Always makes me smile on the first Saturday of the month! I can’t believe how quickly this month has gone, it feels like yesterday that I was reading your last installation! That festival looks INCREDIBLE - I can’t believe I missed an event that both you AND McFly were at (like Gemma, I’m a HUGE fan!!). And pride looks amazing too - at a freshers event two weeks ago I shared openly that I identify as bisexual for the first time which was a huge step 🥰 Your dance classes too look like such a release.
We moved into our new pink house next to our drama school which is so cozy and is making it so much easier to rest after a full day of performance training. I’ve been in and out of counselling and I’m navigating finding time for myself as an empath in a constantly social environment which can be exhausting. I’m proud of how it’s gone, I have lovely mornings journaling before my friends in the house are up.
Looking forward to next months’ catch up! All my love xx
Oct 1, 2022·edited Oct 1, 2022Liked by Megan Jayne Crabbe
Greatest way to start a new month? MJC Mail. My heart leapt when I saw the photo of you talking to those young people. I can’t think of a better person than you to make them feel good about their heart’s and mind’s desires. Wish you’d been around 50 years ago 😉😘
MJC mail always gives me all the feels. Your one minute reminder hit me hard. I've had a very difficult year, but lately I've been trying to focus on the present moment and find happiness where I can. Thank you for being so transparent and loving to this community. It has helped me feel less overwhelmed by life.
I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you do and have done over the years. Years ago, one of your 'don't hate the shake' videos popped up on my explore page and I vividly remember being shook that a woman with a body that looked like mine allowed herself to be happy. The realization that maybe I also was allowed to be happy truly changed everything. Since then, time after time, I feel like I am evolving with you. I have experienced some mental lows over the past years and your honesty about your own experiences have made me feel less alone. For the past couple months, the state of the world has been a huge reason for me to feel down, which makes it indeed hard for me to experience peace and joy (starting therapy in a couple weeks to work on that). You can imagine my tears when I read your one minute reminder this week.
Long story short, thank you so much. Thank you for sharing about the ups and downs in your life, for making me feel so seen and understood, for allowing me to love myself, be confident, and feel joyful. Thank you for changing my life and for allowing me to grow with you. I am eternally grateful for everything you do.
Such a needed read on Monday morning ...! My work basically begin today (I'm a young lecturer at uni and in Poland the academic year begins on October 1st-ish) and it's not an easy working environment to be honest. Made up my mind on the weekend thought to radically focus on my well-being and not get anyone say anything about the way I put the boundaries up and what I put my energy into. Not an easy task may I say - much easier with such mails though to be honest, thanks a lot ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
I LOVED this mail, as usual! The 'is it just me' really resonated with me. My gf and I are in a long distance relationship, with many cultural differences that we are working out and with. We also both have our own family and personal traumas that are playing a role in our relationship. It's not perfect. I am a recovering perfectionist, and this is my first relationship. For the first time in my life, I'm in an intimate, emotional relationship and I'm realizing that I'm projecting my perfectionist tendencies onto the relationship and onto my partner. I've said to myself several times, why bother working on this relationship if it's not perfect? But as I'm coming to realize, some of the most beautiful and intimate connections that we can ever experience can be found in the mess, in the perceived imperfection. So all to say, your words really resonated. just because something is not perfect does not mean that it's not worth our time and energy - in some cases, maybe it's worth more. Thank you for being on the internet Megan :) xo
What a delight you are! Thank you for every single heartfelt word. There’s always more love to give ourselves, it’s there, it’s available, we just need to remember. When I’ve been struggling to remember, the most helpful thing to hear is how others are looking after themselves, so thank you thank you thank you xxxxxx
Omg Megan, I read this newsletter when it arrived and didn't make time to respond, but have been thinking about it since, and you were literally IN MY DREAM LAST NIGHT! So brain woke up and was like "you must tell megan how things are going!" Okay the dream was so funny though we were at a large outdoor party with like 100 of my friends (or distant people I know - no one has 100 friends) and you offered me water. lol. It did make me feel so connected to you though which was very special, given we haven't even met in person :)
Absolutely loved reading your catchup this month. I COULD NOT STOP WATCHING your twerkshop video on instagram - the energy was AMAZING. I joined this non-audition dance group at college which has been so fun. I am learning choreo to beyonce's check up on it and performing in front of 500 peers which makes me a little nervous but I am really in my not caring about public perception era at school so I'm mostly just excited.
Okay also j'adore the pride picssss looks so sweet and fun. also your classroom moment :')
Last month I left you a comment about the Lila Renaissance and about considering going back to my ex, and you wisely said you thought I already knew :) I have felt quite distanced from her and really stepping into myself. It has been the most refreshing and liberating feeling. I feel so content with myself. Which is so so lucky. Trying not to take the good things for granted, as there are many right now :)
I love this update! My Septembers been rocky and though it’s important to highlight the bad parts, I know I must think about the good to keep going. I got ghosted by someone I thought I was very close with after almost a year of talking. Whilst dealing with that, I had to act normal round my friends as they banned me from discussing them. Though there’s been this great part of pure sadness for the majority of September I have one friend I’m eternally grateful for who held me while I cried, made me laugh several times and showed up at my house with tubs of ice cream.
Bit late but finally got around to reading this, and I'm actually glad I waited because today it resonated SO MUCH! Really needed the one-minute reminder especially, so thank you so much for that and everything else that you do, Megan <3. And hell yes to dance classes that make us feel better! I started a heels dance class last year and it's like being pulled out of the fog once a week.
