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"I believe it's our mission as artists to bring more beauty and inspiration into the world." - Nicole Gariepy

Nicole Gariepy is a podcast host, jewelry designer, art gallery owner, former ballerina, and artist in all forms who believes it is her mission as an artist to bring more beauty into the world. Living on the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, Nicole believes that creativity is that spark that lives inside each one of is, and that we are all naturally creative, each in our own way.

After years of living an unfulfilled life, Nicole found herself on a mission to discover what truly lights her up, and in turn what it means to live a beautifully, creative life. This is where she found her joy and a deeper experience of life through creativity. Most people are searching for the meaning of life and the beauty of that is we each get to create it for ourselves. Nicole explores life through the lens of creativity on her podcast, Creative Minds, Brilliant Life (which can be found on all major podcast platforms).

Nicole's jewelry brand, FantaSea Jewelry, fantaseajewelry.com is an online shop and brick-and-mortar gallery on the island of St. Croix.

✔️Mission accomplished. Thanks to my heart and my higher self for knowing what I am really here for, and not letting my human self settle.

Some days, it all makes sense and sometimes it feels like nothing does. It’s all part of the process. The process of becoming and unbecoming, the moments that feel like we are physically shedding our old skin and being reborn. And through all of it, trust, in every single part of the process, even when it’s painful. Especially when it’s painful.

I’m not here for the average, I’m here for the magic 🔮

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“You’re not crazy. You’re just first!” From “Worthy” by Jamie Kern Lima @jamiekernlima

I woke up with this quote in my head, the message I needed, that came through from my intuition. I was guided back to this wisdom just when I needed it 🤍
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“Dear Human: You’ve got it all wrong.

You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. This is where you came from and where you’ll return.

You came here to learn personal love.
Universal love.
Messy love.
Sweaty Love.
Crazy love.
Broken love.
Whole love.
Infused with divinity.
Lived through the grace of stumbling.
Demonstrated through the beauty of... messing up.
Often.

You didn’t come here to be perfect, you already are.

You came here to be gorgeously human. Flawed and fabulous.

And rising again into remembering.

But unconditional love? Stop telling that story.

Love in truth doesn’t need any adjectives.
It doesn’t require modifiers.
It doesn’t require the condition of perfection.

It only asks you to show up.
And do your best.
That you stay present and feel fully.
That you shine and fly and laugh and cry and hurt and heal and fall and get back up and play and work and live and die as YOU.

Its enough.

It’s Plenty.”

Written by Courtney A. Walsh

✨ Don’t quit before the miracle. Maybe what’s on the other side of this mountain you’re climbing is everything you’ve ever wanted. On the other side of this pain is something more beautiful and amazing than you’ve ever dreamed.
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Wise words from a wise mentor of mine. Having wise mentors and sticking close to their energy and their teachings is a non-negotiable for me. It’s how we keep ourselves moving forward rather than getting stuck and feeling stagnant. And for me there’s pretty much nothing worse, except maybe heartache ❤️‍🩹

After heartache comes ease… Where are the distortions that need to be healed so we can live in the gift? 🎁

💔”Can we celebrate the pain while we’re in it because we’re always grateful for it after. “
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“Everything changes. Life shows us what we need to learn and when we need to learn it. Every season is an opportunity to learn and grow. Don’t ever get too comfortable or complacent.

Keep your heart wide open to love ❤️

Stay curious.

Let shit go.

Enjoy every moment.

Love yourself, even when you don’t.

And that is the Messy Truth.” - Alli Webb
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Life is short. Live out loud. Love big. Say the things that need to be said, even when they are scary. Follow your heart and listen to that spark of inspiration inside of you. We’re only here for a little while. Make your life the most beautiful experience you can 💖
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✨ Inspirations from this week 👉🏼
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✨That’s the real glow up, sis. We just keep getting better. I said to a friend last week that if I keep experiencing these heartbreaks I’ll have a PhD before too long 😂

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📖 Maybe our story is a choose your own adventure book, a journal with prompts from the universe. We are presented with opportunities all along the way and we are able to discern what is for us, what isn’t and what we respond to.

🤍 Life is like that. We’re always being guided if we choose to see it. When we are holding onto tightly to our stories, the ones we’ve written ourselves, we often don’t leave space for the magic of something bigger and better.

✍🏼 In the pages that have already been written in my story, the previous chapters, things have always worked out far better than expected. Far better than the stories I was writing for myself. Maybe for today I’ll remember this and trust.
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❤️ Let’s write our own love story and make it the greatest one ever.
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At some point we have to stop wishing things had been different and start living in the life that’s right here for us. Acceptance teaches us that life will be painful and difficult, and there are many things that we cannot change. We get to focus on only changing or affecting the things we can and making the most of what we have in this moment.

