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Shailla Chand's avatar

Those assumptions we make about ourselves that allow fear to takeover are so reaaaal. Thank you for sharing this and I love to read that you've found your way through it!

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

They really are aren't they, and we so often mistake them for truth. Thank you ever so much for reading my work.

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Catherine's avatar

I think this is my new favourite thing that you’ve written. Thank you for sharing and if it helps to know that I was surprised to hear you were having such a hard time work-wise because my image of you is like a cozy but still unstoppable force of nature. I hope that you can find your audacity and confidence again and know what an impact you’ve had on my life.💖

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

Oh darling Catherine, this is everything. Thank you for always being so supportive, and yes, slowly coming back to myself. Appreciating you always.

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Karen Wesley's avatar

I simply love you and your words. You’re right. You are truly talented and have gifts to offer. ♥️

Onward!

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

Karen! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Onward indeed, right!

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Nyia's avatar

"I could see myself leaving myself." I, too, am healing from a season of depression. It takes strength to keep going, picking up the pieces of yourself and building again. I hear you, I see you, and I am proud of you. You got this ❤️

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

I'm with you Nyia, and it takes everything to keep on going, cultivating strength and passion, but we really have got this. Here with you x

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Hannah Wallace's avatar

love you and this x

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

Adore you Hannah!

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Kaitlyn Ramsay's avatar

That line!!! "I'm bored of myself." That feeling is so powerful.

I'm proud of you, Giselle.

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

It's so real sometimes isn't it! Thank you for being here Kaitlyn x

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Zenoushka's avatar

Love love love all of this Giselle - thank you. Your words really penetrated inside my soul. Currently trying to do the freelance hustle and boy is it hard AND I also feel excited by it xxx

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

I hear you on the freelance life, trusting all the magic, independence and freedom as you make your way through this path, through all of the bits that are hard xx

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Nadia Meli's avatar

I am so proud of you ❤️

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Giselle La Pompe-Moore's avatar

My sweet friend, I am proud of you too.

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Grant Hope's avatar

I don’t have insight into the UK, but here in the US there have been “reparation” and guilt movements in an effort to prioritize minorities by corporations and in public spaces. One of the unfortunate side effects of this is that these efforts are not based on merit, so when those efforts are paused or sidelined altogether, every people group has actually suffered the whole time, because divisions based on immutable characteristics have been propped up by authority figures that inject animus into public life.

It’s encouraging that you were able to zoom out and see the quality and integrity in your work without a push from behind even though an opportunity was lost. It sounds like you’re just one step away from making something happen. It’s just a choice to go ahead day by day. Good luck! I’ve subbed for your article.

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