Always makes me smile on the first Saturday of the month! I can’t believe how quickly this month has gone, it feels like yesterday that I was reading your last installation! That festival looks INCREDIBLE - I can’t believe I missed an event that both you AND McFly were at (like Gemma, I’m a HUGE fan!!). And pride looks amazing too - at a freshers event two weeks ago I shared openly that I identify as bisexual for the first time which was a huge step 🥰 Your dance classes too look like such a release.
We moved into our new pink house next to our drama school which is so cozy and is making it so much easier to rest after a full day of performance training. I’ve been in and out of counselling and I’m navigating finding time for myself as an empath in a constantly social environment which can be exhausting. I’m proud of how it’s gone, I have lovely mornings journaling before my friends in the house are up.
Looking forward to next months’ catch up! All my love xx
Greatest way to start a new month? MJC Mail. My heart leapt when I saw the photo of you talking to those young people. I can’t think of a better person than you to make them feel good about their heart’s and mind’s desires. Wish you’d been around 50 years ago 😉😘
MJC mail always gives me all the feels. Your one minute reminder hit me hard. I've had a very difficult year, but lately I've been trying to focus on the present moment and find happiness where I can. Thank you for being so transparent and loving to this community. It has helped me feel less overwhelmed by life.
Hi Megan,
I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you do and have done over the years. Years ago, one of your 'don't hate the shake' videos popped up on my explore page and I vividly remember being shook that a woman with a body that looked like mine allowed herself to be happy. The realization that maybe I also was allowed to be happy truly changed everything. Since then, time after time, I feel like I am evolving with you. I have experienced some mental lows over the past years and your honesty about your own experiences have made me feel less alone. For the past couple months, the state of the world has been a huge reason for me to feel down, which makes it indeed hard for me to experience peace and joy (starting therapy in a couple weeks to work on that). You can imagine my tears when I read your one minute reminder this week.
Long story short, thank you so much. Thank you for sharing about the ups and downs in your life, for making me feel so seen and understood, for allowing me to love myself, be confident, and feel joyful. Thank you for changing my life and for allowing me to grow with you. I am eternally grateful for everything you do.
Xx
Thank you so much for sharing yourself so freely and openly!! And for your encouragement!! I value it deeply!!! ❤️
Such a needed read on Monday morning ...! My work basically begin today (I'm a young lecturer at uni and in Poland the academic year begins on October 1st-ish) and it's not an easy working environment to be honest. Made up my mind on the weekend thought to radically focus on my well-being and not get anyone say anything about the way I put the boundaries up and what I put my energy into. Not an easy task may I say - much easier with such mails though to be honest, thanks a lot ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
I LOVED this mail, as usual! The 'is it just me' really resonated with me. My gf and I are in a long distance relationship, with many cultural differences that we are working out and with. We also both have our own family and personal traumas that are playing a role in our relationship. It's not perfect. I am a recovering perfectionist, and this is my first relationship. For the first time in my life, I'm in an intimate, emotional relationship and I'm realizing that I'm projecting my perfectionist tendencies onto the relationship and onto my partner. I've said to myself several times, why bother working on this relationship if it's not perfect? But as I'm coming to realize, some of the most beautiful and intimate connections that we can ever experience can be found in the mess, in the perceived imperfection. So all to say, your words really resonated. just because something is not perfect does not mean that it's not worth our time and energy - in some cases, maybe it's worth more. Thank you for being on the internet Megan :) xo
What a delight you are! Thank you for every single heartfelt word. There’s always more love to give ourselves, it’s there, it’s available, we just need to remember. When I’ve been struggling to remember, the most helpful thing to hear is how others are looking after themselves, so thank you thank you thank you xxxxxx
Omg Megan, I read this newsletter when it arrived and didn't make time to respond, but have been thinking about it since, and you were literally IN MY DREAM LAST NIGHT! So brain woke up and was like "you must tell megan how things are going!" Okay the dream was so funny though we were at a large outdoor party with like 100 of my friends (or distant people I know - no one has 100 friends) and you offered me water. lol. It did make me feel so connected to you though which was very special, given we haven't even met in person :)
Absolutely loved reading your catchup this month. I COULD NOT STOP WATCHING your twerkshop video on instagram - the energy was AMAZING. I joined this non-audition dance group at college which has been so fun. I am learning choreo to beyonce's check up on it and performing in front of 500 peers which makes me a little nervous but I am really in my not caring about public perception era at school so I'm mostly just excited.
Okay also j'adore the pride picssss looks so sweet and fun. also your classroom moment :')
Last month I left you a comment about the Lila Renaissance and about considering going back to my ex, and you wisely said you thought I already knew :) I have felt quite distanced from her and really stepping into myself. It has been the most refreshing and liberating feeling. I feel so content with myself. Which is so so lucky. Trying not to take the good things for granted, as there are many right now :)
Sending you love xx
I love this update! My Septembers been rocky and though it’s important to highlight the bad parts, I know I must think about the good to keep going. I got ghosted by someone I thought I was very close with after almost a year of talking. Whilst dealing with that, I had to act normal round my friends as they banned me from discussing them. Though there’s been this great part of pure sadness for the majority of September I have one friend I’m eternally grateful for who held me while I cried, made me laugh several times and showed up at my house with tubs of ice cream.
Bit late but finally got around to reading this, and I'm actually glad I waited because today it resonated SO MUCH! Really needed the one-minute reminder especially, so thank you so much for that and everything else that you do, Megan <3. And hell yes to dance classes that make us feel better! I started a heels dance class last year and it's like being pulled out of the fog once a week.
Can't wait for next month's update ^^