Isla McLachlan- Breath-work Practitioner, Hypnotherapist & Coach

Hey beautiful human, here’s a few affirmations for healing internalised queerphobia as an LGBTQIA+ person, whether that be homophobia, lesbiphobia, biphobia, panphobia, transphobia, non-binaryphobia, interphobia, polyfobia, acephobia or any other phobia related to your s*xuality and how you identify and express your gender. ⁣🌈
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I recommend saying these affirmations out loud these whilst looking at yourself in the mirror to to rewire your subconscious mind and body.

It’s even better if you speak them out loud when you’re in a state where you are experiencing strong positive feelings, emotions and sensations to help your subconscious to be the most receptive to accepting these affirmations and to rewiring into your subconscious and unconscious mind and body. ✨

You can even rewire your subconscious by saying these affirmations out loud whilst giving yourself some loving touch, whilst using a glass/ crystal egg or during self pleasure when you’re connected to yourself and your body and you’re feeling all the good feels and all the dopamine, oxytocin, endorphins are flowing. That’s right, there’s science to s.x magic 🪄

Self pleasure also helps to stimulate and tone your vagus nerve, activating the parasympathetic nervous system/ rest and digest state, helping you to create that feeling of safety and calm in your body in fully receiving these affirmations and creating new beliefs. The more toned your vagus nerve is the quicker you’ll be able to recover from stress and stressors related to being LGBTQIA+, including prejudice, discrimination and micro-aggressions.

You can also say these affirmations during breath-work and self-hypnosis, where you’re in a trance like state and have direct access to, and can therefore most easily rewire your subconscious and unconscious mind and body.

I incorporate affirmations (otherwise known as suggestion therapy) into sessions with 1:1 clients inside of Serenity Space, deep healing and coaching session with optional Telegram support and my 3-6 journey Sensual Serenity.🦋

if you’re looking for a support please feel free to drop me a DM or book a free connection call to discuss working together in the link in my bio.

Received this 1:1 Serenity Space™ testimonial from earlier this week. Read Olivia’s experience of how breath-work helped her to manage stress and anxiety, process her emotions and feel calmer and more herself earlier this week ✨⁣
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“⁣𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴; 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩-𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭! 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 ‘𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧’. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮.”⁣⁣

Serenity Space is a space in your week/month to connect to yourself, process your emotions and feel calmer, more energised and clear on your next steps. Spaces available with and without Telegram as well as a lower income rate option for those earning under £25.5K per year. ⁣⁣Book your Serenity Space via the link below. Feel free to message me with any questions ☺️⁣

https://calendly.com/isla-mclachlan

If you’re looking to optimise your fertility and become pregnant, Women's Health Expert & Nutritional Therapist Lynda Stretton has 50% off her signature 8 week online programme Fast-Track Your Fertility until 23:59 on 21st February, a perfect gift for you or a loved one for Valentines.

My guest expert contributions include a fertility hypnotherapy session that you can do every single day, whereby you’ll be guided into full mind & body relaxation, so you can cultivate more peace and trust in your body, as well as a new sense of ease - no matter where you are on your fertility journey. In addition to this, I have hosted a self-love & sensuality workshop to guide you to reconnect with your sensuality, so you can experience more pleasure and fall back in love with your body.

Check out the course for more details here: https://lnkd.in/eSfqYkUr

Use the discount code "ISLA" at checkout for 50% off until 21st February at 23:59.

Hello beautiful people,

It’s been a while since I introduced myself on here, swipe across for my full reintroduction or read on below…

I’m Isla, I’m a multi-certified, integrative and trauma-informed Holistic Healing Facilitator, Breath-work Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Sexuality + Intimacy Coach, LGBTQ+ Mentor & Founder of Breathnosis®.

I hold space for sensitive, passionate and ambitious people to feel more connected to and at home in themselves, in their bodies and in their authentic s*xuality, so that they can feel more peace, self-worth, pleasure, connection and meaning in their lives, relationships and businesses.

I am a geek at heart and love continuing to learn more about psychology, neuro-science and s*xology, especially about the mind and body connection. I also adore leaning into the more mystical side of things and all things herbs, essential oils, energy healing, flower essences and crystals. My values are kindness, peace, connection, equality and integrity.

My previous career was in the legal industry, in which I worked as a paralegal and adviser for various human rights investigations, organisations and charities for several years. I also had a stint working for a corporate law firm as a regulatory paralegal before I decided to turn down a scholarship to train as a barrister and retrain to pursue my passion in holistic well-being. For a while I also did a bit of freelance trade-mark and business consultancy.

