VictoriaBard

I’m not for everyone and I'm totally ok with that!

I am a heart-centered, intuitive, tough-love kind of person with a LOT to offer from my decades of experience as a single mom, healer and creative spirit, and now it's time for me to start sharing all of this more publicly, so......

IF YOU:
😴are tired of living in isolation
🎨want to reignite your creative spark
☯ want to align your life with the values you may have compromised because of, well, life --- and you
🌎care deeply about the condition of the planet we are leaving for future generations,

AND if you can say YES to any ONE of the following statements:
✨I am ready for true transformation
✨I am ready to prioritize ME
✨I am ready to ask for and accept support
✨I am ready to connect with others in a group
✨I am ready to move beyond thinking to doing
...then drop a comment below or send me a direct message because I am looking for just 12 people to join me for the first Connected heARTs Circle, and once the Circle is filled, it's filled, so if you feel the nudge to respond, listen to that and act now to confirm your free heART-speak exploration chat by commenting below:
✨"I'm Ready!" ✨

I’m looking for a dozen single moms who care about the world we are leaving for our children and who want the support of a group of other like-minded women so you can all rise up together and stop feeling isolated by parenting. We'll start in two weeks and embark on an 85-day journey of alignment, transofrmation, and creativity.
You’ll also gain skills to reduce stress in your mind and body.

So if you...
1. Are ready to feel more connected with yourself and others.
2. Are capable of participating in group meetings
3. Are 100% committed to doing the work
4. And you are open to new ideas...

Then this might be for you.
Drop the word CONNECT below, or send me a private message, and I’ll send you the next steps.

From Isolation to Alignment:
something I don't talk about very often.

Even though I am a speaker, author, artist, healer and truly gifted problem solver, all grounded in spirituality, creativity, and environmental proactivism, and even though everyone who knows me personally knows without doubt that I am a huge talker with plenty to say, and I am NOT afraid to say it, I am here today to say I also know what it's like to struggle for years in isolation, my sense of Self stripped away, my Truth forgotten, my Gifts left rotting on the vine, uncultivated,

because many years ago that was my life, especially in my early single parenting years.

I know what it's like to lay down at night wondering if the kids were ok, and to wake up wondering if I was ok. I know what it's like to be putting out fires constantly, taking the kids to SO many doctors appointments, attending SO many school events, and having to prepare SO many meals ...ugh, the cooking! There was no time for me - to create, no time to stay grounded in the habits I knew would help me, my kids, and others, and no time to share my healing gifts. Somewhere along the way I lost my voice, my self, my creativity, and even my desire to go outside. Most of this happened because I was in isolation with few people to talk with, There were even a few traumas in the mix.

I also know what it's like to be on the other side of all that, to have the resilience to overcome anything that happens in life and to embrace a life where I create, I write, I sing, and I connect with people. By coming into alignment with my self, my values, and my spirit, and especially by connecting with others in conversation and connection, I now have tons of physical and mental space to share my gifts, and to create whatever art I want, whatever music I want, whatever movements I want... in whatever way I want.

The best part? I go outside again, bare feet on the ground. I smell the sunflowers (because I don't have roses!), I go for walks. Instead of 'thinking' my way through the day, I embody a more heart-centered way of life where I fully understand that self-care is the most important thing I can do for myself and others....and I speak my truth once again!

Even better is that I can trace the lines back to what I did to start shifting things - and that is what I want to share with people, especially other women who have lost their voice, who are feeling vulnerable, isolated, or disconnected from who they know they can be. I want to share this heart-centered way of life so that you, too, can return to creativity, connection and contribution - and remember how to speak up! This is what I'm here for.

If you or someone you care about is struggling with isolation or disconnection, I would love to help.

I am offering 5 complimentary Heart S.P.E.A.K. Exploration Sessions this week focusing on:
✨ Security
✨ Power
✨ Empathy
✨ Alignment
✨ Knowing

If you'd like one of these spots, drop the word "HEART" or a heart emoji below...or send me a private message.
🙌💜🙏🏻

There's something I've been hiding ..........
💜my heart 🙊my voice &☀my light.

Even though I'm a trained public speaker (through Toastmasters where I completed every project possible and achieved my DTM), and even though that led me on a path to the time in 2020 when I interviewed 50 people in one week, full hour interviews back to back to back, day after day....The truth is that I used to internalize the message of 'you're-too-much" as fact - so much so that I eventually shrank so others around me would not feel small, and I absolutely forgot how to speak up from the heart, I lost my voice, that part of me that knew what to say and wasn't afraid to say it, and I dimmed my light.

I have to admit though that while I was losing my 'voice' I didn't notice it was happening; I didn't realize I had turned that internal language of too-much-ness into a shield of protection and was actually making my Self smaller to the point of almost disappearing, while my body got larger to make manifest that shield in physical form. Even though I lost my sense of self to the point of flatlined emotions, once I realized it had happened, I got divorced and embarked on the slow climb back to my Self, and I did it! I found my voice! Those interviews were a shining example. But then life took me on another detour, as life does to all of us. Soon after hosting that amazing week of interviews, my son was injured in a motorcyle accident and then he died in 2023 by choice and of course that created totally different reasons to hide my heart, mute my voice, and stop shining my light. Grief is different though than internalizing too-much-ness and it has its own healing path so even though I haven't really talked much since then, especially online, it is time now to speak up again, to share my voice, to shine my light! Publicly. Shamelessly. Abundantly. Vulnerably.

If you're wondering why now? Well, timing is what timing is and there comes a moment when it's just very simply time to act, and this is that time. I joined Thrive Academy's 5-Day Challenge, and I am choosing to step back into my power, to be more visible, and to share more openly about the work I want to do in the world.

It would mean a lot to me if you could drop a note of support below, because I know there are far too many people who have also lost a child or suffered through a difficult marriage, or both, who just want to reconnect with their hearts and voices and shine their light fully again. Drop me an emoji, a comment, a gif, or some funny photo you took recently and let me know you're rooting for me!

{come back tomorrow for part two!}