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🌞✨️🤍 Good morning!!! I love you all. I don't do all of this for myself even if I make it seem like I do.

I recently had someone (who is also staying sober) tell me how discouraged she felt when she read a NYT best-selling novel about someone else like us relapsing. Why is that the story that sells?

We are all aching for more recovery inspiration. Recovery from more than one thing.

I've had people wonder at how I do it, and honestly, I just felt like I needed some time to wrap my mind around it all before I started sharing. I don't talk about my old life often, but when I do, the response is a bit intimidating. I have often felt 'othered' as people backed away slowly.

I know from my work as a peer advocate and holistic medicine practitioner that even though my story is different from a lot of people's, it's undeniable that we all feel very similarly. It's just hard to have such a "dark" or "heavy" story, sometimes.

On one hand, people identify so strongly with their narratives that if I get too specific, they think general life lessons don't apply to them (i.e., they never had intestinal problems so they don't feel the need to change their eating habits from the standard t0x!c Western diet that they feel unsatisfied with in the first place). On the other hand, I get shy until I hear someone else like me speak.

And so I want to continue to inspire as I have been inspired. I want to find people who continue to speak unabashedly about their journey so it can give others courage. Thanks for your patience and staying tuned. Welcome, and please reach out if you're just reaching my page.

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#sobermovement #traumainformed #womenempowerment #queerpride #holisticliving #kambomedicine #kundaliniawakening #mentalhealthawareness #ptsdsurvivor #recoveryispossible #recoveroutloud #shareyourstory #loveyourselffirst #selfcarematters #healthylifestyle taken in New York by @rae.always

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I got into my first magazine at age 7. Even then, it was sorely won and I felt like an imposter. Some photographer noticed @nessierussell on the beach in East Hampton and asked if she could come to a photoshoot at ashawagh hall, close to my house. My brother and myself came as well and my pictures were the only ones chosen for the magazine. Even at that age, the competition that was imposed between my baby cousin and me left a huge imprint on my consciousness. I often felt awkward having my photos taken and the memory of my aunt being angry at me stayed with me. I was scared she wouldn't let me hang out with my baby cousin if I did something "wrong".

This skirt is made out of three different pairs of pants. From 2017-2023 I primarily wore "haram pants". I did this because I didn't want to be sexually attractive to anyone and my legs grab a lot of attention. I hid myself away in hopes to connect with myself and others genuinely instead of being passed around like some sort of souvenir. *I know people say that* I look like a supermodel, an onlyfans girl, a corn star. But i am first and foremost a human being and I was going through an incredibly sensitive time. I wore the pants until they started falling apart. I made them into a pretty cool skirt that fluffs when I dance.

Channel your pain into art. Tell your story. Don't throw away the pieces that make up who you are because they might come together and become something beautiful in the end.

#alternativemodel #streetstyle #fashionstyle #textileart #upcycled taken in Southern California by @rae.always

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LI-4 is a powerful "neuropuncture" point 🛑that is contraindicated during pregnancy🛑 due to it's ability to induce labor.

This acupuncture point -- the Yuan Source Point of the Large Intestine channel, the Gao Wu Command point of the face and mouth, and a Ma Dan Yang Heavenly Star point -- is well known to acupuncturists and body workers alike.

This point stimulates (through the dorsal branch of the radial nerve > brachial plexus C5-T1 > hypothalamus) PAG gray brain matter, which creates a strong systemic pain-relieving effect. Of course, it's been doing this thousands of years before understood through such a Western lens.

It also regulates "defensive qi" (think of your immune system, our defensive qi provides the first layer of defense from outside pathogens), expels wind and releases the exterior (if you have already caught something, this will help clear it out), regulates the face and mouth (Gao Wu Command points are a specialized group of Acupuncture points highly effective for treating acute or chronic conditions of a specific area), restores yang (your inner fire), and again INDUCES LABOR (DO NOT STIMULATE IF YOU ARE OR THINK YOU ARE PREGNANT).

Rice grain moxa is an ancient medicinal process where loose mugwort is rolled into "rice grains" and placed perpendicular to the skin, held on by medicated burn cream. I am using the tenting method here to extinguish the moxa before the ignited mugwort reaches the patients skin (in this case my awesome classmate). The tenting method puts out the moxa by restricting oxygen flow and putting out the ember.

