Awe such a poignant reflection with honesty. Having been there with you throughout that journey I can say that I am SO very proud of you ❤️ and this so so heartfelt.
Hello my lovely friend. I'm revisiting this several weeks later, as promised in my recent post. Thank you for your words. Re-reading them this morning is like balm for my soul. Thank you for being there and for walking alongside me on the crazy journey we call life. I am lucky to have you as my dearest friend xxx
You’ve written so beautifully about your experience, thank you for sharing yourself. And yes, I experience RSD, most clearly in regard to sharing my paid offerings x
Lovely soul, thank you for being the first to comment and share that you experience RSD too. Have you found peace in knowing about it and understanding it since your own recent neurosparkly realisations? For me it was like a permission slip in a weird way... it has taken several months for that to land fully though!
I enjoy your posts because what you do is from the heart, that’s what makes reading them so special. One day I will pluck up the courage to do the same.🙏
I love how you expressed this - thank you. It’s wonderful to feel seen isn’t it! So given the gift you just offered me, I wonder, given your comments here and on my other posts, if perhaps you might want to pause… to consider whether you are already well on the way, lovely soul 😉😍
FYI - This morning, for the first time in a long time, I’ve created a flexible framework content plan to help me honour my intention to share words and resources that help others flourish. I have a feeling that some of these will be really supportive for your own intentions and desires… especially the embodied writing for wholeness I’m introducing next month. #togetherweflourish xx
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is share your story and I really appreciate you doing so. Not only was this a beautiful journey, but I also, thoroughly enjoyed your writing style and the connecting words with readers. Thank you for sharing :)
Your generous, timely and supportive reflections reminded me that I'd written this, and brought me back to Substack after a period of introverting! I am very grateful for your words and deeply appreciate your perspective. My writing style evolves, ebbs and flows, yet at the core, there is a steadfast beat of love that ripples through and guides me. Thank you 🙏
Aww, no, thank you! I'm so happy to hear that this has brought you back to writing. I've always believed writing is the cure to the soul and I hope you find it soothing to write again.
I have a screensaver on my phone that reminds me of something very important: 'When I write, I feel right'. I write daily and have done for many years... sharing it, however, is a very different prospect now that I'm unmasking! Thanks for your wise words. I love your energy 🙌🏻
Dearest Beth, how wonderful that you read this and responded so generously. And how rude of me to NOT respond sooner to acknowledge that! I hugely appreciate your words.Tthank you for River of Words... it pulled this kind of writing out of me, and sent me on quite the journey! Thank you for being you and doing what you do 🙏✨
Lovely Louise, I am so grateful that you stopped by to share your wisdom drops. I've missed connecting with you and as you can tell from the delay in responding, sharing this post was the start of a whole new level of healing! I hope you're faring well and that the writing is flowing for you 💖
So interesting Helen as I have often been asked (by my guides) to share my most vulnerable insights as part of my healing journey. I am emerging from retreating and moving forward at the right pace, that's a gift. Thank you.
I've never considered it from this perspective - thank YOU!!! I honour the messages I receive, but usually only see the golden threads and messages long after the event. I love that we've both intuitively been retreating and we're now re-emerging xx
Aww lovely Gill, thank you for your gentle acknowledgement of my words. I can feel how much they resonated with you and I really appreciate the evocative way you expressed this. I hope all is well with you and that even though I'm replying a gazillion years later, that this response appears at the perfect time... 🙏
Hello lovely lady! For me the toughest rejections have been familial rather than romantic, but I am slowly learning to tend to my boundaries and respect all parts of myself - including the ones that don't fit neatly into society's little boxes. x
Aww lovely Claire, how wonderful to reconnect with you, even if it's after the event! I know how much courage and self-compassion it can take to tend to our boundaries and to lovingly respect all parts of ourselves. I hope you're finding this slow (un)learning a nourishing experience. Here's to embracing the messiness of our own magical boxes! Thank you for sharing your wise words and experience ❤️
Thank you for sharing such a personal and tender experience. I can definitely relate. I love the way you describe it as the pain of being unchosen. That captures it exactly. I'm glad you've gained new perspective on it now. I like to reframe rejection as a mismatch - as that opens up the possibility of a better match. 💜
Hello lovely Phoebe - how ARE you?! I'm replying so long after you wrote this, yet it's a pleasure to revisit your gracious and generous words. Thank you for sharing how you relate to this and for your empowering reframe. A mismatch with possibility - even though I trust that the Universe knows what it's doing, I never thought of it in those terms. I hope you always feel chosen lovely soul 😊
Thanks for sharing this honest and vulnerable piece of writing, of letting savour us your thoughts. I started writing here on Substack about "My Year of Change", in which I hope to open my thoughts and discoveries while smoothly changing from my working life to the next chapter, being retired. Something I am looking forward too but with mixed feelings...
