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Eva Lydon 🌺's avatar

Love this Claire - Thank you 🙏 I love that quote too and the moment in the movie when she realises it is just so gorgeous! 🥰 And it’s sooooooo true!! 🤩👌Such a great thought to hold on to... and I really needed this today, as I’m feeling pulled in so many different directions.. giving away all my energy and leaving none for myself and what I want to do. 🙄❤️

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Natasha Scullane's avatar

Love this Claire! I think about the leading lady quote often; it's what I want for my clients, myself, and everyone here on Substack! ✨

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

That's the energy... 💎

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Emily Quinton's avatar

Ah love this Claire. I separated from my husband of 20 years at the end of 2024 and as I have been navigating the heartbreak I have also been finding my way back to my own work and creativity. This idea of being my own leading lady is something I have been thinking about a lot (but without this perfect phrase from my favourite film!!) and hearing you speak these words has been really affirming. Thank you! x

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

I'm so glad they connected. This is a huge ice-berg to navigate isn't it. Are you coming to our Untamed read along? We'd love to connect with you there too.

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Emily Quinton's avatar

Yes I think I will. I read it when it first came out in 2020, so a good time for a re-read. 😉

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Sam Galloway (she/her) 💕's avatar

Oh I love your sparkling snippets, Claire! I really would love to be able to share regular and short voice notes but I freak out about whether I’ll stop speaking, forget words in the moment etc..!

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

What helps me is having of condensed all the thoughts into one takeaway for you all.

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Sam Galloway (she/her) 💕's avatar

Yep, I have to do that so it’s not just a blubbering stream of consciousness 😆

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

I sometimes talk it out in my head or outloud before hand

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Sam Galloway (she/her) 💕's avatar

I yapped into voice memos this morning but it was more of a private trauma dump!

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