SURRENDER
June 9, 2026
Week 8
June 13, 2026

 
 
 
Every Saturday, we gather here - not as experts or guides, but as fellow journeyers finding our way through. The Saturday 7 is our weekly ritual: one word, seven steps, and a reminder that healing happens one moment at a time. Pull up a chair. You belong here. Let's dive in!
 



 
 

 

This week's word is refresh. Before you do anything else, sit with it for a moment. Read the quotes below, breathe in the affirmation, and let both settle into you before you move forward.


 

 
When you're ready, pour something warm and take your time with this week's Tuesday Talk. The full story is waiting for you - go at your own pace.

 

 

Now take me with you. Pop in your earbuds and press play whenever you're ready - on your walk, your commute, or your quiet moment. This one's for you.

 

 

Now it's your turn. Your journal is waiting, and there are no right answers here - just you, the page, and whatever needs to come out. Write freely and honestly, without editing yourself.

  • Think about the small, quiet things you have done for yourself since your life shifted - a meal alone, a new place you tried, a decision you made without asking anyone's opinion. Which one surprised you the most - either because of how uncomfortable it felt going in, or because of how good it felt on the other side? What did that moment show you about who you are becoming?
  • What rules are you still following that nobody is actually enforcing anymore? Where in your life are you asking for permission that is yours to give yourself?
  • Think about something you have always wanted to try, see, eat, or experience that you kept putting on hold because it did not fit someone else's preferences or schedule. What would it look like to do that thing this week - just for you?
  • Write about a moment when you did something alone that you expected to feel lonely - and it did not. What shifted? What did you discover about yourself in that space?
  • What does your life look like when you stop performing it for an audience and start actually living it? What changes? What stays the same? What surprises you?
 

 
When you're hungry to go deeper, start here. More voices, more wisdom, more light on the path - because you don't have to navigate this journey alone. 1 book · 1 podcast

BOOK

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
A New York Times bestseller that reframes the difficult, depleting seasons of our lives not as failures but as necessary fallow periods - exactly the perspective a woman learning to refresh herself after loss needs to hold onto.


On Penguin Random House

PODCAST

Super Soul Special: India.Arie, Part 2 - Refresh Your Spiritual Roots Oprah's Super Soul
Grammy-winner India.Arie joins Oprah to talk about returning to her spiritual roots, reclaiming her energy, and rediscovering her true identity after a season of depletion - a conversation that speaks directly to the H.E.R. woman who is learning that refresh starts from the inside.


On Spotify
 

 
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Look at how far you've come this week. Even the smallest win counts - especially the smallest win. What showed up for you? Celebrate it.