Hi! I’m Kristy
Before starting my blogging journey, I was an alternative teacher, teaching private high school courses, and lunch time and after school programs for younger kids.
My dream is to inspire you. To teach you how to level up your mind by thinking through a philosophical lens.
My Story
I have an undergraduate degree in philosophy and law, specifically personal identity, consciousness and justice. As well as a Masters in Education from University of Toronto.
During my studies I found myself struggling with mental health to the point where I asked my doctor “what’s wrong with me” and she diagnosed me with Anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Since then, I’ve been on a journey to find a way to heal without medication or expensive therapy programs.
Who Am I?
After graduating from my Masters program, I found myself lost. I started reading Eckart Tolle, Gabby Bernstein, and Wayne Dyer.
As soon as I started to apply their teachings to my life, I became attuned to Reiki, and found a community of like-minded people in Toronto
Since the pandemic started, I stopped teaching and began running my own business called Kind Butterfly Designs.
Kind Butterfly Designs
Have you ever felt like you don’t belong, as though you’re a blue caterpillar in a nest of yellow ones? I always felt this way, until I started giving back to my community.
The Kind Butterfly is a story of a grumpy caterpillar who is told they’re too different to succeed, until one day, they ask a wise butterfly how he became so confident in himself. The butterfly responds with a quote by Plato
The caterpillar then understands that what others think of them is not about them, but a projection, and thus is able to find confidence to create a cozy cocoon and transform itself into a butterfly. Everything they thought they were, dies, and becomes something new. They create their identity in their wings, and set themselves free with kindness, authenticity, and empowerment, all from within themselves.