Nashville bound!
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Literally, just going for @five_daughters_bakery 🤤🤤🤤
#christmasinmarch #christmasmovie
📷 @letticiabissondut
Nashville bound!
❤️❤️❤️
Literally, just going for @five_daughters_bakery 🤤🤤🤤
#christmasinmarch #christmasmovie
📷 @letticiabissondut
Nashville bound!
❤️❤️❤️
Literally, just going for @five_daughters_bakery 🤤🤤🤤
#christmasinmarch #christmasmovie
📷 @letticiabissondut
You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome. This year will be the year of change. Approaching dreams, relationships, and inner growth from different angles. Holding my mental and emotional health at the same standard as my physical health. Listening more, and talking less. ❤️🕊❤️🕊
📸 @megframpton
You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome. This year will be the year of change. Approaching dreams, relationships, and inner growth from different angles. Holding my mental and emotional health at the same standard as my physical health. Listening more, and talking less. ❤️🕊❤️🕊
📸 @megframpton
In the 1800’s, you were expected to live to 35. Maybe 40 if you’re lucky. I’m turning 35 this year. And I’m still… waiting for my life to start. But what does that mean? I realized recently, that I’m not allowing myself to be happy now. When I have ____ amount of money, then I can start a family. When I’ve accomplished ____, then I’ll have enough time to nurture and commit to a deep and loving relationship. Once I date ____ many people, then I’ll have enough experience and knowledge to pick a great partner. Once I book this movie, or get this song to a certain level, or do another tour with my band… then I’ll feel successful enough to slow down and go backpacking through Europe. I’m preparing for some… great life, instead of living that great life now. And it’s exhausting. Today, I opened my journal, and wrote down what a happy life looks like. What I’m doing. Where I am. Who I’m with. Even what I’m eating, wearing, seeing, smelling, touching. Start there. Maybe you’re closer than you think. Let your life start now. ❤️❤️❤️
Keep showing up. You’ve got this. I know it’s hard to wake up and try again at something when you feel stuck or like no one sees you or like you’re not making any progress. Hell, sometimes going backwards. I see you. I hear you. I appreciate you. Keep going. I started my first band when I was 14. I’m 34 now. It’s a mother f-ing marathon, not a sprint. Keep going. I see you. And you’re killing it. Sending so much love and support to everyone chasing a dream out there. ❤️❤️❤️ YOU’RE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
My big sis is a bad ass.
That’s all.
Ready for the New Year. A fresh start is what I’ve been craving. 😮💨😮💨😮💨
📸 @megframpton
We played our first “Meg & Dia” show in two years – and then this morning, I had my first therapy session of 2022. Yup. Funny how old demons pop up without missing a beat. When I was a kid/teen, I had so much fun singing. It was joyful, and it was the best way I could express myself because I was so damn shy. Like, I ate my lunch in the school library shy. Like, I’d die if I had to do a math problem up on the board shy. But then there was music and singing, and I felt alive. But then I went on The Voice in 2011, and things changed. (Please note, everyone on The Voice from the artists to the coaches to the creators were absolutely lovely, however, it was a new and exposing spotlight for me to find myself in that had nothing to do with them.) I suddenly found myself tying singing and perfection together. Every note had to be “right.” Everything turned into a competition. I’d have nightmares of cracking or messing up a song and it turning into some kind of bizarre meme on Youtube. Yes, sounds so crazy but… it’s true. I still carry that kind of… performance trauma around with me, and it’s been really hard to let go of. But, here’s to 2022. I love singing, despite it feeling like a battleground some days. Other days… it feels amazing, like flying. The scary part is… I never know which one it’s going to be until I walk out on stage. Dr. Jekyll… or Mr. Hyde.
Last night it was a little bit of both. And I’m ok with that.
Baby steps back to my joy. ❤️ Wishing the same for you, with whatever you are struggling with.
