Thoughts from my morning journaling that have been rattling around head all day. My son, hanging out with cows at my mom’s house. #lettersfromlove #gratitude
Thank you, @elizabeth_gilbert_writer! Go to ElizabethGilbert.Substack.com and subscribe (a free trial is available) LETTERS FROM LOVE is a safe space for writers, for healing, and for connection. Grief and Love are not mutually exclusive. #gratitude #mothersday #elizabethgilbert #lettersfromlove #love #writer #lovestory #grief #findingjoy #healing #healingjourney #author #storyteller #inspirational #transformational
This just in from my Knowing, on this Canadian mother's day. Head to link in bio and to my substack to read! #mothersday #motherhood #notamom #health #knowing #intuition #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #lettertoself #counselling #therapy
Writers write, but what if that writer is surrounded by the organized chaos required of renovating and moving into a new home? What if, in the middle of this transition, there are unexpected outbursts of grief from packing and sorting through things that once belonged to her deceased son? What if Mother’s Day, which falls in the middle of the tightly-scheduled contractors, electricians, painters, HVAC experts, cleaners, tree experts, masonry craftsmen, and other specialists, has an extremely personal and public twist? What happens when this writer — me — is featured by Elizabeth Gilbert on her Substack, Letters From Love, on Mother’s Day? We are all about to find out! Go to ElizabethGilbert.Substack.com and subscribe (a free trial is available) #gratitude #mothersday #elizabethgilbert #lettersfromlove #love #writer #lovestory #grief #findingjoy #healing #healingjourney #author #embracelife #transformational #hope #traumarecovery #storyteller #inspiration
A response to this weeks #lettersfromlove from @elizabeth_gilbert_writer and @andreagibson You my dear one know mortality more than most, you know the importance of connection, of every word spoken into another's heart. You know the gratitude of every sunrise and sunset. Of miles walked on aching legs and shortness of breath. You now know the magic of one single kiss and instead of bestowing that on every human. All you want is to meet her lips because that would make all of the blood tests, fainting episodes and concussions worth it. More on the substack link in bio #lettersfromlove #love #mortality #divine
Join us on IG live at 9:30am pacific time today i.e. 2nd May, 2024. I'll be reading my letter from love to the body. This is going to be quite insightful for you. #kathywhiteyoga #lettersfromlove
I have been following Elizabeth Gilbert's (author of the famous book: Eat, Pray, Love) initiative of 'Letters from Love' for quite some time and absolutely love it. 💌 A few days back, I wrote a Letter from Love to my Body, and it was such a profound and liberating experience for me that I decided to start this initiative of writing regular letters from love to the body. I encourage you all to write a letter from love to the body, or any part of your body such as your neck, knee, back or leg. You'll be amazed at how much this experience will open your heart to be kind and loving to your body, and also heal your pain. Here's how you can take part in this initiative: 💌 Imagine love as a kind, unconditional and massive force in the universe that will only give you love and warmth. 💌 Think of what it wants to tell you about your body, or a body part that you want to write the letter to. 💌 Write the first line as "Dear Love, what would you have me know about xyxz…" and enter your topic, then continue to write as LOVE. 💌 Let the words flow from you as a response. You can read my letter here as a reference to help you understand this concept better. https://www.kathywhiteyoga.com/blog/letter-from-love-to-the-body To submit your entry, join my Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/748791099203735 Every week, I'll choose an entry and publish that letter on my page here. :) C'mon then, start writing your letter from love to the body. #kathywhiteyoga #lettersfromlove #letterfromlovetothebody #lettertoyourbody #eatpraylove #elizabethgilbert
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"What of this day is not holy if you are here to witness?" - Andrea Gibson If I focused on the finite quantity of days I have, today would crush me with beauty. Instead of focusing on what I am losing to the sand of time I am going to accept today for the wonder and holy experience it is. Thank you @andreagibson for sharing your beautiful words from Love. You made my heart twist and sing. #savorlifeintensely #beautyeverywhere #lettersfromlove #beherenow @elizabeth_gilbert_writer
This week my knowing had some things to say about being brave. Some of it surprised me. Head to link in bio to and to my substack to get the goods! #knowing #intuition #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #counselling #therapy
