|
Hey Reader 🖤 Real talk: if you've been opening these emails for the last few weeks, you've gotten a lot of 'Victim to Villain energy' from me. That's been intentional because I know that some of you *needed* to hear it. But I want to ask you something honestly: When was the last time you read one of these and felt seen...not sold to? When was the last time something I wrote made you put your phone down and just breathe for a second? Because that's what this newsletter was built for. And lately, it's been doing a different job. It was time to call myself out, so here's what's about to change... This space is going back to what it was always meant to be: the place where the real shit lives.
Some weeks it'll be a longer piece, the kind you might read twice. Other weeks it'll be short. A single thought, a poem I've written, or a question to sit with. A few things that are coming, so you know what to expect:
If you aren't interested in this newsletter/blog anymore, that's okay. There's an 'unsubscribe' link below and I won't take it personally. I'd rather you leave than stay annoyed, LOL! Thank you for hanging out with me, I feel like this has been a constant pivot of "figuring it out". But where I've landed feels GOOD, and I can't wait share what it means for YOU. I'll see you next week boo! X, |
Reader, I saw this quote by Cormac McCarthy & felt like someone else needed to hear it: "Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief. Love u,Jess
You're "the good one." "The strong one." "The reliable one." You've been called these things so many times that you started believing they were compliments. Maybe they were, until somewhere along the way they became a job description, and you don't remember signing the contract.‼️ Especially if you're the one everyone leans on. Reader, you're the one who remembers everyone's birthday and shows up early and stays late. The one people call when their life is falling apart, but somehow never the...
(Found on Pinterest, Artist Unknown) Good morning Reader, There's a part of you that's been trying to get your attention for years. 👀 You haven't been ignoring her on purpose...I know. 🫶 You've just been busy. You've had things to do, people to take care of, jobs to keep, fires to put out. So when she showed up — through the headache that wouldn't quit, the tension you couldn't explain, the fatigue that no amount of sleep seemed to fix — you took note. Maybe you took a pill or something for...