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Gentle Reminders

Weekly love letters to nurture the heart & uplift the spirit.

Newsletter · By Jovanny Varela · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Your dreams will always be capped by your nervous system (opens the original)

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    Disclaimer:This is one of the most vulnerable stories I’ve shared in this space. It’s on how I spent 5 years of my life living the same year. Living in the hope of “one day.”That one day I will go all in on my dreams of having my own business, launch my ideas onto the world and provide for my family through the expression of my unique gifts, creativity & passions. This piece is NOT meant to trigger anything in you in the event that you have also been living the same year for some time now, while

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Your fears are not there to stop you but to guide you into a deeper relationship with yourself (opens the original)

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    I wonder if you’ve ever made a major life decision and then, soon afterwards, found yourself doubting it with a logic that felt almost impossible to argue with?That moment when you take a big chance on yourself and make the leap… only to find yourself months later wondering when the dream you jumped for is finally materializing. If at all.That was me in Germany, two weeks after I had just taken one of the biggest leaps of faith in my life. Context:In 2012 I left the US on a one-way ticket with a

  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    I'm done reminding you of your pain (opens the original)

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    I’m tired of adding salt to your wound so that it gets you to move. Because I’m done using fear as fuel.You see, for the vast majority of my life, I’ve made decisions from fear. I didn’t want to be broke, so I worked hard. I didn’t want to end up alone, so I did the inner work to heal and attract the woman of my dreams. I didn’t want to develop obesity (runs in my family), so I hacked my brain into enjoying working out.Do you see the pattern?Th

  4. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Why we keep choosing partners who are ultimately not good for us (opens the original)

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    Her voice cracked as tears began swelling on the surface of her eyes. She was only but a few seconds away from naming the pattern for the very first time; the vulnerably honest recognition of how she ended up where she did, feeling alone and betrayed, waiting for someone who was never intending on meeting her half-way. “I.. I don’t think I know how to receive secure love.” The tears now rolled down her cheek without a blink. I couldn’t help but to honor her immense courage in that moment. People

  5. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    What a spider told me about the nature of our gifts (opens the original)

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    “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”—Gospel of ThomasNature was our first spiritual teacher. Long before any theology, scripture or philosophy, we had the natural world in front of us and we were enlightened by watching & learning its ways: The seasons taught us that nothing blooms forever and that life moves in cycles. The seed taught us how potential needs condi

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