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Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

Beautiful.

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Jul 15, 2022ยทedited Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

Loved this! Such great questions you posed for when jealousy arrises. A friend just sent me pics of eating at a new Mexican restaurant in London and I felt a jealousy pang, but when I reflected on your questions and really listened, I realised it isn't jealousy it is actually just that I miss him and miss having dinners with him in London. Much nicer to realise that! Thank you!

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Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

Absolutely brilliant piece LD ๐Ÿฅฐ๐ŸฅณWonderful insight on the jealous trigger that lies within us all. Love your redirection of your mind & language around such feelings & how we all can be more self aware & leave ourselves in a much brighter position! Iโ€™m very lucky to have found you LD - youโ€™re a wonderful human & friend ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’– & thrilled we can have fun & chats about life & notebooks & all sorts ๐Ÿคฃ I do love a good notebook me ๐Ÿคฃ

PS. Loving the audio - radio star ๐ŸŒŸ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ #keepherlit ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’– ๐Ÿš€

PPS. Thanks for the mention ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’™

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Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

๐Ÿค—

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Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

I loved this! Listened while I pitted sour cherries to freeze (on my to-do list this WHOLE week; finally got to it).

The insight about reframing "I'm so jealous" into what you actually mean: yes. From my own experience growing up, I learned to constantly reframe what I did and said for the benefit of the people around to me, which for years I didn't recognize as an issue, until I left that environment and I suddenly could not communicate, least of all what I wanted. What do you want? is a huge terrain for some of usโ€”let alone saying it!

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Jul 15, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

The audio version is so nice to hear! This is such a great platform and you are using it well.

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Jul 18, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

I was jealous of a chum who was in Ireland on a 3 month cookery course. I went to visit and she was so incredibly happy and I realised it would be way too intense for me. Not jealous now, just happy for her x

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Jul 19, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ†

Lauren, I really loved listening to your wonderful, thoughtful post. Thank you for sharing - it's super inspiring and has got me thinking about feeling jealous too.

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