Without this square, I wouldn't know these women. Getting the chance to hear one on the phone and see another in person is something I'll never take for granted. And while they live miles from me, and many wonderful women that heart-warrior-it-up with me do, I feel them as though they're standing right beside. The kind of HELL YES women that encourage and go forward, even when it's scary. This is sacred. I hope you all have women in your life like this. I hope we continue to meet and find this sacredness within each other as life keeps us open. Today, I am full. Grateful for the women that show up and adventure-on. #womenrising #gratefuleverydamnday

[stephynow]

Thank you. I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you, near or far. Whether it's your in-person grace or tapping a loving wave from a screen. I am grateful for your words of wisdom, support on the tough-mom days, questions on life-yoga-mama-hood, sharing the "me-too" comforts, sometimes we agree and sometimes we don't, and I'm honored to share this worldwide space with you through words, imagery, experience in the highs and lows. You all teach me. I have never been comfortable with the phrase "following" and often it turns my face cheeks red whenever I am asked about such. I like to think of it as us connecting, screened and not. We are weaving our lives here planting our big-little everyday life to-dos and putting love up on a screen and that, to me, is beautiful. Many of your life experiences have gifted me tears of joy, pumped my heart with inspiration, I've wept with your pain, palms opened with compassion, fist-pumped your greatness, and held many of you in my heart with love, strength, and grace. I do my best to respond to each one of you, sometimes I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the amount of love and expression you pour into your lives and share with me. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for the gift of connection. I see you. I feel you. Near and far. Hugging you. Same name, you and me, same name. Love, Steph #gratefuleverydamnday

[tonyaknox]

I Don’t Have Human Children… So For Me DOGS🐾 Are A Reminder That GOD Didn’t Forget About ME🙇🏾‍♀️ #gratefuleverydamnday #DogisGodspelledbackwards #happythanksgiving https://www.instagram.com/p/CWoZ6YQle2C/?utm_medium=tumblr

[caitlynmeyermua]

It’s important we acknowledge that the origins of Thanksgiving and the white-washing of its history are dark as hell, and to me, Thanksgiving has always just meant quality time with family. A day to put your phone down, eat some amazing home-cooked (or not, because 2020) food, and be present with the ones you love. ⁣ @alexjdoucette while we can’t be with everyone, and there’s so much we’ve missed this year, so much we’ve lost, I’m so grateful we’ve got each other, and our little wild animal children. I’d be lost without you ♥️ Wherever you are, whoever you’re with, I hope you feel love, and, whether you’ve been with me for a long time or a short time, know I’m thankful you’re here 🖤 ⁣ (Swipe for our vegan thanksgiving table!) ⁣ #thankfulforyou #gratefuleverydamnday #veganthanksgiving #whatveganseat https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEzFFaDP7M/?igshid=8k0dwx7jex66

[caitlynmeyermua]

It’s been brought to my attention that #challengeaccepted ordinated in Turkey, in order to spread awareness of the femicide happening there, to stand up and symbolize the constant black and white pictures they saw each morning of women who had been killed, but that message was somehow lost along the way... . . . I was tagged by other female entrepreneurs/creators in an effort to support and amplify one another, and, while I’m proud of our community both online and locally, and grateful to be a part of it, I want to use the small platform I have to raise awareness of the origin. . . . Women supporting women and community over competition will always be something I stand behind, but we also have to acknowledge that support can’t end there. We have to support all women, of all races, and speak out and demand justice globally. . . . #womensupportingwomen #communityovercompetition #communityovercorona #gratefuleverydamnday https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMZcOuD6mk/?igshid=1rx7cpugfxvgh

[caitlynmeyermua]

#challengeaccepted . . . Thank you @beyondtheponytail @makeupbyanab & @melissacollazo_makeup for nominating/tagging me! I’m so proud of our community both online and locally, and so grateful to be a part of it ❤️ . . . Supporting another’s success doesn’t diminish yours - Helping them win, cheering them on, or sharing resources does not take away from you. No one can do exactly what you do, and there’s enough space for everyone. Recognizing this only broadens and enriches your own experience and opportunities. . . . #womensupportingwomen #communityovercompetition #communityovercorona #gratefuleverydamnday https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMZcOuD6mk/?igshid=pdy5gdjuxw7u

[incurableoptimistest1994]

Sharing my favourite photo of me and my mum with a little note just to say how much I love her, how amazing she is, to tell her how incredible she’s doing looking after her family during lockdown when we all have our challenges, and to remind her she deserves to look after herself and be looked after ❤️ My mum has been my actual rock whilst coming off my opioids and benzodiazepines, and I literally couldn’t have done this without her constant love, support and unwavering belief in me, her cheerleading and encouragement, and occasional much needed kick up the ass. She’s been there for me even on the days withdrawal has made me absolutely foul (I’ve tried very hard not to be, but detox turns your brain into emotion soup 🙈😂). She’s my angel 😇 and I’m grateful beyond words she’s my mum, every single day 🥰❤️ She’s taught me through example that it’s possible to be very poorly but still love an extraordinary life, that you can always defy doctors expectations, and that there’s light, love, beauty and joy to be found even in a life lived in immense pain. We love our lives more than we hate our pain and suffering. Muma, you’re... indescribable. I love you to the moon and back ❤️❤️❤️ #mymumismyrock💕 #gratefuleverydamnday https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_wGc5DuYO/?igshid=1wg55h510i9w5

[frannysfarm]

I wear many boots & hats. My land always grounds me in my many roles from farmer to mother of many to company visionary. Always thinking, breathing and planning the future with imagination, wisdom, skills and a solid ethical business mind. #gratefuleverydamnday for my family, friends, fans and mentors! (at Franny's Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kQdEAhzLN/?igshid=1iajj80h1obah