NEW YEAR// Quicksand House

The place I was living,
my metaphorical house
(body, spirit, self, mind, external world)
came down.
Beyond repair.

Poetry, Healing Burnout, Change & GrowthLeah WilliamsDecember 31, 2018heart work, Heart Work, Letting Go, letting go, healing, healing journey, self discovery, house, home, poem, poetry, prose, new year, New Year, December, ending, beginning, strength, power, do the work, Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Letting go, Vancouver, Leah, New Years, december, 2018, repair, therapy, mental health, wellness, magic, endings, beginnings, ending and beginnings, Attachment and Well-being, Attachment and Well Being, Attachment, attachment, Well-being, well-being, Well Being, well being, Attachments and Well-being, Attachments and Well Being, Attachments, attachments, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, The New Year, New Year's, new year's, the new year, come home to yourself, rebuilding your lifeComment

REPRESENTATION// Zero Waste Instagram and The Responsibility of Image-Making

Images represent ideas, and on Instagram, where images can be posted with little accountability, it means that big concepts like “#zerowaste” get represented by whoever makes images.

Social Media, Zero WasteLeah WilliamsDecember 15, 2018Zero Waste, Social Media, vegetables, plastic free, groceries, zero waste shopping, Zero Waste and Social Media, representation, accountability, responsibility, image culture, instagram, Instagram, intention, mindfulness, content creation, content making, conscious, branding, green washing, sustainability, inadequacy, ideology, ethics, the medium is the message, food inequality, privilege, supply chain, excess, real food, good, grocery shopping, vegan, vegetarian, foodie, December, art, image makers, artist, Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, zero waste, zero waste and social media, Zero Waste and Media, social media, 2018, december, rainbow, content creator, what's it really about, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, The Responsibility of Imagemaking, The Responsibility of Image making, Zero Waste Privilege, Zero Waste Instagram, Content Creation, taking responsibility, responsibility for making images, Greenwashing, How to identify GreenwashingComment

ECO-FRIENDLY SWAPS// Ingredients in Soaps and Cleaning Products

Buying a shampoo, laundry, or makeup product is also about deconstructing the object. You’re buying the plastic bottle, the ingredients, the health effects. One of the easiest eco-friendly swaps is choosing non toxic liquids.

Habit Building, Plastic Pollution, Zero WasteLeah WilliamsNovember 21, 2018Waste, consumption, waste and consumption, Waste and Consumption, liquids, soap, dish soap, unscented, soap dispensary, The Soap Dispensary, eco swaps, shampoo, water, water systems, plastic pollution, toxic, non-toxic, small changes, green washing, green, ingredients, sunscreen, oceans, animals, empathy, clean oceans, sustainability, shopping, consumer power, agency, power, vote with your dollar, collective, decisions, impact, November, 2018, Life Made Light, life made light, lifemadelight, Consumption, waste, november, bottle, natural beauty, foaming agents, Ecomax, plastic bottles, sustainable, greenwashing, Greenwashing, Green Washing, plastic, responsibility, zero waste, no plastic, low impact, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, Toxic Ingredients, the dirty dozen, david suzukis dirty dozen, david suzukis dirty dozen cosmetics, zero waste liquids, zero waste refills, eco-friendly bathroom, eco-friendly laundry soap, Problems with SLS, problems with Greenwashing, ingredients of soap, Trying to be more sustainableComment

BE PATIENT WITH YOUR MIND

Working on yourself to heal and do better is like taking inventory. You first work with what you already know. Layers like onions, peeling back one at a time in a non attached, curious, patient way. Because when you meet a layer you didn’t know about, you treat it with kindness, investigate it, figure out the best way to unravel, how to set that part free.

