The Glow-Up Isn’t Coming. It’s Here.

Breaking free, rebuilding in real time, and learning to walk before you’re ready.

I’ve been having this feeling of new beginnings all year long but particularly the past few weeks it feels more real than ever. It feels like the beginnings that I felt were coming are now here and unfolding and its beautiful, scary and empowering all at the same time.

For those that are astrologically hip would know that there are transits happening that reflect these change including all the eclipses and larger planets moving into new signs. I think being a cancer rising makes me so attuned to energy which I love/hate but I have learned to flow with it and trust my intuition more as I have leaned in instead of ignoring the feelings.

For me personally, this new beginning is being reflected in my home, relationships, and career and its getting real AF out here. As you may or may not know I broke up with my partner of 4 years in late December and its truly been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I don’t say that in a petty way but its coming from a place of liberation and freedom from others’ emotions and energy (remember the whole cancer rising thing, I am too empathetic girl). People often associate endings with failure, but some breakups are spiritual upgrades. That kind of release makes room for your own essence to breathe again, ya girl is breathing!

As I find myself in this new chapter of my life I have been shedding and rebuilding all at the same time. I feel like I am remodeling a house while I am still living in it, you know what I mean? Healing and expansion don’t happen in isolation; they unfold in the chaos of our everyday lives. I feel like I am walking through the dust and debris like a queen reclaiming her throne—imperfect, messy, but sovereign AF.

I am moving forward towards all that I want, deserve, and have deprived myself from for so long but at the same healing my heart, rebuilding my confidence, and figuring out who I am. Usually we are taught to be stable in order to take steps forward, but where is that line drawn. When is it the right time to start over after a difficult time, heartbreak or tragedy?

I like to think of a baby that is learning to walk, as it goes from crawling, to standing up to taking its first steps, its all so unstable but at the same time the baby goes for it. When a baby takes its first steps it will fall but it gets back up and this time walks a little more than it did the first time. Next thing you know the baby is walking than running. I like to think this is how glow-ups work. You need to take the first step before you are FULLY ready because to be honest, what does being FULLY ready even mean or look like? It’s a feeling and if there is one thing I have learned in life is to trust my feelings. When you feel it, know its true, trust it, follow it and watch it all unfold.

You don’t need to have it all figured out to be worthy of what's next. The chaos, the healing, the small wins—they're all part of your rising. Your intuition is your compass. Keep following it, even when the road doesn’t look clear.

Stay sexy babygirl,

Samantha