The Heart
My name is Mikaela. I’m an artist in every sense of the word, through movement, through visuals, through storytelling. Over the years, that’s looked like many things. I’ve danced, traveled, written, lived in Ghana, and found pieces of myself in different places and forms. I’m also working toward building a rescue and community space in Ghana, West Africa, something that feels deeply tied to who I am and what I care about. But more than anything, I’m someone who feels deeply and wants to create things that make other women feel a little less alone.
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Right now, I’m in a season of starting over, building a life that feels like mine after a long time of just getting through. This space is a part of that. It’s something I’ve created with intention, softness, and a lot of honesty.
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I started speaking about abortion because when I had mine, I went looking for something, anything, that could help me understand what I was feeling. What I found was mostly clinical, focused on facts, but nothing that held the emotional weight of it. I walked in thinking I wouldn’t be affected, and I walked out completely undone. No one had prepared me for that kind of experience, for the grief, the confusion, or how complex it could feel. And I know now how many women are left alone in that same space.
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I believe choosing yourself is something to be honored, and I also believe you are allowed to grieve. You are allowed to feel everything that comes with an abortion, the relief, the loss, the love, the conflict. For some, it feels like the death of a soul, and they are allowed to feel that without shame.
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This space is for the girls who are in that place, the ones who feel overwhelmed, confused, or quietly breaking. Everything I create is meant to be that. A reminder that you will make it through, that you are not alone in what you’re feeling, and that even here, you are still worthy of love.
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The Pearl Collection came from that intention, a small, tangible reminder you can return to. A piece of art, a quiet letter, something to hold in your hands when you need a little bit of hope.
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I created this space because women need places where they are allowed to simply be women. To feel, to heal, to exist without being pushed aside, especially in the moments we need care the most. This is a space to come back to yourself, to remember your value, and to hold onto hope, gently, in your own time.