The brilliant, magical, inspiring, wisdom filled human & poet Becky Hemsley and I chat today about being at peace with you are at the core & how society's un-winnable expectations don't have to consume us - we can take inspiration from nature and let ourselves BE. ✨

This is the 'caller question' we chatted about:

“She sat at the back, and they said she was shy. She led from the front and they hated her pride.” I feel like this line and this poem represent me perfectly. An exact description of so many moments in my childhood. It feels impossible to please the world. That no matter what I do, it’s not the right way. I want to be able to breathe and feel peace & strength within myself. How can I do that when there’s so many impossible standards? How can I show up as a whole person, even when society tells me I’m ‘not quite there yet.’

-a younger Bailey (me! I'm Bailey! I'm the caller)

Connect with me:

https://www.instagram.com/baileycreativity/

Let's chat! baileycreativity@gmail.com ✨

Connect with Becky:

https://www.instagram.com/beckyhemsleypoetry/

Becky's poem 'Breathe' https://www.instagram.com/beckyhemsleypoetry/reel/DCZUhkos82Y/

Becky's Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TalkingtotheWild

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Emily https://www.instagram.com/thephilosophicalcoach/ is a philosopher, a kind hearted human, a student and teacher of living life on YOUR terms, founder of POR (Portal of Receiving - her own philosophy), and someone I'm grateful to call my friend. In the first ever episode of Let yourself live (the podcast) we dived into this caller question. ⬇️💖

I have really high expectations. I always have. I have high expectations for others - and extra high ones for myself. Which leads to me constantly feeling disappointed. Some of the people I expect to be a certain way, are not capable of giving me the bare minimum of respect so obviously I always feel defeated. Some people do love me and treat me with kindness - but I still put too much pressure on them in my mind. And it’s not just people. It’s always have high hopes for how something will go. Whether it’s something I’m really excited about - or something I’m going after to achieve. I love the part of myself that has high expectations because I know it’s the same part of me that wants to feel full of joy and love and fun. How can I hold onto the excitement and crave I naturally have for things to turn out in positive and joyful ways while releasing the tight grip I have on expecting everything and everyone to meet “perfection” as an outcome?

-a younger Bailey (me! I'm Bailey! I'm the caller)

https://www.instagram.com/baileycreativity/

Let's chat! baileycreativity@gmail.com ✨

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