Healing Burnout, Mindfulness, Change & GrowthLeah WilliamsNovember 13, 2018life made light, Life Made Light, Heart Work, heart work, letting go, Letting Go, internal, emotions, layers, healing, therapy, patience, mindfulness, mindfulness practice, kindness, unravel, heart clues, mind tricks, change, battle, shadow, shadow side, November, 2018, up-level, pathways, phoenix, heart mind connection, vulnerability, self love, healing journey, meditation, slow living, simplicity, breath, breather, breathing, yoga, lifemadelight, Letting go, be patient with your mind, themelodyh, the melodyh, november, mental health, Attachment and Well-being, Attachment and Well Being, Attachment, attachment, Well-being, well-being, Well Being, well being, Attachments and Well-being, Attachments and Well Being, Attachments, attachments, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M WilliamsComment

VANCOUVER LANDFILL// The Happiness Placebo. Our rate of consumption is not sustainable.

We’re sold the message that when we get the right stuff, job, clothes, relationship, we'll be happy. If this were true and stuff held intrinsic happiness, we wouldn't need to keep buying, and producing. Because once you got the thing you’d have happiness forever, you wouldn't need more.

Plastic Pollution, Fast Fashion, Stuff and HappinessLeah WilliamsNovember 8, 2018Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Waste, Consumption, waste, consumption, waste and consumption, Waste and Consumption, 2018, November, november, Vancouver, landfill, garbage, pollution, happiness, happy, insatiable, buying, shopping, producing, consumerism, connection, Hunger Games, dystopia, utopia, dystopian, utopian, disconnection, microplastics, reality, climate change, your backyard, new, meaning, love, planet, responsibility, choices, donate, recycle, throw out, accountability, placebo, lies, marketing, advertising, vancouver landfill, Vancouver Landfill, placebo effect, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, British Colubia, Vancouver BC, Delta, Vancouver landfill in Delta, Microplastic, microplastic pollution, PopularComment

PLASTIC AND CLOTHING// Fast Fashion. What are you really buying?

Did you know that in most stores every piece of clothing comes shipped to the store in a plastic bag? Each bag gets removed by staff and goes into the garbage, all before the item hits the sales floor. These bags are not usually recyclable.

Fast Fashion, Plastic Pollution, Stuff and HappinessLeah WilliamsNovember 1, 2018Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Waste, Consumption, waste, consumption, waste and consumption, Waste and Consumption, 2018, November, november, jeans, denim, clothing, apparel, the true cost, true cost movie, plastic, malls, shopping, addiction, shipping, plastic shipping, plastic bags, supply chain, inventory, garbage, landfill, fast fashion, Fast Fashion, ethical consumption, consumerism, The Lorax, the lorax, synthetic, plastic fibers, microfibers, plastic pollution, textile, textile waste, polyester, acrylic, nylon, microplastics, zero waste, Zero Waste, second hand first, thrift shopping, nothing new, reuse, objects, mateiralism, values, ethics, object as a placeholder, plastic and clothing, what are you really buying, Clothes, pants, slow fashion, micro, microplastic, micro plastic, micro fiber, micro fibers, microfiber, micro plastics, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, microfibre, microfibres, micro fibre, micro fibres, plastic in clothing, plastic clothes, polyester clothes, why is fast fashion bad, what's wrong with fast fashion, overproduction, PopularComment

FAILURE, COURAGE, AND HEARTACHE// On Being Where You Are

Accepting where you’re at is tender, but that softening brings you back to the moment and into your body. When we want something to be different than it is we miss out on our lives. Wanting uncomfortable feelings to pass, or waiting for a moment in the future, is wishing your life away.