Do you know a relaxed woman? A truly, deeply relaxed being, whos calmness and peace infiltrates you just by being in her presence? I am certainty not that woman. Most of the time, I am not relaxed. I have relaxed moments, glimpses of the view from relaxhood. But no, I'm generally not relaxed. So much so, that the night I carved out to write my post about the relaxed woman, I ended up having a meltdown. A few things came together, where the stress and overwhelm reached boiling point and I burst into unconsolable tears. The irony did not evade me. Look, I have nothing against tears. They are my friend. In fact, usually after crying I am more relaxed. But just to prove the point, relaxation is not my home base. So why, do I want to write about this topic? Well, for this you can blame Elizabeth Gilbert. I went to see her in Cologne this week and I couldn't help sharing her message and my reflections. Read full post in last edition of Unlearn Letters (link in bio 🐳) #elizabethgilbert #relaxedwomen #relaxedwoman #reimaginerest #innerpeace #lettersfromlove #unlearning #unlearnletters #substack #substackcommunity #promoteyourartapril #relax #relaxsomemore
Im einem meiner letzten Post habe ich dir bereits eine Idee vermittelt, wie du deine Innere Führung stärken kannst, die #lettersfromlove. Einen anderen Weg, der dich selbst empowert, ist, dass du alles bewusster tust und aus dem Autopilot aussteigst. 🔚 Wieso? Weil dein Autopilot zwar auch positive Aspekte hat und dich oft Zeit und Ressourcen spart, jedoch ausschliesslich von der Vergangenheit programmiert ist, von deinen bisherigen Mustern und Prägungen. (Eigentlich vielleicht ähnlich wie KI merke ich grad? 🧐) Jedenfalls wenn du dich selbst empowern möchtest, die Verantwortung für dein Leben übernehmen möchtest und dabei vielleicht NEUES 💫 erleben möchtest, dann gelingt dir das nur, wenn du es bewusst machst. Und wie kannst du nun dein Bewusstsein stärken? Eine Möglichkeit ist, REFLEXION und INTENTION ✨. Also dich immer wieder selbst beobachten und reflektieren wie du was machst und dir Gedanken darüber machen, wie du was tun willst. Helfen kann dir dabei zum Beispiel ein JOURNAL 📓 in welches du morgens deine Intention für den Tag schreibst und Abends dann reflektierst, wie du das umgesetzt hast. Weil wir selbst so gerne «journaln», haben wir einfach unser eigenes Journal nach genau unseren Wünschen gestaltet. Jeden Tag findest du darin unter anderem folgende Fragen: 🔖 Mein Leitsatz für heute 🔖 Darauf freue ich mich heute 🔖 Mein heutiges Erfolgserlebnis (auch die kleinen Erfolge dürfen gefeiert werden!) 🔖 Dafür bin ich heute dankbar …. Zudem gibt es für jede Woche ein Fokusthema, wie zum Beispiel Dankbarkeit, Achtsamkeit, Motivation und viele mehr. Das heisst für jede Woche gibt es Inputs und zusätzliche Reflexionsfragen zum Thema. Und ein bisschen Bonusmaterial gibts auch noch.. 🎁 Willst du journaln mal ausprobieren? Unser 12-Wochen Journal macht es dir ganz leicht - schreib mir einfach in die Kommentare oder DM wenn du dich für ein Exemplar interessierst! 👍 Falls du schon fleissig Journal schreibst, freue ich mich über deine Effekte, die du dadurch erzielst in den Kommentaren! 🙏🏽 #journal #journaling #selfempowerment #selbstführung
My knowing had some things to say! Head to the link in my bio and go to my substack to subscribe and read the rest. I've also included a video sharing some of what I'm learning in therapy! #knowing #intuition #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #lettertoself #counselling #therapy
Thank you, Liz, for such an inspirational evening! Let’s all be a little bit more relaxed… it’s all gonna be ok 💕 #bigmagic #eatpraylove #lettersfromlove
A letter from Love. On self-forgiveness and freedom. It's an insidious trap to be punishing myself for punishing myself. But to step into a place of forgiveness, aknowledging what happened in the past and forgiving the transgressions I made towards myself - is making space for liberation and ultimately - forgiving others. I can start from here. I can look back on my mistakes, witness them and say I like where I am right now. From here onwards is a new journey and I don't need to be arriving with the baggage and the reparations that need to be made internally for all of the things I've done. The version that woke up today has new insights and tools to make the best of it from here onwards. Wishing you a light travel on this continuous journey of trial and error. Visuals from that time we danced together in a tunnel with @ricservini and @rory_skeoch #lettersfromlove #movementdirector #shortfilmmakers #brittishfilm #physicaltheatre #physicalactor #dancefilm #selfcompassion #selfforgiveness #selfacceptance
🌿💕 #SelfLoveJourney with Liz Gilbert! Join us as Liz shares the transformative power of writing love letters to yourself. It’s more than self-care; it’s a path to deeper self-understanding and love. 💌 Dive into the full episode and start your own letter today! 🎧 Now Streaming: Elizabeth Gilbert | The Simple Practice That Changed Her Life (And Might Change Yours) #Mindfulness #love #lettersfromlove
A letter from Love: Dear one, You have no idea how much I have stalked you my whole life, in order that you may taste at last the sweet wine of Love that is, in the end, what God is. Once tasted, my dear, you cannot go back. You must know — that in this life you chose to be tested and cooked and healed and roasted back out in the flaming trials of love — to know at once and forever through this life what Love is — and what it isn’t — to parse out in each moment how Love is veiled by that which cannot see it yet. So, I come to you to say, it is time, it is time, it is time. Let Love lead you where she would for her Heart to know the sweetest nectar of God. Nothing else can satiate your thirst, in the end, but That.
