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      <image:caption>I had just learned about the Marilyn Monroe effect, so when I walked down the street and told myself to "act like a confident person," this was where I got the idea from!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After Bumble boy, this was one of my first solo adventures! I hiked down to a secluded beach, reconnected to my love of reading and nature, and played Soft 50s on repeat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While with Bumble boy, I tried surfing for the first time. I was terrified to go myself, but I didn't want to be tied to him, so I went ... and I ended up getting stung by a sting ray. I regret nothing.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In reclaiming my peace, I also tried yoga! This was my 4th post ever on my Instagram account. I realized how disconnected I was from my body and how that was contributing to my poor mental health.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>So I sat in the center and journaled. This was God's tree I swear. (Well all trees are God's trees but this tree had ENERGY).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 1 - After</image:title>
      <image:caption>I don't have any pictures moving in that day ... I guess I was focused on saying goodbye. Maybe a part of me knew it would be the last time. This is the one picture I have from later that night.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mom's bunny</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photos from the hospital room.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I got my first tattoo a month after she passed.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 2 - In the Wind</image:title>
      <image:caption>Just an unsuspecting college sophomore who's world is about to come crashing down around them ... again.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The infamous FitBit ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to clean out the childhood bedroom.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bringing furniture to my aunt's house.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Moving into my new room.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The room I stayed in for the next 3 months during the height of COVID.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Classes are on Zoom now!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I developed a puzzling addiction while in quarantine.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 2 - In the Wind</image:title>
      <image:caption>Drove back and forth from my aunt's house to my childhood home to get it cleared and ready to sell. This was our family room.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My childhood kitchen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The front room.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The dining room.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 2 - In the Wind</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our house was old, which meant it had cool little architecture pieces, like this mosaic wall!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We carved our names into the attic to say goodbye.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 2 - In the Wind</image:title>
      <image:caption>The inside of the POD I rented to stay in my aunt's driveway. Eventually the entire thing was filled and I sorted through it alone until my sister joined me halfway through the summer.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Celebrating my 20th birthday! ... from 6 feet away.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Continuing to sort things from my friend's home.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Masks became the new normal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Enter my dissociated era. Truly looking back on these pictures I don't even recognize myself. I look incredibly dead inside.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>I also gained a lot of weight during this time. The body keeps the score.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Smoked a lot.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drank a lot.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oh and I also had hot pink hair.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Masks were still a thing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>Went out to the bars 2 to 3 times a week (I literally have no idea where I found the energy to do this).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dressed for the male gaze rather than myself.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>Some of these pictures aren't bad ... but I'm just like ... who is that?? Completely different plane of consciousness.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>I had no idea what my personality was, and my actions and existence were completely influenced by everyone around me.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>More nights out drinking.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>I literally took a grad picture in a liquor store and thought it was cute  College sucked me right into drinking culture.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dying inside ... but the grad pics still came clean</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 3 - No Socks, No Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>Okay so we graduated. What the fuck now??</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 5 - The Mute</image:title>
      <image:caption>It's up to all of us what we are willing to sacrifice in this life. Leaving this place was a decision: I could no longer tolerate anything that took away my autonomy and my ability to share my perspectives.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Time for adult things, like measuring for a bed frame!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I packed and moved all my things on my own. I somehow got this giant desk off the truck without dying. As I inched down the sidewalk, a stranger took pity on me and helped me carry it inside!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 7 - Speak Now</image:title>
      <image:caption>I got majority of my apartment things from garage and rummage sales. Found this amazing table on the side of the road for free! But will it fit in the car??</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It will! With less than an inch of space to the rear window</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 7 - Speak Now</image:title>
      <image:caption>I found this random box at a garage sale that said "New Life Construction." It seemed like a perfect marker of this new chapter in my life of self-discovery</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 7 - Speak Now</image:title>
      <image:caption>I was also beginning to share my whole life transition on Instagram! Taking the time to move more stuff out of my old room ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 7 - Speak Now</image:title>
      <image:caption>And trying to not get overwhelmed by all the mess created in the new apartment  I had a LOT of stuff.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I have my own space!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 7 - Speak Now</image:title>
