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Navigating Timelines and Unspoken Pressures
This weeks thoughts are going to be centered around how people are "measuring their life around timelines that were written for a world...
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
— Nelson Mandela
Welcome to my space, my name is Alexa Torkelson and I currently live in the front range outside of the greater Denver area in Colorado. I have been connected to the outdoors since the day I could walk. The woods in my backyard growing up were my playground and sanctuary. They still are! Nature allows my soul to soar and is my place of true rest when I need a reset from the noise of the world.
I carry with me a unique experience, being involved in a long-term relationship at a young age that led to tougher life hurdles down the road, especially when making personal life decisions for myself throughout my 20s. I have always been told I am an old soul and moving into my 30s, I am starting to connect with this part of me more than ever. I have grace for the younger versions of me that could not speak up when I needed them most and greater wisdom around what it means to love yourself while cultivating a relationship with another person (especially when you can recognize what people and places are worth fighting for). This life is truly one wild ride for so many of us. What I have learned most is how to hold the delicate, painful, heartbreaking, extraordinary, and joyful parts of my story altogether.
A note for those that have been alongside my healing and growth: Thank you for never losing hope in my ability to really make something of myself and continuing to encourage me to use my voice where it matters most.
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