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Soul Beauty Blessings's avatar

I love this so much Shannon, and I can relate to so much of what you have written. You have such a beautiful genuine heart, and I am so grateful to have found you here on Substack. You truly speak to my heart. Thank you friend! 🌼✨

Shannon Hugman's avatar

I appreciate you and your words so much!!! From the depths of my heart big love and gratitude sistar ✨✨💛💛

Parul's avatar
5dEdited

‘In my heart all I feel is a call for peace’ - yes and yes to the sentiment and love that’s in this piece. A lovely piece x

Shannon Hugman's avatar

Thank you my friend :)

Leanna Bishop's avatar

There is so much in here that resonates with me. The thread that really stayed with me (as always) is that moment when the body registers something long before the mind can explain it. I see that constantly in real life all the time. Our nervous systems often know when something’s off, or when something’s true, well before we have the language to make sense of it. And I genuinely appreciated the honesty about the exhaustion many people are feeling around the more performative edges of the spiritual world. I’ve had my fair share of moments watching and being a roadie that supported the rise of the spiritual pop princess era and now knowing… something about this is pretty messed up (to put it mildly)

I’ve noticed you’ve been engaging with quite a few of my pieces lately, and it feels like we’re both circling a similar pattern from different angles. I think there’s something genuinely grounding in that, especially for those of us speaking from places that don’t always fit neatly into the louder narratives. For me it keeps coming back to something very simple: learning how to settle our own systems enough that we’re not adding more noise to a world that’s already pretty dysregulated. I really loved receiving this piece, Thankyou

Shannon Hugman's avatar

Thank you for being you! I know it sounds a little cheesy, but truly, your presence here on Substack, your perspectives and shares are felt in my world. It’s exciting to feel like I am not the only one, and also allows me to send compassion to my past self who knew something was “off” but assumed it was a issue on my end. I’m learning to listen when my body knows something is “off”, but also getting to experience the gift of feeling her respond to what feels right. That’s what it feels like connecting with you here, and it’s an answered prayer 🤍

Leanna Bishop's avatar

Shannon… I don’t even know how to fully respond to this, but I just want to say thank you. Hearing that Ive helped you reconnect in someway… 😭 Geezus, that really means a lot and I don’t take these words lightly. I’m really glad our paths have crossed here. Like, GENUINELY.

Keep listening babe. Keep trusting your body even when it’s hard. Especially then.

Leanna ♥️

Shannon Hugman's avatar

me toooo!!! Sending you a massive wave of gratitude!!!

B Foster's avatar

Shannon I can feel your heart fully in this writing. Thank you. Sending you all the love

Shannon Hugman's avatar

thank you my friend! Big hugs and love from my heart to yours :)

daisy's avatar

I loved reading this so much, thank you for sharing more about your journey, Shannon. Every time I see your words on my feed I genuinely feel so grateful for this opportunity to connect with you. You are a truly special human, can’t wait to see how things evolve, for both of us! Sending so much love, always 🤍

Shannon Hugman's avatar

aweeeee daisy you made my day!!! Thank you for this! Receiving the love and beaming it back, cheering you on and ready to see how good it can get for us :)

daisy's avatar

thank you thank you. all my love 🤍

Soul Beauty Blessings's avatar

Oh and here goes my second comment… lol. I thought I would share my latest article with you since you were the one that tagged me regarding this, and because of this you inspired my latest article. So I want to thank you for that.

https://soulbeautyblessings.substack.com/p/weaving-love-into-the-fabric-of-community?r=6grks5&utm_medium=ios

Shannon Hugman's avatar

Yay!!!! So excited to read it ❤️❤️❤️