Since my mid-twenties (and for a long time before that, to hear my father tell it), I have known that I have a natural gift for healing, for soothing, for comforting, and for helping folks kindle the hearth fires inside their truest, safest Selves.

I’ve always been fascinated by Nature’s power to heal us either by using Her gifts or simply spending time in Her embrace—especially through scent and water. From rivers and oceans to a cool drink of water from the garden hose on a hot Louisiana summer day, from playing mermaids in the pool with my cousins to the warm iridescent bubbles flowing over mine and my grandmother’s hands as we did dishes together.

There is something profoundly healing in water—in all of Nature’s gifts. My goal is to share that healing so that we can all learn to take deeper breaths, longer baths, and bigger leaps of faith. Regardless, I know this to be true:

You, my dear darling, are sacred just as you are. Don’t be afraid to take up space.