My third surprise blog post is all about my friend Katie Jolicoeur who is such a beautiful soul both inside and out! Its so crazy to think back to when we first met and although we connected in elementary school we discovered that we had first met back in the day at our local rodeo where I sang the national anthem for years and Katie was a barrel racer (you can hear us discussing all of this in the podcast episode we recorded and released via Dream Catcher Pod). She’s incredibly talented and shines her light to those around her who need it the most. I am so inspired by her genuine honesty and am grateful to have her in my life as inspiration for my journey. Watching Katies growth through her yoga and meditation journey has kept me channeling my own growth. Before my loss through ectopic, I had been in a relationship that was very mentally and emotionally abusive. I haven’t opened up much about that part of my life yet but that day will come soon. I remember being in a very negative and trapped mindset during that time of my life and it was right around the time that Katie launched Be Free Yoga. Seeing her posts through social media always gave me light and hope and even through that situation I was able to gather the strength to leave and the meditation helped me to heal. Years later I went through my ectopic scare and once again I found myself leaning on the inspiration from Katies posts to look within for more healing. I can definitely say that I would not be the same person standing here today if not for the care that I was inspired to take on my mental health. I can now look back and with a grain of salt show appreciation for those situations that made me search for deeper level of self love and caring. 

I am so grateful for Katie’s support and often think back to my hometown album release show where Katie had donated a dollar amount to be a sponsor for the show through her company BE FREE YOGA and now fast forward to my latest single for “Haven’t We All Been” where Katie came with me on set to film the music video and helped to guide me through the meditation scene. She also brought along her camera and took the most gorgeous behind the scenes pictures and captured all the emotion. Photography is another beautiful journey that Katie has embarked on and she is incredibly talented with that as well. She is such a special soul and I can’t wait for everyone to be inspired to join the self love journey by the music video coming out tomorrow! 

Keep an eye out for the beautiful meditation scene that brings me to tears every time I watch it  

Behind the Scenes photo on set for the music video for Haven’t We All Been

Photo by Katie Jolicoeur

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For the second surprise blog post I am so excited to tell you guys all about my beautiful friend Kailee! We became instagram friends first and have encouraged each other on from afar for just over a year now. I’m pretty sure we got in touch through Thelma’s instagram page after me seeing how much these two beautiful ladies work their magic together. There is something amazing about Kailee’s energy. You can just sense her peace and love without even knowing her! I say that from experience. Being inspired by her light has lead me on such a peaceful journey within myself and I am so grateful our paths have crossed. In the spring I was feeling a strong push to learn more about the chakras and I put out to the Universe that I would love to take an online course. I went to bed that night with my little prayer being put out there and the next morning while checking my instagram I saw that Kailee aka Om Ever After was hosting an online course for women on healing chakras (Ask and you shall receive!) I reached out to her and just as fate would have it Kailee had left her course up for one more spot to be filled and I just happened to get it in the nick of time. It was a seven week course that took us on a journey of healing our chakras one by one. It was so amazing to learn and be connected and supported by a group of women who were on the same path as me. I decided to purchase the VIP package which included a healing session by Kailee and also a card reading. In the healing session she was able to connect with one of my spirit angels and I was absolutely blown away by her connection with all things spiritual. The card reading also gave me a sense of peace for my new journey of road tripping across the States to plant my roots more firmly back home in Alberta. Since then I have been able to meet Kailee in person and feel in energy in full force! She is such a beautiful soul who was definitely put here to help heal the world one heart at a time. I am so grateful that Kailee and Thelma brought me on board to help host the Full Moon ceremony in August and it has opened up a new world for me in using my music for healing as well. 

Kailee’s guidance has helped so much in healing my sacral chakra where my trauma occurred with my ectopic and through that has brought out so much more of my creativity – its wild but the sacral chakra is the place where our creativity is birthed from! This is a major role in me being able to connect to my heart with filming my music video for “Haven’t We All Been”. I know for a fact that I wouldn’t be in this positive mind frame of healing without her guidance. I brought some of my crystals to be on set with me while I filmed the video and a crystal that Kailee gifted me for the chakra course was one of them! 

Thelma, Kailee and I at the Full Moon Ceremony in August 2020

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I’m excited that you have been on this journey with me so far. Thank you for loving me as I am and allowing me the space to talk open and freely about my journey as I know my story is here to help inspire some of you get through hard times in your lives as well. 

This is the start of a three part blog series to offer you some helpful tools in being at peace with yourself. Some amazing people in my life from my hometown that have offered me support and fueled my path in beautiful ways. 

The first friend I would love to boast about is Thelma from Goodland Farms and Resana Healing located just outside of my hometown of Stony Plain Alberta. I reached out to Thelma just over a year ago in hopes to use her beautiful farm as a location for a photoshoot. She instantly said yes and opened up her healing dome as a spot for me to use. The photoshoot that I had planned (with the incredibly talented Bethany Loates) was all about female empowerment where I had collected records from some of the most powerful women in music including Reba McEntire, Pat Benitar, Dolly Parton and of course miss Stevie Nicks. In some of the photos I was able to embrace my view on Devine feminine strength. This moment and connection with Thelma has lead to a beautiful friendship where I have been able to visit her beautiful garden where we pull oracle cards, sip tea and I was invited to lead a part of a full moon circle with Thelma and our beautiful friend Kailee Smith (more on Kailee tomorrow!). Through this friendship I have grown so much and been inspired to continue on my spiritual and healing journey. 

Thelma is an incredibly talented soul who’s work includes floral arrangements and earth medicine. I was so blessed to be able to harvest flowers from her farm for my music video for “Haven’t We All Been”. Keep an eye out in the video for her beautiful florals to make an appearance and I feel so blessed that the positive energy of Goodland Farms will sparkle on in the video forever! 

Photo from my photoshoot @ Goodland Farms 09-19

Photo by Bethany Loates

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