Mary, thank you so much for this. I feel it in my BONES. Last night I was tossing & turning & couldn’t shake this feeling of “no matter how impactful teachings on IG may be…as a whole I think it’s squashing us more than uplifting us.” I have been wrestling with deleting mine for a while now but get pulled back in every-time. I’m still not 100% what I want to do, but I am inspired by your leap and leadership here. P.s. I’m in Asheville & am excited to attend your plant walks & tea ceremonies in the future. Big love to you 💕
you are absolutely right on in many ways except this: oligarchs have not just recently swallowed democracy. WE gave it away. we abandoned democracy when we allowed them to genetically engineer the food table. turn fresh water into sugar beet juices,destroy ma and pop biz. tolerated the advent of walmart et al in the middle of the country when the clinton’s decimated american industry and farming in the mid 90’s. reagan gave away our rights to sue vaccine companies in late 80’s and we sat by and allowed it. we abdicated our power by turning to television and media instead of our own communities,supporting our local bookstores and libraries. we’re an illiterate country addicted to ginned up imagery and sound bites. we’ve become a spiritually bankrupt country because they’ve told each successive gen there is no god and we agreed. we’ve allowed our tax dollars to fund hegemony war and pillaging ALL OVER THE GLOBE. we’ve funded our own police state. our self poisoning. we’ve adapted to every ‘convenience’ thrown in our direction. seduced like mice to a trap filled with government cheese. the oligarchs have always been behind so called leadership. they are now emboldened to show their faces because we helped them by participating in our debt slavery fighting for virtue and positioning over real human values. i dumped social media in 2020. felt my brain changing and decided VOWED promised myself books,real food,sunlight and music. everything on the scrying black mirror is a trick of state craft wielded by the high priests and death cult masters of dark arts. one day soon,i pray we will awaken from our slumber and finally remember who and what we are.
Yes. Thank you. All of this. I, too, am wrestling with this shift in social media (me making my shifts, them making theirs...) and was looking at SubStack as a place to move. (Hey, if it's good enough for Heather Cox Richardson, it's good enough for me!) I appreciate your passion and integrity. Be well, Kate
Mary, thank you so much for your courage and truth. I have been pondering this for SOOOO long and now I am seeing more and more people deactivating and speaking to this like you. I too have been in the boat of " but how will I reach others with my work & voice?" And I think that's how they keep us stuck. Thinking there is no other option. I am reminded that business have thrived without social media for years and years and we're base on true social connection! We too can do this! I BELIEVE in us. I'm exhausted as a mom of three with a soulful, creative, magical business speaking into the now defeaning echo chamber of IG and it growing worse everyday. I just birthed a HUGE project full of powerful, ancestral medicine, the work of lifetimes and have been challenged with so many stories coming up around it not being " good enough " because of the depressingly low engagement and reach of my page.
I've given so much power away and it's time to take it back. Thank you for your voice in the world.
With you, and gathering the courage of take the leap.
My life with nothing but Substack for 1,5 is who am I without all this… freedom, ease, silence .. just some of the words that comes to me feeling into it.
What you say resonates with me. Lately, the content on FB has worried me. My gut tells me that this is the right thing to do and to cut ties. Thanks for your insite
I am taking the week off of IG and FB but your post may give me the courage to finally pull the plug. Typically, I take a few months off every year, but this time feels different. And not seeing some of my favorite inspirational people there anymore, helps. Great post!
thank you for your words of wisdom and for walking the walk. i too have walked away from instagram for many of the same reasons. i find that since deleting my app I have had lots more authenticity in relationships and community. i just followed your substack and am sharing with friends. when we lived in WNC i enjoyed a beautiful tea ceremony with you (with my dear friend Carole Shoaf). i will never forget the beauty of sitting under your ginkgo tree, sipping the magic from her leaves and enjoying a sense of community and love for the earth. this is a blogpost i wrote about my process of getting off of instagram. https://www.kimbellerart.com/post/change-is-in-the-air-happy-new-year
i feel so much lighter having taken the step to end my connection to META. thank you again for your words and your mighty fine approach to living in honor of our beautiful earth.
Mary, thank you so much for this. I feel it in my BONES. Last night I was tossing & turning & couldn’t shake this feeling of “no matter how impactful teachings on IG may be…as a whole I think it’s squashing us more than uplifting us.” I have been wrestling with deleting mine for a while now but get pulled back in every-time. I’m still not 100% what I want to do, but I am inspired by your leap and leadership here. P.s. I’m in Asheville & am excited to attend your plant walks & tea ceremonies in the future. Big love to you 💕
Bless you and the following of the feeling in your bone's knowing. You got this! And I do so hope to meet at a tea ceremony!
