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I am in no rush. Notes on a thoughtful output pause. (opens the original)
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Hello my favorite people, Thank you as always for being here. I will keep things short today (am I capable of this?!). Mainly I want to offer an update about where I am right now and what summer seems to be demanding. If you’ve been following along you know that I am in the shift of creating the Alignment Library for us. I say for us, because these somatic videos will be as much for me as they are for you. Creating them is transformative for me, calming, healing, etc. At the same time, I am in n
Get Unstuck: A Generative Writing Class (opens the original)
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Self-Soothe: You Are the Gift (opens the original)
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Hello, Make Up Your Life reader.Thank you for being here. I am writing post trip from California where I went to LA to do Allie Rowbottom’s beautiful LOVERS XXX event at Skylight where I got to see some of the Fountain crew IRL which is always such a treat and so beautiful to see these writers build friendships. I stayed with my childhood best friend in Playa Del Rey where we immediately got into mischief very reminiscent of middle school and had to get ourselves out of a…jam. Honestly it was so
Is it time for a Writing Reset? (opens the original)
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Hello from my sleepy Italian girl summer. Sleepy because I’m finally fixing my twelve year sleep debt (hello lemon balm tincture) AND reading the Ferrante Neapolitan novels front to back. Currently in the middle of book three, freaking NINO. I love how often Ferrante is just like “she screamed insults at him.” But doesn’t explain what the insults are. Baller. <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jOB-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsub
The Book of BEST THINGS is here! (opens the original)
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A little while back, I asked you a question: What is your BEST THING? One tip, trick, or piece of advice that has made your life easier. I said if we got enough, maybe I’d compile them all into a little fun book.Well. You delivered.Fifty-plus of you showed up in the comments with stain removal magic (so much stain removal magic—life is messy, apparently), foolproof quiche, spicy lemon ginger tea for when you’re sick, phrases from grandmothers and therapists and one very wise Tulum masseuse named
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