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Bianca van der Meulen's avatar

This feels like a feast of insights!

“Some people build objects and others carry heavy shit” — reminds me of a Substack I just read about how often people/we rush to increase their/our power (doing, building, increasing responsibility) without building up the strength to hold it well.

I for one do very much do want you to be you, whatever that means about the doing. Celebrating what you’ve recovered so far and all the rest to come 🎉

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Stephanie Nouvel's avatar

Rethinking the word/process of recovery, thank you very much! Love reframing it as a return to oneself

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Pink Moon Therapy's avatar

Happy sober-versary <3 Proud of you, love when you pop up in word form, and I smirk imagining you making friends with permission to just Be.

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Serena Burman's avatar

Mischief is affoot.

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Sarah D's avatar

Love this (and you) so much, as always. And I’m proud of you, for what it’s worth, take it or leave it 😉. To less doing and more being, you have my full suport!

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Venus Velvet's avatar

Oh man I wish I was gonna be in town to hear you read but reading this by a rushing river in the mountains is good for now👊🏼🍓

Xoxox

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Suzanne Latham's avatar

Dearest Rose Red, Your words here resonate deeply in me. I find that we all seem to know exactly what other people should be doing and are overly generous with telling them! 😩. And my response to the “what do you do” question has become: I used to be a human doing but now I am a human being! Love to you dear One 😘❤️🤪

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Finn Deerhart's avatar

Happy you are YOU. 🔮

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Jenn Schuessler's avatar

Love this so much, Serena. Keep doing you—no—BEING YOU. I felt all of this. Xxx

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Craving Ratio's avatar

What helped me was these words: I Don't Drink. It's easy to say to people without getting into the why and also it rewires your brain to your new normal. Well done!

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