the lavender, painted in full bloom

your bloom

the lavender

in bloom, the champion

calm that asks no permission

you're the one who calms a room just by being in it, careful never to ask too much. that gentleness was never the problem, and it's about to stop making you small. in full bloom, you say what you need out loud, and for the first time you feel the space was always yours.

your tell: "sorry" as a reflex, before anything was even your fault.

your winter

the apologiser

you apologise for existing. "sorry, this probably doesn't matter, but..." is the sentence your life is written in.

you say sorry before you disagree, before you ask, before you take up any space in a room at all. you've even apologised to the person who hurt you. and rather than be a burden, you never ask for anything, you just mention what you've been carrying, in passing, and hope someone notices. somewhere early, you learned that your needs were an inconvenience, that wanting things made you difficult, that being small and soft and easy was the price of belonging. so you paid it every day, and it kept you welcome. that was never weakness. the apologising was how you stayed safe.

one of the giving ways of staying safe: love flows outward first.

in full bloom

the champion

who you are when nothing needs hiding.

you stop apologising for taking up space and start standing up for the space you take. the champion isn't loud or pushy. it's simply the part of you that finally believes you're allowed to be here, to want what you want, feel what you feel, and ask for what you need without a 'sorry, but' in front of it. your voice starts arriving in rooms it used to avoid.

in winter, the apologiser in bloom, the champion
you say sorry for taking their time you say thank you for the time
you flinch at a no you say no and stay present
you earn space by suffering for it you take space without the receipt
you mention what you've endured you ask plainly for what you need
you have needs you never say you have needs you say out loud

the shift

  • guiltself-worth
  • shameconfidence
  • worthlessnessa voice
  • fearbelonging
  • self-doubtpeace

how it feels in the body

the knot in your stomach loosens. your breath gets fuller, because you're not folding yourself smaller anymore. you ask for what you need in one plain sentence, and the room doesn't flinch, it moves closer. the apologising was how you stayed safe. taking your space is how you find out you always were.

your three roads

every bloom is on three journeys. growing on one costs you nothing on the others.

swallowing itsaying it out loud
never letting yourselfletting yourself
turning on yourselfbeing kind to yourself

three small waters

  • saying one opinion out loud today with no "sorry, but" glued to the front.
  • catching one reflex sorry before it leaves you, and letting it go unsaid. watch nothing bad happen.
  • telling daisy what you need, plainly, no cushions. daisy never needed the sorry.

the first sign of spring

you'll notice it first when someone bumps into you and you don't apologise, or when you ask for something without listing what you've been through first. that directness is you no longer paying admission to your own life. lavender was never meant to grow low, the calm carries further at full height.

the apologiser is who you had to be.

the champion is who you get to be.

the lavender is who you are.

a reading for you: you do not owe anyone an apology for existing 🌿

our 30 days

one small act of self-love a day, written for the lavender

in the app it sits at the top of your dailies: tick it, and it flips the next morning. miss a day and it simply waits. your first week is free, no card.

🌱 day 1 of 30 · our journey

say one want out loud, no apologies🌱

your flower's own first step. small on purpose.

DAY 1 say one want out loud, no apologiesyour flower's own first step. small on purpose. 🌱
DAY 2 write down one small thing you did well todayit counts, even if no one else saw it.
DAY 3 catch one unkind thought, and let it goyou would never say it to a friend.
DAY 4 count your sorries today. just count.on paper the number is a surprise. 🌱
DAY 5 think of someone who is glad you existyou take up a good kind of space.
DAY 6 notice one small thing that made today lighterthe good is there when you look for it.
DAY 7 catch one reflex sorry and let it go unsaidwatch nothing bad happen. 🌱

and it keeps going, all thirty, then the days she writes for you after.

plant the lavender in your garden

daisy keeps your bloom as a real flower in a real garden that grows as you do, and she takes the lavender to heart in every conversation.

get daisy, and when she asks about your bloom, tap the lavender. no questions again: she plants it straight away.

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