Love this! I have recently pushed through my fear of judgment by speaking & writing about my spiritual awakening & mindset insights on social media and it was TERRIFYING and completely crippling at first but now I’ve done a few videos and I’ve never felt more inspired and alive 🥲
Reading this on my small patio, in the centre of LA, feeling overjoyed because you’re talking to my French inner child who comes from central France and moved sooooo far to pursue her dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Hard not to doubt yourself in a city surrounded by men with wayyyy too much confidence. I guess it’s always a reminder that I need to channel that kind of delulu confidence because what am I doing worrying if my art is worthy or not when they don’t seem to care for a split second and just go for it? Women like you; Florence, even more in times of such grief and political stir here, remind us that joy and expression are key to fight oppression, and that they are more needed than anything. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for being our permission slip, for being fucking inspirational and magical. Your authenticity shines brightly and feels contagious. Now, I’m going to go, write, dance, and head to work with a heart filled with love 🌷🌟
Thank you so much for this essay Flossy💖 I loved it!!! You always write something encouraging🩷 first I feared sharing my writing, now it’s a thrill to hit publish on substack. I love sharing my ideas, I only hope to find people who read my work! I would be so interested in an essay from you how you’ve built your audience and what can a newbie do to reach others?
Love it so much! It literally gave me the power to write about how I feel going through the day and that I feel so turned on by so many things. I mean I can literally feel it in my womb space. 💥❤️🔥 Such a magical space with magical women 👸🏼🌷
Sitting on the beach that I live near, looking out at the gorgeous sea, and reading your inspirational words. I was going to work through lunch and thought NO! Get outside and read a bit of deliciousness 💕💖🌸💐💓 so glad that I did - THANK YOU for the joy you spread
I seriously resonated! It was honestly the kick up the bum that I needed. I am the girl who has 680+ notes on their phone and god knows how many on their laptop💀 I adore all your permission slips. Since 2024 my healing journey really went up in gear. 2023 was when I learnt boundaries and began living authentically. 2024 was such a slap in the face but it allowed new paths to appear for me to frolick down. Women Living Deliciously felt like alignment. A psychic actually told me I'd read a book in 2024 that would change my life and I haven't read a book since I was in school... Your book spoke to me and I had this intuition I NEEDED it. I pre-ordered it straight away!! Its signed by you🥰 I am still learning. BUT, I can now see I am MEANT to be a writer, an artist, and a musician. I am so grateful to realise this is where I'm supposed to be and I'm so grateful for this alignment🥹🎀💕🫶🏻🦋 You know, even down to the type of insence! I was raised on Agarbatti Nag Champa😻 I fucking love romanticising my process, it feels the most fulfilling!!! You are a magical being!!! 😻✨️
Love this essay so much! How can we translate our thoughts so that people can see, hear, feel them! Wooow! 🤩 I also adore the whole point, that you don’t need a degree. It’s so important to talk about this! Thank you so much Floss! Will start writing right now here in sunny Thailand.
Who do I speak to though? Who do I contact about this, and how can normal people find publishers who might even look at their work? Any recommended publishers/ publications, agents would be greatly received. Thanks, Floss. This is amazing. Xx
Apparently I forgot to comment on this the first time I read it, but I came back to it because I keep chewing on these delicious ideas. I already consider myself a writer, but this gave me so much fuel, and new ways of thinking about it. For me, the things you mentioned about being a talker and supporting people and changing minds really resonated with me. I have been doing that my whole life, but I never connected that to my writing in the way you have. Such a beautiful thing! I feel like when I think about it that way, it makes me see the written word as coming from that same natural, gushing source, and it makes writing feel less laborious. I could go on for ages because there are so many wonderful thoughts in this post, but I’ll leave it there. THANK YOU for being you, and not holding back.
Ah, Florence, thank you for this essay! Again, you are talking the talk and walking the walk. I'm reading "Women living deliciously" right now, very slowly, devouring every bit of it, and I literally hear your voice powerfully saying all these invaluable wisdoms and truths into my ear. You do write like you speak! Are you going to record more podcast-like versions of your essays? I love them 😍 together with reading, audio versions deliver the messages even deeper and better. And the audio book once you create it will be a real powerhouse!
Florence you are such a vibrant, beautiful, shining ray of inspiration and femininity. I adore this so much! I have been following you online for ages now and I had no idea what substack even was until about half an hour ago. You were the first person I subscribed to and I have fallen in love with the “who does she think she is?” Way of living.
