SYDNEY: unfiltered.

What can you release?

Sydney — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:49:03 +0000

It is okay to be extremely happy. I want to tell you that it is okay to have the parts of your life that need healing co-exist with the parts that are whole and complete. You don’t have to wait until every box is checked to be elated. You can choose to focus on the […]

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This is the beginning.

Sydney — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:46:41 +0000

My adaptability is a survival mechanism. If what you see today is completely unrecognizable, good. Honestly, why would I want to stay the same? Why would I want to be sick, unhappy, diseased, stressed out, unfulfilled, hiding, and miserable? Why would you? My adaptability has kept me safe, alive, surviving. What you may have seen […]

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We dreamed it. We’re doing it.

Sydney — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:43:08 +0000

#vanlifesunset 11.28.18 🚐 🌅 We dreamed it, now we’re doing it. In January I parked in this exact spot for the last photoshoot for my #LiveBoldLiveNow documentary about my life with #type2diabetes. I stood right across the street, having never done a real photoshoot before that weekend, and dreamed as big as possible, or so I thought. Just days before, I […]

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Our last sunset before #vanlife

Sydney — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:40:13 +0000

This was our last sunset at the Castle, our little bungalow here in San Diego. Barry and I moved here two years ago and the night we moved in, we had a bed, a TV, our skydiving rigs (we weren’t jumping, but we still had all of our gear), and that was about it. With […]

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Show all the way up.

Sydney — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:38:19 +0000

People have been asking about the process or formula for Hiking My Feelings. Truthfully, I don’t know if there is one. I’ve been solutions-oriented for my entire life, especially my career in communications. I’ve been surrounded by the best of the best, whether that was in the conference room or the locker room. I am not […]

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Everything is okay.

Sydney — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 16:36:16 +0000

After years of wondering how to just be me, I realized I didn’t know who I was. So around this time last year, inspired by a speech my dad gave at Thanksgiving, I got to work trying to find out who Sydney is. What does she actually want? What does she enjoy? How does she […]

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Erosion

Sydney — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:34:22 +0000

We are all expressions of the patterns we see in the natural world, but we are so far removed from our natural environment that we completely ignore the signs. We have millions of years of reference materials and remedies for what ails us and we fly over them, drive past them, and rarely get to […]

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Thank you, Diabetes.

Sydney — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:28:04 +0000

This year, I’m thankful for my Diabetes. This disease helped me find myself. It helped me heal my mind, body, and spirit. Photos left to right: Summer 2017, before my diagnosis. November 2018, 13 months since diagnosis. Thank you, Diabetes. Thank you for being the thing that finally reconnected me with my body after my […]

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Hear me now, believe me later.

Sydney — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:11:49 +0000

You can lead. You can take the first step. You can plant your feet with confidence. You’ve trained for this. You were born ready. You have everything you need inside you. Acknowledging that the first time feels heavy. Like grief. Like loss. Like an elephant (or a Puggle) sitting on your chest. Hell, I threw […]

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If I were different…

Sydney — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:00:01 +0000

If I were a man, would this be easier? Would I have more resources? More connections? More opportunities? If I were a man, would they listen? Would they return my emails, phone calls, grant applications, partnership applications? If I were a man, would I feel relevant? Would I feel the same rush to get my […]

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