      <image:caption>Things are looking cleaner now! Here's my blue papasan chair aka the comfiest place to read.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Most of my childhood books were back in storage on the East Coast, but after living in San Diego for a year the West Coast collection was rapidly growing</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fun fact: I was working the day of Pride so I had to wake up at 3:30am to go film with my reporter</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We had matching Pride shoes... completely unplanned! Now it's 11am and I'm exhausted but I WILL rally for the pride festival after work.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I was obsessed with this bucket hat. It's so frickin cute.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to see what this whole "psychic" thing was about</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I started by putting some energy in this crystal ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Then she read my tarot spread!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Surprise estate sale visit! I purchased a few cute wooden bowls ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And then found the book that made my heart stop.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I posted the discovery on my Instagram story that day because I was LOSING my mind.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I did, in fact, purchase some other books too. Because I do, in fact, have a reading addiction.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Another synchronicity ... the quote I used for this chapter was found in the Signs book! Nancy Thayer was my Nana, my mom's mom's name. So it felt like I had both of them guiding me together :)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The clothing sale lady showed me the Let's Make A Deal casting call from her home computer!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I even ended up reaching out to thank Kenzie!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The infamous timesaver book. This book holds so much wisdom in between the lines.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Then Morgan came over. This was the first time anyone visited me in my new apartment!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is the costume test photo I sent to the Let's Make A Deal casting director for approval! Can you guess what I am?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photojournalist Heather! Fresh out of a college and suddenly I'm being trusted with a 20 pound camera and a press badge?! I learned so much through this career and I'm so grateful.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The camera in question ... most times it was on my shoulder instead of a tripod!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My locker! Complete with a million visual reminders because my adhd brain can be very forgetful sometimes</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What's this?? A promotion! How did a girl with no journalism degree work her way into ABC News?! And in a predominantly male-filled position?! It felt like the world was my oyster.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The employee wall at ABC10 San Diego! And look who it is ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Me!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New job came with new up to date camera equipment</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 12 - Golden Handcuffs</image:title>
      <image:caption>I would be sent to cover official events. Part of me felt validated that I had gotten into these rooms. Another part of me felt completely suffocated and never wanted to be in professional spaces again.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 13 - The Lighthouse</image:title>
      <image:caption>As much as I had to leave this job for my health, there were still so many cool and beautiful experiences that will stay with me! Here I am at the Comic Con blood drive ✨</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Perla was the main reporter I worked with, and we had so many fun mornings together!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 13 - The Lighthouse</image:title>
      <image:caption>Which always included a necessary Starbucks stop since we had been on shift since 3am ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Getting ready for a live shot!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 13 - The Lighthouse</image:title>
      <image:caption>Successful day of coverage finished. Perla was one of the main reasons I was sad to leave ABC!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 13 - The Lighthouse</image:title>
      <image:caption>Imagine my surprise when I was reading the Signs book and saw this ... This quote from chapter 13 of Laura's book is the beginning quote for chapter 13 of my own book where I quit! Synchronicities!!!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 14 - Holy Guacamole</image:title>
      <image:caption>What's this? Prayer candles in the mini mart? Interesting ... ALSO it says 22222?! I JUST noticed that now.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 14 - Holy Guacamole</image:title>
      <image:caption>They made a really good sandwich. I've never liked vegetables this much before. It kind of felt like my body was going through some sort of purification process.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 14 - Holy Guacamole</image:title>
      <image:caption>I started lighting the candle in the bath and listening to angel frequencies ... while simultaneously thinking I was going crazy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This song came on right as I pulled up to Los Angeles. The City of Angels! I wonder what adventures are awaiting me here ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to go to set and film! Costume on and ready! Can you guess what I am? (Hint: I am my favorite meme)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>I didn't wear makeup most of the time, but I had one small thing of eye shadow. As I put it on, I realized it said Laura on it. I was so nervous and this felt like Mom was watching over me!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I'm on a TV set! Life is wild!!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Made it to set and got my name tag!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>My seat in the cast room.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>I met so many cool people in so many awesome costumes!!</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/6bbe6187-c0ab-4512-a15b-383dae6e539a/IMG_7732.jpeg</image:loc>
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      <image:caption>And made friends with a group of piñatas!</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/75d2c6b3-24b8-4312-b0c1-ebbcc63f75c9/IMG_7740.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Talking to everyone in the cast room was just as fun as filming the show itself!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>And oh look! Who's that ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Zulema and her purple roller skates!!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>We filmed two episodes. Then Zulema and I left to go get food.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oh don't mind me! Just pulling up to a random church in a cemetery ... ya know, normal 23-year-old girl things.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>My red Mazda really stood out surrounded by all the green.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here we are! I wonder what I will find ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>I couldn't believe the sign also said Laurie, which was my mom's childhood nickname.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to meditate in the secret garden ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wait! What's that?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Something WAS waiting for me!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>The poem on the wall said that this garden "Bringeth loved ones to us near." So I kneeled down and prayed to my mom.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>My view of God overlooking the garden from the stone kneeler. And the rose matched my little rose tattoo on my finger!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>"Let not your heart be troubled" inscribed on the kneeler.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of the gardens I explored with multiple levels to wander through, later in the day in a completely different section of the memorial park ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>This was the statue I was drawn to in that garden of a mother looking over her child ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 15 - Heather Rosie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Can you read what it says? When I did I lost my mind (and instantly knew this was my next book chapter). "The rose returns to bloom."</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This was the statue I was drawn to near the main mausoleum. It felt like the energy was pulling me in.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 16 - Queen Lucy</image:title>
