what does emotional support feel like to you?

You may have heard the phrase before, ‘holding a space’

you may have even felt what that truly feels like to be held by another through difficult times

you may even be experimenting yourself with holding a space for a loved one

one of the easiest, and as it turns out, fairly ancient strategies of socially supporting somebody, be it a child, a friend, a partner, a parent… is to enable themselves to fully unburden the chaos that exists within.

to externalise the inner torment, and by doing so, admitting that just airing the laundry usually goes a very long way to cleaning it.

so before offering solutions

allow self-discovery

allow social confirmation

and imagine what that would feel like for you to receive that undivided attention yourself?

to your healing 💙,

Jas