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This is beautiful, thank you. The word hope has always been important to me, and I love your definition of it. My nightly skincare routine is also a way to take care of myself after a day of taking care of others! It's a moment to pause. Thanks for making me think about the word ritual in a different way.

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oh thank you, jess, i’m so glad it resonated with you! hope has been important to me too, so full of intentions! 💕

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Beautiful 😊 I've been thinking a lot anojr ritual lately, how critical it is to our individual wellbeing and to social cohesion, but also how it can go askew. Love this essay, thank you for sharing

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thank you, bronwen! yeah right? i really liked cultish’s focus on the role language plays in how ritual can go eskew, it feels pretty layered which is nice in the internet age hah!

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Totally! I actually have Cultish on my TBR. I saw her on a documentary about that kundalini studio / cult n LA and India, Breath of Fire I think it's called, have you seen it? I found it fascinating, think you'd enjoy (enjoy is the wrong word given its a cult and ppl were exploited but you know what I mean 😄)

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lol yeah i know what you mean! i haven’t, so i will check out! i love seeing someone in conversation after being absorbed by their writing especially

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Yeah, she seems very cool and the docuseries is just overall fascinating

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So beautiful!

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thank you, cameron!

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What a meditation this is. I needed it this morning! Thank you ❤️

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oh thank you, alicia! that means a lot ❤️

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