My entire life I’ve struggled to know what my purpose is. Whenever I imagined my future it was never my career I pictured. I didn’t lie awake at night dreaming about a job title - I was picturing dinner tables, growing old with friends and a house full of people I loved. But the one thing that I was never sure of was what I wanted to spend 90% of my life actually doing.

As I approach yet another February 14th single, and begrudgingly try to write a hinge prompt that carefully balances my intelligence and subtle sense of humour, I find myself reflecting on why I’m finding it so hard to fall in love.

As summer falls and the shift of Autumn’s approach begins, our bodies grow stiffer with the decline of outside’s temperature. We hold things a bit closer; we wrap ourselves up a bit tighter; we walk a bit faster and we don’t stop to relax and notice like our summer selves once did. Last weekend I took part in ‘Collective Rhythms’ led by the incredible Nora Aubrey. It made me strongly aware of the shift my being was going through and embrace a deeper understanding and care f