Hello beautiful soul, 🫀

Yesterday I held space for someone in a coaching session who reminded me of myself two years ago.

Stress hitting the body. Everything feeling overwhelming and never-ending. The exhaustion of giving your all — and still somehow feeling like it isn't enough.

If that's you right now, I want to tell you the same thing I told her:

This is not going to last forever. And you are enough.

Burnout has a way of lying to us. It tells us we're failing when really we've just been running on empty for too long. It tells us we need to push harder when what we actually need is to stop.

What we need is space. Capacity. Room to breathe again.

Fill your cup.

Not to perform. Not to optimise. Not to hustle toward the next thing.

Just: fill your cup. Notice what nourishes you. Do more of that. Unapologetically.

And yes, I hear you: "but Essi, summer is the time to make things happen."

Maybe.

But what if filling your cup is making things happen?

Summer is made for being out and about. For letting life come to you. For saying yes to the things that light you up — the events, the people, the moments that feel like a full body yes.

What if this summer isn't about working harder to reach something or become someone — but about becoming an energetic match for what you're calling in?

What if the thing you've been trying to manifest is waiting for the version of you that is rested, open, and full?

What if following your intuition — attending that event, trying that studio, saying yes to that invitation — is actually the path?

Fill your cup. Let life happen.
Trust that the full, nourished, present version of you is the most magnetic and any actions taken from that place will end in an abundant harvest.

What fills your cup? What is it that you want more of this July — and what would it feel like to actually give yourself that?

Hit reply and tell me. I genuinely love hearing from you.

And if you're looking for ways to fill your cup this summer, I have a couple of spaces where you can come and do just that:

🌙 Monthly Free Intentional Rest Session Online — Sunday 12th July | 7pm-8pm UK time
Our monthly online gathering to consciously rest together. One hour. No pressure. No performance. Just you, giving yourself permission to exhale.
Sign up here

🌿 Root to Rise — Mini Afternoon Summer Retreat with Alex Quick
Sunday 2nd August | 12pm-5pm in Hampstead Heath, London
A gentle in-person gathering to rest, reconnect, and rise. We will do yoga, meditation, creative sketching and journaling, Oracle card readings and a sharing circle.
All the cup-filling activities we love in one lovely afternoon!
Early bird tickets are still available!
Find out more here

FINAL REMINDER:

A full cup isn't a luxury. It's the foundation for everything.

May July be the month you finally let yourself fill it.

Lots of love,
Essi
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