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Tom Daley, twerking + my deepest thoughts

Hello you lovely bunch 🥰 it’s been a minute!

I’m excited to catch you all up on what’s been happening in my world & in my brain, I would LOVE if you got cosy, maybe poured a hot drink, grabbed a blanket and settled in for our once-a-month catch up 🤗

Thank you for showing up and thank you for giving me a chance to reflect and be grateful for the good things! Sometimes I get a little caught up in thinking what’snextwhat’snextWHAT’SNEXT and this newsletter is a beautiful way to celebrate what is 💜

I took Tom Daley to a twerk class and he was really REALLY good.

The poor boy had NO idea what he’d gotten himself into.

Sometimes in this job you get the most random emails. Like “hey, do you have any special skills or interesting hobbies that you could show Olympian national treasure Tom Daley as part of his new show on Snapchat?” and you’re like “uhmmm… would he be willing to shake his butt?” and then you’re in a studio with all your twerk friends telling Tom why twerking makes you feel like your best self.

We spoke about body image, the power of joyful movement and I sweated off about 6 faces worth of makeup (that make-up artist and her powder were no match for my sweaty self). It turned into a really lovely episode and I love the mix of pure fun + meaningful messages 🥰 you can watch the 5-minute episode here!

I told the rest of the internet about my girlfriend (officially) and they were mainly really nice!

Could have done without the ‘what happened to your boyfriend??’ comments but hey, you can’t win ‘em all 😅

I’ve done a lot of overthinking in the last handful of months about the whole ‘public relationship’ thing and what the best way to protect this very precious part of my life is. And although I don’t plan on sharing absolutely everything and losing all my boundaries, I am really proud to be with her. And I’d like to celebrate that now and then, the same way I celebrate the other good things in my life on the internet. Bye overthinking 😇

Speaking of my girlfriend, we had a beeeautiful date last week at an immersive art exhibition! We acted like big kids playing with the interactive floors and running into the middle of the paintings. She’s already art but this took it to another level.

It’s called Frameless and it’s near Marble Arch in London, if you’re around

I saw a great film and then interviewed the star of it??

Elizabeth Banks. My nipples. Me.

Call Jane is based on the real life Jane Collective, a group of women in pre-Roe V Wade 1960s America, who set up an underground abortion clinic to help give their community access at a time when they all could have ended up in prison for doing so. The film was eye-opening (and SO timely), but still managed to be heartwarming by the end.

Getting to interview Elizabeth Banks was a real pinch-me moment - I’m really enjoying the hosting/presenting side of things right now so hopefully I can lean into more opportunities in that space!

And on the other side of my Hannah Montana life, I of course spent a good amount of time with my two favourite girls:

The Queen of the world 👑 + the queen of my heart 🐶

I don’t have any Halloween content to show you because once again I left it too late to fully commit to a costume (every year…), however, here’s some of the very tasty food I have consumed in recent weeks:

I even cooked one of these myself 👀

And one last career thing! A little while back I was told that Rebel Girls were considering including me in their latest book, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers and it actually happened!

I find it quite hard to believe that I deserve to be in these kind of line-ups - compared to the other people featured I really haven’t done much at all. But we’re working on comparing less and celebrating our achievements more, so woo! Here I go!

If you know a young one who enjoys goodnight stories about empowering women, catch a copy wherever you buy your books!

Okay that’s it my side I have been talking for AGES!! But now you know what’s been going on ☺️ if you feel like sharing any of your stuff, the comment section is wiiiide open (and I love hearing from you!).

Extra thanks if you generously bought me a coffee this month by being a paid subscriber here - I appreciate you very much 💜 (especially because most of these v shiny looking career things don’t pay lolol).

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Here’s a thought that keeps popping up in my mind lately:

Are you the only person who has to live inside your brain? Hear me out…

We spend so much time accommodating the opinions of other people. We dwell on what we should have said, what we could have done, all the ways we need to be better according to everyone else.

But none of those people are there at the end of the day when we get into bed and close our eyes. It’s only us. We are the only ones who deal with the consequences of allowing all those other voices to dictate our internal narrative. We have to live in our own brain - not them. So why the hell would we let them decorate the place with opinions that turn our home into somewhere we don’t want to be?

I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: you are the only person who you’re guaranteed to be with for the rest of your life, are you really not gonna be on your own side??

Protect your brain space. You are the only one who has to live there. 💜

Want a tiny bit more ✨MJC-mail✨? Here’s a little audio reminder, just for you - remember you can download these and listen back anytime.

Transcript: Here’s the thing: you cannot do it all. You cannot scroll through every bit of content. You cannot keep up with every bit of news. You cannot be there for every friend every time. You cannot make it to every event. You cannot follow every trend. You cannot please every person. You cannot say yes to every opportunity. You cannot master every skill. And you could see all of that as a bad thing. You could use that as evidence that you are not enough, that you are lacking. Or, yo could use that to set yourself free. Because as soon as you accept that you can’t do everything, you can focus on the things that you can do and that you want to do and that feel like you. So you need to tap out of a bunch of stuff that was never meant for you? That’s a good thing and it’s a good thing to recognise that sooner rather than later. You cannot do it all but you can do what was meant for you, and you can do it well. Let go of the other stuff, take the pressure off, and do what’s you.

That’s all my loves! Take care of yourselves the best you can and I’ll see you on the first Saturday of next month for more updates, thoughts + feels!

Appreciate you endlessly,

M
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