I loved “Love Notes for a New Year”. I when through it twice. Once, at the New Year, and again when Tiana offered it in July with group discussion. I could sit and chat with Tiana and her tribe for days. I appreciate the common connection of body liberation and the recognition of hustle culture. I felt heard and received in the space that Tiana created. One of the many wonderful things about Love Notes is that they don’t die! You can go back and visit them again and again! And at different points in my life the Love Notes have different meanings for me.

The Love Notes themselves provide words that provoke me to think about myself and my ideas in different ways. They take me out of what has always been and challenge me to look at myself in more compassionate ways. Why do I think I don’t deserve joy? Why do I think I can’t choose foods for myself? Just curiosity, not judgement.

In addition, Love Notes provide a way for me to accept myself where I am on the day that I chose to (or chose not to) read them. That’s a special experience for someone who has always felt obligated to do what they’ve signed up for in a perfectionist or 100% way. Love Notes is a way for me to acknowledge that is okay to be right where I am.

Thank you Tiana. You bring great gifts to the world.