We played our first “Meg & Dia” show in two years – and then this morning, I had my first therapy session of 2022. Yup. Funny how old demons pop up without missing a beat. When I was a kid/teen, I had so much fun singing. It was joyful, and it was the best way I could express myself because I was so damn shy. Like, I ate my lunch in the school library shy. Like, I’d die if I had to do a math problem up on the board shy. But then there was music and singing, and I felt alive. But then I went on The Voice in 2011, and things changed. (Please note, everyone on The Voice from the artists to the coaches to the creators were absolutely lovely, however, it was a new and exposing spotlight for me to find myself in that had nothing to do with them.) I suddenly found myself tying singing and perfection together. Every note had to be “right.” Everything turned into a competition. I’d have nightmares of cracking or messing up a song and it turning into some kind of bizarre meme on Youtube. Yes, sounds so crazy but… it’s true. I still carry that kind of… performance trauma around with me, and it’s been really hard to let go of. But, here’s to 2022. I love singing, despite it feeling like a battleground some days. Other days… it feels amazing, like flying. The scary part is… I never know which one it’s going to be until I walk out on stage. Dr. Jekyll… or Mr. Hyde.
Last night it was a little bit of both. And I’m ok with that.
Baby steps back to my joy. ❤️ Wishing the same for you, with whatever you are struggling with.
An update on my journey off birth control pills! (6 posts ago on Dec 22nd).
If you have questions, ask in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.
I’m deep into the book “Your brain on birth control.” (Highly recommend).
Again, I’m not a doctor, and not sponsored by any apps so, these are just my thoughts.
Firstly, I have found fertility apps to be very helpful (and confusing.) It’s interesting to know where you are in your cycle regardless of trying to get pregnant or not. I have found Flo, Mira, and Natural Cycles to be the easiest to understand. Kindara and Clue were both confusing to me and more difficult to navigate. Mira has at home hormone (LH) test wands. I haven’t tried them yet. Don’t ask me to explain further – I’m still learning. 😂😂 I believe they help you read your body more accurately. I’ve been taking my temperature every morning, and that helps give a more accurate read, too.
(Fun Fact: Did you know that our hormones at high fertility make us look, sound and even smell “sexier” than at low fertility?! We’re also more likely to wear the color red when we’re fertile or spend money on sexy clothes!) So yeah, maybe when you’re sitting in your bubble bath and spending extra time on your hair, you’re fertile and you don’t even know it!
I have experienced a wide range of emotions. The first three weeks I was honestly highly irritable and felt completely out of it, kind of like waking up from a dream and having way too many feelings to handle all at once. I’m feeling more stable and balanced now. I feel like, at this point in my life, this works the best for me. I feel… awake. I do know that BC pills have helped many women though, so talk to a doctor and do what makes you feel good!
I think the most important thing for women is finding a partner who will help you and support you on this journey. The calendar method can be met with a lot of uneasiness and eye rolls. I feel like a lot of people will just want you to get back on the pill or a copper IUD, etc. Find someone who puts your health and well being first. That is the most important thing I have realized on this journey so far.
I’ll keep you updated! ❤️❤️❤️
Who’s already feeling that “be productive” voice screaming in their ear as we go into 2022?
I’m trying to find more balance in my life. Work is important, but so is love, friendship, family, exercise, alone time, artist dates, and sleep.
Be kind to yourself. Go at your own pace.
📷 @megframpton
Another year gone. Grateful to still be here. Sometimes when I start to panic or anxiety grips me, I take a deep breath and list off the many things I am grateful for. It calms me down like a glass of wine. ❤️❤️❤️
2022 Hopes and Dreams and Goals
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Practice gratitude daily through meditation
Exercise – but focus on my body getting stronger not thinner 🍑
Fall in love and work on growing and maintaining that relationship ❤️
Write another feature film screenplay and another one hour drama pilot.
Be more vocal about how much I appreciate others
Write music and stories and scripts that make me uncomfortable because they expose vulnerable pieces of me
Learn to forgive myself for past mistakes, learn from them, and grow. And give others that same empathy and compassion
Happy New Year
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📷 @megframpton
2022 Hopes and Dreams and Goals
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Practice gratitude daily through meditation
Exercise – but focus on my body getting stronger not thinner 🍑
Fall in love and work on growing and maintaining that relationship ❤️
Write another feature film screenplay and another one hour drama pilot.
Be more vocal about how much I appreciate others
Write music and stories and scripts that make me uncomfortable because they expose vulnerable pieces of me
Learn to forgive myself for past mistakes, learn from them, and grow. And give others that same empathy and compassion
Happy New Year
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📷 @megframpton
2022 Hopes and Dreams and Goals
✨✨✨✨
Practice gratitude daily through meditation
Exercise – but focus on my body getting stronger not thinner 🍑
Fall in love and work on growing and maintaining that relationship ❤️
Write another feature film screenplay and another one hour drama pilot.