Menschen dabei unterstützen sich selbst zu empowern, damit sie ein glückliches und selbstbestimmtes Leben führen - das ist das, was ich von Herzen gerne tue. 🫶🏽 Wieso? Weil ich selbst für mich erkannt habe, wie sehr sich unser Leben zum Positiven verändert, wenn wir die Verantwortung dafür selbst übernehmen. 💪🏼🤩 Du fragst dich nun vielleicht, na super, aber wie kann ich mich denn selbst empowern? Für mich ist ein besonders wichtiger Aspekt, eine starke INNERE FÜHRUNG zu haben. Du kannst es Intuition, Innere Stimme, Bauchgefühl, Verbindung zum grossen Ganzen oder wie auch immer du willst, nennen. Es geht dabei darum, dass du auf dein Inneres vertraust und dich nicht hauptsächlich von anderen Personen oder äusseren Umständen leiten lässt. Dass du dir erlaubst, etwas nicht oder anders zu tun, wenn es sich für dich falsch anfühlt, obwohl es für viele ganz normal ist… Für mich ist meine Intuition eine meiner grössten Ressourcen - für die Arbeit, aber auch fürs ganze Leben. ✨🙏🏽 Eine wundervolle Übung, die mir persönlich sehr geholfen hat die Verbindung zu meiner Inneren Welt zu stärken kommt von einer sehr bekannten Autorin @elizabeth_gilbert_writer . Sie schreibt seit Jahren die #lettersfromlove . 💕 Du stellst dir einfach vor, was die liebevollste, verständnisvollste, grosszügigste Stimme, die es überhaupt gibt (das kann für dich Gott, das Universum, die Liebe oder was auch immer sein), auf die Frage ✨«Love what would you have me know today?» ✨antworten würde. Du schreibst also zuerst die Frage und dann die Antwort, die du dir vorstellst auf. Mit der Zeit wirst du dir vielleicht gar nicht mehr viel vorstellen müssen, sondern es fliesst einfach aus dir heraus… that’s Magic! Ich finde es eine unglaublich schöne, stärkende und heilsame Übung, die ich fast täglich mache. Wenn die Zeit mal fehlt, dann frage ich auch einfach unter der Dusche oder auf dem Fahrrad oder wo auch immer - auch da erhalte ich meine Antworten ohne sie niederzuschreiben. 🥰 Fühlst du dich inspiriert? Versuchs einfach mal, let the Magic happen! 🪄
This time last week meeting the legend @elizabeth_gilbert_writer and author of one of my favourite books #eatpraylove with my beautiful friend @shelfhelp.club and the added bonus of meeting @zense.space 🙏🏻❤️. I had no idea what to expect but her talk was so honest, moving and inspiring and at its core Love, Love and more Love. Now following her on Substack. #lettersfromlove #bigmagic ✨✨✨✨
It can be hard, this loving ourselves. To read more and watch a vid of me sharing about therapy, head to the link in my bio and go in over to my substack. #health #therapy #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #counselling #knowing
It can be hard, this loving ourselves. To read more and watch a vid of me sharing about therapy, head to the link in my bio and go in over to my substack. #health #therapy #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #counselling #knowing
Join me over on Substack! Honestly, this space is saving my life these days. ❤️ @jennyvanderbergshannon, thank you for reminding me of what is sacred in this beautiful, brutal life. (link in bio) #lettersfromlove #reconstructingfaith #evolvingfaith
words of heartbeats 28 March to 11 May 2024 @flowersgallery Hong Kong 49 Tung Street Sheung Wan Tue - Sat 12-6pm Letters from Love tell them I am always here tell them I have never left that I can never leave tell them I am the ground they walk upon, the ocean where they swim, the space where the Earth itself spins tell them they can always find me underneath the mess beneath the relentless waves of emotion, amidst the endless turmoil of racing thoughts tell them I am always here like a blanket wrapping the cold body, waiting for them to fall, so I can catch them again as I always do tell them it’s their tendency to hold themselves too hard too straight, too tight, that keeps them away from me tell them they can let go, release take rest in my soothing seas tell them a life without me is not worth living tell them anyways I can never leave because I live inside I live within their own hearts and until they beat I will be there, dancing waiting for them to find me and if they went too far and cannot find me there if they are too sad and broken too scared to dive into their own waters tell them to look for me in the arms of a friend a friend that holds them broken a friend that holds you whole like I would, if I had my own arms and hands there, I promise you will surely find me poem @awakedanceflow #wordsofheartbeats #loveletters #lettersfromlove #movanachen #exhibition #hongkong #flowersgalleryhk
Oh happy Saturday morning! Sending Love to all, & appreciation to @elizabeth_gilbert_writer for introducing me to this glorious practice! #lettersfromlove #freedom #onelove #empathonearth
New Substack post out today! 🙌 If you are curious about this "Letter from Love" business but aren't the podcast-listening type, head on over to Substack (the link is in my IG bio) and join the Unsilenced Hearts Club! I'll be spotlighting each week's guest and sharing their letters over there in hopes of creating a safe, curious community of fellow open-hearted wanderers and spiritual misfits. Today's letter is from @aprilajoy, and I'm so honored to share it. She is known for her hilarious satire (if you're wondering what the "chef's kiss" image is all about, you'll have to read the newsletter), but her heart is as big as her humor, and I was incredibly moved by her tender words. I know you will be, too. ♥️♥️♥️ #deconstruction #reconstructingfaith #lettersfromlove
สมัยเป็นวัยรุ่นมัธยมฯ เชื่อว่าหลายคนคงเคยมีความทรงจำปั๊ปปี้เลิฟ เขียนจดหมายรักหารุ่นพี่หรือรุ่นน้องที่แอบชอบกันมาบ้าง กระทั่งบางคนอาจมีประสบการณ์เขียนจดหมายหารายการวิทยุหรือโทรทัศน์ หวังจะได้คุยกับศิลปินที่ชื่นชอบ เพื่อส่งต่อความรู้สึกดีๆ ให้อีกฝ่ายรับรู้ . แต่จะเป็นยังไง ถ้า ‘มะเฟือง’ นักจิตบำบัดแห่งคอลัมน์ Mental Help จะชวนทุกคนมาเขียนจดหมายรักให้ตัวเองบ้าง โดยไม่ต้องคำนึงถึงความสวยงามของภาษา หรือการควานหาถ้อยคำเลิศหรูมาบรรยายสภาพจิตใจ แค่ค่อยๆ เขียนไปเรื่อยๆ เพื่อเดินทางกลับมาหาความรักข้างในตัวเองให้เจอ . “หากเรารับรู้ได้ว่า ในช่วงเวลานี้กับกระดาษตรงหน้าที่เราจะจรดปากกาเขียนจดหมายรักนี้ คือพื้นที่ปลอดภัยของเรา ความรักและความปรารถนาดีก็จะถ่ายทอดออกมาเป็นภาษาเขียนให้เราถ่ายทอดได้ลื่นไหลขึ้น” . อ่านบทความในรูปแบบเว็บไซต์ที่ : urbancreature.co #UrbanCreature #MentalHelp #LettersFromLove
