Woohoo! Happy first Monday in May, you beautiful people! (:
Already a few days into the month- how are things going, ya'll?! What are your energy levels like right this moment and where has this email found you? Yes physically, but more so mentally. There are quite a few new friends here... HI! (: I'm stoked you're a part of this newsletter and this community! For my friends who have been here since I first started this thing in 2021-sheesh! I see you. I love you. I'm unbelievably grateful for you. Thanks for continuing to stick with me all this time.
Sometimes (I promise it's not often!!) I will begin to feel a little silly pouring so much into this newsletter. This lil ol' monthly email that holds some of my wild thoughts, ideas, maybe a few things I have found helpful, or a journal prompt or two to get you writing- but all with absolutely no idea of who actually reads it... or cares.
And then I remember, the right people care. My people care. If you're reading this then our people care. Or when a person starts caring, this space will be right there waiting for them. I receive emails from just a few teachers who deeply inspire me. I sit down and simply rest in the comfort of their words when I find myself in need of inspiration, a shift in perspective, wanting to learn something new, or to honestly just connect with them- hear about what dreams, ambitions and exciting things they have going on in their lives. Most of the time I have a moment of "holy $h!t, I was just feeling the same thing earlier this week!" And all of a sudden, I don't feel so alone or like I'm crazy for feeling certain things. Connection is a wildly beautiful thing. We have this incredible ability to feel this positive energetic exchange, like we're getting a big hug from someone, just by reading their blog, seeing a picture of them or listening to their podcast. That's such a gift (& privilege)! Of course, it can go the other way, too, where it feels heavy and dark. Also another reason why who we surround ourselves (both physically and over the internet) is our reality. It's what we see, hear, watch, internalize, daily!
Today it can feel so easy to "connect". But not really. It's not always the deep, positive connection I was talking about earlier. We live in a world where we're constantly receiving an influx of material. But so much of it is actually rather empty, leaving us feeling more alone than we were before. We're connected, yet not at all. We're friends on social media but we don't know what the hardest, most painful part of each other's week was. We like each other's pictures but would never actually say hello out in public for fear that it wasn't the same person or that our ego would be hurt/embarrassed. We say we're "friends" but only when we need someone to do something with, not when we're deeply struggling.
We have started to define who we are by what we do. Or perhaps even worse, by what others are doing. Whether we're aware of it or not, this oftentimes keeps us afraid and on edge. Our ability to really get to know who we are outside of our titles of "Mom", "Brother", Teacher, VP of Marketing, Nurse, Coach, or even Friend, has diminished, and we start to look for ourselves in celebrities, the latest trend in fashion, alcohol/drugs, toxic relationships, etc. So, the question we maybe need to ask is, "Who is the soul beneath all of these roles"? And maybe this is when we will stop living in fear. Fear that our "identity" is being taken from us, fear of rejection, fear that we're not good enough, fear that our life will never actually start. If all of the hats you wear were stripped, what would be left? Who would be left? Lean into and pour into that individual! When we connect deeper with ourselves, we grow our capacity to connect genuinely with others. And that feels really damn good! We can share from a place of authenticity and without fear because we know who we are. We know what we offer, and we know our worth.
So, beautiful, resilient, strong, passionate, friends, whatever your reason for receiving this newsletter, I hope you get it when you need it most. I hope it lands in your inbox surrounded by a bunch of junk you don't even open up before deleting, and I hope you think, "Ooo, I wanna sit down for this!"
I'm genuinely so happy you're here and I will continue to joyfully pour into this l newsletter and wholesome community until I feel as though it no longer serves me. Until then, I will rest in the truth that giving is receiving. And I really want to keep giving to this space.
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