And there's been conversations here on Swell a lot around, like, what is the meaning of it and why do we get stressed out? And what is family conjure up in us? And do we feel depleted or do we feel, like, completely abundant and all that stuff in between and the pressure of feeling something at all around this holiday. But the bigger question that's come up for me is if homes truly where the heart is, then where are you right now in that feeling?
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:54
I'm in a space of focusing on what matters to me and actually nurturing all facets of me versus trying to really highlight what I believe someone else or society or religion deems as appropriate and important and a value. But if it's a value to me, then that's what I want to promote and highlight. So that's what makes me feel at home. And I have an understanding that I am the home. Wherever I go, I can make it home
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:55
But also in these moments when you're replying to other people and navigating something bigger than your own truth, it's an honor to be in the conversation with you about it because it means that you're stretching out of your own little space of which can feel confining sometimes because it's so defined by an event and an everlasting sense of loss and reconfiguring. So, yeah, I'm fully aware that a heart is not just home when it's joyful