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The first wave
Something I've been building is finally complete. You've seen pieces of it — the wheel, the calls, the conversations we've had about emotions and what they're actually trying to tell us. What you haven't seen yet is the full arc. All of it, together, in sequence. Twenty modules that take you from naming what you feel all the way through to understanding how meaning gets made — and how to build it differently. I am so proud of this. And before I share it with the world, I want to teach it live — to you. Every week. 90 minutes. One module at a time. We move through the whole framework together, and you tell me what lands, what opens something, what needs more space. Your experience shapes what this becomes. I'm calling this group The First Wave. Because that's what you are — the first people to move through this before anyone else does. Not beta testers. Not a focus group. The ones who go first. It's free. It's live. And it starts when we have our people. If you want to be part of The First Wave, drop a 🌊 in the comments and I'll share all the details. I can't wait to be in the room with you. With love, Kimber
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My next Zoom call will be on Feeding vs Feeling.
If you haven’t made the previous calls, that’s completely okay. Each one builds on the last, but each one also stands on its own, so you can step in right here and still get a lot from it. This next conversation is about something so many of us do without even realizing it. Feeding an emotion is when we add to it with the story, the replaying, the meaning-making, the mental spiral, or the ways we keep it going. Feeling an emotion is different. It’s being with what is actually there without turning it into more than it is. We’ll look at how to tell the difference, why this matters, and how feeding can keep us stuck while feeling can help something move. If you’ve ever noticed yourself replaying, reacting, bracing, or staying caught in the same emotional loop, this call will give you a clearer way to see what’s happening. Before we meet, I’d love for you to spend a little time with two things. First, take the quiz, How Do You Ride Emotional Waves? Don’t overthink it. Just answer honestly and notice what stands out. https://agent-69a5ba694cc152--howdoyourideemotionalwaves.netlify.app/ Then go back to the Interactive Emotion Wheel and play with it for a few minutes. Move from vague to specific. See what’s actually underneath the first feeling. https://interactiveemotionswheel.netlify.app/ We are going to go deeper into Feeding vs Feeling the emotions, What is it, what does it look like and most importantly how does this affect my life. Just bring your noticing. That’s enough.
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Something new is taking shape here
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the feeling. It’s the moment right after it hits, when your mind grabs the wheel and suddenly you’re building a whole story from one text, one tone, one look, one silence. Anger turns into certainty. Worry turns into planning. Sadness turns into retreat. And if you’re anything like me, you can be “fine” on the outside while your inner world is doing laps. I’ve been talking a lot about learning to navigate our emotional terrain, and what I keep coming back to is this: naming what’s happening changes what happens next. If you want an easy entry point, I built a simple interactive tool you can use in real time. Here’s the link: https://agent-699354052618b416f7--comforting-wisp-5ca135.netlify.app/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQAox1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe1UOhCZfshEBGE_a2QRVNJw11Th_e8SSjXP0Ezl2jnMc5PCVhAqcgQB0TNRo_aem_t80CK4PzhhJ_ejpbjsqc_A
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Body wisdom
There’s a moment when the body tells the truth long before the mind is willing to hear it, and I felt that again this week. I kept brushing off the heaviness, the off-ness, the way everything in me felt dimmed. No dramatic fever, no collapse, just a steady sense that something wasn’t right. And I kept pushing anyway. A full house. Two workshops. Travel ahead. All the reasons I’ve used most of my life to override myself. What I noticed, sitting in that in-between space, was how quickly I questioned my own experience. How fast I went to self-blame instead of curiosity. It made me realize there’s still a part of me that struggles to believe my body without external proof. That old pattern of “it’s probably nothing, just keep going” runs deeper than I want to admit. Yesterday I finally listened. I went to the doctor. And today she came to my home because it’s pneumonia. The relief that moved through me wasn’t about the diagnosis itself. It was the validation that I wasn’t imagining my own unwellness. That I hadn’t failed. That my body had been asking for care, not critique. It made me wonder how many times we do this. How many times we override the quiet signals because life is full, because expectations feel louder, because we’ve learned to value productivity over presence. Then a moment like this stops us, and we’re reminded that the truth doesn’t need to be dramatic to be real. So I’m here now, in this honest pause, letting things soften so I can actually heal. And maybe that’s the real reconciliation. Learning to trust the quiet signs before they turn into something louder.
Mar 13 •
Part two comes out next week
I recently had a beautiful conversation on the Midlife Butterfly Podcast, hosted by Kena Siu. This podcast is all about the season of midlife—those moments when life looks “fine” on the outside, yet something inside is asking for more truth, freedom, and connection. The show explores identity shifts, emotional growth, and the courage it takes to become more fully yourself. In our conversation, we talk about the deeper process of remembering who we are beneath the roles and expectations we’ve carried for years. We explore emotional awareness, personal capacity, and what it means to move from performing strength to actually living from what is true. It’s an honest conversation about growth in midlife—how our stories change, how we learn to listen to our emotions instead of pushing them away, and how life can open up when we stop waiting for permission to be ourselves. If you’re navigating change, questioning old identities, or simply curious about the next chapter of your life, this conversation might resonate. 🎧 Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2424017/episodes/18839333
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