Omgsh , I'm in Asheville area too ( just east) . Feeling you so much Amy. It IS squashing us more than uplifting us.. hear that.
you are absolutely right on in many ways except this: oligarchs have not just recently swallowed democracy. WE gave it away. we abandoned democracy when we allowed them to genetically engineer the food table. turn fresh water into sugar beet juices,destroy ma and pop biz. tolerated the advent of walmart et al in the middle of the country when the clinton’s decimated american industry and farming in the mid 90’s. reagan gave away our rights to sue vaccine companies in late 80’s and we sat by and allowed it. we abdicated our power by turning to television and media instead of our own communities,supporting our local bookstores and libraries. we’re an illiterate country addicted to ginned up imagery and sound bites. we’ve become a spiritually bankrupt country because they’ve told each successive gen there is no god and we agreed. we’ve allowed our tax dollars to fund hegemony war and pillaging ALL OVER THE GLOBE. we’ve funded our own police state. our self poisoning. we’ve adapted to every ‘convenience’ thrown in our direction. seduced like mice to a trap filled with government cheese. the oligarchs have always been behind so called leadership. they are now emboldened to show their faces because we helped them by participating in our debt slavery fighting for virtue and positioning over real human values. i dumped social media in 2020. felt my brain changing and decided VOWED promised myself books,real food,sunlight and music. everything on the scrying black mirror is a trick of state craft wielded by the high priests and death cult masters of dark arts. one day soon,i pray we will awaken from our slumber and finally remember who and what we are.
Yes we American frogs have been warming in the pot for decades and now we are about to come to a boil. Jump out, frogs, take the leap!
Yes. Thank you. All of this. I, too, am wrestling with this shift in social media (me making my shifts, them making theirs...) and was looking at SubStack as a place to move. (Hey, if it's good enough for Heather Cox Richardson, it's good enough for me!) I appreciate your passion and integrity. Be well, Kate
Mary, thank you so much for your courage and truth. I have been pondering this for SOOOO long and now I am seeing more and more people deactivating and speaking to this like you. I too have been in the boat of " but how will I reach others with my work & voice?" And I think that's how they keep us stuck. Thinking there is no other option. I am reminded that business have thrived without social media for years and years and we're base on true social connection! We too can do this! I BELIEVE in us. I'm exhausted as a mom of three with a soulful, creative, magical business speaking into the now defeaning echo chamber of IG and it growing worse everyday. I just birthed a HUGE project full of powerful, ancestral medicine, the work of lifetimes and have been challenged with so many stories coming up around it not being " good enough " because of the depressingly low engagement and reach of my page.
I've given so much power away and it's time to take it back. Thank you for your voice in the world.
With you, and gathering the courage of take the leap.
- Jillian MacKenzie
I can relate! Together, we take back our power! Thank you for your beautiful work in the world!
My life with nothing but Substack for 1,5 is who am I without all this… freedom, ease, silence .. just some of the words that comes to me feeling into it.
What you say resonates with me. Lately, the content on FB has worried me. My gut tells me that this is the right thing to do and to cut ties. Thanks for your insite
I am taking the week off of IG and FB but your post may give me the courage to finally pull the plug. Typically, I take a few months off every year, but this time feels different. And not seeing some of my favorite inspirational people there anymore, helps. Great post!
You are an inspiration!
It has been a joy to let META go
Thank you for the confirmation and I look forward to deepening in that joy! Already I feel so much lighter.
thank you for your words of wisdom and for walking the walk. i too have walked away from instagram for many of the same reasons. i find that since deleting my app I have had lots more authenticity in relationships and community. i just followed your substack and am sharing with friends. when we lived in WNC i enjoyed a beautiful tea ceremony with you (with my dear friend Carole Shoaf). i will never forget the beauty of sitting under your ginkgo tree, sipping the magic from her leaves and enjoying a sense of community and love for the earth. this is a blogpost i wrote about my process of getting off of instagram. https://www.kimbellerart.com/post/change-is-in-the-air-happy-new-year
i feel so much lighter having taken the step to end my connection to META. thank you again for your words and your mighty fine approach to living in honor of our beautiful earth.
I remember you coming to that tea ceremony, Kim! Thank you for sharing your post about leaving IG and bless your life!
I’m here now because I read this post and hit the subscribe button, so that is how your account will grow here. ❤️❤️
Molly! Thank you so much for that reminder and so grateful to have you here!