Today was a particularly vulnerable day. Your content always pops up on my feed when I need a reminder of who I am and that’s exactly what you did for me today.
I’m a singer, a writer, a dancer, a damn good cook and most importantly a woman who just wants to live unapologetically and authentically to inspire others! It has always been my dream to become a person who sparks something in people, but I never gave myself the chance to shine first!
Your video on being audacious as a woman really resonated with me. Last year I was diagnosed with BPD and a big part of the disorder is not really feeling like you have a solid personality. It sparks confusion and self doubt and a wondering for who I could possibly be when I just want to be everything? Shrinking myself down my entire life became habitual and I am sooo ready to start being my vivacious self again. The little girl who loved pink and dreamed of becoming someone who made a difference in the world, the girl who made potions and left gifts for the fairies. I am the only restriction between me and my authenticity. I am the veil between who I think people want me to be and who I am!
I never comment on anything online, y’know, the voice in your head that says “nobody will want to listen to you talk about yourself” but it’s not for them is it? This is my first thing to post on this app and I want this to signify my leap of faith into exploring the mischievous unknown and the mystical, magical gift of being a fucking woman!
We need more beautiful souls like you in this world Florence and I know deep down in my bones that the work you’re doing will continue to make waves for women, as it already has!
Any beautiful people who’ve read this far, I wish for you the most exciting, joyous, fruitful life! Let’s build each other up again! 💗💗💗
Love this! I have recently pushed through my fear of judgment by speaking & writing about my spiritual awakening & mindset insights on social media and it was TERRIFYING and completely crippling at first but now I’ve done a few videos and I’ve never felt more inspired and alive 🥲
I can’t wait to write more about spirituality too. It’s such a precious thing to give language and form to!!!! I’m so excited for us!!
Cool! You have a new subscriber now 🙌 keen to read your work xo
I LOVE THIS! Who does she think she is? That means it’s working ✨✨✨💞💞💞 chefs kiss 💋
💄💋💋💋🌷✍🏻💫✨
Reading this on my small patio, in the centre of LA, feeling overjoyed because you’re talking to my French inner child who comes from central France and moved sooooo far to pursue her dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Hard not to doubt yourself in a city surrounded by men with wayyyy too much confidence. I guess it’s always a reminder that I need to channel that kind of delulu confidence because what am I doing worrying if my art is worthy or not when they don’t seem to care for a split second and just go for it? Women like you; Florence, even more in times of such grief and political stir here, remind us that joy and expression are key to fight oppression, and that they are more needed than anything. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for being our permission slip, for being fucking inspirational and magical. Your authenticity shines brightly and feels contagious. Now, I’m going to go, write, dance, and head to work with a heart filled with love 🌷🌟
Thank you so much for this essay Flossy💖 I loved it!!! You always write something encouraging🩷 first I feared sharing my writing, now it’s a thrill to hit publish on substack. I love sharing my ideas, I only hope to find people who read my work! I would be so interested in an essay from you how you’ve built your audience and what can a newbie do to reach others?
As a passionate yapper I’ve never considered becoming a writer but maybe i should! I love a yap. Loved this post x
Absolutely!!! Same ideas with a different translation 🌷✨🩷
Love it so much! It literally gave me the power to write about how I feel going through the day and that I feel so turned on by so many things. I mean I can literally feel it in my womb space. 💥❤️🔥 Such a magical space with magical women 👸🏼🌷
turned the fuck on to life!!!! you're my kinda people!!!!
I want to make women feel the same way about my presence like when I‘m reading your MAGIC or watching whatever you do! You’re a GIFT! 🫶🏻
Sitting on the beach that I live near, looking out at the gorgeous sea, and reading your inspirational words. I was going to work through lunch and thought NO! Get outside and read a bit of deliciousness 💕💖🌸💐💓 so glad that I did - THANK YOU for the joy you spread
Thank you (x100) for everything you say/write/put out there 💕🩷💘 This post got me to turn one of my dusty notes app drafts into my first Substack piece (eep): https://open.substack.com/pub/hollyjorobson/p/the-rebel-is-sober?r=jym28&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Great read
So glad you enjoyed it 💕
The Carrie Bradshaw reference in here is iconic. Ahhhh your writing is incredible Florence.
