Since the quarantine years, many of us have been hungry for community. We've been longing for real connection. But how badly do we want it? At what cost?

Not all communities are created equal. Not all communities are built with your best interest in mind. Are we willing to compromise who we are in order to feel like we belong somewhere?

During this time of jen-0cide of Pali-stin-ians, it's becoming harder to find communities of care and support. It's on us to create them and communicate that it's a safe place. Tune in to hear my experience of a community that suddenly became unsafe for me and how we might build the safe community that we need.

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Ten of Cups

• “Too Beautiful” by Hafiz

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In a world that feels like it's crumbling, where all that's familiar is falling away, and everything around us is changing faster than the speed of light, how do we stay true to ourselves? How do we remember who we are? What do we do when immense grief overcomes us and we lose our way, when we lose sight of who we are?

In this week's episode, I'm inviting you to lean into patience and devotion. To ask yourself: what practices can help us stay the course? These hold the key to finding your way back to yourself. Tune in to learn more!

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Eight of Pentacles (Reversed)

• “The Mountain” by EJ Koh

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Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned:

• Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos”

• Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com

• Instagram: @leslieannhobayan

• Email: leslieann@suryagian.com

• Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

This week we've got the energy of a fiery new moon in Leo, which is inviting us to be bold and audacious! With this boost of confidence, what truth will you embody? How can you be more of your true self? What's holding you back? Fear? (Let's face it: we live in fraught times.) Friends? Who is truly around you for support? And how can Mercury retrograde help us with this? (Yes, Mercury Rx can be helpful!) Listen in to learn how to step into living more boldly.

And now I invite you to my Creative Writing Camp! This is no ordinary summer camp. This is lïberation work. Somatic healing practices. Creative expression. Writing as release ritual. Nervous system resilience.

Register because you want to be part of the résistânce. Because you want to make a difference. Because you are done playing small.

Sign up here:

https://suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

August 12-16, 2024

10am-12pm ET

Online community

$200

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Night of Pentacles (Reversed)

• “Practice this New Bird Call” by Hafiz

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Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned:

• Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos”

• Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com

• Instagram: @leslieannhobayan

• Email: leslieann@suryagian.com

  Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp