ABOUT ME & CALMBABE

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I'm the creator of CALMBABE. I'm a Self-Care & Mindset Coach, blogger, writer, published author, mom, Me-Ma, wife, Nurse-Auditor, and a whole host of other titles.  But in summary, I'm every woman, wearing many hats, with many stories on various journeys throughout this thing called life just like YOU!  I'm a quirky work of art. And as art is full of beauty, confusion, color, and soul, I am too.  I'm a beautiful mess, a masterpiece of worthiness that the universe has already validated.  So are YOU! 

No matter what road I've been on, in spite of many detours, roadblocks, or interruptions, my WHY never changed.  That WHY is helping and healing.  My passion and purpose have been healing and helping others find balance and some calm through the storms we will all encounter in life.  This is my "WHY" in the creation of CALMBABE.  

Being a self-proclaimed bibliophile with a love for books, words, and letters, CALMBABE is my acronym for 

"Choosing And Loving Myself Before Anyone Before Everything"

I'm hoping to help you enjoy a more balanced, intentional, and mindful life by remembering to take care of yourself first and knowing that choosing yourself first is not selfish. It's the highest form of Self-Care and Self-love that you can gift to yourself. 

When I'm not busy coaching, volunteering, working my job, or managing CALMBABE you may find me at the beach reading or writing, scribbling notes on napkins stuffed in my purse from the fast-food runs for my grandkids or on crinkled-up Post-it notes from my glove compartment sipping on a black tea lemonade with extra lemons. I may be dropping in on a Yoga or meditation class or sitting by the water listening to Prince, Sade, or my new favorite artist, Snoh Aalegra. Most describe me as laid back, calm and compassionate.  However, there are many others, who have called me "Kick-ass in a shot glass" and I'm cool with any of those views of me. After all, people are entitled to their own perceptions or interpretations.  So what people think of me is none of my business.  I believe that any version of me created in someone else's mind isn't my responsibility.  As long as I show up authentic in who I am, I've done my part in the process.

 I have a thing for buying pretty insulated cups, new journals, and shoes, LOTS OF SHOES!.  I certainly relate to the saying that "shoe love is true love."  But my love of writing has always been at the top of my list. My dreams of becoming a writer never died even when my career path took a detour down the path of healthcare. The light of writing had always flickered in my soul. My journalism career dreams took a hiatus because being young and impressionable, I listened to others who told me that I needed to focus on a "real career" and get a "real job".  So taking the path of least resistance, my right to write was put on hold.  But now I've found my way back to the craft that I love which is writing. This redirected path has led me back to my essential self.  I am CALMBABE!

As I am Choosing And Loving Myself Before Anyone Before Everything, I invite you to do the same and start living your life forward with the CALMBABE mindset.  Every day that you are allowed to wake up on the upside of the grass of this earth, I hope you do so by empowering the mindset and saying to yourself or even out loud,  "I AM CALMBABE!"

While you're here I invite you to please visit my author link to check out more about me.  My books are also available for purchase through the author link as well.  There are lots of great things coming down the pike so I invite you to visit frequently and join my CALMBABE Cocoon by subscribing to my email list on the home page. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Sonya