Karina Padilla
Karina Padilla is one of the top influencer in New Zealand with 45083 audience and 8.22% engagement rate on Instagram. Check out the full profile and start to collaborate.
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Fascinates me that nearly every chapter of our life is characterized by specific smells that are constantly lingering around in our daily lives. What does this season of your life smell like? Mine smells of argan oil, sweat and apricot chocolate ????
2025-11-07
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That was fun :)
2025-10-09
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Made it to ✨33✨ this weekend! For a while now my intuition has been telling me that reaching this age will bring me closer to some greater good. Like some sort of sagacious summit awaits me. However that falls into place - I’m excited to explore all that is my lucky 33 :)
2025-10-09
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A friendly reminder to get involved with your local migra watch! If you live in Northern California, I highly suggest supporting the work @norcal_resist is doing all day, everyday. Get comfortable becoming an active member of your community!! Individualism doesn’t do shit but hurt you and your neighbors. Let your perception of the world be directly impacted by the inner workings of your community. Your neighbors are counting on you to show up for them and many of their lives depend on it!
2025-10-09
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Long time no see :)
2025-10-09
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Blissed out w/ @sylviademo ✨
2025-10-09
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One serendipitous November afternoon last year, I was leaving my house when I saw this tiny baby walk into my front yard. He quickly followed my voice and sat down in front of me. Exploring around but always circling back to me. After a while of feeding him and just sitting there in awe of him, I thought taking him to the shelter would be the most responsible choice as I had no idea where he had come from. When we got there, we were turned away. It was 2 minutes before they closed, and they could no longer take him in. I made plans to try again the next day and took him in for the night. We spent our first night together being silly, cuddling, and sleeping in bed together. My heart must’ve grown 10x larger that night. He just looked into my eyes with this calm, sure feeling as if he had finally found me. By the next morning, I was head over heels in love with him. For the first time in my life I felt that soul connection I always heard everyone with dogs talk about. After spending 24 hours with him, I could no longer get myself to surrender him to the shelter, and I nervously but very excitedly made the decision to give this baby a forever home since we were both clearly obsessed with each other. Later that day, I took him shopping, buying him everything he’d need. I don’t think I stopped smiling the entire time. As I pulled up to my house with a car full of his new things, a neighbor walked up to me and asked if I had seen a small puppy, and my world instantly shattered. I went from being the happiest girl in the world to utterly heartbroken, having to say goodbye to him within mere seconds. I asked my neighbor then and there if he was willing to sell him to me, but he didn’t answer and just thanked me for keeping him safe. I tell him to let me know if he ever changes his mind and he politely walks away. Just like that, he was gone. Life had never felt emptier to me. I spent the next couple of days crying my eyes out day and night. All I could do was think about him. All I wanted to talk about was him. All I wanted to do was see him. Everyone around me tried to console me to no avail. (Story continues in the comments ↓)
2025-10-09
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Self-portrait on film. This is my last week at the studio before I head home next month. I wanted to immortalize myself on the pole I spent so much of the past 3 years flying around. Hands tightly clasped together as if this tall piece of chrome and I were joined in prayer. It felt like that a lot of the time. Can’t imagine getting luckier with the timing of this one. Shot on my Olympus Mju Zoom 115.
2025-10-09
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August’s teachings / understandings / affirmations: ⟢ After scarcity, comes abundance. Like all things: If I see it in nature, I can see it in myself. Withering is as sacred as anything else we do. ⟢ Talking = processing. You have to talk about it in order to break it apart and put it back together. Breaking it apart converts the hard rock into malleable clay. Allows you to cultivate sense back into whatever pain is present. ⟢ I am in favor of myself when I stop acting like I’m being graded / defined on every chapter of my life. I will learn to accept anything that brings me closer to myself. I will accept what’s mine when it’s ready for me. ⟢ All grief comes with some sort of victory. Even the never-ending grief will show up at your door to pile gifts at your feet. It’s up to you to pick them up and bring them in. ⟢ The longer I wait for relief. The more I pick at the scab. The larger the wound grows. The longer I wait for relief. ⟢ Rigatoni will always be superior to Fettuccini.
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