Hey lovely Reader
This week’s podcast episode is a bit of a love letter to mornings.
Not the leap-out-of-bed, power-hour, tick-it-all-off kind of morning. And definitely not the version where we hand ourselves over to everyone else before we've even opened our eyes.
No.
This is a paean to that liminal space between sleep and wakefulness. The drifting. The space that can feel a little like being held in a warm bath. It's a celebration of the moments before anything is asked of us - when the light is changing, the birds are singing (maybe), and the body hasn’t yet caught up with the list of things we 'should' be doing.
It’s also about the metaphorical mornings. The ones that come after wintering - or a dark night of the soul.
When something inside us begins to stir again. And though the temptation might be to leap forward into action, what if we didn’t rush? What if we allowed that morning of the soul to unfold in its own time?
The Morning of the Soul (S16E9)
In the episode, I talk about how I slowly reclaimed my mornings during a long healing process. How I changed tiny things - like standing in a different place on the platform at the train station, taking new routes through the city, and (silently) saying 'you are beautiful' to strangers on my commute.
It was a practice that surprised me. I’d forgotten about it until recently, and remembered just how much it helped ease my sense of separateness. How it helped me notice my own unconscious bias. And how it reminded me that not everything has to be said out loud to have impact.
This is a solo meandering episode. We travel through birdsong, hormonal rushes, architectural gargoyles and emotional patterning. But the thread is there, all the way through - this invitation to meet ourselves with more curiosity, and less pressure. Especially in the morning.
It finishes with a short poem from My Darling Girl, which I’d forgotten I’d written, and which somehow appeared in my hand just as I stopped recording. The first line is:
Settle to the morning...
Which felt just right.
May you be happy, safe and well. May your mornings be filled with ease.
With love
PS: If you're struggling with something right now, or want professional support to help navigate changes you want to make, do reach out. I am here and I would be honoured.
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