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Mariana! This is so raw and vulnerable and hopeful all at once! Beautifully put - thank you for sharing your highs and lows with us ❤️❤️❤️

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Wow thank you! Loved knowing that it feels like those 3 things all at once. Means a lot! Thank you Noah! ❤️

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Mariana! This is excellent! Thank you so much for sharing your story. This is such a wonderful message.

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Thank you so much Christopher! It's my pleasure to share my story if it can serve as example, inspiration or anything that can help anyone move forward. ❤️

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Stay tuned tomorrow :)

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Mariana, this is a beautiful meditation on mental health, writing, community, and all sorts of life transitions and hard decisions.

Thank you so much for sharing your inner world with us—especially because it's in service of normalizing mental health struggles. *So* much I can relate to here. ❤️

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Aww thanks for your kind words, Maddie. It felt good sharing all of it. ❤️ It makes me so glad to know it resonates too. It's definitely aimed to help and support. Anything we can add to someone's growth journey, that's everything to me. 😊

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100%! I love how you talk about speaking to a room of 56 people—that’s exactly how I think about “audience” too. Whats a huge privilege to imagine speaking to a gathering of that size, knowing your words are influencing some of them in a positive way!

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Right??? It feels so different. It's just huge and so meaningful. Specially the fact that you can actually talk in such a personal with your readers, it just blows my mind. I'm sure it'll take time getting used to while finding your own voice at the same time, but what a gift this all is!

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Honored to be on this journey with you. It’s always been helpful in my life to have authentic friendships and community to share the real stuff, not just the Instagram moments. 🙏💖 You inspire me. Thanks for being you.

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❤️❤️❤️ thank you too! It's lovely to find a tribe and grow together. It really makes a difference!

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What kind words Mariana - THANK YOU. And I love the honesty in this post :)

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Thank YOU too, Leyla! ❤️🙌🏼😊

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