Healthy Chicks in the Community: Meet Intuitive Guide Sonya Berrien

When life feels heavy, you feel stuck, or things feel a little “off,” one thing I always go back to is listening to my intuition — that inner knowing, that gut feeling, that little voice inside you saying “it’s going to be OK.”

These past few years, I’ve been leaning into trusting, listening and developing that intuitive connection with myself — and I encourage other women to do the same. I truly believe it’s where the majority of our feminine power lies.

Speaking of developing your intuition, I’m so excited for this month’s Healthy Chicks in the Community spotlight, Intuitive Guide Sonya Berrien. I met Sonya through the Spark Your Bliss community, and I’ve always been in awe by her ability to be so very tuned in — not just with herself but with the collective energy.

In this inspiring interview, we chat with Sonya about her powerful role as an Intuitive Guide, how you can practice expanding your intuitive awareness and why she can’t live without her meditation practice. I’ll let Sonya take it away from here!

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS:

Heart led, Embodied, Adventurer

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4 Inspiring Oracle & Affirmation Card Decks for Women to Buy on Amazon

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I’m a big fan of positive affirmation cards and oracle card decks. Heck, I even created my own deck!

While affirmation cards are a go-to tool to help shift your perspective and bring in more positive energy, oracle cards are great to lean on for additional guidance and support when you’re seeking clarity. Both have their purpose, and over the years I’ve gathered a little collection of my own decks.

Here are four inspiring oracle and affirmation card decks for women you can grab on Amazon!

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1. Spark Your Bliss Deck

My go-to deck for daily affirmations is my own baby, the Spark Your Bliss Deck! This small but mighty deck is packed with 36 vibrant affirmations designed to set your soul on fire. Not only does each card include a focus word and affirmation to recite, but also a journaling prompt and supporting action steps to reflect on. Get ready to infuse your day with positivity and spark your bliss!

Purchase on Amazon for $19.99

2. Work Your Light Oracle Deck

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Healthy Chicks in the Community: Meet Brand Photographer Kaitlyn Casso

Hello beauties! I don’t know about you but I’ve been craving more connection lately — through meetups with friends, dinners out and sprinkling in some in-person events again (finally).

One way that I love connecting is through the amazing women I’ve been fortunate to meet in the community, which was the inspiration behind Healthy Chicks in the Community, a monthly series highlighting rockstar Girl Bosses making an impact.

I’m thrilled to bring back this series by introducing you Kaitlyn Casso, a CT Brand Photographer who specializes in working with women entrepreneurs. We first connected online a couple years back through my affirmation deck, and she actually ended up taking the incredible photos for my most recent brand photoshoot. (You know, the ones that are all over this website and social media! 😉 )

In this inspiring interview, we chat with Kaitlyn about her go-to morning ritual to set her day up for success, how she instills confidence in front of the camera, and her love for chocolate fudge brownie ice cream. I’ll let Kaitlyn take it away from here!

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS:

Passionate, driven, sincere 

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Stuck in the muck? An Exercise on Letting Go

This past weekend, I hosted a mini women’s circle to gather in nature, unplug and connect with one another. It so happened to fall on the full moon eclipse, which was perfect for the theme of our circle — in letting go to create more space for the new.

Personally, I had been feeling very foggy and “stuck in the mud” recently, and based on feedback from the collective it seems I was not alone in these feelings. It got me thinking about how lotus flowers grow from the mud — and that in order for us to bloom and get to the other side we first need to grow through the muck. The ugly. The sludge.

The beauty of it is that once we release that which isn’t serving us, we can come out the other side as a truer version of ourselves…as the lotus flower. After a brief discussion around this theme, we spent some time journaling out a very simple yet potent prompt: What are you clinging onto that you’re ready to release?

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Be Kind to Your Mind

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that when it comes to health I take a mind, body soul approach. In fact, I firmly believe that health starts with how you fuel your mind. The rest is just the icing on the cake (which BTW, you should totally eat if you want).

With May being Mental Health Awareness month, now’s a great time to check in with yourself (and your loved ones) on how you’re feeling…like truly feeling.

And if you need support whether it’s through therapy, meeting up with your best friend in person for coffee + deep conversations, or some restorative self-care time, don’t ever hesitate to give yourself that extra TLC.

In honor of Mental Health Awareness, for the entire month of May I’m offering 10% off all Spark Your Bliss Affirmation Card Decks on both Amazon and Etsy plus sneaking in a bonus feel-good sticker with all Etsy orders as a reminder to be kind to your mind.

