10/19/2026
This week’s newsletter, “Life Savers,” just landed in your inbox...
And in it, we talk about learning to recognize genuine help and giving ourselves grace to receive it with humility, trusting that accepting help doesn't necessarily leave us indebted to the giver... or give them leverage over us.
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
👉🏾 Actionable Tips: Reveal a few characteristics of genuine help.
👉🏾 Narrative Moments: Mi Casa Es Su Casa... After an apartment fire displaces her, Aba secretly spends four nights in a shelter before confiding in a coworker who has become a friend. An invitation to stay opens the door to more than a spare room. And accepting the offer means reevaluating much that was instilled in her about the potentially exploitative side of receiving help.
👉🏾 Kitchen Creations: Homemade Rice Pudding... A simple, creamy comfort, topped with a generous dusting of Ceylon cinnamon... simply because you deserve it.
👉🏾 Something for Your Journey: I Deserve This – Black Glossy Mug. Because you do... deserve all things good.
👉🏾 Between the Lines: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer... Through stories from her life and work, Palmer explores what gets in the way of asking, receiving, and allowing ourselves to rely on others. For all the givers out there, this book takes a look at the flip side of the conversation... making room to receive.
🦋 This week, I hope you leave a little room in your life for others to show up for you.
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