Release2Receive:

What Selling My Bougie Bed Taught Me

I remember the first time I got called “bougie.” It was a Wednesday, Showmars had their Wednesday fish sandwich special, and I was in the back seat of a co-worker’s car, gushing about this incredible Bernhardt bed I had just scored for $650. Heavy pewter, king-size, six feet tall, and shaped like an iron gate. It was art. I had looked it up and saw it retailed for over $2,000. I was proud of myself. My co-worker, though, just said, “Girl, you are so bougie.”

And for a moment, it stung. But now? I wear it like a badge.
I’ve nicknamed myself “The Recovering BOUGIE Hoarder”

The Beauty in Holding On… and the Power in Letting Go

I’ve always had an eye for beautiful things, things with texture, story, or potential. And over the years, I’ve collected them: furniture, fabric, dishes, notebooks, frames. But at some point, I realized all these beautiful things outside of me were taking up the space I needed to express the beautiful things inside me.

Last week, I did something I never thought I’d do: I sold my bed!
My prized, bougiest possession.

Everyone who knows me was stunned. But something in me had shifted.
I’m in a season I call releasing.

Sorry. Can’t. Releasing. Bye.

I’m releasing the need to hold onto stories that no longer serve me.
I’m releasing how I thought my creativity had to look.
I’m releasing roles I played in spaces that didn’t value the fullness of me.

Releasing, not because it’s easy. But because I know that everything I want has been waiting for the room to arrive.

And yes, that includes my voice, my healing practice, and my creativity, which is flowing again in the most unexpected ways. Including a new collection of tees that say exactly what I couldn’t for years:

SORRY. CAN’T. RELEASING. BYE.

It’s a boundary. It’s a breakthrough. It’s a whole season in four words.

What About You?

So here’s my invitation:
What are you being called to release right now?
What is taking up sacred space that’s meant for something better, bolder, or simply more you?

And if you’ve already released something and started receiving on the other side, I’d love to celebrate that too.

Drop it in the comments. Let’s normalize the journey of “releasing to receive”.

And if you’re in your own “Releasing Season” too…
I’ve got something coming that’s made just for you.