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📢 PSA to Women: Prioritize Your Needs
🦋 You Have Permission to Slow Down
✨️ Divine Feminine + Ecology = Magic

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I guess I'm just different...

So many women have a fear growing older. They try vehemently to reverse it.

If I'm being honest, I straight up enjoy it. Maybe it's because I'm only in my 40's, but I def don't look back to my life at 18, 28, or 38 with a desire to be that version of me again.

The wisdom I have now ...uuufffff, I would not give that up for more elasticity in my skin.

I love every version of me that brought me to the present moment. And I embrace the changes to come with an open heart.

The secret: I feel this way because I am physically, emotionally, and mentally stronger now than I ever was before. So, put in the work if you want to be happy as you age.

#agegracefully
#womenintheir40s
#gratitude
#lovelife by @thelmavelezphd

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No one who meets me has ever described me as soft. Over the years I have been told I am like Sarah Conner, Lara Croft, an Amazonian Warrior, Crazy, Badass, but never soft.

So when I told people I was working on moving into my soft girl era, they laughed...in my face...mostly because everyone knows I am a leader and have zero issues taking the helm.

I guess what I really meant by that is that I finally realized it's OK to slow down

Sometimes it takes you a few decades to realize you don't have to do it all... by @thelmavelezphd

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Things do not always go as you expect and you are going to experience big feelings, frustration, overwhelm, anxiety, whatever it might be for you.

The truth is...

Only YOU can shift that shitty vibe ✨️

And hopefully you shift to something that feels better.

I personally find bringing my attention to the present moment through my senses - sound, touch, smell, sight, taste - is the best way to reset.

I look around me, hear the birds, see the clouds moving and am reminded how trivial these other things are...the 🌎 is still spinning.

When I make it back to a more centered state of being, then I can work through what led to the feelings in the first place. This is the literal definition of #resilience

#lifeadvice by @thelmavelezphd

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Sometimes you just gotta get away to find your place. Nature grounds me more than any spa day ever could.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good massage, body treatment, facial, and haircut, but if I had to choose, it would be a hike or forest bath anyday!

#forestbathing
#naturelovers
#womenwhohike
#nervoussystemreset by @thelmavelezphd

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Hey hey! I'm planning to head to Grassy Waters Preserve Sat Oct 24th for a hike. If you are interested in joining me, like this post and drop a comment or DM me for more details.

#hikemoreworryless
#southfloridahiking
#womenwhohike taken in Grassy Waters Preserve by @thelmavelezphd

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Yes, looking great is awesome, AND there are more important things than how I look.

When I was little I remember everyone focusing on my looks, my eyes, my hair. 🙅‍♀️ I hated it and it led me to rebel against the notion that women's physical appearance is something for other's to consume.

I used to go out of my way to go against the grain:
Not wear makeup
Not shave
Not wear provocative clothes
Not alter my body when society pressures women to.

I've always wanted to be recognized for the good i bring into the world, my intelligence, my boldness, my many weird attributes, my integrity...

When I want to look extra, I 💯 can and DO level up. But I also know that when someone likes me, it is for more than my looks.

It's for how they feel when they are around me.

#beauty
#beautyfromwithin
#integrity by @thelmavelezphd

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Tell me how you manage to live in the ordinary and the liminal? by @thelmavelezphd

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Every woman deserves the luxury of slowing down and being witnessed.

No performance, no masks 🎭 Just come as you are. Perfectly you.

You deserve to have time for yourself and for restoration, 💯% guilt-free.

If you've been feeling the pull to hit pause, please honor yourself and take some time to hit the reset button 🔄

The new moon 🌚 is a perfect opportunity to set intentions and prepare for your next cycle.

Remember, we are all just beautiful souls living a human experience.

We'll be at Tree Tops Park in Davie Oct 10th. There is a $3 park entrance fee.

Donations accepted, but not a requirement

DM me for more details on location by @thelmavelezphd

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19 days ago

What an honor it is to witness you unfolding & opening your hearts as we settled into the forest.

Women were never meant to be in competition with one another, we are meant to work together on our collective and individual evolution and healing.

Thank you to everyone who came to this forest immersion + women's circle.

My heart is full.

#womenhealingwomen
#forestbathing
#womencircle
#gratitude
#healer by @thelmavelezphd

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I have no clue what I am doing, but i'm doing it anyway.

I've been passionate about nature for as long as I can remember. Despite being raised in NYC 🗽, surrounded by concrete, I have always been drawn to the great outdoors 🏞 - spiritually and academically.

It not surprising that I have 3 degrees 👩‍🎓, and each one focused on the 🌏 environment in one way or another.

A friend recently told me that the one thing they remember from the first time we met was just how much I loved nature - I don't know what I said, did, or advocated for, but it's still true to this day 💛

I don't the spend the same energy advocating for environmental protection these days, what I really want is to deepen people's experiences in nature, and I know that looks different depending on who I am guiding.

I've planned group hiking, camping, and outdoor trips for over two decades, forest immersion and women's circles in nature for 10+ years.

Now I am opening my events to a wider audience.

More to come soon...

#womenwhohike
#forestbathing
#gaia
#protecttheenvironment by @thelmavelezphd

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23 days ago

We've all been hurt, but shutting out other women doesn't fix anything.

Women have gathered under moonlight and around fires for thousands of years to witness one another and heal.

In search of new hobbies, find your sisters

Need to feel alive again, find your sisters

Motherhood challenges, find your sisters

Grieving a loss, find your sisters

And always support your women friends ❤️

Same goes for men - find your brothers 🧡

#storytellingcontentchallenge
#contentcreators
#womenempoweringwomen
#adviceoftheday

@jun_yuh
@creatorcollege_ by @thelmavelezphd

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Becoming isn't the right term for what I am going through, it's really more of an 'unbecoming'. Its an unlearning process where I give myself permission to be authentic and stop performing to fit in society.

#unmasked #authenticity by @thelmavelezphd

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