At the heart of it

It took me years to realise that my mental health was equally as important as my physical, one is not without the other and both are intimately linked to my daily happiness.

I was self medicating too much and trying to dodge the stress and anxiety that we all feel with daily life, (maybe I don't naturally cope as well with those emotions as others) but this wasn't an option for me anymore and I felt I could no longer hide from myself. It was time to turn the noise down and check in honestly with my inner world. I found the more I worked on using really simple tools to be at peace with whatever was going on inside, my outside world was much less weather dependant and my vessel felt safer to be in. Peace on the inside, sunny on the outside.

My version of low noise living was as simple as combining exercise, meditation and getting back nature to reset my system daily. The anxious thoughts slowed down and making friends with consistency has been best practice. Once the noise was lowered all the tougher parts of life seemed more manageable and resisting uncomfy emotions became so much easier. I started to like who I was growing into and I realised it didn't actually take much effort to shift into a slightly healthier version of me. I just committed to an hour a day of my preferred practices and once the morning became my friend, the rest of the day seems to follow.

Less noise opened the door to other conversation with my heart about trying to find some more meaning from my life and WeComeInPeace was born.  I'm a designer and throw blankets seemed like a cool canvas to express myself creatively, tell some stories and be a mindful reminder for people also dealing with stress, anxiety and the ups and downs of everyday life, to maybe tune into what their world of low noise living could also look like. The throw blankets can picnic with you, go on outdoors adventures, wrap around you during meditation, warm your legs under the desk at work, or just look cozy and brighten up your space at home. Kind of like a daily fyi from The Universe gently nudging you to show up for yourself, and whatever practices you want to explore to help expand your daily wellbeing. 

So my playful little brand was born and it had a mindful purpose in the mental wellness space, but it was missing a muse to tell its story, so I introduced The Cranky 'Lil Buddha (he's also our logo and wears the throw blankets), and wrote a tiny story about finding your heart so you might be inspired to discover something you're better than great at to sow into The Universe, because that is exactly what Love wants you to do (makes sense if you read said tiny story!). Whatever grows together, glows together.

There are so many great tools and brands around to guide you on your mental wellness journey and WeComeInPeace is a big fan of Speak & Share and in particular their values Plant. Water. Bloom so $5 of every throw blanket sale will be donated to this epic Not For Profit Mental Health Organisation.