Hi Ivan, and a very belated thank you to you for sharing your response to my words here. I love that you used the word 'savour' in relation to them - this is how I perceive words too, as something to soak up. I love the sound of your Substack and have subscribed. I look forward to reading about your discoveries on this next chapter and wish you the very best as you journey 😊
Thanks very much, Helen. It's nice to read your reply. Thanks for subscribing. For me, as a native Dutch-speaking person, I still struggle with writing in English, but the writing itself pushes me forward, I hope...
Thanks so much for subscribing to my little space here too! I’m in awe of anyone who writes in another language other than their first. It’s courageous to write in the first place, so I’m championing you from here 🙌🏻
I can feel you writing from the heart here. I can relate to your RSD. It causes us to put aside, procrastinate and not share what we ought to until we gather up our courage to do so. Thanks for modelling that here.
My dear Santina, how wonderful to revisit your words this morning - thank you for feeling the depth of the place I wrote from. Ironic, given what you wrote, that it has taken me so long to return to this space and to respond! I love your grounded wisdom and am happy to reconnect with you here. I am looking forward to seeing what you're up to and checking out your writing here 💖🙌🏻
“I am grateful for the grace I see in myself and the bittersweet memories that guided me back to wholeness and self-acceptance.” How you connect bittersweet memories with birthday cake and salted tears - so visual and poetic 🙏 Fear of, and sensitivity from, rejection visit me often - but now they don’t get to sit in the driver’s seat and choose the journey. Thank you sharing such a personal story in a way to support us all. ❤️
Lovely Anita, I've missed connecting with you here. Thank you for your wise and wonderful words. I am sorry it's taken me so long to acknowledge them and let you know how much I appreciate you sharing your perspective. I take the same approach to Fear. The Fear Fairies always sit in the back of the car... maybe I could take a tip from you and invite the RSD Rebels to join them!! I hope you're doing well and look forward to catching up on your writing soon 😍
Once again, my heart is pulled towards what you write. You write with such honesty and compassion. I hadn’t realised those feelings were in fact RSD. Thank you for sharing your experience in such a beautiful way xx
Aww lovely Jules, thank you for sharing your heart so openly and honestly. I always feel such gentleness in your words and I appreciate you sharing and adding your voice here. I hope you're faring well and your relocation has been a good move, in all senses. May you always find your way to compassionately embrace tender moments 💖💖
You are so very generous and kind. Thank you lovely Jules. Is there anything in particular you would love to read about from me? (It's okay if you don't have time to respond, but my instinct was to ask anyway!) 😊🙏
Hi beautiful soul, and apologies for the (typically) ND belated acknowledgment of your supportive words here - thank you 🙏. I hope you're finding your way to flow with the RSD, because I know it can be debilitating. I wrote a 'return post' on Saturday, and then wanted to hide under a blanket yesterday!! Pesky RSD!
Oh my goodness me, how I relate to ALL that!!! And yet, you somehow still manage to post regularly (I just did a quick catch up!). I get RSD after every post and have to walk away from the computer 😉🤭
I'm time agnostic too... I have no sense of time and have the ADHD thing of living in NOW. So anything else that isn't in NOW lives in NOT NOW and ceases to exist. Except for RSD. Apparently 🌚
Awe such a poignant reflection with honesty. Having been there with you throughout that journey I can say that I am SO very proud of you ❤️ and this so so heartfelt.
Hello my lovely friend. I'm revisiting this several weeks later, as promised in my recent post. Thank you for your words. Re-reading them this morning is like balm for my soul. Thank you for being there and for walking alongside me on the crazy journey we call life. I am lucky to have you as my dearest friend xxx
You’ve written so beautifully about your experience, thank you for sharing yourself. And yes, I experience RSD, most clearly in regard to sharing my paid offerings x
Lovely soul, thank you for being the first to comment and share that you experience RSD too. Have you found peace in knowing about it and understanding it since your own recent neurosparkly realisations? For me it was like a permission slip in a weird way... it has taken several months for that to land fully though!