(Wisdom from the AA Big Book)
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Sometimes change happens in an instant, and sometimes it happens gradually over time, and then in a single moment we look back and see that everything is different. There’s space, distance and perspective that wasn’t there before. In those moments, we find grace, gratitude and hope 🙏🏼
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Caturday! The best one is the last one 😹
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🤍 Do you think so? We really are here to share the medicine for the healing our mothers and grandmothers needed. Each generation gets to heal the wounds that are so often passed down through generations.
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🩵 Living in the Caribbean, life often moves slow. “This comes from a piece of wisdom that his climate of eternal summer teaches him. It is that, under all the parade of human effort and noise, today is like yesterday and tomorrow will be like today; that existence is a wheel of recurring patterns from which no one escapes; that all that anybody does in this life is live for awhile and then die for good, without finding out much; and that therefore the idea is to take things easy and enjoy the passing time under the sun.” - Don’t Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk

🩵 This passage from the classic book, written about the island I live on, St. Croix, has always fascinated and inspired me. This is true of people living on the islands as well as anywhere else and it’s a much needed reminder right now.
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🤍 How gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. There is a bigger plan and reason things happen they way they do. Often it’s hard to understand and even harder to let go. Letting go with grace is surrendering to the knowledge and understanding that there is a bigger picture, beyond what we can see.
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🤍 This advice was given to me at one of the hardest times in my life. It was 6 years ago, and I didn’t think I would survive. I can see how important that chapter was, and the one I just closed now 6 years later. The story keeps going and here are pages to write and chapters still to unfold. But this book is pretty damn good…

“Breathe, darling. This is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.”
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💙 Maybe it’s time to let go. To surrender. To let go of your attachment to the thing you thought should have happened. The universe has a much bigger plan for you. Trust that you’re being guided… and relax.
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🤍 The good news is, the directions that come from divine inspiration are always sound and wise. We definitely have to be more discerning about the people we take advice from, and who gets a voice in our life and experiences.

“This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.” - Glennon Doyle, Untamed
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❤️ Maybe…

Inspiration from @soulscribblerr
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✨Expand your capacity to receive. If we want to call in all the things we want in life, we have to be ready to receive them. This is about more than thinking we are ready. It’s energy, it’s space, it’s presence.

🤍”The more you honor yourself with beauty, play, and joy, the greater will be your capacity to receive.” - Alan Cohen
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🩵 The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Water cleanses, heals and washes things away. Each drop is a testament to our strength, resilience, and connection to nature. Find your peace and let the salt water heal you.
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💫 Memes of the week! Memes really are little magical messages that find us at just the right time. I believe God/ Spirit/ Universe sends us the messages through any means, and media, possible! 🙏🏼
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“I hope tomorrow gets here quickly ‘cause I can’t wait
I know the future’s gonna be brighter but it’s dark today
Even when I struggle just to keep my head on
I breathe in, breathe out and float on like
Ay-ay the stars are awful bright tonight
And ay, ay everything’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna get better, better I know
It’s gonna get better, better I know
As long as we’re together, oh I know
It’s gonna get better and better, better and better…”
@michaelfranti
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“I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.”

🙏🏼 Ho’oponopono teaches us that healing begins within, and as we heal ourselves, we create a ripple effect of harmony in the world around us.

🌼 I’m sorry: Acknowledging the harm or pain caused, whether to yourself or others.

🌼 Please forgive me: Seeking forgiveness, acknowledging when we are wrong, understanding that we are all imperfect and make mistakes.

🌼 Thank you: Expressing gratitude for the opportunity to make amends and grow from our experiences.

🌼 I love you: Affirming the power of love and connection as the ultimate healer.

❤️ Even brief interactions can benefit from the principles of Ho’oponopono. Approach everyone with an open heart, ready to forgive and show compassion. This mindset can transform everyday encounters into meaningful connections.

🙏🏼 Make Ho’oponopono a daily practice, reflecting on your day and using the prayer to clear any negative energy. This helps maintain emotional balance and fosters a positive outlook on life.

The prayer’s essence of love and forgiveness can inspire acts of kindness and understanding, creating a more compassionate world.

💫 Remember, healing starts within. By forgiving yourself and letting go of guilt and regret, you open up to greater self-love and inner peace. As you heal, you inspire others to do the same.

#Hooponopono #Healing #Forgiveness #SelfLove #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #Gratitude #Love #SpiritualJourney

“You can’t help when your stomach sinks, see your life happen in a flash. In your head it could be so real that you almost feel the crash...”

💔 Triggers. They hit us when we least expect it. Triggers that remind us of trauma, of pain, of heartbreak. Often so intense that we physically feel like we are in a completely different place, a different moment, a different life experience.

✈️ No one ever tells you when you end a relationship with a pilot, that our society is just full of air travel and pilot metaphors that will remind you of him over and over again. That was definitely one of the hardest parts of navigating that breakup (which I didn’t talk about for months). They really are everywhere, little sayings, quotes and anecdotes comparing all sorts of life experiences to the experience of flying, or traveling on, an airplane. Now I can laugh about it, but for a long time it was agonizing. That’s what this healing journey is like. Recognizing where the triggers come from and digging deep into the source of the original pain. That’s the work, and the only way out is through, and on the other side of it is real freedom.

🎶 This song by Pink is one that came across my radar very recently, and speaks so much to the bumpy ride of life that we are all on. Definitely mine as of late.

“The panic is temporary, but I’ll be permanent. So when it hits, don’t forget as scary as it gets it’s just turbulence.
Hold my hand, hold your breath, and I’ll find a place to land. Where you’re safe, never break, where the morning never ends. When you say that you can’t I will watch you dance through this turbulence. It’s turbulence.” -P!NK
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Red Rocks photo dump 🤘🏼@michaelfranti
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