Paula Smith
@mindfuladventure.bsky.social
Alignment coach specializing in inner child wounds and toxic relationship recovery. Amateur photographer, nature lover and Blue’s mom 🐾 Vancouver Island 🇨🇦
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Paula Smith
@mindfuladventure.bsky.social
· Nov 28
When we look at the shadows and explore the hidden corners of our inner selves, our outer world becomes more beautiful as a reflection of it 💙🖤
#photography #shadowwork #naturephotography #transformation
#photography #shadowwork #naturephotography #transformation
The real work isn’t becoming someone new.
It’s unlearning who the world told you to be.
You were never broken—
just buried under layers that were never yours to carry.
It’s unlearning who the world told you to be.
You were never broken—
just buried under layers that were never yours to carry.
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The real work isn’t becoming someone new.
It’s unlearning who the world told you to be.
You were never broken—
just buried under layers that were never yours to carry.
It’s unlearning who the world told you to be.
You were never broken—
just buried under layers that were never yours to carry.
Healing isn’t just about the trauma. It’s about the shame, the disbelief, and the silence that followed. When you weren’t protected. When you weren’t believed. If that’s been your story—I see you. You deserved better.
#traumahealing #believevictims #nervoussystemhealing
#traumahealing #believevictims #nervoussystemhealing
March 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Healing isn’t just about the trauma. It’s about the shame, the disbelief, and the silence that followed. When you weren’t protected. When you weren’t believed. If that’s been your story—I see you. You deserved better.
#traumahealing #believevictims #nervoussystemhealing
#traumahealing #believevictims #nervoussystemhealing
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Alaskan layers… Juneau ice field captured from helicopter during sunset, with smoky atmosphere from distant wildfires.
#photography #nature #wilderness #art #landscape
#photography #nature #wilderness #art #landscape
March 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Alaskan layers… Juneau ice field captured from helicopter during sunset, with smoky atmosphere from distant wildfires.
#photography #nature #wilderness #art #landscape
#photography #nature #wilderness #art #landscape
The ocean gives and it humbles 🌊🏄♂️
One moment, you’re riding high, feeling like you’ve mastered it.
The next, you’re reminded who’s really in control.
And whether you’re standing on the shore or riding the wave,
it always leaves you feeling something.
One moment, you’re riding high, feeling like you’ve mastered it.
The next, you’re reminded who’s really in control.
And whether you’re standing on the shore or riding the wave,
it always leaves you feeling something.
March 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The ocean gives and it humbles 🌊🏄♂️
One moment, you’re riding high, feeling like you’ve mastered it.
The next, you’re reminded who’s really in control.
And whether you’re standing on the shore or riding the wave,
it always leaves you feeling something.
One moment, you’re riding high, feeling like you’ve mastered it.
The next, you’re reminded who’s really in control.
And whether you’re standing on the shore or riding the wave,
it always leaves you feeling something.
One of those places where, as you walk the trail in, the closer you get to the beach, the more everything spills out of your mind. The noise, the busyness, the weight of the day… gone. Replaced by misty waves, salt air, and the pull of the tide. 🌊
Sombrio Beach
Sombrio Beach
March 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One of those places where, as you walk the trail in, the closer you get to the beach, the more everything spills out of your mind. The noise, the busyness, the weight of the day… gone. Replaced by misty waves, salt air, and the pull of the tide. 🌊
Sombrio Beach
Sombrio Beach
This little spot in Goldstream Provincial Park is tucked right off the highway. Some say the traffic noise takes away from the experience but for me once I’m lost in the greens, the moss, and the light filtering through the trees, the rest of the world fades away.
March 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This little spot in Goldstream Provincial Park is tucked right off the highway. Some say the traffic noise takes away from the experience but for me once I’m lost in the greens, the moss, and the light filtering through the trees, the rest of the world fades away.
Walking back after a gorgeous sunset on Dallas Road, I turned around and caught this view.
March 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Walking back after a gorgeous sunset on Dallas Road, I turned around and caught this view.
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One more for the #BlueSkyArtShow #windows theme. This is late afternoon at the Inner Harbour with the sun reflecting on the windows of the buildings and the city reflected back on the calm water.