Thank you Helen, that sounds exciting.
I enjoy your posts because what you do is from the heart, that’s what makes reading them so special. One day I will pluck up the courage to do the same.🙏
I love how you expressed this - thank you. It’s wonderful to feel seen isn’t it! So given the gift you just offered me, I wonder, given your comments here and on my other posts, if perhaps you might want to pause… to consider whether you are already well on the way, lovely soul 😉😍
FYI - This morning, for the first time in a long time, I’ve created a flexible framework content plan to help me honour my intention to share words and resources that help others flourish. I have a feeling that some of these will be really supportive for your own intentions and desires… especially the embodied writing for wholeness I’m introducing next month. #togetherweflourish xx
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is share your story and I really appreciate you doing so. Not only was this a beautiful journey, but I also, thoroughly enjoyed your writing style and the connecting words with readers. Thank you for sharing :)
Your generous, timely and supportive reflections reminded me that I'd written this, and brought me back to Substack after a period of introverting! I am very grateful for your words and deeply appreciate your perspective. My writing style evolves, ebbs and flows, yet at the core, there is a steadfast beat of love that ripples through and guides me. Thank you 🙏
Aww, no, thank you! I'm so happy to hear that this has brought you back to writing. I've always believed writing is the cure to the soul and I hope you find it soothing to write again.
I have a screensaver on my phone that reminds me of something very important: 'When I write, I feel right'. I write daily and have done for many years... sharing it, however, is a very different prospect now that I'm unmasking! Thanks for your wise words. I love your energy 🙌🏻
What a beautiful weaving together of memories and moments
Dearest Beth, how wonderful that you read this and responded so generously. And how rude of me to NOT respond sooner to acknowledge that! I hugely appreciate your words.Tthank you for River of Words... it pulled this kind of writing out of me, and sent me on quite the journey! Thank you for being you and doing what you do 🙏✨
I really felt what you were experiencing here Helen, so interesting to see the journey of healing that you went on.
Lovely Louise, I am so grateful that you stopped by to share your wisdom drops. I've missed connecting with you and as you can tell from the delay in responding, sharing this post was the start of a whole new level of healing! I hope you're faring well and that the writing is flowing for you 💖
So interesting Helen as I have often been asked (by my guides) to share my most vulnerable insights as part of my healing journey. I am emerging from retreating and moving forward at the right pace, that's a gift. Thank you.
I've never considered it from this perspective - thank YOU!!! I honour the messages I receive, but usually only see the golden threads and messages long after the event. I love that we've both intuitively been retreating and we're now re-emerging xx
So beautiful. I am still taking it all in. But “the pain of being unchosen” I found so tender and heart wrenching.
Aww lovely Gill, thank you for your gentle acknowledgement of my words. I can feel how much they resonated with you and I really appreciate the evocative way you expressed this. I hope all is well with you and that even though I'm replying a gazillion years later, that this response appears at the perfect time... 🙏
Hello lovely lady! For me the toughest rejections have been familial rather than romantic, but I am slowly learning to tend to my boundaries and respect all parts of myself - including the ones that don't fit neatly into society's little boxes. x
Aww lovely Claire, how wonderful to reconnect with you, even if it's after the event! I know how much courage and self-compassion it can take to tend to our boundaries and to lovingly respect all parts of ourselves. I hope you're finding this slow (un)learning a nourishing experience. Here's to embracing the messiness of our own magical boxes! Thank you for sharing your wise words and experience ❤️
Thank you for sharing such a personal and tender experience. I can definitely relate. I love the way you describe it as the pain of being unchosen. That captures it exactly. I'm glad you've gained new perspective on it now. I like to reframe rejection as a mismatch - as that opens up the possibility of a better match. 💜
Hello lovely Phoebe - how ARE you?! I'm replying so long after you wrote this, yet it's a pleasure to revisit your gracious and generous words. Thank you for sharing how you relate to this and for your empowering reframe. A mismatch with possibility - even though I trust that the Universe knows what it's doing, I never thought of it in those terms. I hope you always feel chosen lovely soul 😊
Thanks for sharing this honest and vulnerable piece of writing, of letting savour us your thoughts. I started writing here on Substack about "My Year of Change", in which I hope to open my thoughts and discoveries while smoothly changing from my working life to the next chapter, being retired. Something I am looking forward too but with mixed feelings...