Although I enjoyed aspects of working in law, such as advocating for causes I am passionate about, I had my doubts over the years as to whether the realities of working in the industry was what I wanted for myself. This was especially after experiencing a few bouts of burnout and what I now know was C-PTSD, some of which related to work related vicarious trauma and being neuro-divergent in a very rigid and archaic industry which doesn't encourage people to talk about their mental and emotional health and well-being.

I live with my partner Ab in Oxford, and we’ve been together for just over 7 years. I came out as Bis*xual to my family and friends just before we started dating. Prior to then I had only dated men, but I had questioned my s*xuality ,kissed women and had several “girl crushes” prior to that, including Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johansson and Emma Watson to name a few… When I met Ab I was instantly very attracted to her, which confirmed to me that I couldn’t ignore and push that part of me to the side anymore.

I am a massive animal lover- to the extent that it’s a non-negotiable that I have a pet of some kind in the not too distant future. In the meantime, I love visiting the horses, foals and cows nearby. (check out my highlights)

Those of you who have been here a while may know my very timid tortie Delilah who lives with my Mum, along with our gorgeous guinea pigs Demelza (baby spice), Dedee (ginger spice) and our most recent addition to the family Bambi (sporty spice), as well as Smudge- the cute shetland pony that we go and visit on our walks.

I take a very holistic and bespoke approach with clients and integrate a unique combination of healing & coaching modalities working with the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind and body depending on on your unique history, health, preferences and desires for our work together.

These include hypnotherapy, rebirthing breath-work, conscious-connected breath-work, breath-work relaxation techniques, transformational coaching, existential coaching, s*x, love and relationship coaching, mindfulness coaching, meditation, somatic healing, inherited family trauma work, ta***ic embodiment practices, EFT, mentoring, as well as own trauma-informed healing modality Breathnosis®.

Breathnosis® combines the science and holistic healing benefits of hypnotherapy, rebirthing breath-work and somatic healing. I developed it through my experience of working with private clients, as well as my study of various healing modalities and disciplines over 3.5 years and under supervision of Amanda Joy, Director of The Northern College of Clinical Hypnotherapy.

Breathnosis® offers a relaxing healing portal in which you can reconnect to yourself and rewire your unconscious and subconscious mind and body, as well as optimise your holistic health and well-being.

It is a gentle healing modality which can be used for healing your relationship with yourself, your body and your s*xuality, as well as for regulating your nervous system, integrating trauma, managing stress and anxiety, cultivating deeper levels of inner peace, self-worth, confidence and manifesting your desired future.

I love connecting with and working with people 1:1 so much that I solely work with people 1:1. Ways you can work with me include my 3-6 month holistic healing and coaching journey Sensual Serenity®, as well as Serenity Space™- your space over a week to connect to yourself, your body and your intuition and feel deeper clarity and ultimately, more you.

You can book a free connection call to find out more and see if working together is right for you via the link in my bio. Any questions, feel free to drop me a message, I love hearing from and connecting with my community.💛

Also, you can mostly find me on Instagram, so if you haven’t already follow me .mclachlan ☺️

Swipe across to read Kathy’s full testimonial after working together 1:1. 🌈

🌿I have a few spaces for clients to begin working with me before the end of 2022 inside of my 3-6 month 1:1 holistic healing and coaching journey Sensual Serenity. Book a connection call to enquire via the link in my bio.

🌿Alternatively, you can also book a Serenity Space, a mini experience of working together including an introductory call, a deep healing and coaching session, recordings from our session to re-listen to & 1 week of voice note and instant message support on Telegram/ Voxer. Think of it as space in your diary to connect to yourself, your body & your intuition and feel more peaceful, grounded and ultimately, more yourself.

Isla x

I’ll be going LIVE with Lynda Stretton .stretton at 7pm BST today over on IG .McLachlan. She’ll be sharing her story of demystifying fertility, the affects of our modern lifestyle, and why she’s so passionate about supporting women to get pregnant using a holistic approach through bringing their mind and body back into alignment. Lynda will also be discussing how our fertility can be linked to our overall health and why it’s important to be conscious of even if you aren’t planning to have children.

✨Lynda, is a Women’s Health Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist who and mindset coach who is passionate about helping women supercharge their fertility, support themselves and their growing babies through pregnancy and nurture their minds and bodies postpartum.

✨After a 5 year battle with anorexia nervosa led to her losing her menstrual cycle, Lynda spent the next 17 years believing she was infertile. But after studying what it really takes to create a fertile body, Lynda was able to bring her cycle back and fall pregnant weeks ahead of her 37th birthday. This led to Lynda pivoting her career to support women across the world supercharge their fertility too. Now 40 years old, Lynda is excited to be expecting her second child this Autumn and is more passionate than ever about demystifying fertility, and helping everyone, whatever their age or relationship status fall pregnant too.