💋💋💋🌷
I seriously resonated! It was honestly the kick up the bum that I needed. I am the girl who has 680+ notes on their phone and god knows how many on their laptop💀 I adore all your permission slips. Since 2024 my healing journey really went up in gear. 2023 was when I learnt boundaries and began living authentically. 2024 was such a slap in the face but it allowed new paths to appear for me to frolick down. Women Living Deliciously felt like alignment. A psychic actually told me I'd read a book in 2024 that would change my life and I haven't read a book since I was in school... Your book spoke to me and I had this intuition I NEEDED it. I pre-ordered it straight away!! Its signed by you🥰 I am still learning. BUT, I can now see I am MEANT to be a writer, an artist, and a musician. I am so grateful to realise this is where I'm supposed to be and I'm so grateful for this alignment🥹🎀💕🫶🏻🦋 You know, even down to the type of insence! I was raised on Agarbatti Nag Champa😻 I fucking love romanticising my process, it feels the most fulfilling!!! You are a magical being!!! 😻✨️
Love this essay so much! How can we translate our thoughts so that people can see, hear, feel them! Wooow! 🤩 I also adore the whole point, that you don’t need a degree. It’s so important to talk about this! Thank you so much Floss! Will start writing right now here in sunny Thailand.
Who do I speak to though? Who do I contact about this, and how can normal people find publishers who might even look at their work? Any recommended publishers/ publications, agents would be greatly received. Thanks, Floss. This is amazing. Xx
my book agent is Abigail Bergstrom, she's amazing!
Apparently I forgot to comment on this the first time I read it, but I came back to it because I keep chewing on these delicious ideas. I already consider myself a writer, but this gave me so much fuel, and new ways of thinking about it. For me, the things you mentioned about being a talker and supporting people and changing minds really resonated with me. I have been doing that my whole life, but I never connected that to my writing in the way you have. Such a beautiful thing! I feel like when I think about it that way, it makes me see the written word as coming from that same natural, gushing source, and it makes writing feel less laborious. I could go on for ages because there are so many wonderful thoughts in this post, but I’ll leave it there. THANK YOU for being you, and not holding back.
Misty eyes 🥹 Feeling so seen. "Has she looked at my notes app?!" 😂
Ah, Florence, thank you for this essay! Again, you are talking the talk and walking the walk. I'm reading "Women living deliciously" right now, very slowly, devouring every bit of it, and I literally hear your voice powerfully saying all these invaluable wisdoms and truths into my ear. You do write like you speak! Are you going to record more podcast-like versions of your essays? I love them 😍 together with reading, audio versions deliver the messages even deeper and better. And the audio book once you create it will be a real powerhouse!
Florence you are such a vibrant, beautiful, shining ray of inspiration and femininity. I adore this so much! I have been following you online for ages now and I had no idea what substack even was until about half an hour ago. You were the first person I subscribed to and I have fallen in love with the “who does she think she is?” Way of living.
Today was a particularly vulnerable day. Your content always pops up on my feed when I need a reminder of who I am and that’s exactly what you did for me today.
I’m a singer, a writer, a dancer, a damn good cook and most importantly a woman who just wants to live unapologetically and authentically to inspire others! It has always been my dream to become a person who sparks something in people, but I never gave myself the chance to shine first!
Your video on being audacious as a woman really resonated with me. Last year I was diagnosed with BPD and a big part of the disorder is not really feeling like you have a solid personality. It sparks confusion and self doubt and a wondering for who I could possibly be when I just want to be everything? Shrinking myself down my entire life became habitual and I am sooo ready to start being my vivacious self again. The little girl who loved pink and dreamed of becoming someone who made a difference in the world, the girl who made potions and left gifts for the fairies. I am the only restriction between me and my authenticity. I am the veil between who I think people want me to be and who I am!
I never comment on anything online, y’know, the voice in your head that says “nobody will want to listen to you talk about yourself” but it’s not for them is it? This is my first thing to post on this app and I want this to signify my leap of faith into exploring the mischievous unknown and the mystical, magical gift of being a fucking woman!
We need more beautiful souls like you in this world Florence and I know deep down in my bones that the work you’re doing will continue to make waves for women, as it already has!
Any beautiful people who’ve read this far, I wish for you the most exciting, joyous, fruitful life! Let’s build each other up again! 💗💗💗