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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Seb this meditation was everything! Thank you so so much for sharing. You made me laugh, you made me cry, you made me smile. And I felt that smile in my heart. I’m bookmarking this one for the hard days because this brought so much joy and levity to my body, mind and spirit this evening. Totally unexpected and totally needed!

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Oh yay. I’m so happy to hear that! I had a lot of fun making it. 💓😁💓 Thanks for clowning with me. 🫶🏾

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

This meditation was the best! I loved having such a genuine goofy joy experience at 4:00 am. I'm still grinning and I know my day will be better for it. Thank you! ✨️🌛✨️

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Im so glad you enjoyed it KP! 💛

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Autumn is here for me. This is the shortest season where I live in Alaska and also filled with so much planning, preserving, preparation. It is also such a time of reflection for me, I appreciate your openness around the areas that re-surface as still needing resolution. I'm in that same space. Thank you.

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I’m so curious about Alaska and its seasons and landscape and various ways. Thanks for sharing a little Melody! 💓💓💓

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Sep 4Liked by Sebene Selassie

Always happy to talk Alaska. 😊

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

I look forward to and love your posts, not “despite my glaringly obvious work-in-progressness” but because of it! Your ability to stay with experience and keep your ship pointed toward discovery, magic and clowning is like medicine for this spiritual seeker who likes her teachers on the REAL side! Can’t wait to hear more about the clowning!

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Awww. Thanks Nicole. I appreciate that. 💗

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Blessings to you, Sebene. I love your writing, your sharing your vulnerability. Thank you for lifting up rage, grief and tears.

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Thank you Sandy! And thanks for reading. 💛🙏🏾💛

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

you had me at the headline : )

and i totally relate to the rage emerging inside me these days around grief anniversaries... it comes up like a surprise visitor and it's a wild ride, but yeah, the screaming and unfiltered rage nearly always ends in a cathartic stream of tears. grateful for the whole enchilada.

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Thanks for the empathy Maia. Good to know I’m not alone in it. 💓🫶🏾💓

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Sep 14Liked by Sebene Selassie

Hey Sebene! It has been a hard several months for me and you have been a lifeline and someone who always makes me feel a little better. Your clowning made me giggle. You are so loved!

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Wishing you lots of ease and well being Steffi. I’m glad my clowning could help. 💓🫶🏾💓

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Sep 4Liked by Sebene Selassie

Beautiful! I so relate to the humbling realization of how far we have to go to truly know ourselves 😮‍💨 and I appreciate you leaning in to levity in the face of that. Solid advice!

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Thank you Jodi. I appreciate your realness too! xox

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Thank you for letting me time travel with you. Thank you for coming to my in-box right after the paramedics left. Thank you for settling my mind. Thank you for being available. Thank you for laughing.

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Thanks for joining me Dawn. And I'm sorry to hear about the paramedics! I hope everything is better. Great to be in various spaces with you. xox

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Everything is better, thank you. The potential patient is still here at home. The only casualty is my overworked brain. I'm so happy to be writing with you.

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Sep 4Liked by Sebene Selassie

So much fun to time travel and clown around with you, Sebene! Thanks for the invitation to play <3

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Yay. So glad you liked it Tricia. 💛

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

My favorite words right now: Postcolonial Sacred Clown. YES please. More please. And thank you, for you. Be you, PSC! 🫶🏻💯⭐️

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PSC!!! Yes! A movement! 💓🫶🏾💓

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Thank you for...still on module 2, Ethiopian/Eritrean family reality TV (all the side eyes and and sounds in my head😅) and the mindfull clowning Meditation (I experienced a Clown smile freeze😬😅)

Cheers!

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Haha! Exactly. Thank you for listening to my kooky meditation! 🫶🏾💓🙏🏾

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I loved it🙏🏾❤️

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Thank you. Your essays always remind me to allow myself to feel what I feel. There is such freedom in that, including the freedom (mostly!) from acting in a way that’s harmful.

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And thank you.

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Well said Andy!! xox

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Hi Seb, I've signed up for your Ancestors to Elements course!

Im interested in the Myth making Course too. Is there somewhere where I can sign up for that so you can get a referral fee please advise.

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Lovely to have you Andrea.

I don't do affiliate marketing (for now). Anything I recommend is purely for the joy of it. If I ever do start taking referral fees, I'll make sure to make that very transparent. xox

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Have fun clowning Seb! Have you read “Animal Joy” by Nuar Alsadir? I’m half way through it and learning so much.

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Thanks Sue. And yes I’m reading it right now. So rich! 💓💓

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Sep 3Liked by Sebene Selassie

Fuck the rules! (I say this as a truly-always-recovering-and-failing rule worshiper). We love you

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I love that you’re now such a rule breaker!! 💓🫶🏾💓

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