Breathe with me LIVE on Instagram tomorrow at 8:30 am GMT 🍃⠀⠀
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I had a little intuitive pull to start offering some mini breath-work sessions to all of you who are in my Instagram community. ⠀⠀
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I had intended this to be a weekly thing, but after hearing from you, I’ve decided to offer space for us to come together, connect and breathe before starting twice per week. ⠀⠀
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Mondays 8 30 AM GMT- INSTAGRAM LIVE
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Wednesdays 10 AM GMT- INSTAGRAM LIVE ⠀⠀
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💛Join me at 8 30 AM GMT tomorrow to...⠀⠀
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☀️Connect to you, your breath and your body⠀⠀
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🍃Calm your nervous system⠀⠀
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🦋Start your week off intentionally

If you don’t already follow me on Instagram, you can connect with me .mclachlan ⠀
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None of us are immune from this. ⠀⠀
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Last summer I was burning out and poor mental health crept up on me. ⠀⠀
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Old habits and patterns found a sneaky way of repeating, just in a new form. Now instead of spending all my emotional and physical energy in my legal job in the city, I was doing it in my business. Trying to do everything I could , with the tools and knowledge I know had, to help others. ⠀
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Although I was still doing the healing work myself, I found myself exhausted because I wasn’t creating enough space. ⠀
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The past year has been tough on all of us. We all have different coping mechanisms and emotional reactions in times of distress. ⠀⠀
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Over the years, one of mine has been to completely immerse myself in my work... ⠀
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I love what I do and always love learning more, and at the beginning as an introvert (and nerd) I was in my element. As time went on though, something bigger was going on for me internally.⠀⠀
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The whole set up of lockdown reminded me of how I used to lock myself away for months during exams and law school and put me in that state of fight and flight. ⠀⠀
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It was also a distraction from having to feel disappointment at plans being cancelled, sadness of not knowing when I was going to see Ab and other loved ones again. Over time I felt a numbness, a sadness and a loneliness.⠀⠀
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I took a big step back and looked at the way I was approaching my business. For a while, I was operating as extrovert while I’m an extroverted introvert. I wasn’t giving myself enough SPACE for myself, for the things that give me joy and pleasure and for my own healing practices. And for truly nurturing the deep connections with the people I love.⠀⠀
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Although it wasn’t pretty at the time- it’s actually been a beautiful lesson. A new level of understanding myself. Another layer of healing. ⠀⠀
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It meant that now I have slow mornings - unapologetically. I’ll never be in the 5am club and I’m more than at peace with that. I wouldn’t trade slow, intentional and pleasure filled mornings in. ⠀⠀
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Devotion to my well-being, self care and healing practices for me looks like taking ownership over my time and giving myself the permission to go slow and take breaks when needed.

I’m not going to hold back from sharing how beautiful it can be, even when times are tough. ❤️
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There’s a part of me that sometimes wonders if I should hold back from sharing my happy relationship online. ⠀⠀
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There’s a part of me that sometimes worries it’s insensitive to those who are single and who feel lonely, especially during times like this when it’s hard to date. If that’s you, sending you love. ⠀⠀
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Not to mention a lot of peoples’ relationships have been put under enormous strain due to this time. Whether you’re together and are arguing, or you’re apart and one or both of you is feeling anxious and disconnection from one another, it’s not easy. ⠀⠀
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Also, it’s not as if we’ve found Lockdown apart easy. We spent 5 months apart during the first one and haven’t seen each other since October. During the first lockdown, my coping mechanism was to distract myself with work so I didn’t have to think about not knowing when we were next going to see each other. I wasn’t as present. ⠀⠀
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We found ourselves operating on different schedules and missing opportunities to speak to eachother. We had some difficult conversations which ultimately brought us closer together. We learned to communicate more and to give and receive love the way the other person needs and desires the most. It’s not all roses being apart, but our emotional connection is stronger, even if we’re hundreds of miles apart. Our relationship is stronger than ever.
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✨It still gets to be magical even when you’re miles apart or when you’ve been isolated together in such a difficult situation. You can still have intimate moments and feel deep connection. Sometimes it can even accelerate your growth as a couple. The key 🔑 is open and authentic communication and seeking to understand the other person rather than seeking to be understood. ⠀⠀
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✨For those of you who are single, give yourself the gift of REALLY getting to know yourself on a deeper level. Get intimate with what you desire in a relationship. It’s a time to prioritise your own healing and give yourself all the self-love. Your relationship with yourself lays the foundation for all.

