I’m glad you’re here! Let me tell you a little bit about why I started Planted Mindfully.
I wanted to share my passion for creating a better life for your body, mind, & environment. My desire for a better mindset and a better planet was what helped shape my idea for Planted Mindfully.
Let me tell you a little bit about the person I used to be...
I was a fairly negative person. I struggled with low self worth and social anxiety. I saw the worst in life and had a glass half empty mentality. I felt stuck. I was trapped in my own mental prison.
Between my mother passing away, getting cancer as a 16 year old, and struggling with depression away at college. All the traumatic events that had happened to me at such a young age made me think I was just dealt a shit hand in the game of life.
Overthinking my every move, it took me years to realize my thoughts were sabotaging me. I used to tell myself all kinds of untrue things… like “I can’t talk to people” or “I’m not good enough”.
By telling myself those thoughts on repeat I started to believe they were true. And so they became true. I wouldn’t talk to people because in my mind I believed I didn't know how. And I would give up on everything I ever tried because I just wasn’t good enough.
After years of working on myself, I was able to bring myself out of depression and started gaining a better mindset. What I had come to realize later, was that I was a total and complete victim of my life.
It wasn’t until a life coach called me out one day and told me the root of a lot of my issues, she told me I had a “victim mentality”. My first thought was “what? no way” then I looked deeper into it and thought, “wow, yes this is me”.
Now I had a choice, I could choose to think better thoughts and tell myself a new story. Or I could continue to tell myself the same self-limiting beliefs.
A lotus flower doesn’t think to itself “I can’t grow out of this mud” It just pushes through. Changing who you are is much like how a lotus grows. You must first deal with the hardships in life (the mud), to bloom into the beautiful flower you are meant to become.
My love of plants got me thinking… They may struggle, but they never stop trying to grow. They adapt and change, but they don’t give up. My desire to continue growing led me to share my story to help others.
I went from thinking the worst about life to finding joy in every moment.
From hating myself to loving the imperfect person that I am.
From reacting to every situation to letting it go.
From constant overwhelm to finding calm.
And so much more.
Working on yourself is just that it’s work... But I don’t want you to have to go at it alone like I did. With my guidance you could save years of stumbling around trying to figure it out by yourself.
Changing yourself isn’t something you should have to go at alone and you don’t have to. Let’s work at this together! We only have this one life. If you’re anything like me than you have so much to gain once you lose the thoughts that are no longer serving you.
If you are feeling stuck you have come to the right place. It’s not easy to become your authentic self. Let’s plant a seed in mindfulness, I am looking forward to growing together.