July's Theme: Joy as Rebellion
The Sacred Power of Play, Pleasure, and Permission
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Hello, my beautiful friend!
What if joy isn’t the reward…
but the resistance?
This month in Wondermere and The Garden, we’re not just tiptoeing through tulips, we’re marching barefoot, belly-laughing, and tossing glitter in the air like confetti spells.
With Nyxi the Velvet Flame Fox lighting the torch and Grandma Pearl blessing our silliness with sacred sass, July is an invitation to reclaim joy as a form of spiritual defiance.
✨ Not just pleasure, but protest.
✨ Not just play, but presence.
✨ Not just giggles, but grounded, gorgeous rebellion.
You don’t have to earn rest. You don’t need permission for play.
Your joy is your birthright, and this month, we dare to live like it.
Journal Prompts for the Soul-led
💫 Before we leap into a brand new month and theme, let’s pause. Let’s listen.
These reflection prompts are here to stir your knowing, stretch your edges, and shake loose the stories that say joy is frivolous. You don’t have to answer them all. You don’t have to answer them “well.” You only need to answer honestly.
Let this be a conversation between you and your sacred becoming.
This is the soil we’re planting in… let’s see what grows.
Prompts to Meet Joy With Your Whole Self
What does joyful rebellion mean to me — in my body, my schedule, or my self-talk?
Where have I mistaken exhaustion for virtue? What would it feel like to choose pleasure instead of proving?
When was the last time I felt fully alive — not just functioning? What was different in that moment?
What parts of me have been silenced… that are actually sources of joy, wonder, or mischief?
If I let joy be a sacred protest — what would I do differently this week?
Whose rules about “worthiness” am I still living by? What if I made my own?
Complete this sentence:
I give myself permission to find joy in…If my inner child could plan the next 3 days — what would they include? What would they skip?
What’s one small act of joyful rebellion I can take today — even if no one else understands it?
What would it look like to let myself bloom for no reason at all?
Your joy doesn’t have to be loud, logical, or approved by anyone else.
It only has to be yours.
Let it bloom. Let it burn.
Let it remind you: this is sacred work.
With firelight, flower crowns, and full permission to laugh too loud,
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