I've got a big heart and I'm not afraid to use it...

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I’ve got a big heart, and I’m not afraid to use it.

So, Mother’s Day just passed. I hope everyone had a neutral day at the very least. If it was great, even better! For me, it’s a tough day… which is to be expected for someone who is both Motherless and Childless. (I wrote a letter to my Mom about this on my Patreon)

But, it did inspire some really profound meditations in me. I was both extremely sad and extremely happy. As cliche as it sounds, dare I say, feeling #blessed. ;)

There’s nothing like a near death experience to make you grateful to be alive. Well, it took me many years to have that feeling of being thankful to be here, but now that I’m feeling it.. I’m all in! And yes, my near death experience was 15 years ago, so a while. Anything to do with my mother or her memory always ends up being a messy mix of feelings about her, and even myself: grief, sadness, happiness, longing, and going back to the night she died and I almost died. I’m working on separating those things so I can experience her memory without thinking of the way she died, but for now, I’m embracing the mess of it all.

I allowed myself space and time to process the feelings this day brings up in advance. I cried, I laughed, I looked through photos and let the sadness wash over me.

For many years I was not able to do this, so the day would completely take over me and I’d feel lost. This year was so much smoother.

Since I allowed myself to be so upset the Thursday before Mother’s Day, Sunday was filled with grateful feelings. I keep saying “My heart feels so full”.

It’s made me reflect on my big ass heart and what I feel called to do.

I love hearts. I have one tattooed on me. The heart shape represents love, happiness, passion.

I’ve always thought and led with my heart. It’s gotten me into trouble, but it’s also allowed for me to experience the greatest happiness.

My Mother’s death rocked me to my core, it felt like my heart got ripped out and put back in. It left me wide open and vulnerable.

My own near death experience showed me we can be gone in the blink of an eye.

Instead of shutting down and not letting anything in, it had the opposite effect on me.

I feel everything. I sometimes wish I didn’t, but other times it’s my super power.

And I feel called to show others who want to learn how to do the same. This is why I call myself both the Feelings Fairy and Your Queer Fairy Godmother. It plays on my strengths and what I wish to give to the world.

This is also why I’ve shared so much of myself, my heart, and all of my experiences over the last 6 years, all over the internet. To connect. To help. To show the world you can have hope after great tragedy and loss.

It’s what I’m here to do. Use my heart, boldly, without fear. And hopefully help heal and inspire others to do the same.

It feels good to come to these realizations after years of wondering why the hell I am the way that I am, why I put so much of myself out there. I used to think “for what?”. Now I know.

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An extension of my passion for healing hearts is my new coaching niche’. Finding Joy. HOT DAMN IT’S GREAT to finally know which direction I’m headed with this stuff. You can subscribe to my new YouTube channel (please! I have a whopping 2 followers right now lol! We’re BRAND SPANKIN NEW!")

You can join my private Facebook group “Finding Joy with Megan Ashley” by joining my patreon for $1. I think there are 3 $1 spots before it goes to $5 a month. I do tarot, post daily, and live stream… it’s fun. I swear. HiMeganAshley.com

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Now Let’s Get to the Good Stuff!

Here’s some events happening today:

• WRITING WEDNESDAY

Come join me in my writing and productivity sprints today at 12 pm PST on my YouTube channel! Today I will FINALLY go back to my memoir to begin editing and sharing pieces on patreon. Yippeeeeee.

• LIVE STREAM WITH FEELINGS

Join me and Kristel Penn from Sad But Rad club for a live stream with feelings. We’re going to play “We’re not really strangers”, talk about feelings and mental health, and be sad but rad together! Tonight at 6pm PST for FREE on both of our patreons, or you can find it on my youtube channel! You can chat with us in the chat box. We’d love to hear from you!

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Ok, that’s it for this month! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this. Please share if you did! Let me know how Mother’s Day treated you this year. I hope everyone is doing well and having a great week. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE LIVES TODAY!!!!

XOXOXO, M