Using my voice, however I can.

Hey there! And welcome.

My name is Ilona and you’ve somehow stumbled your way into my blog. I am excited to have you, and grateful for your appearance. Didn’t know I would be having such a special guest today but here you are! I know I know, a lil ass kiss-y but hey - I am excited, forgive me!

For the longest time I have been someone who speaks my mind. I am full of passion and deeply interested in people. All I have ever wanted to do is help others. And there are so many ways to do this. At first I felt overwhelmed not knowing where to even begin, but through my journeying I have found that for me it started from within. From there it just seems to expand outward.

I have been on an extensive path of holistic healing and an attempted ‘need to understand’ after experiencing trauma at a young age that led into an ongoing depressive experience. I say attempted because…will we ever know? I share this with you not to make you feel any particular way but as an important piece of my background. I am now living a life where I constantly grow and push boundaries I never thought I would be able to. Even writing this blog is part of that! And yes, it makes me nervous to share with you. What if people are mean? What if what I have to say has already been said or just isn’t important? Who do I think I am?

But I have realized something recently. My passion and want to help others exceeds my nervous ego fearing judgment or lack of participation. I know my voice can help, and if not, at least this is a lovely way for me to regularly indulge in my hobby of writing. The limitation of not having a blog was a self inforced one. This is me breaking out of that. I am honored to have you witness this breakthrough with me. And hopefully something I have to say resonates with you one day. Maybe I can encourage or witness some breakthroughs of your own. If you’re not into it, me, this - no worries at all. Carry on and I hope you have a wonderful day, week, month, year, life! No sweat. Seriously. I am sure you are pretty cool regardless.

For the most part I plan for this blog to be an introspective take on just about anything in my world. I promise to do this authentically and in a way that is supportive of all lives. This will involve wellness, health, growth, mindset, community, systems thinking, macro/micro perspectives, meditation, consciousness, music, philosophy, participation, sustainability, dualism, movement, change, and relationships. My intention is for this to be done in a way that invites you to reflect on your own experiences, leading to a more motivated, connected, inspired, and mindful life. A girl can hope! Overall, I want to encourage sustainability internally and externally. For ourselves and for our planet.

My ‘official’ background is in people. I have worked in a plethora of customer/community facing jobs since I was 15 and briefly broke into the startup beauty care industry last year. I studied environmental studies in undergrad and got minors in sociology, and gender and sexuality studies. I also have a background and deep interest in psychology. More recently I have gotten into energy work and am a certified meditation teacher. I am forever learning as I go.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy sharing.

And again, you rock. You are wonderful, inside and out. You got this. And I hope you have a wonderful day.