      <image:caption>She was confident, determined, assertive. Everything I wished I was ... and wasn't.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Exploring the mausoleums in Forest Lawn. I've been drawn to mausoleums and crypts since I was a kid ... really not sure why.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The locked door to the Gardens of Memory. I wonder if it opens ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It does! Into a secret paradise ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And this was one of the first statues I encountered. The same one from earlier.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>She was elevated higher and bathed in the sunlight. That's when I realized she was a symbol of who I wanted to become.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I never wanted to leave this space. I felt so at peace and outside of time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>I had never heard of a Buy Nothing group before moving, but I loved it! A lovely group of humans, detaching from capitalism, sharing old things in hopes another human might give it some love :)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>The magical vision board post!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>I had no idea what type of magazines they were, but I knew I was meant to have them ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Everything happens for a reason. My redirection while picking up the magazines made me think I was meant to go to this sale I had just seen a flier for.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/49865b14-1330-45f3-afad-113b8aec0a60/IMG_7877.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Then I saw this sign and KNEW I was meant to find something here ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 17 - Metamorphosis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Saw a styrofoam butterfly on the ground on my walk home! I thought it was a fun coincidence because the symbolism of butterflies had been fresh on my mind the past few weeks.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>Last day on the job and saying goodbye to my reporter Perla :(</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/57a1e203-70a9-451d-93c0-17dcd95e1421/IMG_6664.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>The quote she flipped my quote book open to one morning at work</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>Driving through the ABC gates one last time ...</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/94ec469c-c9e8-4abb-a0d8-725674d510b1/IMG_5757.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>In that moment I cried so much. And I filmed it. Even though it felt like everything was falling apart, I knew there would be a day I would look back and be so thankful for my courage, and want a reminder of how far I had come.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>My quote book that I started using as an oracle. And guess where I found this book ... The garage sale from chapter 8 where I found the Signs book! Everything is so interconnected that it didn't all make it into the story.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>Getting this message meant so much to me. It was the epitome of everything I was already feeling. And it was by an AUTHOR from NEW YORK. At this point I was already planning to write my own book.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 18 - Head in the Clouds</image:title>
      <image:caption>I found this sign one day while walking around my neighborhood!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 19 - Silence</image:title>
      <image:caption>The idea of the lotus-eaters is always with me. I used to be so disconnected from myself. I decided my purpose and integrity would be my guiding force and I have a tattoo to remind me of this.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 20 - Fresh Eyes</image:title>
      <image:caption>Where did the city go?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 20 - Fresh Eyes</image:title>
      <image:caption>Walking along this foggy pier truly was a spiritual experience.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>This stuck with me as I wondered how I could make money without selling my soul. "So will you follow daydreams or will you follow wealth; and how can you find your fortune if you cannot find yourself?"</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Meeting up with Morgan!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Time to make some vision boards!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>First to sort through all these magazines ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>I never expected to find so many things I wanted to cut out!</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/00b17234-58ba-4351-adad-40696fb8af5a/71435977644__9AC3F7DD-226F-497B-9327-079E0700D04A.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Almost everything I cut out for my board was words and phrases. I thought this was really fitting considering my love for books and reading and writing.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/20368163-a981-4fb0-8d38-77f4623a13a6/IMG_4993.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>I had so many phrases that not all of them ended up making it onto the board.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Laying down the final pieces!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>My vision board! Most of it is phrases and feelings, which I didn't expect but is now my new favorite way to make vision boards.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>She went up on the wall as a daily reminder of my new future</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bdbb2966aa951c6084d107/d3785024-8d99-4a73-ba85-abadb07e536e/71375824293__2830F37F-7203-467F-BB8E-98DD58792BE5.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Time to go do a moon ritual ... something I had never done before, and would've thought was completely woo woo just a few months ago.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Meditating under the blue supermoon with Morgan.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>We wrote things we wanted to release under the light of the candle ✨</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>I had a lot of things I wanted to let go of ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>Just a towel ... Wait! What's that on the bottom there? ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A trident.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 21 - Noah's Ark</image:title>
      <image:caption>This day was the ultimate solidification (in wax form) of my faith. Until then, my mind could still chalk all the magic up to coincidence. But not with this. Not with this symbol being created out of nothing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 22 - The Boy with the Hat</image:title>
      <image:caption>I spent many days just looking out over the ocean and writing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 22 - The Boy with the Hat</image:title>
      <image:caption>Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of Alex or his hat, but this was our ocean view!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 23 - Trauma Heather</image:title>