❤️ Friends: I want to share with you something that has been so dear to me for the past many months.🥰🙏 I am one of now over 90,000 people who have become part of this community “Letters from Love,” facilitated by one of my heroes @elizabeth_gilbert_writer . 🙌 If you are part of this community already, I imagine you know how significant this is. Liz Gilbert has been sharing a practice she’s been doing for over 25 years, writing herself letters from unconditional love. I’ve taken on this practice and it has been completely life changing. 🥰 Learning to speak to myself from the voice of unconditional love has created an internal comfort, a safe place to land, and a form of secure attachment inside of my own heart. 🙏 This practice has been deeply nourishing and healing. It has helped me with insomnia, grief and major life transitions. It has been a support system in times of celebration and joy, a partner in my creative process, and essentially has become a new foundation in my life. 🥰 This week the special guest on “Letters from Love” is a sweet little blob that created the most endearing and heartfelt animation I’ve seen. 🥹❤️🙌 I highly recommend checking out this beautiful platform! Thank you Liz Gilbert for making such a positive impact on my life for many years, for creating literature that has been transforming for my internal world, and additionally, for showing up every single week now making these heartfelt videos. I love you Liz, fellow Cancerian! 🥰♋️🦀 Check out this week’s video - oh my goooodness this is so sweet and endearing to my heart. 🥰🙌🌊 https://open.substack.com/pub/elizabethgilbert/p/letters-from-love-with-special-guest-527?r=20ffhc&utm_medium=ios #lettersfromlove #elizabethgilbert #elizabethgilbertwriter #lizgilbert
I think I've always struggled with taking up space. Feeling too large, on body and personality. My Knowingly had some things to say about that. Head to my substack link in bio to get the full post and video, join the community and support my work. #knowing #intuition #lettertoself #writer #writingcommunity #lettersfromlove #lettertoself #takingupspace #therapy #counselling #identity #confidence
Here is another journal prompt. Journaling is like mental hygiene! It’s always helpful for me to see what’s going on in there - in a thoughtful and intentional way. Enjoy. #journaling #lifecoaching #lettersfromlove
My knowing knows me better than I know myself. You know... That deep intuitive voice that is always loving, but that we rarely listen to? Have a hard time believing? I've started a new section on my substack called,. ' Notes from Knowing' which is includes a letter to self (sort of), and a video of me discussing what I'm learning in therapy. To see this week's post about going forward, head to my substack link in bio! #knowing #lettersfromlove #lettertoself #therapy #counselling #identity #notesfromknowing #intuition #love
Have you ever let chance give you guidance? I have, many a time. One day in the middle of march of 2024 (i.e. today) I was working through with myself 1. my issues with procrastination and where it stems from and 2. how to break it (cause it feels like a curse that needs breaking). I’ve made a deal with myself to try to be consistent with getting up in the morning and doing some bodywork (preferably @sensingyoga.se) and then Sat Kriya, the very potent yoga pose that supposedly moves stagnant energy and moves your life force up from your root chakra and up through your whole body (as well as massaging your organs, strengthening your ability to focus etc. etc.). Afterwords when I’m in a meditative and receptive state I usually pick up my journal and write a letter from Love but today I picked up a book, closed my eyes and let the pages flick through my fingers until I felt I should stop, pointed to the page and read the following: “If you happen to be a dissident journalist in Nigeria, or a radical filmmaker under house arrest in Iran, or an oppressed young female poet struggling to be heard in Afghanistan, or pretty much anybody in North Korea, then it is the case that your creative expression comes with extreme life-or-death stakes. There are people out there who bravely and stubbornly continue to make art despite living under god-awful totalitarian regimes, and those people are heroes, and we should all bow down to them. But let’s be honest with ourselves here: that ain’t most of us.” Follow the link in my bio to read my follow up thoughts and conclusions on this specific message and what I believe it actually is the guiding force behind chance… #LettersFromLove #BigMagic #Love #God #Source #Synchronicity #AutomaticWriting @elizabeth_gilbert_writer
Thanks @donnalynneerickson! Head to the substack link I my bio to see what I've got going on over there! Free content plus a paid section/community called Notes from Knowing! And a lot of talk about things I'm learning in therapy, too! #therapy #knowing #emotionalhealth #health #notesfromknowing #lettertoself #lettersfromlove #writer #counselling #writingcommunity
I hope this post finds you as ready to start a revolution as you are committed to giving yourself grace and to allowing yourself to get the rest and renewal cycles you need and deserve in order to live sustainably, and sometimes, just make it through the day. Hi friend ❤️ If things feel particularly heavy for you right now, stop for a second, take a few deep breaths and remind yourself that it is okay to feel exhausted, that it is okay to rest and it IS okay to give yourself a little extra grace. E V E R Y T H I N G is A - whole effin - L O T right now. - - - - - - - - - There is nothing wrong with you. Actually, I think the fact that you ARE bothered by the state of things is a good thing, because it means you can FEEL. It means you are paying attention. In a world of chronic numbing and total denial of emotions as a mechanism of survival, being brave enough to feel is no small feat. I see you over there, silently crying all the tears you kept in all those years. I see you celebrating your small wins, because you know how important each single one is. I see you building an inner circle of people of the highest quality who reflect and bring out the best in you. I see you allowing yourself to take the nap. I see you following your joy. Honoring yourself. I see you doing you, and I am so damn proud of you!! It takes a lot of courage to be authentic and to risk speaking your truth and honoring your needs, I see you. And, it IS a lot. It is ALL a LOT. And you feel this deeply because it is part of your super power, my dear. Take good care of yourself. REST as much as you DO. Keep moving and nourishing your body. I see you giving yourself grace and allowing things to unfold while you work on BEING. Keep doing you, I see you ❤️ - - - - - - - - - ⬇️⬇️ continues in comments
