Brookside Spa / Wellness.

11/06/2025

never missing a beat.

11/06/2025

It’s confronting to realize you’ve been holding your breath around certain people, performing a version of yourself that feels just slightly off-key.

Over time, you start noticing the difference between those who leave you energized and those who leave you needing days to recover. Between people who help you feel more yourself and those who make you question if you ever were enough.

Seeking “pure souls” and “kind hearts” might sound a bit naive or abstract, but anyone who’s lived through enough surface-level connections understands. It’s not about expecting perfection from people, but about those who own their mess, who can sit with discomfort without making it yours, who know healing isn’t linear but stay committed anyway.

Real presence is rare. Most of us are so split across anxieties and roles that being fully with someone feels radical. When you meet someone who truly listens and receives your energy, it’s startling in the best way.

Compatibility runs deeper than shared interests. It’s about relationships where both people show up as themselves, even when that self is uncertain. Where growth is celebrated, not threatened. Where love is embodied, not performed.

Selectiveness comes after you’ve tried the other way. After confusing being needed with being valued, and mistaking intensity for depth. It arrives when you realize that trust, growth, and depth matters more than just having fun or history with someone.

Peace is found in people who can hold silence, who sit with pain without trying to fix it, and who understand that intimacy requires the risk of being known. Not everyone will understand this shift, and that’s okay. You’re not looking for everyone. You’re looking for those who feel safe to your nervous system, who remind you that connection is worth the risk, and who show that evolution doesn’t have to be lonely.

When you stop performing availability for everyone, you become open to the ones who truly arrive.

11/06/2025

"Survive"

11/04/2025

11/20/2024

What does it mean to hold space for another person? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome.
When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgment and control ..

Heather Plett ✨

Artist Credit: Jiri Petr