Hello , my fellow brave human

Do you ever give the time to listen to yourself? Like, really listen.

Not to the endless chatter in your head - the judgements, the mental to-do lists, the noise - but to that quieter voice underneath it all?

I’ve been noticing how the world seems designed to distract us these days. 

We’re constantly consuming other people’s opinions about everything and nothing, scrolling through feeds, catching up on news, filling every quiet moment with someone else’s voice. 

Telling us this is the way to do things, or to look this way. Or to buy that. 

And somewhere along the way, we’ve stopped listening to ourselves - as if everyone else’s thoughts are somehow more interesting or important than our own.

I’ve been experimenting for the past two months. 

I’ve stopped listening to podcasts, I’ve stepped away from social media, avoided the news cycle as much as I can, and now I even drive in silence most of the time. 

I look at an old fashioned bedside clock rather than picking up my phone first thing.

Instead of constantly absorbing information, I’ve been creating these gaps of space where I can actually listen. Or at least sit and wait and see what comes up. 

And within just two weeks of avoiding distractions, something shifted. I started to feel completely different about things I do and turn my attention to. 

I noticed my anxiety shift. When I’m sitting and listening, I feel like I’m diving beneath the noise of the surface, batting away the little voices so I can hear my own - which has a very different feel to it. And I’m learning to trust what is pure unadulterated me versus the little voices that sound like me.

I have noticed less self-judgement. Less fear of what others might think. Those little voices that usually try to stop me from moving forward, being brave? They’re much quieter now.

This process has helped me to become not only more measured in my decisions but also more creative, more playful and to think of the possibilities.

Because when we have proper space in our day to just be and listen (which might only be 10 minutes at a time), we can start to tap into what matters and what doesn’t.  

We can choose what we want to focus on, what we want to learn, need to know, or hear from others. 

So I have a challenge for you : over the next couple of weeks, when you catch yourself reaching for your phone out of boredom, looking for a bit of distraction - what if you just… didn’t?

What if you gave yourself those moments to simply be? And listen. 

I am genuinely interested in your experience. Most of us were brought up without the noise that the youngest generation now have. It’s important we try and experience it again. 

You might be surprised by what your own voice has to say when you finally give it the space to speak.

Have a lovely week listening to you, and let me know how it goes.

Here’s to your brilliance

Kirsty x

P.S. I do keep catching myself out - old habits and all that! But that’s part of the practice, isn’t it?