Oh wow do I give this waaaaay too much headspace! Head to my substack in bio to read a letter to myself from my Knowing, and see me speak to some thing I've been working on in therapy, in video format. #therapy #knowing #emotionalhealth #health #notesfromknowing #lettertoself #lettersfromlove #writer #counselling
Letter from Love, inspired by @elizabeth_gilbert_writer . It’s such a transcendent self-care practice for creatives and non-creatives alike. Just start by asking: Love, what would you have me know today? And see where it takes you. 💫 #lettersfromlove #letterfromlove #loveyourself #selflove #poetry #writing #writeyourstory #writeyourselfalive #writeforlove #writeforlife
With deep gratitude for @elizabeth_gilbert_writer, I have been engaging in her spiritual practice of writing love letters from "Unconditional Love" back to myself over the course of the past several months. Using this prompt "Dear Love, what would you have me know today?" I have rested and reveled in the responses I have received. Because goodness knows, sometimes we need support, guidance, and affirmation from something greater than ourselves. Each time I write to Love, I receive another nugget that I desperately needed to hear. For example, awhile back I received this response (in part): "What if this season you simply practiced not tempering your radiance? What if you allowed yourself to be more silly & loud & fun as the urge arises? What if you remembered that of course the idea of losing you is hard because you would be hard to lose? What if you practiced not losing yourself? I have so many things to teach you & I am delighted that you want to listen in new ways. For now though, what if you just took a moment to allow yourself to be truly seen: You too are divinity embodied. You too are original blessing. You too are Spirit. You too are love, love, love." And so it is with each of you. Try writing a letter from Dearest Love back to yourself sometime this week.. I promise, you won't be disappointed. And, I'd love to hear how it goes for you.. We've got this. We are not alone. #lettersfromlove #spiritualpractice #practicesthatheal #returntotruth #divineaccompaniment #rememberingyourself
Over on @elizabeth_gilbert_writer Letters from Love Substack today the theme is about belonging.. the meme above came up in my Facebook memories and I wrote the following: I am not everyone’s cup of tea or coffee, and that is perfectly fine with me 🖤🤓 I am a fan of quite a few humans, but not every human. I don’t need everyone’s approval, just a few 🙂 A thought I’ve had is... If we’re living our lives to be liked, are we living at all? #dontdoitforthelikes #lifeonmyterms #iamnodifferent #preapproval #thinkingoutloud I have since learned that the only belonging that matters is to myself and at the core of everyone is the same thing.. the deep rooted knowledge that in belonging to ourselves and in that WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER. At least that's what Love tells me ♥️ #lettersfromlove #webelongtoeachother #belonging
It's all made up. Do what works for you. #lettersfromlove #goodthoughts #positiveattitude #positivelife #positivelifestyle #positivemind #inspire #thoughtoftheday #youareworthy #embraceyourself
How do you speak to yourself in challenging times? Do you hear criticism and judgement? Or kindness and compassion? In previous articles and social media posts I have mentioned Elizabeth Gilbert’s project on Substack called Letters From Love. In her own words, Elizabeth explains Letters From Love like this: “Letters From Love is both a learning space and a spiritual practice. Here, people come together to discover their inherent value and exquisite preciousness, and to learn how to write and speak to themselves from a place of love and friendliness.” With the intention of building up my inner voice with kindness and compassion I started writing my own Letters From Love back in mid-December and it has become an almost-daily practice. I now share with you (link in bio) three letters from love that I wrote to myself in the hopes that it inspires you to start writing your own letters from love. It is only by loving ourselves that we can return love back to the world, and wouldn’t it be nice if we could all feel and give just a little more love? . . . #authenticliving #lettersfromlove
Link in IG bio to listen to the trailer! Go do it NOW! 😜 #deconstructingfaith #deconstructionpodcast #deconstruction #exvangelical #reconstructingfaith #lettersfromlove #christianmystics
Dear Love, tell me about defensiveness, My child, discomfort is fertile soil. The hook inside of you isn’t meant to destroy you - you are not as insubstantial as your fears insist you are - you are made of stronger stuff than that. The hook intends to till the ground inside of you to make way for growth. The wisest thing you can do when you feel like defending yourself is to lean right into the discomfort. Investigate the feeling - name it. For when you are able to say, with curiosity, “I am feeling anger/fear/insecurity” you are then free from identifying AS that emotion. You are not angry, fearful, or insecure. You are a beautiful, divine, illuminated soul who is examining painful emotions, asking them what they are there to teach you. Do you feel the freedom in that? How your shoulders drop a bit? Does it take the bite out of the hook when you see it not as a perpetrator of violence but as a gardening tool, carefully and reverently preparing you for growth? Do not do violence to your soul in the stories you tell yourself. Learning to live in love means a fierce but gentle reframing of the narrative. Growth is hard, but it need not be gruesome. Close your eyes and bury your hands in the cool soil of your soul. Feel for the rocks. Discard them. Find the weeds and the clumps and delight in their undoing. Feel the soil loosen in your fingers and flow freely once again. There are few things more satisfying than the gritty, intimate work of sorting through our own personal patch of rich, fertile soil. My love, you a piece of the earth just bursting with potential. Discomfort is a gift, darling. Let it tend to you. You are strong enough to endure the loosening. #deconstruction #deconstructingfaith #defensiveness #growth #lettersfromlove
