Jun 22, 2025
Blooming together
Mindful ways to connect with yourself
Slow-living ideas
Letters to my younger self (inner child)
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Blooming together
Mindful ways to connect with yourself
Slow-living ideas
Letters to my younger self (inner child)
Healing and self-love
Self love practices
Rituals
Affirmations
Boundaries, rest and body acceptance
Loving yourself through hard days
Healing through creativity
How writing helps you heal
Art, music, journaling or movement as healing
Behind the scene of the book
Poetry corner
Unreleased poems
Audio readings
Reflections (on what inspired each piece)
The Garden within
Lissa journals
Healing experiences/lessons from therapy
Mindset shifts
Water your garden
Welcome to Softly Rooted
A quiet corner for healing hearts and blooming souls.
This space grew from the pages of my poetry collection, Water Your Garden and Watch Your Mind Bloom—a book I wrote for the girl inside me who didn’t believe she had anything worth saying. 300 poems later, I’m learning that taking up space is not just okay… it’s necessary. It’s life-giving.
Softly Rooted is my personal sanctuary—a virtual garden where self-love is tenderly sown and healing is nurtured with patience. If you’re walking your own winding path toward wholeness, you’re welcome here. Whether you’re blooming brightly or barely holding the soil together, there’s a seat in the garden just for you.
When I began writing, I didn’t know if my words would resonate with anyone. And maybe they won’t. But they resonate with me—and that’s enough. This space exists, first and foremost, as a reminder to myself: it’s safe to feel, to grow, to come undone, and begin again.
Here, I’ll share reflections, memories, quiet thoughts, and lingering questions. Some will be deep-rooted truths, others just wildflowers of the moment. All are pieces of the journey.
So if you feel like you’re broken, or simply searching... Stay awhile. Plant something. Water it gently.
You’re not broken. You’re already growing—just by being here.
Like the sections in my book, I’ve divided the blog’s masterlist into the three following categories: seed, sprout and bloom.
my book
posts of the healing seed
posts of the healing sprout
posts of the healing bloom
about me
Let’s heal in the sunlight, together.