Practicing self-approval, embracing our sacred inner voice, and mind-altering thought experiments.
MONTHLY REMINDERReader, your body is not an inconvenience — it is a compass. Rest. Listen to your body’s wisdom. It is not betraying you — it is beckoning you. Calling you back to care. To movement, to stillness, to being held. To tenderness and ease. You don’t have to prove your strength every single day. You can honour the softness. REFLECTION PROMPTS:
AUGUST'S REFLECTION PROMPTIn August, I will move from self-approval, not self-critique when... This month’s invitation is to meet yourself with warmth in the moments you’re most tempted to self-police. Let your approval be the soil where growth takes root—not the punishment of critique. 2 QUOTES WORTH PONDERING
“The reason why disregarding your intuition will often hurt so much is because it is the most primordial form of self-abandonment. That's soul abandonment.” REFLECTION PROMPTS:
2. The quiet inevitability of goodbye: “You’ll have a last day with everyone you know.” - Anon REFLECTION PROMPTS:
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POPULAR IN JULYBLOG POST: An Introduction to Racial Trauma and Grief Racial trauma is not just historical — it is present, embodied, and ongoing. In this post, I explore what racial trauma is, how it manifests, and why grief is a vital, often overlooked part of the healing process. If you’ve ever struggled to name what you’re carrying, this piece is for you. I've also created a reflective journal to accompany your journey — a space to write, feel, and begin the slow work of reclaiming your identity and pride. BLOG POST + PODCAST EPISODE: Five Soul Wounds and Grief In June, I explored the five soul wounds—abandonment, rejection, betrayal, injustice, and humiliation—and how they quietly shape our relationships, self-perception, and healing journeys. The blog post offered a deeper dive into their origins and impact, while the podcast held space for raw reflections and embodied insight. If you’ve ever wondered why some pain feels ancestral, primal, or hard to name, this is a sound place to begin. (a 60-minute listen)
INSTAGRAM (@noticingwithrebeccamonique and @rbccmnq) COMING IN 2026Daughter of the Soil -Volume 1 is a collection of 12 reflective essays on grief, healing, womanhood, and race—rooted in memory, ancestral ache, and quiet becoming. Each piece is an offering, a mirror, and a soft rebellion against invisibility. Muse-letter subscribers will be the first to know when it’s released into the world. SPOTIFY PLAYLISTSSoul-stirring. Empowering. Wholesome. This one’s for the moments when you remember who you are. A musical exhale—part prayer, part power, part poetic awakening. Let it carry you into the marrow of your truth, especially on days when you forget how luminous you’ve always been.
Griefy. A playlist for the ache that won’t be rushed. 'Griefy' is a tender companion for the days when your heart feels too full, too empty, or both at once. These songs don’t try to fix it—they sit with you in the softness, the silence, the sacred unraveling.
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MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, the bad news is: there are an astonishing amount of things completely out of our control; the good news is: there are an astonishing amount of things completely within our control. The bad news: there are countless things beyond our grasp — other people’s choices, life’s sudden turns, the weather of fate itself. The good news: there are just as many things we do hold in our hands — our responses, our rituals, our breath, our way of telling our story. Freedom lives in...
MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, you don’t need a sign—you are the signal. There is power in choosing yourself, in declaring the reset, in deciding this is the moment. Let July be the permission slip you write with your own hand to begin again, to course-correct. Mid-year is not too late, too far gone, or too messy. It’s a doorway. Step through as many times as you need. REFLECTION PROMPTS: Where in my life do I crave a fresh beginning, no permission required? What would I do differently if I truly...
MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, your intuition is a gift, not a glitch. That quiet knowing, that gentle tug, that whisper you almost ignored—it’s not a malfunction, it’s a message. Trust the parts of you that sense the shift before there’s proof; they were built to guide you home. REFLECTION PROMPTS: When was the last time I trusted myself without needing to explain why? What signals does my intuition use to speak to me—and do I honour them? What would change if I treated my inner knowing as sacred,...