I’m BAAAAACK! So excited to flow with you again in MARCH. Which is just a few days away... How is that possible!? 🤯 This months theme: LETTERS FROM LOVE I have been so inspired by @elizabeth_gilbert_writer beautiful sharing of her Letters From Love practice. We will flow through some heart-opening and core strengthening into some letter writing and end in a juicy savasana. 🧘🏻♀️ Lots of modifications for pre and post partum so all are welcome. If the letter writing part scares or deters you, that’s okay! Be brave, we are in this together! I’m going to start things off slow with a new weekly class at the Woodstock Athletic Club on Mondays from 12:30-1:30pm. Come flow with me during your lunch break and start your week off right! Sign up via the MindBody app or call the A.C. at 802-457-6656. I’ll also be returning to my favorite Sunday class @kedronvalleyinn 2 Sundays a month from 9-10am. I’m simplifying things for now so to sign up send me an email at [email protected] but your spot will only be reserved once you send me a venmo to @Kelley-Willis-1 I have missed you all and can’t wait to get back to the mat with you! ❤️❤️❤️ #WoodstockVT #Yoga #UpperValleyVTNH #HeyUpperValley #MindBodySoul #LettersFromLove
3/100 I was introduced to @elizabeth_gilbert_writer ‘s practice of “Letters from Love” (a wonderful Substack community I highly recommend) wherein she writes a letter to herself from the voice of what she calls unconditional love each day, and she’s been doing this for at least 25 friggin’ years — not just 100 days! While writing from love isn’t specifically my practice for this project, I am taking inspiration from this idea that we can see/hear/notice LOVE all around us. Liz’s says: “I believe there is an ocean of warm, affectionate, and outrageously unconditional love available to us all — and that it is conveniently accessible from within. I don’t believe anyone is excluded from this ocean of love; it is only a question of learning how to hear it, how to feel it, how to trust it.” Today, I’ll share a snippet from my recent attempt at a letter to myself, written from love: I notice you are holding your breath. And in the holding, there is so much trying. striving. efforting. Trust that you were made for these undulations, the tiny births of inhales and the tiny deaths of exhales. Exhaling is harder for you than inhaling. You get anxious. I hear the voice of your inner little one, with her fears of abandonment and her avoidance of goodbyes, saying, “It’s hard to let go, because what if it doesn’t come back?” But it does, my love. Without even trying, our bodies keep breathing until it’s time to move on. And like Ram Dass says, “Death is absolutely safe. It’s like taking off a tight shoe.” You’re made for that goodbye, too. All of the goodbyes until then, including your exhales, are practice for the freedom of being unbound. #the100dayproject #100daysofholylove
I have been following the project “Letters from Love” by @elizabeth_gilbert_writer. Today, I finally had the courage to write myself a letter from love. To say it felt healing would be an understatement. I’m hoping to make it a more regular practice. 💌 #lettersfromlove
This is a love letter 💕 To my creative heart. I have so much to say to you. There wasn’t enough space here. I promise to continue this ‘love letter’ and do you the justice you deserve. Because, without you I would be lost. You ignite my soul and keep me connected to myself, my imagination, hopes and dreams. You mean more to me than anyone will ever understand. Dear Creative Heart, I love you. So much. Rox 💕 . . . #loveletter #creativity #love #lettersfromlove #elizabethgilbert #iloveyou #mycreativeheart #valentines #illustration #valentinesillustration #inspiration
My dear widowed mom friend @paustinfleming and I had a wedding ceremony this past New Year’s eve. We weren’t marrying each other. We married ourselves. It was a small ceremony. Just the two of us. (Tween and teens declined the invitation and chose to play video games next door, lol.) We lit a candle. I had a ring; she had a bracelet made of grit pearls. Because beauty grows from grit. I had the ring engraved with “I’m right here,” on the outside (because I forget that Love is here, all the time) and “right now,” on the inside (because that was always my husband’s answer to “What time is it?”). We wrote and read our vows to ourselves. We wrote from the question What would love tell you? This writing was inspired by @elizabeth_gilbert_writer ‘s practice of writing love letters (not romantic love. every-day-with-you-in-the-hard-stuff-faith-with-boots-on-the-ground love) to herself every day. Every day she reminds herself Love is right here. My friend and I wrote our vows from this grit-pearl Love. Here’s what Love had to say: Don’t believe the lie that I’ve left… or am far away,… or hard to find. I didn’t die. I’m right here. It’s so easy for you to get pulled away from me. Don’t close the opening. Keep it open: this in-breath, into your heart. Inhale into the open place, exhale fear. Inhale love, exhale fear. Inhale soft, exhale hard. Let me ease the part that is constantly scanning, hypervigilant for more hurt. I am so much bigger than fear. I got you. You’re safe. Even when you’re ambivalent, or think I’m dead. Even when you try to drown out my voice, because you just don’t want to feel anymore, I’m still here. I’m in. 100%. Be scared with me. When you’re afraid, desperate, lonely, reach for me. When you are grieving, reach into the canyon of loss to find me. I’m right there. When you’re angry, think I’ve abandoned you, go to the “F*ck it” place, I’m with you. Even when you push me away, I’m Still Here. I’m Not. Going. Away. For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, til death… continues to love. I love you. Keep going. What does love have to say to you?
