Hi, it’s fab to have you pop by :)
I expect you’re here to find out what you'll receive from me... when you read words I‘ve written!
Well, I'm Emma 🌹 a Wife, Mom, Poet and Writer. I have a scientific background, am Mental Health First Aid trained and more.
And notes I end up sharing with you are a mix… because at times I write a note from my heart to yours, with the intention it holds helpful info from my life experiences. On other occasions the words I share have arrived randomly, or when I've sat at my writing desk and found words flowing. I jot down channelled words 'raw', and then revisit later to see if they hold something helpful I‘d enjoy sharing. I ‘polish’ lightly and edit them enjoyably to make sure they make sense... and then share the notes in a few different locations. Including here on my website publicly. Also on Medium and Bluesky, and some are in a newsletter that’s a private note. You can choose to pay for those newsletter notes by subscribing here for $5 a year, and help me plant trees in the process 🌳🌴🌲
I always intend that the words I share help you in some way.
Topics I tend to touch on include caring for ourselves, each other and nature (you’ll discover why if you read on!). Other topics may appear tho', as it depends what I channel when words arrive randomly. Please note I try to be as kind, calm and loving as I'm able when I'm writing. However, thanks to healing old wounds at a deep level I show up as even more me (not only the 'good, sweet' girl I was trained to be!).
Maybe you relate?
I prefer to be real in the words I write, and this means I sometimes share what I (rightly!) feel angry about, or show emotions and parts of my life I've tended to keep hidden. Especially in my newsletter notes, that are more private.
I hope you also feel you can be your whole self?
I’m thankful I've been seeing our world change in this regard. It isn't always welcome, yet it seems more and more folks are becoming more emotionally honest.
Have you noticed?
Do you also appreciate when people are?
If so we’ll likely get along! As honest emotional expression and Mental/Emotional health are something I frequently advocate for.
On occasions it’s possible you might also notice I write quite bluntly. I hope that doesn't scare you off! The times I do it's a deliberate choice, as it’s happened to me that a persons direct honesty has helped me see something I’ve been missing (and have needed to see!). I’ve recognised as I’ve got older that being kind doesn't always mean the 'lovely feeling' kindness we all like. True kindness may not feel kind in the moment (it's the kind I demonstrate when I'm saying no to my kiddos to a late night, for example!). Yet sometimes the kindest words I’ve said, and heard, have been the firm yet fair truth-telling that I share in my notes at times.
I'll add that I'm a long-time lover of the following sentiment:
"Be the Change You Wish to See in The World" - Gandhi
Do you like it as well?
I appreciate it helps keeps us accountable for our decisions, and shows us how we each choose to be in our world truly matters.
Kind. Courageous. Loving. Brave.
These are qualities I believe our world needs more of at the mo.
You as well?
Well, as you’re still here reading, I‘m guessing you’re like me, and like to get to know folks a bit better than small-talk level?
Okay! I’ll share below a little of life experiences I’ve had, that’ll help you understand more about who I am and what you receive when you read my words. Plus, why I write, too…
Let’s get into it!
You might like to know I grew up in a family that had a fair amount of dysfunction (honest truth-telling on related subjects is something I’ll touch on in newsletter notes at times… in a helpful way).
My past also included a leadership role at a young age, and I achieved academic and professional qualifications that added letters to my name. I bought myself a sports car, a nice home and enjoyed what some consider an admirable career in a respected profession. My heart tho’ led me in different directions.
Perhaps you‘ve experienced similar?
If you have you’ll understand some of where I’m coming from. We are of course all unique with different life experiences tho’.
Yet maybe you’ll discover we‘re pretty like-hearted, and share more similarities, as you keep reading?
I’ll share that I’ve experienced social anxiety at times, that I feel thankful I’ve (mostly!) overcome. And that I choose to write with the purpose of helping us live in a more loving world. A calmer, healthier and more peaceful place than the kind I grew up in. This is a dream I have for all. Especially as I’ve thankfully mostly achieved this on a personal level, in the family I’ve created with my loving husband, and people I choose to surround myself with now. Many are the types of folks I see as being brave, loving and extraordinarily inspiring change-makers.
Is the kind of world you’d like to live in calm, happy, healthy and equitable?
Well here’s what I most want to share with you in this 'about' note (maybe the most important words here actually). It’s that I believe we’re all being called on to make decisions at the mo based on the following…
Will we give in to fear, hate and division… or choose to be even more bravely loving with our own words and actions?
I sincerely believe we all have power to help make our world more wonderful.
You do for sure.
I am sure!
As I reckon you're reading this now 'cos you're meant to be here... and I’m wondering as I write this if you’ve ever heard of the concept called emotional contagion? I'm sure you're likely aware that how we each choose to feel can ripple out to affect others?
I'm curious to know tho’ if you‘ve ever fully recognised all of the power that you're holding… and whether you've realised you're here to make a difference, and have been gifted ‘unique to you’ abilities and life experiences to help you do so?
