Tori Allenspach
I am most alive with my bare feet on the earth and a pen in my hand.
Articles by
Tori Allenspach
I Will Teach My Children The Art Of Living
My children and I will swim in the ocean at sunrise before school begins. We’ll rise at the crack of dawn to cotton candy sunrises and critters that chirp, and we’ll dive into the milky waters, letting it wash away any worries we have for the day ahead.
The Truth Is, I’m Angry With The Dating Scene
Sometimes I look around me and feel like it’s harder for people like me—writers, artists, creatives, highly sensitive humans—to find a person to connect with.
This Is Why You Should Embrace Your Aloneness
I am realizing that sometimes I am the best lover I can be for myself, so I put on dresses, pack my notebook, and drive myself somewhere beautiful over and over again and let the earth hold me.
I Am Choosing To Slow Down And Embrace This Mess
This week I moved into my first one bedroom apartment in the city—my first time ever living alone. What I planned on being a very intentional and mindful move, including lots of journaling and reflection on what feels like a pivotal time in my life, turned into a week that was a little bit of a messy, well, shitshow.
To Ache, To Love, To Let Go, And To Love All Over Again
My dad’s toast at my sister’s wedding echoes in my mind
“All a father could want for his daughter is for someone to love them!”But daddy
what about a woman
who loves herself?
Any Love Less Than A Lion Is Not A Love For Me
How can we expect others to meet us fully when they can’t meet themselves fully? How can we expect someone else’s patch of earth to hold us when it can’t hold them?
Real Love Is Brave Enough To Let Go
Every time I have loved and my heart has broken, it has come back to me a little more whole, a little more complete, a little more firm in the knowing of who I am.
One Day, Love Will Take You
One day, somebody will love things about you that you’ve never even thought twice about. One day, any part of you that you have thought of as flawed will be the reason why somebody thinks you are beautiful.
This Is What It Really Means To Be A Soft Woman
I am soft because I am strong.
Love Is Scary, But We Do It Anyway
We love, we love, we love.
I Believe In The Magic Of This World
I believe that all of the little moments in our lives are specks of stardust that make up entire constellations.
Piece By Piece, I Become Whole
My eyes, they meet themselves in the mirror
And see a woman
Who has built wild beauty
Upon destruction.