Elizabeth Gilbert thought of this great exercise called ‘Letters from Love’ where you ask love, “What will you have me know today?” And then you write a letter to yourself from love. Kind of the opposite of the negative self talk most of us have going on in our heads all day long. It’s a really powerful thing, I do it several times a week. This poem was inspired by it. . . #elizabethgilbert #lettersfromlove #lovespeaks #lovevsfear #loveoverfear #queerpoets #authoress #poetessofinstagram #wildwomenrising #wildwomensisterhood
This Sunday, the Reverend Sara LaWall blew us all away with her sermon, "Letters from Love," at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Our theme this month is "The Practice of Feeling Pain." Soften your heart, grab a tissue, and watch the service from the 55 minute mark. I know I will be coming back to it over, and over, and over again ❤️ https://youtu.be/ha3HDY0XFgg?feature=shared&t=3311 #boiseunitarianuniversalistfellowship #LettersfromLove #ReverendSaraLaWall #openheart
Card of the Week. Grab a coffee; it’s a good one this week. Dearest Babycakes, Use only what is sustainable. That is the bare minimum, the ground you walk on. We’re not even talking about regenerative today. That will come but today I want you to notice if you’re even doing the bare minimum. If you’re not sure, ask love. Elizabeth Gilbert has a beautiful daily practice asking love, “love, what would you have me know today?” And then writing the answer as a letter from love to you. I highly recommend this practice as a way of getting in touch with your intuition. —Sincerely, Your Intuition ☕️ UPCOMING WORKSHOP Feb 10, 2024: Tarot Cards & Cake, Basel Early Bird gets the cake. Please register by Feb 1. Link in profile @christinegerberrutt — Every Monday I pull a card of the week from my #SincerelyYourIntuition deck & share it here on IG. If you get stuck this week & can’t sort out your #DeepVelvetYes in a situation, perhaps coming back to the message on this card will help you make your decision. Test it out. Try it out. See how it works for you. Want a personal card reading? Bookings open on my website. See link in profile @christinegerberrutt #sincerelyyourintuition #cardoftheweek #cardoftheday #intuitioncards #cardreadings #lovenotes #lettersfromlove #elizabethgilbert
Several months ago, I joined @elizabeth_gilbert_writer's Letters from Love community, and I'm so glad I did. The idea is that we write letters on a regular basis, to and from the source of Love within us all. It's been such a kind, loving, and also challenging practice, and I'm getting so much from it. This was something Love said to me in a letter, and I thought maybe you might need to hear it, too. #lettersfromlove #kindnessmatters #healingwounds #mentalhealthadvocate #loveyourself
"Kizuna" (絆) Sei al centro dello Tsubo-niwa (坪庭) dei desideri più profondi, L'eroe Koi (戀) danza, il primo amore, ardente e misterioso. Hatsukoi (初恋), dolce tormento, eterno risveglio. Tra le foglie dell'innamoramento, Koi ni ochiru (恋に落ちる), il cuore cade nell'abisso della passione, Travolto dalla certezza, come petali al vento sospesi. Koibito (恋人), la dolce melodia dell'amata, Nelle mani intrecciate, Koibito tsunagi (恋人つなぎ ), Il legame che sfiora l'eternità. In un mondo fatto di baci rubati e emozioni contrastanti, Shitsuren (失恋), cuore infranto, lacrime messe da parte. Koiwazurai (恋煩い), male dentro per il cattivo amore, sussurra il suo nome nel vento. L'arte di sbrogliare il filo rosso, desiderio e volere intrecciarti con me, In una matassa lunga chilometri di sensazioni tue, che non so descrivere. Amore senza una bandiera terrestre, un viaggio senza fine, sotto un unico cielo. "絆" ("Kizuna") 最も深い願いの坪庭の中心に君がいる， 勇者の恋が舞い、初恋、燃えるようで神秘的。 初恋、甘い苦悩、永遠の目覚め。 恋に落ちる葉の間で， 恋に落ちる、心は情熱の淵に堕ちる， 確信に押し流され、風に舞う花びらのように。 恋人、愛する者の甘いメロディ， 結ばれた手で、恋人つなぎ， 永遠に触れる結びつき。 盗まれたキスと対照的な感情の世界で， 失恋、砕かれた心、置き去りの涙。 恋病、悪い愛による内なる痛み、風に彼の名前を囁く。 赤い糸をほどく芸術、欲望と意志を一緒に編む， キロメートルに及ぶ君の感情のもつれ、私が表現できない感覚。 地球上の旗のない愛、終わりのない旅、一つの空の下。 RIFERIMENTI SU QUESTO KANJI 戀: @whoiskenta_official_page https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1MoIYHIjN-/?igsh=OHZ1Ynpyb3QxdGRo #volajupoetry #lettersfromlove #tomokotanaka #田中智子 #lovers #運命の女性 #戀 #koi #心 #糸 #永遠 #小 #目 #愛 #KIZUNA #初恋 #恋に落ちる #絆 #恋人 #恋人つなぎ #恋愛 #初恋 #恋人 #失恋 #恋病 #愛 #絆 #日本の詩 #詩 #感情
🍋 cake ~Liz Gilbert’s #LettersFromLove has captivated me recently. Everyday I look around and wonder “what would love have me know today?” This was what Love wanted to say today. Big thanks to @glennondoyle and @abbywambach for introducing me to Letters from Love on the Pod! #WeCanDoHardThings #poetry