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Life: A Collection of Tiny Little Moments

In my 20s I worked at a fancy little bakery in Boston serving up cappuccinos, treats + paninis. I was never trained on how to make a latte pretty and it was too fast paced for my vibe, but they liked me because I was friendly. 

I lasted 2 weeks before I quit but I remember those days like it was yesterday — particularly opening up the bakery at 5am with “Mushaboom” by Feist playing loudly over the speakers. With tired eyes, I remember inhaling the strong scent of espresso as I flipped over the tables — daydreaming about my future.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but those lyrics were so fitting. “It may be years until the day my dreams will match up with my pay”

I worked so, SO many jobs in between then and now.

Receptionist (at a gym and a spa)
Event planner 
Dog walker 
Social media specialist
Copywriter 
Health Coach
Freelance writer 
Marketing manager 

Through it all, never would I have ever imagined the life I’ve created for myself now. 

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Update: My Journey with Reiki & Energy Work

I’ve always been super tuned in with energy — I feel things on a deep level and I’m highly intuitive. Fun fact: I had a vivid dream of my nephew’s name (Grayson) before my sister even announced it.

I also love energy work. I’ve experienced reiki, energy healings, yoga, acupuncture, chakra balancing and more.

Anyway, for the past several years I’ve been considering diving deeper into this energy work through reiki, and this past winter finally got the nudge that now is the time.

Through the past few months I’ve done a deep dive into the world of reiki and I’m over the moon to announce that I am now officially Reiki I and II attuned.

What the heck is reiki, anyway?

Put simply, we’re all made up of energy and energy is all around us — it’s everywhere. Reiki is a form of energy healing to help support and balance the body, on both a physical and emotional level (through gentle touch or distance healing). In fact, studies have shown reiki to benefit both physical and psychological health.

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Beautiful Girl, Remember to Grow at Your Own Pace

Friendly reminder: GROW at your own pace.

With the state of the world and the coming of a seasonal shift, the energy has been A LOT lately. It’s filled with ebbs + flows, ups + downs, and highs + lows. The really big stuff and the little everyday ‘mundane’ things can all feel like a lot.

Do you feel it too? 

If you’re feeling a bit stuck in the mud right now, here’s your reminder that you’re not alone. Be it career advancement, processing your emotions, financial stuff or spiritual growth, we all grow on our own time. 

It’s not always pretty.

It’s not always linear.

It certainly isn’t always easy.

And guess what? When you feel stuck and uncomfortable, that my friend is growth. 

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4 Ways to Bring Your Intentions into the New Year

The New Year is upon us! If you’ve been around here a while, you know I’m not really a fan of the traditional goal setting or New Year’s resolutions. Rather, I prefer to set intentions.

The main difference: while goals and resolutions are typically based on a particular outcome, intentions are heart-centered and based upon how you want to feel. As we head into 2022, here are four simple ways to bring more intention into your new year — starting now.

4 Simple Intention Setting Exercises

1. Choose 3 Words

2. Turn to Your Affirmation Cards

3. Create a Morning Mantra

4. Make a Vision Board

1. Choose 3 Words

One of my all-time favorite New Year’s activities is choosing three words to carry into the year ahead. Spend some time reflecting on the energy you want to bring into 2022, simply asking yourself, “How do I want to feel?” Once you’re clear, write it down.

I’ve been doing this practice for the past five years or so, and it’s a game-changer when it comes to living with more intention. My words for 2022: impact, easygoing and in tune. Bring it on!

2. Turn to Your Affirmation

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8 Holiday Gift Ideas for Women Under $50 (to Spread Mindfulness, Wellness & Self-Love)

The holiday season is here at last! As you work on finishing up the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers, you may as well get some holiday shopping done at home in your fave stretchy yoga pants.

Here’s a roundup of 8 feel-good holiday gift ideas for all the fabulous women on your list — from your children’s teachers to your BFF — all spreading mindfulness, wellness and self-love. Enjoy!

Organic Bath Co. Body Butter Discovery Set

The women in your life deserve to be pampered…and when they do, it should be with luxurious, clean products. Organic Bath Co. checks off all of the boxes — whipping up simple products to nourish your skin while practicing self-love out of their headquarters in Charlestown, MA.

Scoop up their Body Butter Self Discovery, which includes four travel-sized body butters — one for each of your besties — in all their scents (PeaceFULL is my favorite).

$40, Organic Bath Co.

Spark Your Bliss Affirmation Card Deck

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