All of this is beautiful and important, Cecily. Many things will stay with me, but I'm especially drawn to comment on your intentional use of language and the agency you've declared over how you and others define your experience (and, specifically, not choosing language or labels that you personally don't find supportive).
I understand that labels can be helpful (and I use a few of them myself!), but I've also seen how words, repeated without really checking in as to whether they feel complete or helpful, have at times limited my story, experience, and trajectory (or even shaped it in unhelpful ways).
Thank you for such beautiful, empowered inspiration as always, and wishing you all kinds of goodness and magic this holiday season and beyond.
Aw... thank you, Dana. We all have our sensitivities! I am learning more and more, every day, the power of a check-in with people before labeling, opining, suggesting, and so on. We can't be perfect, of course, but we can stay curious and open to the infinite possibilities of the human experience.
I'm inspired by your raw, candid, and thorough written offerings. Thank you for being a thread of grace, might, and reason as I've developed a relationship with the communities and the humans who bring them alive here on Substack this year! Looking forward to continued ways to support one another in 2024 💖
Didn’t know you love soups so much! What kinds are your favorites? (Trying a new habit of making a soup or stew every Sunday since they are a great way to get a lot of nutrition in for picky eaters 😅.)
Here’s to levity and joy 🫶 and your continued health.
This was such a beautiful piece to read (and feel).
I am so taking a page from your book as to the intentionally of the words we use when calendaring events. What a terrific way to shift into a more upbeat outlook, be more playful and reframe what might otherwise feel burdensome.
All of this is beautiful and important, Cecily. Many things will stay with me, but I'm especially drawn to comment on your intentional use of language and the agency you've declared over how you and others define your experience (and, specifically, not choosing language or labels that you personally don't find supportive).
I understand that labels can be helpful (and I use a few of them myself!), but I've also seen how words, repeated without really checking in as to whether they feel complete or helpful, have at times limited my story, experience, and trajectory (or even shaped it in unhelpful ways).
Thank you for such beautiful, empowered inspiration as always, and wishing you all kinds of goodness and magic this holiday season and beyond.
Aw... thank you, Dana. We all have our sensitivities! I am learning more and more, every day, the power of a check-in with people before labeling, opining, suggesting, and so on. We can't be perfect, of course, but we can stay curious and open to the infinite possibilities of the human experience.
I'm inspired by your raw, candid, and thorough written offerings. Thank you for being a thread of grace, might, and reason as I've developed a relationship with the communities and the humans who bring them alive here on Substack this year! Looking forward to continued ways to support one another in 2024 💖
Yes! And so many hearts to you, Cecily!
Love this one!
I’m in for not purchasing clothes for a year! 😅
Love today’s newsletter and the wrapping crew. 🤩
Didn’t know you love soups so much! What kinds are your favorites? (Trying a new habit of making a soup or stew every Sunday since they are a great way to get a lot of nutrition in for picky eaters 😅.)
Oh wow! Soren is in too, I think :)
White bean kale... My friend Rachel's healing chicken... Whatever it was that Joanne brought one day in January... Anything Miso!
Love this one! Your wrapper friends sound like a great crew 🤩
Extraordinary 💖
Here’s to levity and joy 🫶 and your continued health.
This was such a beautiful piece to read (and feel).
I am so taking a page from your book as to the intentionally of the words we use when calendaring events. What a terrific way to shift into a more upbeat outlook, be more playful and reframe what might otherwise feel burdensome.
Please let me know how it goes. I love hearing the creativity that people bring to these small shifts that can have such a significant impact.
I will! I just wrote down my follow up dentist appointment as "smile pretty 2PM" :-)