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Hello and a warm Irish welcome to all of you who have joined the beauty & bone paid community! It’s wonderful to have you here - I picture us all sitting in a room together, the sound of our voices, the buzz that would be !

If you’re not yet a paid subscriber, you’re also so welcome to browse this page and take a look at what I offer behind the paid wall - tip your toe in, see how the water feels.

This page is where I’ll share all the paid subscriber updates and upcoming events - a handy place to pop and see what is happening, what feels right to join.

𓇸 Current members - Scroll down to the end of this post for up to date info on upcoming events and posts !

Or read on for what my intention is for how a membership to beauty & bone will feel.

I’m interested in exploring with you how it feels to write, hold and (m)other on this beautiful, tattered planet right now. I think of the beauty & bone community as a small yet mighty gathering of like-minded souls, determinedly fumbling towards a brighter future.

Out walking recently I found this beautiful nest of downy feathers and moss that had fallen from a tree after the chicks had flown.

It was so light on my palm I felt only the feather’s warmth, not any weight.
This is my image for how I want to attend to this community.

Lightly
With great care
Weaving something tender
With just enough of everything

I don’t want to bombard you with too much content - that’s good for no one (me included!). I know I sometimes find all the alerts and announcements quite over-stimulating and bamboozling so it is important to remember, you don’t have to consume everything. Take what you need, leave the rest, it isn’t going anywhere, it’ll be here when you need.

I share with you as a community in a number of different ways. Everything is easily browsable through the beauty & bone homepage.

𓇸 Written posts, which I call Field Notes, which land in your inbox every Friday, plus once a month on a Sunday I share my Joy Jumble.

𓇸 Mini-series, like the Element Sessions, in which we have a chance to dive deep into a topic, meet in ‘real life’ on live calls, or listen to perspective shifting conversations on my podcast.

𓇸 Creative containers, like the Sitting in the Dark series, in which we can meet and create in a shared space online.

𓇸 Vibrant, raw conversations with like-minded peeps, like this series of conversations on mid-life with fellow Substack queens

Chloe George

Caro Giles

&

Lindsay Johnstone

What’s Coming Up

Note - you’ll get an email about everything by way of reminder, or an alert in your Substack app if you’ve email alerts turned off.

NOVEMBER :
𓇸 M E T A L Element Sessions
Friday 1 November : Podcast with wisdom weaver Mari Kennedy. Listen here.
Friday 8 November : Deep Dive written post into the M E T A L Element will land in your inboxes
Thursday 14 November : 10:30-11:30am GMT: M E T A L live call (You’ll receive a link to the Zoom the day before, recording available).

𓇸 MID-LIFE Chat with Substack’s Loose Women (working title!) | part 2
Friday 15 November
19:30-20:30 GMT
Changing bodies, libido, how we are feeling in our skin

Live on Zoom (link shared by email that morning, recording available)
Here’s the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85773596161?pwd=HinBILa6kfZ91aClCHERkie8vYfmlI.1
Meeting ID: 857 7359 6161
Passcode: 182219

DECEMBER :
𓇸 W A T E R Element Sessions
Friday 6 December : Podcast will land in your inboxes with surfer, scientist and artist

Easkey

Britton
Friday 13 December : Deep Dive written post into the W A T E R Element will land in your inboxes
Thursday 19 December : 10:30-11:30am GMT: W A T E R live call (You’ll receive a link to the Zoom the day before, recording available).

𓇸 SITTING IN THE DARK
Sit with me in the dark to write and create for 4 early mornings towards the end of the year. I’m picturing a womb-space, a dark, warm holding space for us all.

𖥸 Friday 29 Nov, 6 Dec, 13 Dec, 20 Dec
𖥸 6-7am GMT
𖥸 On Zoom, I’ll send the link the day before. Will not be recorded.
𖥸 Free to all paid subscribers

𓇸 MID-LIFE Chat with Substack’s Loose Women (working title!) | part 3
Friday 11 December 19:30-20:30 GMT
Live on Zoom (link shared by email that morning, recording available)
We’ll be talking Rage!

𓇸 If you fancy a nosey around my creative space, take a look at this lovely conversation I had with

Lyndsay Kaldor

for her wonderful Atelier series.

Ok amigas, that’s it for now - go slow with all this, it’s a particularly busy time of year. These words and this content will always be here, you don’t have to consume it all now!

Much love,

Layla x