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Such beautiful writing Emma, inspiring and hopeful. Your words took me on the journey with you, up mountains and into unknown places, and always with a deeper understanding of self. I too love hiking and climbing mountains and as you said it is in these places that you can learn new habits, break old boundaries, and finally be yourself. 🙏

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Oct 3Author

Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, Kate. Sometimes the reflection is harder than the journey itself, but it's all worth it when you can appreciate the view.

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Sep 29Liked by Emma

Amazing reflections Emma 🧡 a brilliant articulation of some of what I felt as well travelling while managing neurodivergence. You’re a fantastic writer

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I'm glad to hear it resonates and wasn't just a me thing! Your check ins made the trip manageable on those tough days!

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Sep 29·edited Sep 29Liked by Emma

This is beautiful Emma! “But later, when the feelings of unease unfurl in my stomach, I have to tune into a specific frequency, twiddling the dials with a finesse I haven't yet mastered...” My gosh your morning pages were a lot more coherent than mine 😂

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These were edited from the original haha!! But thank you so so much beauty ❤️

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Emma, I love love loved this issue!!! Your writing is so lyrical and heartfelt despite discussing heavy things like your pain, mental health and neurodivergence. I could have kept reading on forever. Thank you for sharing this with so much vulnerability, you create a beautiful intimacy with your writing. I’m excited to ready part 2! Proud of you xxxxx

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Thank you so much for this huge compliment! I sometimes find it hard to strike the balance between metaphor and tangible narration, so this means a lot <3

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Emma, the comment about sitting down and marking a whole class in one go is WILD. I am on day two of ten at a time and I feel like such a failure every time I have to put the pile away because it’s too overwhelming.

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Oct 9Author

Oh I feel this deeply! It's probably worth mentioning the essays I was referring to were my Year 7 class - and I too have been taking my emotional support pile of marking to and from school for the past three days. The only reason I had to do them in one go is because I left them until the last minute in the first place. Two at a time is the superior approach in my eyes!

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Ha emotional support pile is absolutely it. Mine are year 9 Lord of the Flies 🆘

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Oct 2Liked by Emma

It takes real guts to be vulnerable and share so openly sis! Thank you for doing just that. Your writing is beautiful and incredibly insightful 🥹💗Haha hmmm my obsession with randomly saying YABBBIIIEEE sounds like a stim 🤔😂 haha and yes Katherine my morning pages were defs not as reflective. A lot of “damnnn how GOOD is dhal”, “it’s been 6 days since my last Pepsi Max”, etc 🤣🤣🤣

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Oct 3Author

Girl, you make me blush. I felt as though I was complaining about my pain the whole time and writing very figuratively, but there was some worthy reflection in there when I went back and dug a little deeper!

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