My name is Jessica Carbonetti. I’m from Los Angeles, California, though I grew up just outside the city in a small little bubble of a town. Fashion has always been a big part of my life, and for a long time I thought that’s where my path would lead—until I realized my soul was calling me toward something deeper. I’ve come to see that if I can help even one person, that’s enough. I’m certified in Reiki Level 2, and I continue to learn through my mom who walks the Shamanic path, as well as from my other teachers.

I came up with “The Seed” idea years ago, during a time in my life when I struggled with anxiety and tried to journal. Back then, all I had were blank lined pages. Every night I would try to write, yet it always felt like I wasn’t really getting anywhere. Releasing my thoughts felt good, but I wanted to go deeper. I wished there was a journal with guided prompts, but nothing I found felt quite right.

I eventually forgot about it. Fast forward to two years ago—I felt incredibly stuck. The career path I wanted wasn’t working out, and I felt like I was going nowhere. Throughout my entire twenties, I had no idea what I was doing with my life. So, I decided to take a step back and just do nothing. Literally. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a year off to focus on simply being present.

And it was only then—when I fully detached, stopped forcing outcomes, and trusted Spirit with my whole heart—that the idea came back to me. This time, it came through with such clarity that I shot up out of bed, started working on it immediately, and the rest was history. Looking back, I realize the first time I thought of it was like a gentle whisper, nudging me in the right direction. Now, at 30, I finally feel like I’m starting to open up into who I’m meant to be (which is how I came up with the name Bloom Later). It’s a reminder that not everything happens when we want it to. But when we relax, trust, and surrender, we bloom in our own perfect timing.

The words for the guidebook (and even parts of the journal) came to me while I was dating someone who carried deep inner child wounds. We were complete opposites—he needed to learn vulnerability, while I was still building confidence. He needed to soften, while I needed to strengthen. He was such a lesson. As I was teaching him how to change his internal world—helping him face his avoidant patterns and find the courage to look deeper into himself—I was also learning from him. Our relationship became a mirror: while I guided him toward healing (and feeling), he pushed me to take action in the outside world and build the confidence to physically do the things I would have never done on my own. Unfortunately, we had to part ways for him to continue his own healing, but the lessons we shared continue to shape me.

During this time, I began using the set as an outlet—to process my own feelings, and also to potentially support him (and anyone else who might read it one day). When I wrote about the meanings for each card, I wrote as if I were speaking from my higher self—saying what I needed to hear, or what I believed others might need to hear too.

It’s interesting—our relationship ended, almost like a “death,” while simultaneously, this project was being born. Someone once told me, “Just like Yin & Yang, even if you’re in the darkest part of your life right now, there’s light right around the corner. You just need to hold on to that.”

Founder, Jessica Carbonetti