Be more vocal about how much I appreciate others
Write music and stories and scripts that make me uncomfortable because they expose vulnerable pieces of me
Learn to forgive myself for past mistakes, learn from them, and grow. And give others that same empathy and compassion
Happy New Year
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📷 @megframpton
Valentines’ Day Prep.
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Pay attention to what people do, not what they say.
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@meganddiamusic is releasing a new song this Friday called “Ghost.”
It’s a very strange experience when the living haunt you. That’s a rather weird sentiment, but I don’t really know any other way to describe it. People enter and exit your life, sometimes almost on cue. But the effects of loving someone, and being loved, continue to expand in beautiful and bittersweet ways, like ripples from a stone thrown into a pool of water. Memories have a funny way of creeping into your consciousness when you least expect it. Moments of the past often come back to haunt you. I’ve learned that it’s best to make these memories your friend. I hope you enjoy our new song, out this Friday, February 25th.
📷 @megframpton
Your Valentine doesn’t always have to be a romantic relationship. 🥰❤️🥰
Out now. 💔🖤
TMI, but it’s been on my mind a lot lately so I thought … maybe other women might be feeling the same and could find this helpful. At first, I thought I’d just address this to women, but honestly, it’s always been a bummer to me how little it seemed the men in my life have cared or been educated on these things so, I’m going to address this to everyone.
I’ve been on birth control for over a decade. At first, my skin cleared up. I experienced a little weight gain and fatigue, but my severely painful periods became a breeze. Now, I’ve been on it for so long, it’s hard to say what its specific side effects are for me. I’ve known friends who have gotten depressed or suicidal, or lost/gained weight, brain fog, gotten extreme acne, etc.
I started a book called, “This is your brain on birth control,” by Sarah Hill. Here’s an excerpt:
“Sex hormones play a role in influencing attraction, sexual motivation, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotion regulation, friendships, aggression, mood, learning, and more. This means that being on the birth control pill makes women a different version of themselves than when they are off of it. It can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. Additionally, because the pill influences who women are attracted to, being on the pill may inadvertently influence who women choose as partners, which can have important implications for their relationships once they go off it. By changing what women’s brains do, the pill also has the ability to have cascading effects on everything.”
I’m now only a week or so off the pill, but I’m going to be documenting how I feel and how my body responds. I hope that recording the changes I go through will benefit others who are thinking about doing the same. Also, I just downloaded multiple apps: Kindara, Flo and Natural Cycles. I’ll let you know which one seems to be the most accurate and helpful for me. (Obviously NOT a doctor and NOT sponsored by any of the apps above. Please always do whatever is best for you and works for you!)
I’d love to hear from you on what your experience has been, and if I’ve missed anything or gotten anything wrong! Let’s discuss. ❤️❤️❤️
📷 @d.leong
TMI, but it’s been on my mind a lot lately so I thought … maybe other women might be feeling the same and could find this helpful. At first, I thought I’d just address this to women, but honestly, it’s always been a bummer to me how little it seemed the men in my life have cared or been educated on these things so, I’m going to address this to everyone.
I’ve been on birth control for over a decade. At first, my skin cleared up. I experienced a little weight gain and fatigue, but my severely painful periods became a breeze. Now, I’ve been on it for so long, it’s hard to say what its specific side effects are for me. I’ve known friends who have gotten depressed or suicidal, or lost/gained weight, brain fog, gotten extreme acne, etc.
I started a book called, “This is your brain on birth control,” by Sarah Hill. Here’s an excerpt:
“Sex hormones play a role in influencing attraction, sexual motivation, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotion regulation, friendships, aggression, mood, learning, and more. This means that being on the birth control pill makes women a different version of themselves than when they are off of it. It can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. Additionally, because the pill influences who women are attracted to, being on the pill may inadvertently influence who women choose as partners, which can have important implications for their relationships once they go off it. By changing what women’s brains do, the pill also has the ability to have cascading effects on everything.”
I’m now only a week or so off the pill, but I’m going to be documenting how I feel and how my body responds. I hope that recording the changes I go through will benefit others who are thinking about doing the same. Also, I just downloaded multiple apps: Kindara, Flo and Natural Cycles. I’ll let you know which one seems to be the most accurate and helpful for me. (Obviously NOT a doctor and NOT sponsored by any of the apps above. Please always do whatever is best for you and works for you!)
I’d love to hear from you on what your experience has been, and if I’ve missed anything or gotten anything wrong! Let’s discuss. ❤️❤️❤️
📷 @d.leong