We don’t shame the wildflowers for their wildness- when they blossom, anyway. 💐⠀
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🌊We don’t shame Mother Nature for its raw expression. ⠀
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🔥We don’t shame animals for attending to their primal needs. ⠀
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🦋We don’t shame the phoenix for rising up from the ashes and being born again. ⠀
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🍃So why do we carry so much shame for our own humanity?⠀
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🦚Why do we carry so much shame for being all of who we are?⠀
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So release all that shame that you carry and be, express and own all of you, just as you are. 💐

Merry Christmas from Daisy and I. ⠀⠀
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Sending so much love to you and your family, whatever your situation. I know this year has been challenging and this Christmas is very different, with many peoples’ plans changing last minute. Please know it’s ok to feel however you feel. ⠀
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I hope that you are able to have some moments of joy, love and connection over this time, whether virtually or in person and you take some time to recharge. ⠀
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If you’re looking to double down on your self-care this season, you can access replays of free healing meditations and mini breath-work sessions inside of my free Facebook community- Soulful Self-love. Link in comments.⠀
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Isla x

All of you is beautiful, including your s*xuality x

If you’ve been struggling with internalised societal shame or you’re simply not fully embracing your s*xuality, join us for a healing breath-work meditation tomorrow morning.✨⠀⠀
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💛I’ll be holding space for you to cultivate self-love and feel at home in yourself and your authentic s*xuality.⠀⠀⠀
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🍃You deserve to feel fully free to be and express all of who you are and feel amazing in your s*xuality. ⠀⠀
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🍃You deserve to feel deep human connection, love and happiness. Gift yourself this time to support you in this journey. ⠀⠀⠀
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✨Exclusive to my free Facebook community Soulful Self-love - link in comments. This is a safe space for womxn and non binary people no matter your s*xual orientation. 💓⠀⠀⠀
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Saturday 5th December 10 am GMT⠀⠀
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Looking forward to holding space for you.⠀💓⠀⠀
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Isla x⠀⠀⠀
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Gift yourself or a loved one some self-care. 🥰⠀
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Perfect to reconnect to you, your breath and your body & to let go of anything you’re holding onto. Leave feeling deeply peaceful and relaxed. ❤️⠀
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If you book a 1:1 rebirthing breath-work session before midnight tonight you receive a lovely 20% off. ⠀
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Book through the link in my bio ✨

How I want every human to feel- Free.🍃⠀
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🍃Free to explore and honour their deep truth without holding back. ⠀⠀
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🍃Free to lean into their true, deep desires and dreams without shame. ⠀⠀
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🍃Free to feel attraction without shame. ⠀⠀
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🍃Free to love whoever they love without hesitation.⠀⠀
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🍃Free to be wear their heart of their sleeve.⠀
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🍃Free to have heart to hearts or casual chats without filtering out their authentic s*xuality due to internalised shame or fear that the other person will feel awkward in their presence.⠀
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🍃Feel to be and express all of who they are in their lives.⠀⠀
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🍃Free from their fears so that they can experience amazing connection, love and happiness.

Any shame you feel related to your s*xuality doesn’t my belong to you, my love. You are worthy of feeling free to be and express all of you. Your s*xuality is beautiful. You are worthy of taking up space.

Grateful for my younger self for choosing love over fear....❤️⠀⠀
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Fear of not being accepted.⠀⠀⠀
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Fear of no longer being able connect with and have intimate friendships with other women anymore. ⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For being bold enough to flirt when it felt messy and awkward af.⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For loving herself enough to lean into curiosity, magnetic desire and love. ⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For loving herself enough to listen to her heart and soul.⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For semi deliberately missing that last train and by-election to spending the evening and night at Ab’s. ⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For being bold enough to go in for that first kiss Ab on Bournemouth Beach. ⠀⠀⠀
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❤️For rebelling against my law school and travelling to several countries with Ab when we in our first few months of dating.⠀⠀⠀
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🍃You are worthy of loving freely. ⠀⠀⠀
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🍃You are worthy of being all of you. ⠀⠀⠀
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🍃You are worthy of sharing all of who you are. ⠀⠀⠀
🍃You are worthy of loving yourself and your authentic s*xuality always. ⠀⠀⠀
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🍃You are worthy of choosing you no matter what.⠀⠀
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You are worthy of love- no matter whether people love you just as much or not. No matter whether some people understand or accept all of you. Know some may come around after a bit of time.

Connect, share & breathe with us at 4pm GMT this afternoon ✨ ⠀⠀
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Join us live for a group sharing circle and breath-work healing experience.⠀⠀
It'll be a space to connect with like-minded souls, reconnect to you, your breath, your body & feel peaceful and grounded during this time. ⠀⠀
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If you fancy joining for some human connection and self-care this Saturday feel free to join my free Facebook community Soulful Self-love for the zoom link.⠀⠀
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Link in comments 🍃