Hi friends,
I wanted to pop in here and share something short that I’ve been thinking about as we’re on the cusp of the new year. A question I’ve been asking myself is: where would compassion lead me in 2024?
Instead of looking at goals or ideas for the new year (although my creativity has been on an uptick since I took a step back from social media/writing/creating for a little while1), I’m curious about what it might look like for me to approach the season ahead from a place of compassion. Compassion for myself, my capacity, my dreams, my parts2 and everyone around me, too. I tend to jump on the bandwagon with making vision boards (which honestly, I do love!) and thinking about all of the big things I want to accomplish, trips I want to take etc, but this year I’m feeling pulled to let the outcomes take a back seat and actually be with myself first, to offer the love, compassion, tenderness and care that I might need in order to be able to move towards what I’m wanting. To first give myself the gift of time and space to be with whatever wants to emerge before rushing on to the next thing. Is there disappointment or grief that wants to be heard before I close the 2023 chapter? Is there a longing that is waiting for the silence and space to make itself known to me?
I don’t yet have the answer to these questions but I am so curious to sit with myself and consider what it might look like to let compassion show me the way. Here’s an invitation for you to sit with me as I consider that over the next couple of days and weeks.
I hope your Christmastime was beautiful and that the start of this new season really does feel so joyful ✨
Sending you love, Em x
I’ve been dreaming of learning how to make my own clothes for SO long and I think I’m going to buy a sewing machine once we get back from the uk next month. Also dreaming of taking pottery class at a local studio and learning how to make my own beeswax candles.. just a few fun things that have been on my mind!
Parts is an Internal Family Systems way of approaching the way we view ourselves and others. Knowing that we all consist of many parts, we can understand that when we’re feeling a trigger overtake our system, we’re experiencing a younger part emerging. From this place we can get those parts what they need and offer the healing balm of compassion to ourselves.