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I'm Gennean, a Nashville-based digital content creator and wandering wild heart passionate about travel, a good cup of tea, all things Harry Potter, and keeping it real. You can find me sharing life things over on my blog, hosting a podcast called Wild Hearts, and capturing beautiful people and places from behind the lens of my camera.

 
 
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» One of the most unexpectedly challenging things about moving back to Nashville after being away for two years has been trying to figure out what community looks like for me now. Understandably, a lot of things have changed in that time, and it’s been interesting to realize that — as much as I’m not totally starting over — I’m still, in many ways, starting afresh. That’s why the latest episode of #wildheartswithgennean is so special to me. I got to sit down with @macleighwilson and @kenzraebaker of @delightministries and talk all about how to foster healthy friendships. While I find myself in a place of reprioritizing both who and what‘s most important to me — especially while staying put a little more consistently — I am learning what it means to really lean into healthier, stronger, and more edifying relationships, and my conversation with Mac and Kenz has helped to guide me along the way. 
Be sure to tune into this episode — it’s gold✨ links in my profile 🙌🏼
» THIS GIRL! Listen — there are only so many people you can travel well with for a week straight, and @kaitlinwernet might just be my favorite of them all. From late nights running around NYC to the most epic roadtrip through Ireland, we just always seem to have the most fun together! And tonight will be no exception, because while I was still back in London she got us tickets to see our fave road trip songstress @maggierogers 🙌🏼 at @theryman no less! SO BYE WORLD WE ABOUT TO DANCE OUR FACES OFF TONIGHT ✨
» Wizarding Weekend ⚡️ is hereee! One of my dreams for having a place of my own has been to host people in my home, whether that means inviting people over for coffee, having friends visit from out of town, coordinating an FPU course (hopefully soon!), or going all out for an event like this weekend. As a result of my time spent paying off debt, saving, and then traveling the world, I haven’t had a space that was fully mine to host in for over four years, so now that I can, it’s pretty much all that I want to do. Which brings us to this weekend… the most fun thing I could think of to celebrate my recent birthday — rather than a housewarming or birthday party — was to do a Harry Potter movie marathon because I love all things HP and October just feels like the best time to dive back into the Wizarding World. I created invitations, bought fun decorations, and even baked some magical treats in all of my excitement! 
But here’s a little lesson in hosting: give yourself some grace, because sometimes things don’t work out like you’d hoped, plans fall through, and maybe hardly anyone can make it to your “thing.” So as I sit here watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone under twinkle lights, eating literally an entire plate of homemade pumpkin pasties (oops) and sipping my boozy butterbeer, I feel like I am living my best life even though I’m the only one here. This isn't what I imagined it would look like, of course, but I'm realizing that maybe there is beauty in creating the space to host ourselves, too... so you best believe I'm soaking up every cozy, magical moment of Wizarding Weekend at the Burrow! That being said, if any of my Nash-based friends want to swing by this weekend, just send ya girl an owl 🦉
» It's official — ya girl is THIRTY! 🙈🎉 ︴ To celebrate closing the chapter on my twenties and entering into this new decade, I'm sharing 30 of the best things I learned before 30 — check the link in my profile!✨
» Loving every bit of this wee neighborhood that I get to call home🌿 — also consider this a reminder that you're all welcome to hang with me at the burrow anytime for a latte, matcha, or g&t✨
» Just a wee reminder for your Friday — The world and time that we find ourselves in can feel dark and hard and depressing, what with corrupt politics and climate change and natural disasters and humanitarian crises and the list goes on and on. But in the face of all of that, I want to challenge you to choose to be light. It might not feel natural or easy, but try to bring as much sunshine as you can muster into the spaces and places you enter. Choose kindness. Practice patience. Think of the others when making decisions. And then watch — I'll bet that, in time, that little bit of light you're carrying becomes a spark for someone else to carry their own light, too. Choose light in the face of darkness. Bring kindness where it's hard to find. Be a source of sunshine on a cloudy day☀️