Ashley Abbs

Today I celebrate 44!

I first want to thank all of you who have chosen to hit follow and be patient with my journey in figuring out how to share my work. Art, Acupuncture and Writing to support women that find themselves in transition and wanting to create more space for inspiration and healing for themselves all while bringing the people that they love along with them on the journey. That’s where my heart longs to hold space for.

The traditional marketing models all tell you to pick one. But I can’t. So it’s a little messy sometimes confusing and probably 10x more work, however even with all of that it’s 100% true.

So here’s to 44 and another trip around the sun figuring it out and learning to share a little more openly. My Gemini - Aquarius - Scorpio combo tends to leave me getting in my own way. 🥰

So in the spirit of sharing here’s a few facts about me!

💗 I’m left handed and hold my pencil “wrong” - it looks weird but it works.
💗 I grew up on an acreage with a random selection of animals, peacocks, chickens, ducks, goats (I hated those dudes), a rabbit named Toby, my horse named Roxy, and the usual cats and dogs.
💗 My favourite flowers are dahlias, hydrangeas and peonies.
💗 I ALWAYS!! put on my Left shoe first. I think it started as a superstition when I was competing but now it feels weird if I don’t do it and I will actually take off my shoes and do it the other way around if I happen to start with the right.
💗My dad taught me how to draw. I swear I can feel him around me every time I make art now.

Ps. Angel food cake makes the best birthday cake! No matter what the rest of my family thinks 😂

Thanks for being here

What do you deem precious?
The Metal Element is crystallizing. Preparing us for the deep dive of the Water Season and enter a period of introspection and unravelling. Preparing us for a way forward into our next embodiment.
Not sure where you’re going? Or what’s around the corner for you? Not to worry, you needn’t have to have it all figured out just yet.
All that is required in this moment is to get truly clear on what is the most important to you.
What do you deem precious?
Or, what do you want to hold onto as you shed old skin, patterns, beliefs, habits etc. to begin anew.
If you were to emerge in a brand new life, what is it that you have in your current circumstance that you want to still have with you?
Are they qualities, feelings, people, things, memories or a combination that you hold dear?
What are they? Name them, say them aloud. If they are your most precious things treat them as so. Perhaps your people need to hear what you deem precious, or maybe you need to hear you acknowledge them too.
How do you or want to, honour, cultivate or amplify what you deem precious in your life?
It’s a practice that bears repeating. Over and over again.
Coming home to yourself, getting clear and holding what you love most at the centre of your awareness.
That is how those things, (people, things, qualities and memories) walk alongside and hold you up in your moments of transformation.
And so it is.

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