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Happy birthday to my GIRL, @ohsodom!!!! Cheers to

Happy birthday to my GIRL, @ohsodom!!!! Cheers to 17 more years of living, loving and laughing as sunshine fairies 🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️💕 ilysm 🥹
Ps. Last night was the best 😂. @jodiehon @karan1710

@romyfloated_ & I caught in our whiskey-fuelled cu

@romyfloated_ & I caught in our whiskey-fuelled cute, creative & (sometimes) criminal adventures 🫧
Dream Team x @fortstmcmurph for life 🥹💕

Happy birthday to my love, my sweet prince, @quaid

Happy birthday to my love, my sweet prince, @quaidjohnston!! I could not be more grateful to have such a wonderful, talented, and fun partner in love and in life.
Thank you for all the magic and care you bing to those around you! You make every smile a little brighter and moment more special. 😘
I can’t wait to see what’s in store for you this year, and to get a front row seat to your next adventures! I love you more than words—now let’s partyyy 🍾🥳💕

Arrived in Ottawa today to spend time with family.

Arrived in Ottawa today to spend time with family. My great aunt Shirley passed away this week and I’m just beginning to process the rollercoaster of highs and lows I’ve been through over the last 7 days.
I celebrated my 31st birthday surrounded by friends and BC family—waking up to a Christmas like morning thanks to dozens of contributors and @quaidjohnston’s thoughtfulness/incredible shopping abilities, having visitors from NYC & Victoria come for the weekend, recreating my ~7 year old photoshoot birthday~, *and* hosting an intention setting lunch, a clothing swap, a pizza party, and drive-in caravan all in one day… I like activities 🙈
Then, I got the news—getting lost in the fog of grief and the flurry of clearing my schedule, making travel arrangements, packing, and getting my butt on a plane.
Planes have always been the ideal liminal space for me. Being in the air—disconnected from people and place—gives me room to reflect, dream, and see the bigger picture. I don’t know if this plane ride has fully helped me process this week but what is clear right now is how grateful I am. Grateful for the people in my life past and present, and grateful to have the means to come back home. Thank you all of the messages for my birthday and over this past week. ❤️
Looking forward to lots of quality time this week and a 31st year full of love.

How did I get so lucky? 🥹🪄 2022 pt. 2: @sha

How did I get so lucky? 🥹🪄
2022 pt. 2: @shambhala_mf-Osoyoos-Fortstival-NYC-Miami-Mexico-Kenya

I guess this is what 30 looks like?! 🧚‍♂️

I guess this is what 30 looks like?! 🧚‍♂️🍾
2022 pt. 1: NYC-Vancouver-Vegas-Palm Springs-Ottawa & our new home 🥰 #plinths

Still beaming from a @SXSW spent dancing, driving

Still beaming from a @SXSW spent dancing, driving with the top down, enjoying incredible music/art *and* making climate action more accessible to all at YCL’s ‘Everyone VS Climate Change’ boozy brunch! 🥰✨
I mean look at this crew!!
🩴 My bff fo life and @youthclimatelab’s visionary, @ohsodom
🩴 My ~hubby~ and party extraordinaire, @quaidjohnston
🩴 Our best third wheel and new bff, @larissa_speaks (also the kindest person/founder of @ancestorsfuture )
🩴 The entire @youthclimateab crew @r.osewrites (comms extraordinaire) @_celestialbean_ (community manager and DJ 👀) @amponsemjoshua (panel speaker and youth advocate) , and the new incoming Executive Director, @jasveenbrar5 (who is going to absolutely ROCK this next chapter of YCL!) 🚀
🩴 And last but not least, the artist, the connector, the powerhouse and all around sweetheart, @sun.feathered (also the founder of @fieldingatx) … I mean look at that installation!!! 😍
+ can’t forget the special moments with @lovemauvey @ritesh @airospvce @nike.shhh @kumi360
Until next year #sxsw!! ✌️
#seductiveplants #noflipflops #sxsw2022 #austintx #austin #youthclimatelab #climateaction #climatechange #everyonevscc

The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, a heat wave

The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, a heat wave and devastating forest fires caused by climate change, discoveries of residential school burial sites, a cancelled Canada Day, a family visiting BC for the first time since I moved here in 2016 and one (not so) young woman still processing the weight and the beauty of what it means to be alive. 🧡

Last week, my best friends and I got tested for CO

Last week, my best friends and I got tested for COVID (we’re clear!!), packed up the car with food and hand sani, and set off on a cross-Canada roadtrip to bring me back home to BC! 🚙💨
I’m feeling unbelievably grateful for these women, amazed both by the beauty and immensity of our home *on* native land, and increasingly overwhelmed by the responsibility we have to protect it and address injustice. What a roller coaster of emotion!! 😳
P.s. We’ve also been learning about Canadian history as we go. I *highly* recommend listening to @canadalandshow’s series on Thunder Bay, ON! You don’t need to travel across the country to learn more about it. 🇨🇦

Feeling grateful for a partnership full of love, j

Feeling grateful for a partnership full of love, joy, creativity, equality and, of course, ice cream! Happy (belated) #vday @quaidjohnston 💕

We don’t know where we are. We don’t know wher

We don’t know where we are. We don’t know where we’re going! 🏝🛳 #familyvacation

So grateful for these joyful, smart, wholehearted,

So grateful for these joyful, smart, wholehearted, poutine-making women! ✨
Cheers to another decade together! 🍾❤️

Imma ride until can’t no more!🦄🎶 #shambhal

Imma ride until can’t no more!🦄🎶 #shambhalamusicfestival
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📸 by @trailmixmedia

My dancing and laughing partner — rain or shine!

My dancing and laughing partner — rain or shine!! 🌈✨
P.s. @fortstmcmurph x @shambhala_mf, I miss you already! 😭💕

Right before crushing the dance floor. 💃🏼🕺🏽✨ #WeddingSeason

Laughing at my own jokes (as always) 😎

Laughing at my own jokes (as always) 😎

So freaking excited to get badass young people tog

So freaking excited to get badass young people together to develop solutions around the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals and the #FutureOfWork with @youthclimatelab!! Curious about what we’re up to? DM me! • • • • •
💡#Our2030 Spotlight!💡
“In 2030, I hope that everyone understands their strengths and how to harness them to tackle our biggest social and environmental issues. I want us to capitalize on our diversity and have more fun in the creation process. There are so many problems in the world, you can really get bogged down. If you think about it as an opportunity to learn, connect, and experiment all of a sudden it’s more creative and exciting!”
-Alyssa McDonald, Our2030 Research Studio Lead, Organizational Psychology Practitioner, and #YCL Associate
If you have ideas about what you want the future to look like, join us in building skills and solutions for #Our2030: our2030.org

I’m so overwhelmed with gratefulness for all the

I’m so overwhelmed with gratefulness for all the people I get to work with and learn from at @adleruniversity. Thank you for honouring me with your time, energy, and honesty... and this award is pretty nice too! 🙃 #SocialJusticeAward #SocialJustice #SocialResponsibility #Adler #AdlerUniversity

Finishing off the semester incredibly grateful! 🥰 Thank you #IMPACT2030 and #NYC for bringing me more adventures, amazing people, and learnings than a girl could ask for! Excited for what’s next 🥳

Cheers to these two!! 🍾🥂For the laughs, craz

Cheers to these two!! 🍾🥂For the laughs, crazy nights, good advice, and always supporting each other. I’m so lucky to have you both in my life! Happy birthday ladies 😘

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