GOOD VIBRATIONS 〰️ AUGUST

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• AUGUST FEELS

• #follow

• READING LIST

• PLAYLIST

• PODCASTS

• IN THE STARS

• MANTRA

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AUGUST FEELS

QUIET, SULTRY, WILD, RICH

There's a sleepy, hazy, waviness in the air come August...like when Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" comes on the radio for the 33rd time and you're hypnotized by the heatwaves rising off onyx asphalt.

If you're like me, this month begs for savoring it all.  All the warmth, all the sweet ease, all the slow wanderings, all the surrender to what best lies ahead.

Let's move with care.  Act with intention.  Swim till our fingers and toes are prunes.  And let's freaking celebrate our own company, dear ones.

Let this month be devoted to falling in love with you.  These things are here to be your unconditionally awesome company.

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#follow

@betterbymichelle

because Michelle Pellizzon is a force. She started @holisticism, a members-only community of “holistic mystic realism for the modern multi-hyphenate.” APPLY AND BE CONNECTED TO THOUSANDS OF BRILLIANT HUMANS MAKING RAD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSE. Her writing, her voice, her whole way of being is that of the raddest friend you could ever hope to have. And I’m so lucky to now consider her an LA soulbabe.

@chalimetinart

because he’s is rapidly becoming my favorite modern actor, and it “turns out Timothée Chalamet has been an inspiration to artists as far back as da Vinci.” This account is inspiring me to do something silly-stupid-wonderful with my Photoshop skillz.

@dadcherries

because if you’re a woman between the ages 16-36, I’ll bet dollars that you think these things. If you’re outside that range, follow to LAUGH AT US AND WHAT WASTES OUR TIME.

@camillamengstrom

because her art is super femme-goddess-vibey. But what makes me happiest are the videos of her dancing ecstatically around her bright studio.

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READING LIST

Are We Really Still Talking About Weight?

because, like pretty much everything on The Fullest, I raise my #prayerhands that you read this now. (Go ahead and give it ~7 mins.)

Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts

because, while the cover art is a bit major, I’ve been downing this book like a chilly bottle of Pellegrino straight-out-the-fridge. A quick and powerful read. Every page will inspire you to amplify, unabashedly, your inner Sacred Goddess. Might sound cheesy, but no, it’s RAD.

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon

Tbh, I haven’t read this yet. But this is why I’m salivating at the thought of cracking it open: from the synopsis: “Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities.”

Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Lights

because my bestie is traveling to Paris and other french destinations this month, and I’m living vicariously with David Downie’s illustrative account of moving to this magical place and taking it all in on foot.

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PLAYLIST

A playlist featuring Marian Hill, Wild Nothing, Litany, and others

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PODCASTS

That's So Retrograde

because Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari are the official unofficial queens of modern self-care curiosity. They’re HAHA-LAR-IOUS and witty and have sparkly chemistry. This has been one of my longest-loved pods.

Second Life

because Hillary Kerr is the host. She started Who What Wear and MyDomaine, so I trust her to produce quality sh*t. Interviewees are women who made career changes at all ages, from the likes of Jessica Alba (actress in Alex Mack turned honest-babycare mogul, naturally) to Cassandra Grey (founder of my current web obsession, VIOLET GREY)

Personality Hacker

because despite the fact that I abhor the word “hacker,” I love all things Myers-Briggs, and this show is devoted to the personality typologies. Through the month of July there was an epic three-part series diving into the 7 goddess archetypes. *Two enthusiastic thumbs up*

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IN THE STARS

We're in Leo Season, baby lions!  Until the 23rd, that is, when we drift into Virgo.  Get your fierce self excited for another lunar eclipse!  But we're in Mercury Retrograde (feeling it? *emphatically raises hand*) so maybe not too excited...

There are a bunch of people who can break it down for us, so read on for all the cosmic energy and how you can dance with it.

THE NUMINOUS - TAROTSCAPES

BESS MATASSA - HOME DESIGN HOROSCOPE

MYSTIC MAMMA - WTF TO EXPECT THIS MERCURY RETROGRADE

GO FIRST! 7 Ways to Leap into Fearless Vulnerability

I wrote this article for The Numinous last year, but “Fearless Vulnerability” is my forever summer (and forever forever) aesthetic…I’ll bet it looks real nice on you, too. ~5 mins

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MANTRA

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem, baby girl...

- Ms. Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop

Yes, babygirl, we are fascinating creatures, indeed.  We can be the hard rock...lift the heavy things, pull our own weight, carry the loads of others, push the boulder past our limits.  We can handle it.  But us women, you know what we can also do? 

We can be so tender.

We can be delicate and graceful and stop-your-honey's-heart stunning.  Just like a gem.

We don't have to be both at the same time (all things to all people)...no, we are free to swing from vine to vine as we please and as we need.

This month, and every month forward, I'm granting myself permission to shine as brightly outward as I know myself to be on the inside.  I'll live my delicacy -and strength- without apology, without a care, without holding back, without backing down, without pretense or pretending.

And I wish the same for you.

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