Yay! So glad you’re back writing and sharing your work publicly. I’ve missed your voice and writing xx
So pleased you’re getting somewhere with your health 🌸
I’ve found as I’ve grown older (I’ve had 52 years around the sun!) I’m calling on my life’s experiences to inform my current life. The past three and a half years have seen me mold and shape my existence based on knowing myself more deeply. No longer do I feel beholden to other influences (aka my perfectionist mother & what others think of me or what I’ve done). I’m working the stories I tell myself as they’re deeply ingrained, for better and for worse.
There’s something so delicious about being able to create my own path without those overbearing weights on my shoulders. It’s freeing. ♥️
Really resonate with a lot of this Brooke. I was reflecting this morning in gratitude practice how instrumental your work has been to the building of my own thoughts and opinions and how it allowed me to try things on to see what fit and what didn’t.
It’s been so nice to check-in with you (and myself) in this format after years of avid podcast listening. It’s almost like reading things written down has given me more cognitive space to chew on the ideas your raise? Weird..
Happy to hear the treatment experiments are yielding some success. Sending all the healing energy your way. Enjoy this glorious Saturday! Xx
I can relate so much to this! I've often looked back and really not liked the person I was, but the older I get the more forgiving I am of that 'old' self and the more I value past experiences and belief systems as a part of my growth.
In relation to time (and there not being enough of it!) I recently read "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman. This book is has transformed my thinking and emphasised the need to be kinder to myself. Can highly recommend!!
Hi Brooke and fellow Tortoise lovers!! I’m late to the party this time, but ohmygoodness - it is SUCH a joy soak up these words of wisdom!! Congrats on the publishing news re: CARE - I LOVE this beautiful book!! And thrilled to pieces that you are feeling better these days - sincerely hope that continues!!
Your comments about self-compassion strongly resonate with me. I continue to be amazed how often I need to learn…and relearn certain lessons. Personal growth is DEF not a linear path, eh? I think accepting that fact (or at least trying to) has helped ease my own perfectionist tendencies.
Yay! So glad you’re back writing and sharing your work publicly. I’ve missed your voice and writing xx
So pleased you’re getting somewhere with your health 🌸
I’ve found as I’ve grown older (I’ve had 52 years around the sun!) I’m calling on my life’s experiences to inform my current life. The past three and a half years have seen me mold and shape my existence based on knowing myself more deeply. No longer do I feel beholden to other influences (aka my perfectionist mother & what others think of me or what I’ve done). I’m working the stories I tell myself as they’re deeply ingrained, for better and for worse.
There’s something so delicious about being able to create my own path without those overbearing weights on my shoulders. It’s freeing. ♥️
Really resonate with a lot of this Brooke. I was reflecting this morning in gratitude practice how instrumental your work has been to the building of my own thoughts and opinions and how it allowed me to try things on to see what fit and what didn’t.
It’s been so nice to check-in with you (and myself) in this format after years of avid podcast listening. It’s almost like reading things written down has given me more cognitive space to chew on the ideas your raise? Weird..
Happy to hear the treatment experiments are yielding some success. Sending all the healing energy your way. Enjoy this glorious Saturday! Xx
I can relate so much to this! I've often looked back and really not liked the person I was, but the older I get the more forgiving I am of that 'old' self and the more I value past experiences and belief systems as a part of my growth.
In relation to time (and there not being enough of it!) I recently read "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman. This book is has transformed my thinking and emphasised the need to be kinder to myself. Can highly recommend!!
Thank you Brooke, so much of what you have written resonates with me, love the idea of evolving and letting go of previous iterations of oneself. X
Hi Brooke and fellow Tortoise lovers!! I’m late to the party this time, but ohmygoodness - it is SUCH a joy soak up these words of wisdom!! Congrats on the publishing news re: CARE - I LOVE this beautiful book!! And thrilled to pieces that you are feeling better these days - sincerely hope that continues!!
Your comments about self-compassion strongly resonate with me. I continue to be amazed how often I need to learn…and relearn certain lessons. Personal growth is DEF not a linear path, eh? I think accepting that fact (or at least trying to) has helped ease my own perfectionist tendencies.
Big love to all of y’all!!