18 Comments
User's avatar
dear someday's avatar

Thank you so much for this!!! Your newsletter is my favorite part of every week. We are so grateful for you!!! 💖💖💖💖

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

THANK YOU SO MUCH bestie I love you so dearly. I am so grateful for YOU!!!!!!!!! Thriving with you heals me and brings me back to life ;). Love you!!! <3 <3

Expand full comment
Zoë Mercedes's avatar

Thank you for this! I really enjoyed the bit you shared about pausing. I’ve been pausing a lot more in my own life and it is true a gift to be able to do that.

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

Yayyyyy thank YOU so much Zoë!!! I love that you are pausing and finding the gap. It truly is a gift and something I wish I'd learned sooner! Sending you love and THANK YOU for being here and for the love!!!! <3<3<3

Expand full comment
oli's avatar

“It got me thinking that we need to be brave with our compliments... I think we should generously plant seeds of love, admiration, and affection in people. Let them know that they moved, inspired, uplfited, affected us. We are a great togetherness.” Wow, this is everything!!!! Thank you so much for bringing this perspective to the practice of complimenting<33

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

thank you so much Oli!!! So glad it resonated with you and hearing you quote my words back to me is very rewarding to me. Thank you for being here!!! Sending you all the love and light <3<3

Expand full comment
Palm.'s avatar

I have been in a truly depressed season of my life, where I can’t do anything but rest - do no thing. Learning to be present in the nothing and finding joy in it when capitalism has taught me shame, has come at divine time in my life. I give so muchh thanks for sharing this. The mix is bringing me a lot of dopamine babies back into my brain. Whew. Just so much gratitude to you love!

Expand full comment
Sarah Laverty's avatar

I am also a huge Gabor Maté fan! Need to get his new book.

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

Right!!! Same! I can't wait to read it. It's big so I'm like psyching myself up but I (we ;) WILL read it! Thank you for leaving a comment and thank you for being here, Sarah!! <3<3

Expand full comment
Chenemi Zekeri's avatar

Thank you. I needed this today.

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

Thank YOU for being here and for leaving a comment. I am so glad it resonated with you! Sending you all the love and light darling <3<3

Expand full comment
Sania's avatar

Aweee not sure if its that time of the month or this week’s newsletter but wow the part on what’s in your mind got me feeling feelings jajajaja, as always thank you for sharing and continuously reminding us of how important community and collectiveness is!!!!!! Truly, I’m so thankful, also to your friend for letting you know how much we cherish YOU sunshine first of all and your creations 🐞☂️☯️✨🤍🌱💜🦄🦋🪲🌟🪐⚡️🌪️🪸🪺🌷🐚☘️🪷 “When we highlight the impact people are having on us, we let them experience themselves differently.” Carrying this quote with me for life!!!!!! Ps I love every part of the newsletter, its just the last part hit deep hehehehh 🍄 hope you have a gentle week ahead!!!

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

SANIAAA MY DARLING!!!!!! Always such a joy to have you here. Alex and I were JUST chatting about you and how much we appreciate the consistent flow of love and joyful emojis and energy. Thank YOU for continuously reminding me that my words matter and for being so uplifting you truly have a rent free home in my heart!!! You let me experience myself differently!!! 🦋🦋🦋 Thank you for being here darling and being so present with my words you are the best <3<3<3

Expand full comment
Sania's avatar

Aweeee please you let me experience myself differently, definitely rent free in my heart, Ily and Alex both so much and appreciate all that you are 😭😭😭☁️☁️☁️☁️😢😢😢😢❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 thank you for making this space you’re the bestest of all 🤍🤍❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Expand full comment
Courtney's avatar

The part about compliments allowing us to experience ourselves differently brought me to tears and now I have to figure out why haha. Also, I wanted to mention that I shared this newsletter with a friend last week and she loved it as well. Thank you!!

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

Omgggg Courtney!!! Thank you for this!!! That feeling of crying and not understanding the reason is wild omg... I'm so so happy you told me this!! I LOVE THAT you shared it AND that they loved it. This kind of news keeps me going so I'm so grateful that you shared it! Sending you all the love, thank you so much for being here!!!! <3<3<3

Expand full comment
Stephanie Norbeck's avatar

I too appreciate the concept of being brave with our love, admiration, and affection. I hope to take this into my day — thank you!

Expand full comment
ayandastood's avatar

THANK YOUUU Stephanie! I am so happy this idea resonated with you!!! Woohoo!! I am sending love your way, thank you so much for being here!! Very grateful!!!! <3 <3 <3

Expand full comment