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Five years ago, I graduated with my massage therapy certificate from Saint Paul College. I started practicing as a licensed MT for other studios while pursuing the Associates in Clinical Massage. I lived in a studio apartment. After a bit, I was then able to afford a one bedroom. Fast forward two years, and I could afford a two bedroom apartment with a dedicated treatment room. A little over a year ago, I started working from home very, very part time. Last July, I became fully self-employed. Now, I am moving into my very own home, a 1910 brownstone on the West Side of Saint Paul, with the assistance of my family. A forever home and place of business. A space to nurture both my self and others. A new community. A dreamy nest of comfort and beauty.

To witness and grow this business and life could not be done without my faithful clients. 🙏 I am living yet another dream come true. My dedication, grit, recovery and remission from chronic illness, support, luck and privilege have all brought me to this point.

2025 is now my fifth year of practicing as a licensed Massage Therapist. We never know where we can go with hard work and taking calculated risks. Putting our passion into play. Seeing growth through the tiniest of baby steps even when we are in a pit. Reaching up and out and inward all at the same time.

May you feel this in your life, as well. 🧡

I’m noticing benefits as I’ve removed mindless scrolling from daily life, removed being inundated with ads selling me things I don’t need, ads that tell me I need more and new and better to stay hip and with it, beauty products to alter my natural appearance and improve my aging face and body, weight loss drugs that if I were to take, would be dangerous as that rapid weight loss would fire up old Eating Disorder thoughts to get as small as possible regardless of the side effects. The urge to shop and spend money has largely been removed.

I feel steadier and more in tune with my self. I’m not comparing my life and self to others in the way I was. I’m more present at home in my down time, reading articles and essays versus numbing out with the mindless scrolling, or reading, or just sitting with my cup of coffee in the morning, listening to music. I’m taking more photos for private memories versus taking them with the intention of posting online. I feel strengthened knowing my time and attention is not benefitting the Meta universe.

These benefits improve my day to day health and well-being. I don’t really miss anything. I still have my Facebook account to connect with my recovery communities and immediate family, as well as discover events around town. I only go on that a few times per week. My phone time has been reduced dramatically. It’s a breath of fresh air.

The dream continues to grow and blossom. Land of my own, no matter how small the parcel, offers me opportunity to dig into the earth and get my hands dirty. Garden time is sacred and nourishing; three hours of flow as time passes without notice, sowing the tiny seeds in hopes they take root and grow.

Last year, on my rooftop patio garden at my apartment, I planted and harvested my first vegetables, just a few small plants and even this offered much joy. I’ve worked with many flowers in life, but vegetables were new and exciting; to pluck them fresh from the garden and eat them, divine!

This year, year one of The Secret Garden at Isabel, offers education, visions of how each year my garden will grow, and an appreciation for what life is in this moment.

Oliver and I sit on my beloved wicker love seat, taken from my Tiny Cabin on the old Lakehouse property, and take in this life. My rowhome lives in front of me, my deck, and the city in the background; the trees and plants and neighbors that are becoming a true community.

A deep sigh. I made it through the hardships of being severely mentally ill for most of my adult life thus far. I have reached a heaven on earth.

Taking care of business in bed this late morning; already this week I have set up Secret Garden Saint Paul Massage, Bodywork and Wellness Studio on Google Maps, received reviews, revamped my booking site, and started posting regularly on my social media accounts: @arosejoy on instagram as well as the studio @secretgardensaintpaul.

My first month of my new home and studio, I have increased the number of bookings with friends and family. Looking forward to continued growth and movement towards being fully self-employed.

It is natural for me to intersect my business and creative mind - engaging the full brain to create my dreams into reality. I have seen so much come into fruition throughout my life: my tiny cabin, travel, self publishing a book, sharing my paintings, expanding my outreach through bodywork, and learning to live as my neurodivergent self in love and prosperity and recovery from the chronic disorders that plagued me through my adult life, until the last few years.