NIVEA: a dutch acronym for...


Niet Invullen Voor Een Ander (NIVEA)

It means: don't fill in the blanks for someone else.

You know what they say about "assuming": it makes an ASS out of U and ME. 😉 We assume we know other peoples intentions... what they say, do, or don't do. It's a guessing game, not rooted in facts.

We have a tendency to personalize a lot of what happens to us, & that's normal.. but I'm here to remind you that not everything is about you. We are all operating for our own level of perceptions, behaviors/patterns, trauma, etc.

Let people be people, Reader, & free yourself from the fulfilling prophecy that you are "unlovable," "not enough," or anything else you may be telling yourself about a situation you may find yourself in right now.

You are not what happened to you, my love. Send this to someone who needs to hear it. 🖤

See you next week. (Check out the upcoming events for June HERE. And there's still time to join us for our FIRE & DRUM ceremony this Friday!)

X,
jess

Jess Leone

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