I’m imagining what our world would be like now if we‘d all been encouraged from a young age to discover our own unique gifts and talents, and then been taught to work with them in enjoyable ways to help us and others thrive.
Wouldn’t this create a beautiful win-win world?
Where all are okay… and all our needs are being met.
What if we’d all been taught to pursue this way of life?
How cool, hey?!?
Instead of chasing external (empty?) measures of success that seem to be what’s celebrated. Such as how we look on the outside, excessive wealth and status. And fancy (unnecessary?) possessions.
Ahem. Just like I did.
Ah well, we live 'n learn don't we!
Well, anyways, I tend to digress… and ya know what… this is what you’ll find when you read the words I write, as I tend to write like I’m chatting with a dear friend (this is exactly how I show up with folks I love and trust in real life!). So, we may meander together… just like we’re having real-life in-person conversations :)
Oh, and you might also like to know that when I polish words I write I’m tending to take into account info I’ve gathered thro’ a conventional and spiritual healing journey I began around two decades ago.
It’s had me working with complementary and alternative therapies at times, as well as Counsellors, a Psychologist and Psychotherapists. It’s healing that’s included inter-generational healing, and healing for my own childhood and adult traumas. Along with spiritual exploration.
Plus, I tend to draw on my past work and additional (formal and informal) studies I enjoy as a life long learner. This all means I bring honest emotional expression, and metaphysical and scientific perspectives to what I share.
And sometimes I just decide it’s best to get daft!
’Cos it seems to me we all need to enjoy our lives being lightened up with silliness at times :)
Especially now.
Do you agree?
It’s also likely you'll like my notes if you care about the serious subject of mitigating climate change. As it’s a passion of mine I pursue. As well as my own climate care, I’ve asked companies (such as Medium) to take better care of this planet we share. And I continue to be on a quest to do all I can with regard to this (full disclosure, climate tends to show up in what I share quite often)… tho’ please know I’ve learned it’s fine, and necessary, that we focus on joy as well. And it’s okay that we each climate care imperfectly. Rather than try to do it ‘right’… because perfectionism with climate care can tend to paralyse us.
Don’t ask me how I know!
So… are you feeling we're like-hearted?
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So thank you for helping me climate care if you do so.
I decided a while ago to plant trees as one of my climate actions, to help highlight our care is required in an ongoing way. I do this whenever I share a poem I've written with one of my notes.
So far 225 trees have been planted (November 2025)
How often will you receive notes if you pay?
Well, as my children become older I expect I'll write more often, for now tho' I ebb and flow. I do promise to only send notes when I feel guided to and have something to share that can help you.
Still here?
You’re for sure like me! Liking to get to know folks far more deeply.
Well, if you’ve already read notes I've written elsewhere, you may know some of what follows; however, something I like to understand is why people do what they do, so below are three reasons why I write the notes I do to you:
1) I advocate for self-care (and trained as a Mental Health First Aider) because sadly there’s a history of death by suicide in my family. Another family member also attempted suicide.
Writing is a way I help ripple out mental health care.
2) I’ve felt desperately lonely at different times in my life for a variety of reasons. Developing healthy relationships that are mutually supportive and genuine is something I’m thankful I’ve achieved. So, in a time when many feel disconnected, I also occasionally share about healthy relationships because I know how good it feels to overcome overwhelming loneliness.
If you might be reading this quietly (as I often used to), and feel lonely at the mo, I hope knowing loneliness is possible to overcome gives you hope
3) I care deeply about caring for our shared home and mitigating human-caused climate change damage, as one subject I studied in the past was Environmental Science. Plus, I’ve experienced terrifying-at-the-time climate change events.
Have you experienced similar? Perhaps wildfires or wildfire smoke more often? Tornados, hurricanes or more severe storms that are happening more frequently? Maybe flooding?
Or have you simply been noticing unusual weather for the time of year where you are?
All are changes rooted in the fact us humans are still using too many fossil fuels.
Well, I’ve learned that chatting about climate change and taking climate action reduces our rightful eco-anxiety. So every time I feel a spike of climate worry, I lessen it by adding a new action to what I do, and often find words flow on the topic.
Does climate change concern you too?
Do you enjoy taking care of this planet?
All our large and small actions add up, I believe.
If you ever want to help me climate care, you can choose at anytime to pay to receive newsletter notes I share, and I'll then donate to plant another tree.
What you and I both choose to do makes a difference, I firmly believe this. As the late, great Jane Goodall said...
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make ~ Jane Goodall
Sometimes notes I share are polished, at other times they’re v imperfect and raw. They’re written to help you tho', and I hope you enjoy and receive what you need.
Thank you for reading today
Love, Emma 🌹♥️
P.S. It feels sad to have to add this; however, in this era of AI, I promise when you're reading notes I share, you're reading words I've written to you.
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