Who We Are

Welcome! I’m Lexi, founder of Violet Peaks

healer - gatherer - writer - lover - creator - explorer - seeker

 

The birth of Violet Peaks

I believe my spiritual awakening began March 23rd, 2012 when I posted a single video to YouTube around suicide awareness after attempting to end my life two falls prior. I created an account, Violet Kisses, a name I would come to use for every creative project or online platform. My Pinterest page was one of the first to be rebranded, full of swipes my spirit was drawn to, building a vision of what I desired my “new” life to look like. How I wanted to show up in the world and the beauty I longed to surround myself with.

Gradually and all at once I lost sight of this vision. The images of a free spirited woman traveling, embodying all that glitters were replaced with living room layouts, wedding invitation designs, fad diets and perfectly curated outfits. Putting my dream of wanderlusting aside, I focused on the things my peers were interested in, the home and family I was building, finding meaning and success in my career, not because it brought me real joy, but because I thought that’s what I was supposed to do.

7 years post video, after painstakingly crafting my life further and further away from the personal freedom I was craving, I self-destructed. This time it was my home, marriage, family, friends and career. Once again I found myself in the Void, teetering on the edge of the end and a new beginning. In the early days, I was on my own and forced to look at the hard truth of my identity, desires, people, patterns, armors, and beliefs I was holding too tight to and afraid to let go of.

As I rebuilt once again, the mountains became my retreat, finding my solace amongst the depth of the trees and all the space between. The immensity of spending time in nature, connecting with something bigger, time and time again the vastness and beauty brought me to my knees. I was both unraveling and becoming whole. The mountains are the place I absorb. Heal. Laugh. Cry. Meditate. Practice self love. Reconnect to nature and self. Build my faith in the unseen. It was in the mountains when I was brought back home, started following the nudges and awakened to a greater path and purpose. 

The remembrance of my Violet Kisses days came as what I can describe as no other than a full download while hiking in the mountains of North Carolina. I was reminded there was a time when I would find sweetness and joy in the creation, process and journey. There was time I believed in fairies and magic and believed I held the power to make my life anything I desired it to be. Slowly uncovering that this time I WAS creating that life I once longed over in the form of a Pinterest board. Everything I needed had been in me all along, waiting patiently for me to come into my own and say yes to everything that sets my soul on fire.

The great and funny thing about surrendering to the Universe is that you are now on HER timeline. 

It started as an entire vision, choosing me to be its’ creator. Once I got out of my own way and started listening, it flowed with ease. A community of healers, seekers, visionaries, those that are not afraid to go to the depths because they’ve been there before. Collectively coming together now with a purpose of finding a safe space full of resources, connections and retreats to grow in spirit, emotional and physical body. 

Thus, Violet Peaks was born. 

If you find yourself here, trust you were divinely guided. There is a whisper of you longing for a community of like-minded individuals, for an opportunity to rest in this space and relinquish control, to unravel, and build whole. Perhaps for the first time ever.

Allow the magic between the mountains to hold you, lift you, heal you. Discover your own inner light. You are here and you are welcome. 

I appreciate you. 

You are beautiful. 

You are loved. 

And you are so, so worthy to awaken to the life of your dreams.