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“Miracles Happen Here” Hi Sparklers, I am SO excited to hold space for your visions for your writing and self expression here on Substack and beyond tomorrow at class. Come join us at 3.30pm (UK time) that’s 7.30am LA time, 10.30am Canada time live on zoom for a five year vision quest. This class picks up from the end of the goal setting class if you missed it, it’s well worth catching up… “I watched this yesterday and it was SO good”.
How 9 Successful Substack Writers Have Grown their Substacks in 2024
I’ve been deep into learning about Substack since I got going recently. In my reading, I’ve come across a number Substack bestsellers who’ve been kind enough to share their learnings. I pulled together a recap of some of their best tips below. If you like this post, give her a little heart! writes a popular Substack about motherhood and has 12,000+ free subscribers and more than 1,000 paid subscribers.
I've surrendered my big dreams...
I’ve had most of my life being told to dream big and shoot for the stars. I know even in that sentence I’m luckier than many. My parents always supporting us to be creative and challenge ourselves. When I found the personal development very early on, in some very impressionable years of my life - the subtle and not so subtle message was GO BIGGER. Push yourself.
I had regrets about getting married so young
I’ll admit, Getting married young meant that there was many parts of myself I was yet to know. Though I’d likely say that if I got married at 40 too because we are ever changing, I definitely got married way younger than I had ever thought I would. I was 22. Engaged at 21. I’m grateful for my relationship to my intuition back then because even though there was fear for me, there was a whisper of “yes, keep going” and so I did. I was scared I was too young.
Sunrooms hidden in Valleys
Hello beautiful people. In this publication I’ll give a honest update on where I’m at right now. I’ll also chat about a mentorship session I received recently, especially in relation to my relationship to creativity, as a mother, and how that strongly correlates to the way I was born. I hope you receive some insight from reading and can see more clearly your own patterns of creation…. Especially if you are a mother, but absolutely if you are not.
Lovers Re-Connect
Lovers Re-Connect I remember when I fell pregnant, one of the bigger fears that arose in me was the fear that my relationship with Tully would change. I was so scared that we would become ships in the night, Passing each other by, And all our focus would shift onto a baby… And what if that never changed? What if that simply became our new normal. What if Tully moved deeper into his work, And what If I let myself be overcome by motherhood? What if we would forget the stunning love we had shared?
How to make friends as a mum
Okay, Lets talk about making friends, and being apart of a modern day village as a mum. It’s a topic I feel like I have a decent amount of experience and confidence in, And a topic that’s often discussed/ questions are asked.
CURIOSITY VS DEPTH
“I don’t believe we have to go back and Live AS our roots, or AS our ancestors, or AS our childhood in order to experience depth, But I do believe if we cut them off and try to replant in a new life, no matter how beautiful, there will always be a part of ourselves starved of sustenance. If we try to leave it all behind and write an entirely new story, we deprive ourselves of the honest gift of who we are.
Night Weaning our almost 3 year old
I have read a total of Zero blog posts or books on night weaning. Mainly because I just wanted to roll with being responsive moment to moment rather than trying to follow a set strategy. Honestly I had no idea how to go about it and somehow weaning felt harder than the alternative (of sleeping through the night and no longer feeding overnight) We co-sleep and plan to continue doing so. Rafi’s favourite place in the world is right there between Tul & I snuggled up.
This month, Our dream was presented on a golden platter
Our dream was presented to us on a golden platter…. And we said no. These last few weeks have been big for us. For any of you that have been around for a while, know that we are in a vision quest towards a big goal in our life. To “own” land (I say that in quotation marks because we all know who the true custodians of this land is) To have a cottage that we have full creative rights to and can craft it into a home to raise our family in.
Motherhood, Being seen, Loneliness, Self exploration, inner transformation
Three pieces of writing for you. Motherhood & being seen// Musings on loneliness & self exploration// Transformation is slow// These are three pieces of writing from my poetry & Insights book that I’m currently back in the groove of editing and adding to. My friend @kj.stone_ released her poetry book called “the week before I bleed” recently and I pick it up every night from my bedside table and read a few pages. Last night it had me in tears.
Break up with "permission". Just parent how you want.
Break up with “permission” and just parent how you want. It’s not news to me that many mothers are feeling unfulfilled, confused in their motherhood. Feeling like “Is this it?” and relying on coffee or a glass of red to “get through the day”.
Baby prep right now, spirit babies, & my Motherhood challenges
I always thought I’d have my children closer together. I guess there’s this idea that having kids close in age means their bond would be closer, Though when I think about my own relationship with my siblings, it didn’t matter at all. There’s 19 months between myself and my brother, then 3 years 9 months between my next brother and I. 5.5 years between my sister and I, though for some reason I’ve always thought it was 7 years?
Unschooling, Santa, & A fake new years
Hello Friends, I feel like I haven’t written in a long while, Though Tul has taken Rafi to the skatepark this morning, After 7am, which means I’m both alone and awake enough to attempt to write. I’ve been very much “In life” and every time I’ve come to sit and write I can’t think straight.
I'll never forget the night...
In this publication: Little story about Tul & I, Tully’s Relationship 4 month mentorship coming up & Access to a FREE 90 minute training he did the other night, Some photos from our trip to WA that we just got home from. I’ll never forget the night, Where I felt scared of Tully, Met by Tully, Held by him, loved by him, and seen completely and deeply by him, while feeling as though he had swallowed me whole and I was within his heart entirely. Let me set the scene. We were in far north Bali.
Polyamorous
Some photos from our current trip back to Western Australia at the end xx ** this post may appear too long for the email version so I encourage you to get the Substack app for a more enjoyable reading experience xx ••• Have you ever felt polyamorous? In love with two people at once? Or maybe more?
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