What's been adding value in April
letting go of fear for good, Parisian spring style tips and the importance of female heroines
Hello you!
I’m writing to you from a cafe overlooking the Jardin Du Luxembourg today. Spring is trying to arrive in Paris and I think it’s almost landed. The flowers are waving hello from in between the railings and the trees are complete with green leaves. Parisians are still wearing coats but every now and then someone with a warmer than average body temperature saunters past in a t shirt and it’s a reminder we’ll all be following in their footsteps soon.
It’s days like this when I feel like I’m living the life I dreamed of and it can’t really be mine because I don’t deserve it, or somehow I’m faking it. This month has been about doing the inner work to solidify my mindset as a foundation for true life changes. It’s been centred around doubling down on my current manifestations and rewiring my brain to a level therapy could no longer reach. Cultivating faith, trust and surrender, because I don’t mind admitting that although this life feels and looks dreamy, I also feel incredibly afraid. I’m declaring time on getting in my own way. It’s over, and we’re never ever getting back together.
I never realised how much control we had over our minds or our lives but if you take one thing from this month’s what’s been adding value letter let it be this, you are capable of creating the life you dream of. It’s all within much closer reach than you know. I promise.
Here come the April recommendations…
Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza has quite literally blown my mind. I’ve extended my morning meditations and added visualisations to my daily routine because of it, all in the name of letting go of my fear based living. My initial reaction to his suggestion was ‘but I don’t have time to meditate for that long’ then I checked my phone screen time and quickly called BS on myself.
Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida is a book I’ve owned for a while but never finished. I love how beautifully it’s written and how much imagination it requires. The perfect example of show don’t tell in terms of storytelling as well as trusting the reader to interpret the story in a way that makes it theirs. It also feels like an important education about parts of the world I know nothing about and should know about. Rarely do I read male authors in terms of fiction but the difference here feels stark. Not to generalise but have you ever noticed a difference in female vs male fiction authors?
Jessica DeFino is a new favourite here on Substack for all things beauty.
Sonderlust is the Substack of a friend I made recently - Mitalee, a fellow divorcee who moved to Paris and writes beautiful stories about connection. Poetry too. I think you’ll like her.
The fight for the no fault divorce shares some fascinating stats I never considered but would love to chat to you about in a cafe.
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