{"id":1619,"date":"2024-07-17T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2024-07-28T21:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T04:10:51","slug":"the-return-of-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/17\/the-return-of-the-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the beginning of July, I decided to (temporarily) return back home to Utah.
I went through some deep, emotional inner work this past June that required dealing with weeds in my garden that I didn’t know were still there.
And between that and the past 365 days I\u2019ve been in need of a more \u201cgentle\u201d energy.
So when my mom invited me over to help her with an art project for her home, I jumped at the prospect for a much needed road trip, packed up my dog, and immediately hit the road.
I planned on meeting up with old friends, catch up on work, maybe go on a date or two if I felt like it, and just\u2026relax.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It felt so good to come back home\u2014a place so comforting and familiar\u2014and be surrounded by love.
And there\u2019s just something so reassuring about having the Wasatch Mountains always to my east enveloping me in a big hug of protection, reassurance, and direction. With them, I will always find my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a blast visiting with a very close, old friend of mine (we\u2019ve known each other since junior high)!<\/p>\n\n\n

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And we paid a couple of visits to The Past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While also spending time with The Future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And she kindly read my cards for me that ended up reaffirming the inner work and lessons I had started back in 2022 and completed this past June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eden and I discovered a new hiking trail and we took my mom on her very first hike!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I was so thankful I wasn\u2019t in Fresno at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I finally got the time to work on updating my website<\/a> (it’s almost done)!<\/p>\n\n\n

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This trip had me seriously considering moving back to Utah\u2014not because of the insane Fresno heat but I just feel so much better internally whenever I’m here. I love Fresno and California, but maybe returning back to Utah is something for me to consider in the far future.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This year has been wonderful, but also stressful for me as I work on being comfortable with uncertainty and the unknown. I\u2019m usually so optimistic, but for some reason I started 2024 off with full-blown anxiety because I felt like there was no more magic left for me\u2014everything was going to go downhill from this point on in my life and my career.
But over the past 7 months, I\u2019ve been gladly proven wrong\u2014there is still magic out there for me, and there’s plenty more coming my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My spirit feels so nurtured and rejuvenated now after all of the work I’ve been doing in my garden.
It feels good to have my beautiful fire back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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