      <image:caption>Slowly becoming more confident in my own skin!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 23 - Trauma Heather</image:title>
      <image:caption>My daily affirmations to say in the mirror ✨</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 23 - Trauma Heather</image:title>
      <image:caption>And more affirmation post-its on the mirror itself!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 23 - Trauma Heather</image:title>
      <image:caption>More solo adventures to become more confident! Reading and dancing in the grass</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 24 - Why</image:title>
      <image:caption>After finally painting again, it felt like I finally remembered who I was, and I could not fathom the fact that I abandoned my art for as long as I did.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 24 - Why</image:title>
      <image:caption>This chapter from the book, The Te of Piglet, inspired me to look at life like a child again.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 25 - Paradoxical</image:title>
      <image:caption>My little angel!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 25 - Paradoxical</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wait a second. Didn't I JUST write about this? ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 25 - Paradoxical</image:title>
      <image:caption>The synchronicities are in my thoughts now! What the fuck!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 26 - The Island of Misfit Toys</image:title>
      <image:caption>There's almost nothing better than listening to violin as the sun sets over the ocean ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 26 - The Island of Misfit Toys</image:title>
      <image:caption>Except maybe dancing to the music like you have absolutely no cares in the world! I have no other pictures of this day. I was too busy living in it.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 26 - The Island of Misfit Toys</image:title>
      <image:caption>E.E. Cummings perfectly summed up this moment.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Buddha bracelet I had begun to wear every day. Funny enough, I found it at the garage sale I went to, the day I got the crazy opportunity to be on Let's Make A Deal!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When the student is ready, the teacher will appear</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to get serious about social media. I no longer script my videos like this because it just comes through naturally, but that only happened with practice at first!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nothing sets your priorities straight like a good death bed meditation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I was committed to building a new life, not just externally but in my mind.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fishing with Chino!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 28 - Learning to Fish</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the past I likely would've declined an offer like this, but I had this quote in my mind, and was actively trying to live life with Effortless Action.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 28 - Learning to Fish</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Tigger quote that brought me to my KNEES and made me rethink my entire life up until then ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Street parking could be a real hassle depending on what time I got home each day.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The mosaic lamp from the man's home. If you look closely you can see the elephant pendant hanging off of the top.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The man kept inspirational quotes on his fridge just like me ✨</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My very first fish!!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Caught on a pitch black pier because it was now around 10pm! I had originally been walking the pier at sunset</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And I texted Alex (with the Hat) about it</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Something I didn't mention in the book ... Chino also ended up giving me 3 lobsters! I shared the story on Instagram ✨</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time for a new adventure ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A retreat! Once I arrived here I realized just how much "relaxing" was a foreign concept for me, even with how much I slowed down up until this point.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Welcome snacks!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 31 - On the Nature of Daylight</image:title>
      <image:caption>The next morning. The 5th anniversary of my mom's death. I reread the letter she wrote me and sat with her memory before the others woke up.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Starting the day with some yoga ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Now it was time to go deeper. We grounded our energy outside before beginning the healing process.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The room where all of my deepest feelings were exposed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Later in the day, I sat with some tea and immediately wrote this chapter of my book while everything was still fresh in my mind.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>So much love for all of these women</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And Chassie! Who delivered a message I will never forget.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Instagram reflections from that day.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Day 2! We all gathered in the common room to learn more about facilitating the healing process ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Before practicing on each other!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Later that day I tried a cold plunge for the very first time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 32 - My Own Little Corner</image:title>
      <image:caption>I did 3-5 minutes and really thought I was going to die and that it was one of the hardest things I had ever done. Now I regularly do 10 minutes. That first time is always the hardest!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>That post-cold plunge feeling! It felt like I was reborn.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 32 - My Own Little Corner</image:title>
      <image:caption>After college, my femininity was very repressed, and I struggled to even call myself a woman. This trip and picture was one of the first times I started letting myself fall back into my feminine energy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My first experience with oracle cards!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Took a fancy bath that night. I was literally not used to doing anything "spa" like this for myself ever.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dinner under the fairy lights.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sitting down to try breathwork for the first time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Final day! Now to drive back to San Diego ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After receiving the channeled message from my mom, "the music never stopped playing," I began to notice messages and synchronicities being sent to me through music. This was the very first one.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 34 - Welcome Home, Daughter</image:title>
      <image:caption>While the song was playing, I was called to pick up a book I had never opened and flip to its bookmark. It spoke of the melodies of beginnings and endings intertwining, and I sobbed at how scared I was.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An ecstatic dance? Never heard of one before, but my friend JUST mentioned them to me! And I have been in the habit of trying new things ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to go dance! Nervous but excited!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 36 - The Siren Call</image:title>
