Hi there! I’m Meg, and here is my fancy bio pic, which I love and adore despite the Herculean effort it took to make. Thank you, Maureen Porto. You’re a magician. 🔮

Not included in this image are the many months prior, during which I anxiously attempted to lose weight, obsessed over my clothing, and worried about the whiteness of my teeth. I was consumed by the future fear of “being seen”. This may sound bizarre or familiar. Have you planned to do something audacious and bold with your life, then find yourself making up reasons to avoid the thing you’ve planned and longed to do? Angry that once again, here you are clawing your way back to “normal”; frustrated, embarrassed, and swearing to your tender heart that you’d never put it in another precarious position again? Yep, me too. 😬

Living that way is exhausting and not particularly enjoyable, nor is it useful. Here’s what I know: growth and expansion occur within the frustrated audacity; the magic of living lies in that sweet and frightening space between the known and the unknown. The Bud and The Bloom is my effort to push myself through the discomfort, trying things I’ve never done, showing up with my full sweaty self, meeting new people, and being seen, all while being kind to myself. I hope you’ll join me out here on the limb; it may be wobbly, but the views are astounding.

♥️ Meg