#Photography #reflections #EastCoastKin #Landscape #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #fujifilm
#Photography #reflections #EastCoastKin #Landscape #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #fujifilm
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
One more for the #BlueSkyArtShow #windows theme. This is late afternoon at the Inner Harbour with the sun reflecting on the windows of the buildings and the city reflected back on the calm water.
#Photography #reflections #EastCoastKin #Landscape #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #fujifilm
#Photography #reflections #EastCoastKin #Landscape #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #fujifilm
Those first golden evenings of the season, the kind that pull people outside, eager to soak in that warm light.
Still a cold breeze, but the warm colors of the sunset balance it out. The calm, shared presence of strangers, all taking it in.
#sunsetlovers #seasideviews #landscapephotography
Still a cold breeze, but the warm colors of the sunset balance it out. The calm, shared presence of strangers, all taking it in.
#sunsetlovers #seasideviews #landscapephotography
March 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Those first golden evenings of the season, the kind that pull people outside, eager to soak in that warm light.
Still a cold breeze, but the warm colors of the sunset balance it out. The calm, shared presence of strangers, all taking it in.
#sunsetlovers #seasideviews #landscapephotography
Still a cold breeze, but the warm colors of the sunset balance it out. The calm, shared presence of strangers, all taking it in.
#sunsetlovers #seasideviews #landscapephotography
A quiet conversation, framed by stone and sky. Who else loves watching silhouettes tell a story?
#victoriabc #vancouverisland #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunsetsilhouette #silhouettephotography #goldenhour #landscapephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #ourplanetdaily
#victoriabc #vancouverisland #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunsetsilhouette #silhouettephotography #goldenhour #landscapephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #ourplanetdaily
March 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A quiet conversation, framed by stone and sky. Who else loves watching silhouettes tell a story?
#victoriabc #vancouverisland #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunsetsilhouette #silhouettephotography #goldenhour #landscapephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #ourplanetdaily
#victoriabc #vancouverisland #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunsetsilhouette #silhouettephotography #goldenhour #landscapephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #ourplanetdaily
Some beauty can’t be tamed.
A tangled silhouette, a horizon set on fire, and the ocean reflecting it all back. Nature’s perfect kind of chaos.
A tangled silhouette, a horizon set on fire, and the ocean reflecting it all back. Nature’s perfect kind of chaos.
March 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Some beauty can’t be tamed.
A tangled silhouette, a horizon set on fire, and the ocean reflecting it all back. Nature’s perfect kind of chaos.
A tangled silhouette, a horizon set on fire, and the ocean reflecting it all back. Nature’s perfect kind of chaos.
Through the streets of the oldest Chinatown in Canada, history woven into every corner, stories in every shadow.
#victoriabc #chinatown #streetphotography
#victoriabc #chinatown #streetphotography
March 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Through the streets of the oldest Chinatown in Canada, history woven into every corner, stories in every shadow.
#victoriabc #chinatown #streetphotography
#victoriabc #chinatown #streetphotography
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March 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There was an amazing sunset last night in Victoria, Vancouver Island 🇨🇦
March 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There was an amazing sunset last night in Victoria, Vancouver Island 🇨🇦
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“Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can.”
~Michael A. Singer
🕉️
#Raptors
#BirdsOfPrey
#BirdPhotography
#Birding
#Birds 🪶
~Michael A. Singer
🕉️
#Raptors
#BirdsOfPrey
#BirdPhotography
#Birding
#Birds 🪶
March 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can.”
~Michael A. Singer
🕉️
#Raptors
#BirdsOfPrey
#BirdPhotography
#Birding
#Birds 🪶
~Michael A. Singer
🕉️
#Raptors
#BirdsOfPrey
#BirdPhotography
#Birding
#Birds 🪶
The fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms always brings me back to my childhood trip to Japan. ‘Hanami’ the cherished tradition of flower viewing, reminds us to embrace each moment.
#Hanami #CherryBlossom #FlowerViewing #Sakura #naturephotography
#Hanami #CherryBlossom #FlowerViewing #Sakura #naturephotography
March 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms always brings me back to my childhood trip to Japan. ‘Hanami’ the cherished tradition of flower viewing, reminds us to embrace each moment.