The purpose of this modality is a non-invasive and gentle way to stimulate the points. When people are sensitive to acupunture but still want to participate, this is a great way to let them experience the medicine.

This is not medical advice. Educational purposes only. Do not attempt this unless you are trained. If done improperly, burns and or scarring are possible. Consult with a licensed practitioner.

📽 @shannbanann @desire.changee

#medicalschool #moxa #acupuncturestudent #chinesemedicinestudent #tcmlivingwell taken in San Diego, California by @rae.always

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Hehe be safe my friends

#hurricanerachel #stormy #lovealways #vivalarevolucion #adventure taken in Solana Beach by @rae.always

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Hello Everyone! I’d love to invite you to W1SE Wellness Day on October 10 at W1SE Castle in Solana Beach 🌿

It’s a full-day wellness experience with talks, honest Q&A, movement, hands-on practices, music, community, and a curated wellness marketplace.

Yoga · Qi Gong · Breathwork · Meditation · Sound Bath · Cacao · Tea · Biohacking · Nutrition · Bodywork · Energy Work · Astrology · Relationships · Psychedelics Education · Medicine Music · Art · Wellness Products · DJ Set

Two stages, many modalities, and one full day to learn, experience, connect, and recharge.

October 10 · 9 AM–9 PM
W1SE Castle · Solana Beach

Would love to see you there 💟
Tickets: https://share.w1selife.com/event/w1se-wellness-day

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeIzJL-tltm/?stkn=cnZpZHo1OW1iczZy by @rae.always

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While i'm studying and working honestly I am dreaming of making creatures! I love seeing what I can bring into the world through my imagination. Each cool object i come across is a potential body part. Life has turned into a treasure hunt!
Some people may look at my art and ask "wtf is that" and what's funny is i will tell the exactly what each creature is made up of. they might just walk away from me thinking im weird because i didn't play into their joke. But I really don't care if people are rude and try to make me the butt of their joke. I'll keep being me. I know some people really love my creatures.
Happy Saturday. If you don't get to make any art today that's okay maybe tomorrow. Let's drink a glass of water and take a walk in the sunshine. Hope you had a nourishing and warm breakfast.

#loveyourselffirst #mentalhealthawareness #womenempowerment #sobermovement #studentlife taken in Solana Beach by @rae.always

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#loveyourselffirst #mentalhealthawareness #womenempowerment #sobermovement #traumainformed taken in San Diego, California by @rae.always

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Im melting

#relatable #mentalhealthawareness #womenempowerment #tcmstudent #studentlife taken in San Diego, California by @rae.always

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So I dont ever really know when our anniversary is which makes it hard to find a good day to post my Daniel appreciate posts.

I just mean we have the day we met (oct 17, 2016), the day we first kissed, the day we started dating, the day we started living together, the day we started talking again, the day we started dating again, the day I moved back in, and the day we got engaged.

Imagine this: me living and working in Brooklyn minding my own business (in 2021, 3 years after we broke up) living my own life. One day a box truck swiped the driver's side side mirror 95% off my car, narrowly missing my whole body sitting in the front seat.

Long story short the man who helped me chase after this truck driver and file a hit and run police report was none other than Daniel's father. How'd that happen? Dunno. Let's just say it was the universe giving us a nudge in the right direction. Out of everywhere in Brooklyn -- he was there and willing to offer his help to me before we even realized who each other was. I mean I really didnt recognize him until he told me about his son Daniel in Solana Beach as we were speeding 35mph down the city streets.

Anyway we found these photos on an old hard drive. Theres only a few of us from back in the day and it was nice to recover these. There are some recent ones cause I know we just look that good you might very well have thought they were all in the past 4 years. Hmu if you have that photo of me and Daniel and our old friend laying on some grass together. That was a good one.

#engagedlife #timeflies #millennial #loveyourselffirst #medicineforthesoul taken in San Diego, California by @rae.always

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Spending a moment with my hair directly out of my nightly braid before straightening and & getting it cut. This was my haircut shirt 😂

#loveyourselffirst #streetstyle #haircareroutine #lifestyle #womenempowerment by @rae.always

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#mentalhealthawareness #loveyourselffirst #sobermovement #wedorecover #womenempowerment taken in California by @rae.always

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#studentlife #loveyourselffirst #mentalhealthawareness #getoutsideandplay #womeninmedicine taken in Solana Beach by @rae.always

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