This is what I do ❤️ ⬇️ I write myself love letters. @elizabeth_gilbert_writer has taught me, and many others, the practice of writing oueselves letters from the voice of unconditional love. I've been at it for two years now... I've filled several notebooks with words from this voice that is both of me and also much wiser than I am. Father Bill W. introduced a similar practice in the 11th step of recovery in AA called "Two Way Prayer" (though it didn't make it into the Big Book), where he encouraged people in recovery to ask God to ask the open ended question, "What would you have me know today?" fat I can not tell you how healing it is to open this door. How humbling it is to know that we all have access to deep wisdom, tenderness, and love at all times, no matter what. The only thing required of us is that we get still enough to listen. You're welcome to join me and others at the "Letters From Love" Substack by Elizabeth Gilbert. It's a lovely community. Stay tuned, because I've got more to come. ❤️ I love you. #lettersfromlove #twowayprayer #unsilencedhearts #suffering
This is what I do ❤️ ⬇️ I write myself love letters. @elizabeth_gilbert_writer has taught me, and many others, the practice of writing oueselves letters from the voice of unconditional love. I've been at it for two years now... I've filled several notebooks with words from this voice that is both of me and also much wiser than I am. Father Bill W. introduced a similar practice in the 11th step of recovery in AA called "Two Way Prayer" (though it didn't make it into the Big Book), where he encouraged people in recovery to ask God to ask the open ended question, "What would you have me know today?" fat I can not tell you how healing it is to open this door. How humbling it is to know that we all have access to deep wisdom, tenderness, and love at all times, no matter what. The only thing required of us is that we get still enough to listen. You're welcome to join me and others at the "Letters From Love" Substack by Elizabeth Gilbert. It's a lovely community. Stay tuned, because I've got more to come. ❤️ I love you. #lettersfromlove #twowayprayer #unsilencedhearts #suffering
Liz Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, has been teaching millions how to write letters from love through her sub stack. I gave it a shot the other day, a rushed, scribbled note in between breakfast clean up and meeting my toddler’s attention quota. I hope I can find a way to incorporate this practice daily. #lettersfromlove #loveletters #lizgilbert #journaling #inspiration #innerwork
I just love this meme.. it made me think about the Letters from Love practice that I've been writing for weeks now ♥️ *see my letter below* (THANK YOU, Liz!) Dear love, what would you have me know today? My dear sunshine - You're struggling lovebug and it pains me to see it. You have the strength. You deserve to feel comfort and content. You deserve a soft place that's not encased in concrete. You are worthy of being loved. You are worth more than all of the bullshit that keeps being built around you. You are not those barbs that have been tossed your way. My little buttercup, you have not lost your way. You have the map- it's all right here. I've got you sweetheart. You are surrounded by people who love you like I do- unconditionally without agenda. You radiate love and those that see it just want to be close to you. Don't fear that. It's my way of reminding you. I'm here always. You're always welcome with me. i'm always riding shotgun, I promise. Xoxo, Love *If you also want to write letters from love I highly recommend hopping over to @elizabeth_gilbert_writer 's Substack or just start with the simple question above and then write the answer that comes to you like I did* #lettersfromlove #unconditionallove #wearestardust #truth
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I've started this morning practice of writing myself a letter from Love. I learned of this practice from @elizabeth_gilbert_writer on a recent episode of @wecandohardthingspodcast Basically, you write... Dear Love, what would you have me know today. Today, Love wanted me to slow down. She said, "Yes, you have many things to do, and yes, you will do them BUT be there when you are there." I was confused for a second, but it's a practice I've been working on. Being present. So when I made our bed, I stopped and stared. And gosh darn, wasn't the morning sun so pretty floating across the blankets. HEY, I have a bed! How Lucky! I have a bed that welcomes me! How lucky! I'm alive another day to see the morning sun in her glory! How Lucky! Thanks. Love, I would have missed that. Will link the episode in my stories! Check it out! #lettersfromlove #vivaciousliving