#Hanami #CherryBlossom #FlowerViewing #Sakura #naturephotography
#Hanami #CherryBlossom #FlowerViewing #Sakura #naturephotography
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This is Mt Rundle in Banff National Park during the forest fires of 2018. Fires are getting worse every year. If you want to visit, come early in the season. I say May or June.
#photography #Banff #smoke #ForestFires #Alberta #Canada #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography
#photography #Banff #smoke #ForestFires #Alberta #Canada #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography
March 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This is Mt Rundle in Banff National Park during the forest fires of 2018. Fires are getting worse every year. If you want to visit, come early in the season. I say May or June.
#photography #Banff #smoke #ForestFires #Alberta #Canada #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography
#photography #Banff #smoke #ForestFires #Alberta #Canada #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography
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What happens when we experience trauma, PART 3
Did you know other mammals shake/tremor to release the energy from trauma?
Humans are not the *only* ones who experience trauma.
#partswork #shadowwork #skyifs #trauma #traumaenergy
March 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What happens when we experience trauma, PART 3
Did you know other mammals shake/tremor to release the energy from trauma?
Humans are not the *only* ones who experience trauma.
#partswork #shadowwork #skyifs #trauma #traumaenergy
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March 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Paula Smith
I've posted this before in a different color.
But oh well I like it.😉
But oh well I like it.😉
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I've posted this before in a different color.
But oh well I like it.😉
But oh well I like it.😉
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The best day of the week or maybe it's just my favorite subject to shoot...
This was a tough one to access. Enjoy!
#waterfallwednesday #photography #Blueskyphotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #longexposure #art #nature #humpday
This was a tough one to access. Enjoy!
#waterfallwednesday #photography #Blueskyphotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #longexposure #art #nature #humpday
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The best day of the week or maybe it's just my favorite subject to shoot...
This was a tough one to access. Enjoy!
#waterfallwednesday #photography #Blueskyphotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #longexposure #art #nature #humpday
This was a tough one to access. Enjoy!
#waterfallwednesday #photography #Blueskyphotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #longexposure #art #nature #humpday
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After Yesterday; Today is going to be a day of deep breathing. Hugging a dog. Digging deep, spiritually…and Owls.
March 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
After Yesterday; Today is going to be a day of deep breathing. Hugging a dog. Digging deep, spiritually…and Owls.
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Mountain waves from Alaska wilderness…
Shot from helicopter while flying above Juneau ice field.
#bluesky #photography #nature #art #aerial #landscape #sunset #mountains
Shot from helicopter while flying above Juneau ice field.
#bluesky #photography #nature #art #aerial #landscape #sunset #mountains
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mountain waves from Alaska wilderness…
Shot from helicopter while flying above Juneau ice field.
#bluesky #photography #nature #art #aerial #landscape #sunset #mountains
Shot from helicopter while flying above Juneau ice field.
#bluesky #photography #nature #art #aerial #landscape #sunset #mountains
Reposted by Paula Smith
Pink whispers caught in dreamy light
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2025 Peter Thoeny, QualityHDR.com
#photography #art #FineArt #bokeh #DreamLens #garden #Japanese #JapaneseGarden #dreamy #magnolia #flower #Saratoga #SanJose #SiliconValley #SFBay #California @bskyphotos.bsky.social
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2025 Peter Thoeny, QualityHDR.com
#photography #art #FineArt #bokeh #DreamLens #garden #Japanese #JapaneseGarden #dreamy #magnolia #flower #Saratoga #SanJose #SiliconValley #SFBay #California @bskyphotos.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pink whispers caught in dreamy light
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2025 Peter Thoeny, QualityHDR.com
#photography #art #FineArt #bokeh #DreamLens #garden #Japanese #JapaneseGarden #dreamy #magnolia #flower #Saratoga #SanJose #SiliconValley #SFBay #California @bskyphotos.bsky.social
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2025 Peter Thoeny, QualityHDR.com
#photography #art #FineArt #bokeh #DreamLens #garden #Japanese #JapaneseGarden #dreamy #magnolia #flower #Saratoga #SanJose #SiliconValley #SFBay #California @bskyphotos.bsky.social