Hi Ivan, and a very belated thank you to you for sharing your response to my words here. I love that you used the word 'savour' in relation to them - this is how I perceive words too, as something to soak up. I love the sound of your Substack and have subscribed. I look forward to reading about your discoveries on this next chapter and wish you the very best as you journey 😊
Thanks very much, Helen. It's nice to read your reply. Thanks for subscribing. For me, as a native Dutch-speaking person, I still struggle with writing in English, but the writing itself pushes me forward, I hope...
Thanks so much for subscribing to my little space here too! I’m in awe of anyone who writes in another language other than their first. It’s courageous to write in the first place, so I’m championing you from here 🙌🏻
I can feel you writing from the heart here. I can relate to your RSD. It causes us to put aside, procrastinate and not share what we ought to until we gather up our courage to do so. Thanks for modelling that here.
My dear Santina, how wonderful to revisit your words this morning - thank you for feeling the depth of the place I wrote from. Ironic, given what you wrote, that it has taken me so long to return to this space and to respond! I love your grounded wisdom and am happy to reconnect with you here. I am looking forward to seeing what you're up to and checking out your writing here 💖🙌🏻
“I am grateful for the grace I see in myself and the bittersweet memories that guided me back to wholeness and self-acceptance.” How you connect bittersweet memories with birthday cake and salted tears - so visual and poetic 🙏 Fear of, and sensitivity from, rejection visit me often - but now they don’t get to sit in the driver’s seat and choose the journey. Thank you sharing such a personal story in a way to support us all. ❤️
Lovely Anita, I've missed connecting with you here. Thank you for your wise and wonderful words. I am sorry it's taken me so long to acknowledge them and let you know how much I appreciate you sharing your perspective. I take the same approach to Fear. The Fear Fairies always sit in the back of the car... maybe I could take a tip from you and invite the RSD Rebels to join them!! I hope you're doing well and look forward to catching up on your writing soon 😍
Once again, my heart is pulled towards what you write. You write with such honesty and compassion. I hadn’t realised those feelings were in fact RSD. Thank you for sharing your experience in such a beautiful way xx
Aww lovely Jules, thank you for sharing your heart so openly and honestly. I always feel such gentleness in your words and I appreciate you sharing and adding your voice here. I hope you're faring well and your relocation has been a good move, in all senses. May you always find your way to compassionately embrace tender moments 💖💖
Thank you for such a lovely response. I feel very fortunate to have met you. I look forward to further lovely reading and writing shares 💕
You are so very generous and kind. Thank you lovely Jules. Is there anything in particular you would love to read about from me? (It's okay if you don't have time to respond, but my instinct was to ask anyway!) 😊🙏
Yes, I am addled with RSD so can empathise. So beautifully written 💕
Hi beautiful soul, and apologies for the (typically) ND belated acknowledgment of your supportive words here - thank you 🙏. I hope you're finding your way to flow with the RSD, because I know it can be debilitating. I wrote a 'return post' on Saturday, and then wanted to hide under a blanket yesterday!! Pesky RSD!
No worries, I’m time agnostic so 🤷🏻♀️ 😹
I’m trying to write today to publish later, but I’ve had it in my head for over a week. Just trying to make it coherent 🤦🏽♀️
I’ll be relieved it’s published for five seconds before the anxiety and RSD kick in and I will freak out and obsess over stats. Argh!
Oh my goodness me, how I relate to ALL that!!! And yet, you somehow still manage to post regularly (I just did a quick catch up!). I get RSD after every post and have to walk away from the computer 😉🤭
I'm time agnostic too... I have no sense of time and have the ADHD thing of living in NOW. So anything else that isn't in NOW lives in NOT NOW and ceases to exist. Except for RSD. Apparently 🌚
Oh imagine if we could delay RSD for a time when we are ready to face it head on 😆
I’d place it lovingly in a box, wrapped with tissue. But then I would leave it there for awhile, to have a jolly good think about what it had done 😌😉😂