Natalie Lucie | Substack

A reminder to stay in rest mode this January. (And a poem)

It’s January 1st and I have no intention of speeding up, ‘smashing the new year’ or pushing myself against the obvious nature of winter: Rest.

Jan 1 • Natalie

Why mothers are collapsing at Christmas

(And much of this may well apply to non-mothers too, there's always that caveat, I'm simply writing from my own reality, hence the mother bit)

Dec 19, 2025 • Natalie

I'm so tired of being afraid

I saw a (great) Substack a while back that said: ‘I’m so afraid of being tired’.

Sep 24, 2025 • Natalie

Do. Not. Give. Up.

A reminder that it is very much worth the process

Jun 27, 2025 • Natalie

I stopped taking photos.

I remember getting my first camera at eight years old, on Christmas Day.

May 27, 2025 • Natalie

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