‘journal with me’ is for paid subscribers. these pieces have questions and prompts to support you while you dig deeper into your journey — whatever that looks like. for this first baby, i’ve made her free, so that you can get an idea of what i’ll be sending out each month. each time these come out, there’ll be a main question, and a series of smaller/follow up questions to break it down further. and, i’ll try and include a little sample in there of my own digging into the questions. all of these are questions i journaled, questions i dug into, over and over again as i was deconstructing. over and over again, still.
the questions are meant to be journaled alongside, whether thats a notes app on your phone, or a pen and paper snuggled under a blanket. if you want to read them and sit with them for a little longer, you’re welcome to that, too. reflect however works best for you. but make sure you take the time, baby. you deserve it.
all my love, J
what is a belief that you no longer hold?
think about it. let the question sit with you a moment.
what is a belief that you no longer hold?
dig deeper.
what are the beliefs that you once held?
where did they come from?
are they beliefs you hold still?
why? why not?
what is a belief you no longer hold?
why? why not?
how has that effected you?
how has that healed you?
what in you has changed to let that belief go?
do you love it? does it scare you? why?
reflect on the version of you who held that belief, and reflect on the version of you today, who doesn’t. show yourself some appreciation for how far you’ve come. hold yourself in the process. remind yourself how incredible you are.
remind yourself how magical, growth is.
sample journal on these prompts:
when i think about my beliefs i’ve let go — i think first of the idea of supremacy. i think of the idea of a supreme god and supreme belief systems, and the way that made me navigate the world. i learned it, but i was, in some ways, born with it, too. i was born into a system that would allow me to adopt that supremacy of beliefs, to believe i was right and everyone else was wrong. to believe i had the only way. i let that go in 12-months and in an instant, at the same time. 12-months of do-i-don’t-i only for me to stand up one day, walk out my front door, and decide i never wanted to hold that belief system again. i never wanted to pretend i knew something others didn’t. i didn’t want to carry the belief that i was better, in any way, because of my religion. so i let it go. the religion, and with it, the belief that i had the supreme, right view on the world.
i want to apologise for who i’ve been, but i remember that i’ve grown and learned so much. i don’t need to apologise anymore. i need to thank myself, thank my body, for bringing me to this place, now. i am so fucking grateful that i never have to be that person again. i am so fucking grateful for all the ways that i have grown. i am so grateful that i don’t have to carry the cultish weight of supreme belief systems, anymore.
that was a brief sample and i could write a thousand times about all the different beliefs i’ve let go of. belief systems, beliefs about sex, beliefs about my body, beliefs about my sexuality, beliefs about relationships… the list could go on forever. i’ll do a follow up on this for sure. but for now, hey, i’m on holidays. happy reflecting. i’ll be back to regular scheduled content in july. until then — enjoy the chaos.