At noon, the world seems to slow down a little in Kiara Ramirez’s orbit. She’s sitting near the river, sunlight flickering through the olive trees, mic nearby, cup of Ice Mate Tea within reach. This is The Meadow—her sanctuary, her creative laboratory, and the place where she learned that slowing down can be its own form of success.
A few years ago, Kiara packed up her Los Angeles life (the film sets, the endless momentum, the noise) and traded it for a bell tent on her family’s raw land in North County San Diego. No power, no plan, just space. She built an outdoor shower, planted a garden, and started listening.
“The Meadow became more than a physical space,” she says. “It became a state of being—a portal to the deepest parts of myself.”
What began as a pause eventually became a path. Today, she’s the voice behind In The Meadow with Kiki, a podcast exploring creativity, consciousness, and the art of building a life in tune with your own rhythm.
The Ritual of Noon
If you arrived at Kiara’s world around noon, you’d probably find her recording an episode—sunlight spilling across the table, books on manifestation and philosophy scattered around. She describes her days as a blend of movement and meditation: “I might dance. I might walk in nature. Anything that helps me reset and remember I’m connected to something bigger.”
Her rituals aren’t about routine for routine’s sake. They’re about remembrance. About coming back to the body after a morning of ideas and momentum.
“I can call on and tap into my magic and inspiration whenever I choose to.”
It’s a reminder she returns to often, especially on days when creativity feels quiet.
The Slow Shift
Before The Meadow, Kiara was living the dream many creatives chase, working in film, traveling often, building her career. But even success can feel loud. “No matter how much my work expanded, I knew there was more I wanted to create,” she says. “I just couldn’t hear what that was over the noise of the city.”
The stillness changed that. In the quiet, she rediscovered her intuition and learned that creative expansion doesn’t always look like acceleration. Sometimes it’s about depth. Sometimes it’s about letting the wind, the sunlight, and the sound of your own thoughts become your mentors.
“It was the first time in a long time that I felt I could truly breathe.”
A Noon State of Mind
When Kiara talks about her life now, there’s a sense of ease. Her voice carries that warmth you hear in someone who’s spent enough time outside to know that beauty doesn’t need an audience. It just needs attention.
Her version of noon isn’t about the clock. It’s about the energy of being in-between: the pause between creating and resting, the midpoint where clarity shows up uninvited.
Her camera roll tells the story: tea, sunlight, wildflowers, and handwritten affirmations. “My tea, my favorite flowers, and inspiring quotes,” she says when asked what’s in her Noon folder. It’s small things that hold big reminders: stay hydrated, stay grounded, stay curious.
The Meadow Philosophy
Kiara’s work and words orbit a single truth: fulfillment starts from within. You don’t need to escape to nature to find it—but sometimes being surrounded by it makes you remember how close it’s always been.
She shares her reflections weekly on In The Meadow with Kiki, where she invites guests—and listeners—to explore mindset, spirituality, personal development, and the unseen forces that move us. It’s less self-help, more self-honoring. A conversation between grounded wisdom and wide-open wonder.
“You don’t need to move off-grid to discover connection,” she says. “It’s already within you. You always have access whenever you choose to connect.”
At Noon with Kiara
So what does noon look like for her now? A dance break. A deep breath. A quiet kind of confidence. The understanding that inspiration doesn’t need chasing; it’s already waiting in the stillness.
Her 9AM self might be planning, working, striving. Her noon self just smiles and says: Start. You’ll feel better once you do.
Follow @kikismeadow for slow-living inspiration and tune in to In The Meadow with Kiki for a midday reset wherever you listen to podcasts.