Grief, Vulnerability, Change & GrowthLeah WilliamsOctober 20, 2018Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Heart Work, heart work, Letting go, letting go, October, october, 2018, Failure, Courage, Heartache, on being where you are, acceptance, be present, mental health, wellness, breath, breathe, uncofortable, discomfort, love, vulnerability, wholehearted, whole hearted, rejection, regret, guilt, shame, anger, grief, sadness, disappointment, vulnerable, resilience, embarassment, life, transient, change, beginning, ending, open, growth, learning, be where you are, yoga, yoloha, snoggy, cat, mindfulness, practice, tonglen, coming home, be still, healing, healing journey, theray, therapy, slow living, softening, gratitude, Attachment and Well-being, Attachment and Well Being, Attachment, attachment, Well-being, well-being, Well Being, well being, Attachments and Well-being, Attachments and Well Being, Attachments, attachments, death, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M WilliamsComment

CHANGE// Zero Waste Living Doesn’t Happen Overnight.

Changing how you live doesn’t happen overnight. Often we want quick results, but that’s not how things work… We do our best. And sometimes it will be great, and other times it won’t.

Habit Building, Zero Waste, Change & GrowthLeah WilliamsOctober 9, 2018Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Minimalism, minimalism, Letting Go, letting go, Minimalism and Letting go, minimalism and letting go, October, october, change, Change, practice, mindfulness practice, mistakes, integrate, learning, learned, growth, personal growth, plastic bag, plastic bags, bulk bag, bulk, cloth bag, reusable bag, reusable, bag, ziploc, zip lock, backpack, shopping, prepared, spork, life, qualities, habits, let go, stress, worry, kindness, self forgiveness, perfectionism, waste, sustainable living, reduce waste, zerowaste living, zero waste living, going zero waste, perspective, culture, internal work, self help, healing, 2018, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, because we can, changing your habit, low waste living, sustainability, reusable cloth bag, making habits, forming new habits, deciding to changeComment

UPLEVELLING// Facing Your Shadow

Rising from a place of destruction, preparing to face things you’d rather not, is like gathering every possible tool for your toolbelt, ready for excavation.

Poetry, Mindfulness, Change & GrowthLeah WilliamsOctober 4, 2018Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Heart Work, heart work, Letting go, letting go, October, october, 2018, up-level, upleveling, up leveling, shadow, shadow work, rising, phoenix, art, collage art, repair, toolbelt, spiritual gym, emotional weight lifting, excavation, self discovery, mental health, therapy, councelling, collage, zero waste art, energy, wack a mole, wack-a-mole, emotional health, rise, spiritual growth, transformation, growth, personal growth, healing journey, shame, vulnerability, anger, regret, grief, fear, flow, breath, breathe, listening, mindfulness practice, loving kindness, love, release, health, wellness, move on, Attachment and Well-being, Attachment and Well Being, Attachment, attachment, Well-being, well-being, Well Being, well being, Attachments and Well-being, Attachments and Well Being, Attachments, attachments, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M Williams, Shadow work, healing, difficult feelings, uncomfortable feelings, William Turner, Collage Art, Leah Williams Art, Leah Williams ArtistComment

YOU CAN’T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP// Self Care 101

Sometimes what gets treated as self care is actually just basic needs; food, rest, sleep, water, play, love. When basic needs get set aside for the pursuit of achieving a goal or external mission, break down starts to happen.

Healing Burnout, Grief, Letting GoLeah WilliamsOctober 1, 2018Resilience, Resiliency, Life Made Light, lifemadelight, life made light, Heart Work, heart work, Letting go, letting go, over working, can't pour from an empty cup, self care, 101, energy, soften, self-care, struggle, resistance, mental health, mental wellness, wellness, sustainability, intention, goals, ambition, ethics, cup, fill your cup, basic needs, needs, breakdown, therapy, activism, contribution, overflow, giving, environmental activism, play, rest, slow living, slow down, burnout, zero waste movement, October, october, 2018, Leah, grief, moving on, Attachment and Well-being, Attachment and Well Being, Attachment, attachment, Well-being, well-being, Well Being, well being, Attachments and Well-being, Attachments and Well Being, Attachments, attachments, Leah Williams, leah williams, leah williams instagram, Leah Williams Canada, leah m Williams, Leah M WilliamsComment

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