Blog | Living With Grace

Hi!

I'm starting a blog because I'm sick of fitting everything I want to say in an instagram caption. I just got back from Chicago where I performed at a college and was reflecting on my year so far. At first, I was disappointed because I felt like I haven't had a lot of "wins" this year; no viral songs or syncs or big shows. I've been working really hard on finishing songs and promoting my upcoming EP and haven't seen much back from it. To be honest, it's really discouraging and I've questioned quitting pursuing music as a career a lot.

After thinking a little more deeply, I realized all the ways I've grown this year. I graduated from my yoga training, developed a consistent meditation practice, learned how to say no to people and things that don't align with me and my vision. "Wins" aren't always monetary rewards or career opportunities, sometimes they're just moments of growth and understanding. Moments where you make a different choice than the past version of you would've.

There is so much I don't have figured out and I feel like the world is crumbling around me as I'm trying to piece myself together. I know I want to help make the world a more positive, loving place, one person at a time, whether that be through music, yoga, philanthropy and any other side quest I take. The path isn't clear right now but that's okay. There's something beautiful about taking it day by day, working hard, doing what you love, and trusting that what is meant for you will find you.

In the meantime, the birds still sing and there's coffee in the morning and reality tv and all the people who make the in-between moments so precious. I may not know exactly what I'm doing or where I'm headed, but I know who I am. I know I can wake up and spread love and be kind and show up authentically no matter what is going on in my life. That's more than enough of a win in my book.

Keep shining your light

-BG

FEEL MORE

Nov 2, 2025
2 min read

At the end of my yoga class yesterday, my teacher Rebekah said “What a privilege it is to feel” and that hit me really deep. As someone who feels everything intensely all the time, it often doesn’t feel like a privilege to feel, it feels more like a curse or a defect. I soak up emotion like a sponge and it’s so much to process. The rollercoaster ride that is living in my own head can be exhausting. But there are these moments where I’m looking out at the ocean or in my car, windows down, blasting music, or writing a song that gives my whole body chills, where I realize how beautiful it is to feel.

I fear the pace this world moves at and the pressure to present ourselves as having it all together doesn’t always give us the space to access our emotions. It’s easier and more practical to numb and dissociate and carry on with our days, with our eyes filled with tears that need to be cried and our minds full of stories that justify holding onto things we’re afraid to let go of. I recently went to an energy healer and at the session, I cried more than I think I ever had, it felt like my heart and lungs were being pulled out of my chest. It was proof that you can’t outrun the pain that’s inside you (and where there is pain there is love).

Long story short, I want to allow myself permission to feel more. Sadness, anger, happiness, fear and everything in between, with gratitude and grace. Knowing it’s a privilege to feel because to feel is to be alive. To feel is to be human.

keep making art and moving your bodies

xoxoxox,