Welcome to Living Freelee

Living freelee is the long-awaited love letter to myself and to anyone who has struggled with finding love in and outside of themselves. As a child I dreamed BIG, as so many of us do. Visions of a life that carried with it everything my little heart could desire. But along life’s path that dream slowly started to dissipate until the remnants were barely visible. Beat up by life, disappointed in love, and brought to my feet by a capitalistic, narcissistic world I gave up on myself. I succumbed and became obliged to an ordinary, mediocre life. ‘Cause I mean isn’t that what we are supposed to be content with?! I stopped dreaming, didn’t feel worthy enough to pursue a passion, and definitely not brave enough to step outside of any box already predetermined by my sex (female) and race (black and proud).

I had let the world and my circumstances dictate my life and the consequences of that further led me to more disappointment and lovelessness. After dealing with an immense and sudden heartbreak (cliche, but true!), I felt the lowest I had ever felt and realized I tolerated so much in my pursuit to be loved that I didn’t even really love myself nor was I truly living for myself.

On my continuous path to healing and self-discovery I have had many stumbles, slip, and trip ups. Nonetheless I have decided to make a high-stake bet on myself. This space is a reminder of the love that already exists within me for myself. It’s a reminder of the abundance of love around me in my friends and family. It serves as an affirmation of my own (and eventually, hopefully yours too) highest potential when I choose to love myself fully and live an authentic life that honors and embraces every part of me.

Living Freelee is my passion project and promise to myself to live a life that truly speaks to me. My vision for Living Freelee is to be a vessel of love through community, education, authentic sharing, openness, vulnerability and to shine a light on the areas of our world today that could use some loving. This is a space for any and everyone, so welcome. I hope my journey and content helps someone on the path of bettering and loving themselves and to live a life that boldly speaks to their truest and highest self. I dare you to join me on this journey of living freelee. 

XOXO, 

A free woman,

Leandra