This week we stayed with the theme Small Joys, Big Medicine and truthfully, it has been one of those weeks where I have really felt that. Behind the scenes, I’ve been making a few lovely updates to the community. The journal links are now in place in the Classroom under Journals, and I’ve also updated my About page. I held my very first Silver Circle this week too, which I thoroughly enjoyed. That replay will be added to the Classroom soon as a free archive for Kindling members. ⭐ I’ve also been enjoying time in other communities this week. I particularly loved the masterclass from @themoneygoddess - Money in Your Stars. I highly recommend having a look if you haven’t already. It was fascinating on so many levels, including some I hadn’t even considered before. ⭐ I’ve also been reading Miracles Are Normal, now out in paperback, co-written by Lauren Kinghorn @miraclesarenormal. It’s such a lovely pick-me-up, and it felt beautifully aligned with this week’s theme. A reminder that often the smallest things carry the deepest medicine. As we move into next week, our new theme is Gratitude in Ordinary Moments. That feels especially meaningful to me right now, because today I realised that many of my ordinary moments are not ordinary at all. We work so hard to shape the life we live, and this morning I felt such a strong shift into the present. Not pulled back by the weight of the past, and not reaching ahead for answers from the future - just here. Safe. Real. Present. It felt deeply freeing. So that is the intention I’m carrying into the week ahead- to be present in the moments that make up my life, and to meet them with gratitude.

I’ve really loved our theme this week. - noticing whats already there It has actually taught me a lot. I am a person who is always onto the next thing all the time. The next idea, the next task, the next thing to build, do or create. And this kind of gratitude has really helped me stop and have a look around me, in a metaphorical sense. And there really is so much already there, all around us, all the time. From glimmers, to kind invitations, to book launches, to noticing that every negative has a positive, and that there can’t really be one without the other and it's with gratitude that lesson came to me. I’ve also been following the Artemis moon journey this week. I’ve always had a fascination with the moon, and yes… there it is. Every night. Whether we notice it or not. That has definitely felt part of this week’s lesson for me too. It was wonderful to track the progress of the four brave astronauts and watch their safe return from their farthest ever expedition. I watched the press conference with happy tears in my eyes as they spoke about their joy, their love, and their messages from the moon. And through all of it, what kept coming through was gratitude. I think that’s what I’m taking from this week most of all. That so much of what matters is already here. Sometimes we just need to pause long enough to notice it.

I hope you have had a week of fulfilment, however that looked for you. This week, our Gathered Gold post included a poem from Walt Whitman, and we discovered that we have a Walt Whitman fan in our group ❤️. Also in our chat we discovered that poetry can come in many forms - even music! and we also welcomed our newest member to Silver Thread. This week, I’ve relocated back to where I call home for now - Da Nang, Vietnam. And even though much has changed, it feels as though I never left. I joined a writing club that meets weekly, and it really fills my heart to spend time with wonderful, clever, like-minded souls. It feels a bit like this group ;) One of our subjects this week was letter writing. I had already been thinking a lot about it recently, and even included it as a prompt in your complimentary chapter, Your Beginning. Letter writing feels like something of a dying art form, but there is something undeniably special about receiving a letter. It just hits differently than a text or an email. Something deeply human. Letters are true life in an envelope - beautiful. So this week, I’m writing a letter home to someone special. I’d love to invite you to write your own letter too. It can be to a family member, a friend, a stranger you once knew, a teacher, a special soul - or even to yourself. Whether you send it or not is entirely up to you. Have a wonderful weekend. Love always, Silver

A little end-of-week note from me. Thank you so much for being here this week , for joining, reading, sharing, reflecting, and helping Silver Thread already feel like such a warm and thoughtful space. This week we’ve spoken about honesty, forgiveness, gratitude, appreciation, poetry, and the quiet truths we carry within ourselves. I’ve loved the depth of the reflections here, and the kindness everyone has brought into the conversation. One of the most meaningful parts of the week for me was how naturally the conversation around gratitude deepened into appreciation - noticing life, valuing it, and letting that become something we live. I also loved sharing I Dwell in Possibility by Emily Dickinson. It felt like such a beautiful poem for a new beginning, and for this little space we are creating together. As for me, I’m going into this new week feeling excited. I’ll be finishing the editing for my upcoming Skool course, Anchoring - 21 Days to practice Journalling, continuing to shape Silver Thread here on Skool, and enjoying being back in Danang - reconnecting with friends, writing circles, meditation, and sound baths. My intention this week is to keep building gently, create with joy, and enjoy the return to the things that nourish me. Thank you for being here with me. If you’d like to, I’d love to hear a little about your week too - how it has felt, what has been on your heart, or any intentions you’re carrying into this new one. No pressure at all, only if you feel like sharing 🤍