I'm Bailey :)
I'll start by sharing this with you:
My grandest dream in life, the thing I want more than anything else in the world, the one gift that would create lasting fulfillment, purpose, surprise and delight within my heart... is deep, authentic, kind connection with kindred spirits. 🌼
An old soul with a playful, joyful heart 💖
You'll hear me use the phrases multi-facted and multi passionate quite often. Because I am! And many sensitive souls are. We do not fit into the constructed boxes of society. I am deep and silly. I am always practicing kindness and I am very in tune with things that make me angry. I am courageous sometimes and scared other times. I am warm-hearted and I've experienced pain & challenge that leaves me feeling numb sometimes. Human beings are messy. Magical, creative, vibrant, melancholic - all of it.
A 14 year old meets life coaching groups ✨🌱
In this photo you can see the page on which I wrote my first ever poem. Discovering poetry was just one of the pieces of magic I experienced after joining life coaching groups with Parvati Shallow when I was 14 years old. COVID had recently begun. I was the youngest among all adults. After the very first group call in summer of 2020, I wrote in my notebook "That was the most impactful 1 & 1/2 hours I've ever experienced." I knew instantly that I hadn't even begun learning about what matters most in life (contrary to what they teach you in school: you know "we're preparing you for the real world" and all of that). For the first time in my life, I was accepted for exactly who I was in the moment. I was enough. And I wasn't just embraced: I was celebrated. For being different. For being deep. For being curious. For being me. I feel grateful everyday that some magical source led me to these programs. Because then, everything changed.
Creating my own, non-linear path (like I always have :)) 💖
As my eyes began to open to possibilities in the world and for my life that I never dreamed could've existed, I started stripping away layers of my life that never fit me in the first place. I continued high school virtually (all the way till graduation) switching between online school options based on what suited me best. I had a 4 am epiphany that college wasn't for me (thank god for that). I set boundaries with family members and removed myself from furthur trauma. Friendships I had dwindled down because I craved a depth and kindred connection that I had yet to find. I struggled with my mental health (anxiety + OCD + painful past trauma). I continued on building my portfolio of businesses (onto my 6th now, at 20!), eventually closing down my first small business, Daisy Slimes Co, that I started when I was 11 because I wanted to move onto other ventures that were calling me. That's the extremely short, bullet point, version. But you'll hear more of these stories in depth as we connect deeper :)
Spoiler alert: I'm a witch! 🧙♀️📝
This photo is of my favorite tree. Unfortunately, he was cut down a few years ago. But for many years, he kept me company and got a front row seat watching me discover my passion & deep love for poetry, in real time. I say I'm a witch, because poetry unlocked the magic of my inner world. Of my connection to my inner world - in a way I never could've anticipated. I only began sharing my poetry publicly last year - but for the first 5 years, it was just me, my journal, and my pencil.... venturing into emotional, magical ,wondrous, philosophical places unknown, together, in solitude. I don't believe that I myself can even grasp the depth that writing has changed my life. My hope is that by being brave and vulnerable by sharing, it might change yours too.
