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Laura Rennie's avatar

😍👏🏻 celebrating with you on your successful reading and upcoming publications!!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Laura! Your cohorts helped give me the give confidence to submit and try new things!

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

I’m always so inspired by your creativity and creative process. Congratulations on your reading and on your upcoming publications! And equal congrats on showing up with all parts of yourself. 🫶🏼

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Kelsey! I always appreciate your encouragement. 💛

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Laura Jean Bazal's avatar

"All of it belongs." I loved the theme of this newsletter and resonated with it for sure. Ive let perfection reign as the goal in too many things, and it's held me back more than anything else. Great thoughts and great resources!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thanks, Laura! Perfection is such an elusive (actually imposible) goal, it ends up doing more harm than good. Hope you can embrace good enough in this season!

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Kristina Tucker's avatar

Aly- I’m struck by how as you welcome all the parts of yourself, your art flourishes… so many good nuggets in this piece. I’m reminded of how Julia Cameron writes/prays “Okay, God. You take care of the quality. I will take care of the quantity.” I’m inspired by how you seem to be living this out, friend! 💛👏 thank you for showing up, doing the work, and congrats on so many incredible accomplishments!

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Aly Prades's avatar

Thank you, Kristina! I love that quote and I have tried to embrace it! I still feel uneasy sometimes just putting everything out there, but then I remind myself the quality is none of my business 😂

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Allison Mei-Li's avatar

Congratulations on reading to an audience of 300-- sounds just slightly terrifying! I loved reading the books you'd recommend. Thanks, Aly!

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Aly Prades's avatar

It was quite terrifying, Allison 😂 let me know if you read any of the books I mentioned! Do you have any recent reads you loved?

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Kim Beyer Rausch's avatar

Oh wow, I am so honored to be listed here, thank you! I love your writing and the art you've been making too.

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Lindsey Melden's avatar

Celebrating your reading with you! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 love the book recommendations & love the pink sky painting in particular 💕

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Laura Bass's avatar

“Creativity is valuable in any state”—yes! I’ve been so inspired by your plunge/paint/poem challenge! And congrats on the Listen to Your Mother performance and your two upcoming publications!! 🎉

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