Last time I was forced to winter, I rejected the invitation into the unknown and rushed into spring unprepared, and expecting the same blooms of every spring before that...
Thank you for writing and sharing this piece. Today I needed the reminder to not walk on old paths and instead gently and with curiosity take the new path. Nothing changes if nothing changes right?.
I am about to listen again to Brene's podcast I have listened to it a few times and today is a good day to revisit it.
Emma, these photos just make me gasp with joy every time I see them. You are such magic. I'm proud of your curiosity, it reminds me to reach out to my own. Change is so, so hard, but we are doing it even when it seems incremental. You are doing such a good job. I'm always proud to be in the much next to you.
Hi Emma, I’ve just discovered you through comments on Farrah Storr’s Substack and wanted to say thank you for you beautiful words and photos - they spoke to me very much.
Hi Emma, I’m newly subscribed via Farrah Storr’s event yesterday. Thanks for writing and sharing this 🙏🏾 Stunning photos too. Navigating burnout and change is never easy. Be gentle with yourself.
App working for me today so , of course, you are my first port of call. This speaks so deeply to the way we’ve been conditioned to ignore ourselves, all the signs our bodies give, to the point that even those of us striving to really pay attention to them still don’t see a lot of it until we are in deep. Many times I E not even seen until years later.
So many internal and external pressures telling us to push though, or if we do give ourselves or are allowed space to rest it’s still so damn hard to truly do it knowing work/modern etc life wants us to hurry it up...as if that actually works. Really glad you’ve reached the point (or one of them, I’m sure there are many) of giving yourself the space and grace needed.
I must listen to that Brene piece, I don’t think I’ve heard that one. I always enjoy Dr Chaterjee, someone truly coming from the right place and truly working to change the medical profession (though I know what you mean about the repetitive bits, the are always frustrating, but worth getting through for the many nuggets of positive change that are in his podcast episodes).
It’s lovely to be seeing these photos filling a bigger screen where the detail conveys even more feeling. I’d write a lot more if I had the words (pre menstrual essay length comments phase of the month). Sending you love as you honour where you are at each day xxx
Taking the Essential Inhale...
Dear Emma.
Thank you for writing and sharing this piece. Today I needed the reminder to not walk on old paths and instead gently and with curiosity take the new path. Nothing changes if nothing changes right?.
I am about to listen again to Brene's podcast I have listened to it a few times and today is a good day to revisit it.
Thank you friend.
Love Melinda
Beautiful photos.
Emma, these photos just make me gasp with joy every time I see them. You are such magic. I'm proud of your curiosity, it reminds me to reach out to my own. Change is so, so hard, but we are doing it even when it seems incremental. You are doing such a good job. I'm always proud to be in the much next to you.
Hi Emma, I’ve just discovered you through comments on Farrah Storr’s Substack and wanted to say thank you for you beautiful words and photos - they spoke to me very much.
Absolutely sticking around x
Hi Emma, I’m newly subscribed via Farrah Storr’s event yesterday. Thanks for writing and sharing this 🙏🏾 Stunning photos too. Navigating burnout and change is never easy. Be gentle with yourself.
Nice work here :)
App working for me today so , of course, you are my first port of call. This speaks so deeply to the way we’ve been conditioned to ignore ourselves, all the signs our bodies give, to the point that even those of us striving to really pay attention to them still don’t see a lot of it until we are in deep. Many times I E not even seen until years later.
So many internal and external pressures telling us to push though, or if we do give ourselves or are allowed space to rest it’s still so damn hard to truly do it knowing work/modern etc life wants us to hurry it up...as if that actually works. Really glad you’ve reached the point (or one of them, I’m sure there are many) of giving yourself the space and grace needed.
I must listen to that Brene piece, I don’t think I’ve heard that one. I always enjoy Dr Chaterjee, someone truly coming from the right place and truly working to change the medical profession (though I know what you mean about the repetitive bits, the are always frustrating, but worth getting through for the many nuggets of positive change that are in his podcast episodes).
It’s lovely to be seeing these photos filling a bigger screen where the detail conveys even more feeling. I’d write a lot more if I had the words (pre menstrual essay length comments phase of the month). Sending you love as you honour where you are at each day xxx