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Get Your Sparkle Back!!!

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My poor little blog baby, always at the very bottom of the priority ladder. I remember when I first started S&S, I used to write these long journal-esque posts from my desk at Michael Kors (ha! F U corporate world) and it was such a nice little escape from my day.

I also used to print up motivational quotes and make these beautiful collages in my notebooks. Still have a few! The good old days.

So COVID has returned to Europe with a savage vengeance, and I have no idea what will become of life in the next few weeks. The Swiss government maintained a very relaxed attitude after our first lockdown eased up at the end of April, and they seem determined to avoid a second lockdown at all costs. Our cases are soaring, and things are looking pretty, pretty, pretty not good. But, let's see where this goes. Trying to take it ODAAT.

There are a few points I'd like to review quickly before I get back to my 'day job', so here we go:


1. My bestie, Sally Beaton, just published an AMAZING book called Get Your Sparkle Back. I met Sally in 2016, just a couple of months after moving to Switzerland. She had been living here for several years already, and we literally almost didn't meet, because she moved back to the UK 6 weeks later. Our meeting was a cosmic gift, a meeting of two like souls, and she quickly became one of the most important people in my life. We are both super similar in many ways, and have always understood each others emotions, feelings, and moods. We are also both writers who refused to go down the traditional publishing road. Oh! And we also both love sharing good vibes and information/support to women to ensure they know that they are wonderful and magical creators that can achieve whatever they put their minds and hearts to.

I proof read Get Your Sparkle Back, and I can attest that it's really one of the most important and meaningful books a woman can read in her lifetime! Truly life-changing. 

Sally is a holistic nutritionist and sparkle life coach, which means she has ALL the insider information about how women can navigate their health issues, emotional issues, hormone issues, and just general ups and downs of life with more care, love, and purpose. This book teaches us how we can get to know how our bodies operate, so that we can maximize our energy, creativity, productivity, and joy (while also knowing when to slow the F down and take a break, without guilt). 

Whatever stage you are at in your journey, this book will speak to you.

Please do yourself a favor, and pick up a copy.


Isn't she beaaaaaautiful???


So excited that my review is printed on the back of this masterpiece <3


2. I just deleted my OG Instagram account, and will only be using my professional (LOL) handle @arianesigner going forward. Several reasons for this, but mainly because I don't need an excuse to be on the Internet more than I already am, and I'm trying to streamline social media and get a bit of my own time back. Also, had a ton of posts and photos of my kiddos, and while they are super cute and I want to show them off to the world, I am planning on taking a step back and limiting their online presence.


So that's it for now! I'm working on a second book of poems, and my aim is to self-publish by Feb/March-ish 2021. All depends on the flow of creativity.

Doing a ton of freelance work, writing for BabyGaga.com, slowly thinking of a move back to Canada for 2022!


I'll update again soon, but I have to get some work done while the kidlets are with their grandparents today <3




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