      <image:caption>The outdoor area at the ecstatic dance! They had a spread of oracle cards. I had used oracle cards for the very first time at the retreat I had just returned from. Might as well try them again ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I wonder what wisdom the cards will hold for me ...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 36 - The Siren Call</image:title>
      <image:caption>This oracle card is so beautiful! It left me in reflection for the rest of the night. What did I need to sacrifice?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When this song got stuck in my head as I meditated the next morning, I lost my mind and knew this was yet another musical message for me. Time to purge.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Meditate meditate meditate. I'll say it a million times.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Garage sale #1. This barely scratched the surface of everything to get rid of ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My desk. Featuring my 20 thousand notebooks. And what's that up top?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My very first semi-viral video ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The "Your reel has more than 10k plays" notification sent me into a mental breakdown. SO many people!!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My notes from my coaching call that day.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of my own dreams was writing a book. I was already planning it all out as all of this was happening!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I dogsat in someone's apartment for a week and spent every night writing my book at this table. And it just so happened to overlook the airport tarmac!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I would light the Guardian Angel candle every time I sat to write.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I was glowing the more I leaned into my passions.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I guess this is a real thing now and not just a pipe dream ... what the fuck?!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Took myself out to dinner. It was a bit melancholy, finally reaching something I was striving so hard for, but not having many in people in my life to understand or celebrate the accomplishment with.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Moving abroad is getting real now! Which means we need to have some difficult conversations ... Trying to summon the confidence to end my lease when I see "Send Them Off!" on my dash.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The apartment is getting super empty now...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Proud of my progress.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I was getting desperate. As much as I sold I still had SO MUCH STUFF.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I ended up making a massive donation to VVA. You can schedule a pickup and they come to your house! Life hack as someone who's relocated many a time now.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I went shopping for travel clothes. At this point I did not own any dresses anymore, but I was trying to warm back up to my feminine energy. This was a breakthrough moment.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I felt very out of place in this outfit. But I knew I wanted to one day become a person who could embody the feminine energy it symbolized to me. So I bought it. My energy grew into it :)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I bought these pants in a San Diego thrift store for traveling. Almost a year later I found the EXACT SAME pants in Thailand. And I checked the tag, they were from Thailand... foreshadowing</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We're in the middle of nowhere now...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saging our campsite to make myself less fearful of bears</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I swear this picture captured some energy in it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This journal page is the funniest thing ever to me.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gazing at the stars.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to eat and head into the park!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sad to leave so soon. This campsite was so nice.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What a view ...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I looked VERY different back in 2022 when I first started working in the news.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rare newsroom photo. The BeReal app was first becoming a trend back in my news days.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The cafe we stopped at was called Swami's. I googled what a swami is and it felt like a little encouragement.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I don't have any pictures from the night in the book, but this is from the full moon event that I first met Sonia at. Nothing makes me feel myself quite like dancing freely.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is my authentic journal entry that I then put into the book. (But cleaned it up for the book cause sometimes I can be a bit drawn out and melodramatic haha).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I was just so sentimental at how quickly I changed here!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This buyer was determined to fit my old desk into his convertible!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Goodbye "dream" apartment.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The people who claimed my couch were still waiting on their ride after I officially gave my keys to the landlord, so they just lounged on the sidewalk</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This exact shirt and pants combo became my travel day uniform for the next 2 years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Go time. Strapping in.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I know I look happy but don't be fooled I was also deathly terrified. I woke up that morning on the verge of a panic attack and wondering if I should cancel the whole thing.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My new mantra every time I thought about giving up and not traveling.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We're here! 555 in the address. It's hilarious to me that I'd never been to an REI before and suddenly I'm buying a backpack to go nomadic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>They had the exact color I imagined in my head!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Strapped in. Am I ready for this new life?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wait what's that on the tag? EMERALD green.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This song I'd never heard before came on as I pulled out of the lot. It literally says "Start your life in the middle of the jungle." Omg.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At home trying on my new getup.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>She's so pretty!!!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A future nomad with her fanny pack.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I'm crying omg.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And it grows.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And grows.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>the break free scrapbook - 43 - Alex with the Helping Hand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oh god. This is literally all being sold/donated.</image:caption>
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