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Finding purpose: How loss led to meaning

By KatieAugust 24, 2018October 2, 2018

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#grief “This is not the end of your Dad, this is the beginning of a new relationship with him.” ⁣ ⁣ That’s what a healer told me when I was in depths of my grief and it changed the way I saw everything. ⁣ ⁣ On the weekend, we woke early to watch the sunrise at Caroline Bay. This beach is where I grew up and it holds some of my happiest memories with Dad. Our lives kind of pivoted around it; swimming, boating, diving. On stormy nights, Dad and I liked to be storm chasers and find the best spot to watch the crashing waves 🌊 ⁣ ⁣ When he died, I was so scared of losing who Dad was. But now our relationship has changed. I see him in the sun peaking over the horizon in the morning, in the beautiful stormy nights and at this beach where so many of our memories live ✨⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #goodgrief #nz

⁣ Hi ☺️ 👋🏽 this time next month will mark one year since I stopped drinking alcohol 😄 🥂 It kicked off a bit of a transformation in me that continues to provide goodness. ⁣ ⁣ I wished for the day where I would nourish my body instead of damaging it on the weekends with food and alcohol. And now I’m almost at a whole year of better sleeps, better skin, better relationships, more energy, more money lol whaaat!✨ add the plant-based eating too and it is 🙀🔥💫⚡️☄️ ☺️✨ I know a few of you have stopped drinking too - how are you finding it? Now, how to celebrate 🤔 @coralporter ? ⁣ ⁣ #soberaf #sobergirlssociety #sobercurious #dryjuly #soberforever

🌼This ray of sunshine in human form is Julia, the quiet creator of @commonunitynz . She’s just received a Queen’s Service Medal for her services to the community. She’s been tireless in wrapping a sustainable, community response to support our village. ⁣⁣ ⁣ Her work means hundreds of local kids have tummies full of locally grown vegetables every day. It’s sometimes overwhelming to think of all the things on this earth that need healing but amongst it all, Julia is a beacon of hope 💚💚💚⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ [If you’d like, you can support the beautiful work at @commonunitynz by donating to them or lending a hand in the garden/kitchen x] #togetherwegrow⁣⁣ #commonunity ⁣⁣ #sustainabilitymatters

Happy Monday from this sweet little spot looking over Wellington harbour 🙌🏽 grateful for some sun this weekend, good company 🤗 and that we get to enjoy these views 😍⁣ ⁣ There’s a bunch of studies that say that journaling gratitude daily boosts the happy vibes so that’s what I’ll be doing this week to *try* to make a habit of it. I used it as a one little tool through my tougher times of grief but I’d like to make it a more conscious part of my day, every day 💜 I’m not unhappy but I think mental resilience work needs to be a daily thing so that I’m able to handle the tough parts of life when they swing around 💜⁣ ⁣ Do you do gratitude journaling? Or any journaling? Send me your tips - I’m sure there are apps 🤷🏽‍♀️⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #gratitudegang #happymonday #journaling

Oh hey it’s (my) plasma donation week ⚡️and also my bi-monthly insta to say: if you can give blood or plasma please book in with @nzblood 📞💁🏽‍♀️ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Plasma is used to make over 13 life-saving blood products. I’d say you will almost certainly know someone who has needed them at some point. I know not everyone can give but I figure that if the people who can do, then the world will be a lil better off ❤️💛⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As a side note, it was my first since I switched to a plant-based diet so I was interested in my iron levels. They took a bit of a hit when I stopped eating red meat about a year ago but it was still healthy enough to donate red blood. And this week’s levels were still healthy as so...woop 🥳⁣ ⁣ ⁣ (Also I don’t know why I have robot arm either 🤷🏽‍♀️) ⁣ ⁣⁣ —————————⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #plasma #donation #donateplasma #donateblood #donate #gratitudegang #kindnessmatters #kindnessiscool #glowup #eatyourgreens #plantpower #poweredbyplants #plantbasedeating ⁣⁣ #climatechange #loveearth #treadlightly #bethechange #nzvegans #climateaction #latergram #nz

You know when you meet people that vibe on the same level as you? You feed off each other’s energy and when you’re creating together...watch out ⚡️ When I met @sarajadechase and Manawaroa last week to kick off @sohknz education planning, it was all of that. These women are changemakers 🔥⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ One of the things we talked about was creating some good rituals with our students like #FinishStrongFriday 🙌🏽 ⁣⁣ ⁣ Given Monday is my favourite day of the week for work because it represents a whole fresh slate to nail everything, any ideas on a Monday ritual? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ (Annnd if you happen to live in Eastern BOP region, we are looking for people to join us - check the link on @sohknz and message me if you‘re keen 😃) ⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ #monday #positivevibes #grattitudeattitude #manawahine #empoweredwomen #changemakers #creators #communitydriven #livewithpurpose #legacybuilding #empower #purposedrivenlife #goaldigger #dreamersanddoers #chattycaptioncommunity #girlboss #hersuccess #entrepreneur #nz #whakatane

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