Welcome!
You are invited to enter into the spacious feeling of ahhh — that expanded place that gives you permission to slow down, catch your breath, take a load off… and come home to yourself.
What is the Journey Home?
The Journey Home is a bi-weekly newsletter created and delivered by me* via email every Tuesday and Friday. Through artful images, nourishing inspirations, illuminating questions, and playful musings, the purpose is to dial into what it means to live a clear and spacious life.
(*See bio below).
Think of it as an oasis… a place to take a pause, quiet the mind, and cultivate spaciousness — in all its sensory, soulful, and surprising forms.
Tourism or transformation?
Seth Godin perhaps said it best when he wrote:
“Merely looking at something almost never causes change. Tourism is fun, but rarely transformative… Change comes from new habits, from acting as if, from experiencing the inevitable discomfort of becoming.” 1
The question to ask ourselves as we travel together on this path: do we want to just peek and poke around, or do we want to be inspired, awaken to something bigger, be lifted in ways that elevate and surprise us?
The author, teacher, and photographer in me says YES to the latter! Why stop short when we can play a much bigger game?
While journeys, by definition, are not predictable, my vision here is to go the distance.
Here’s how…
A journey in three parts
For those of you who know me, tidying up is how I roll, how I settle in, how I create calm. This “home” is no different. Making things easy to find and enjoy is the name of the game here too.
If you go to the Home Page, you’ll find that everything is grouped by theme and lives in one of these three homes, or sections:
Spacious Reveals
Conscious Clearing
World Views
Think of them as three lanes on the path to spaciousness.
You can choose one lane, or travel them all as they get featured — one at a time —from week to week.
The thumbnails below will give you an idea of what they are and where each one might take you on this Journey. (Tap image to explore more).
All in for the ride, or just peeking in?
All are welcome to journey with us and we are so happy you said yes!
There is a slight rub, however: Everything you read goes behind a paywall after a short period of time…
Which takes us back to the question of tourist or traveler.
Are you all in for the ride, or just peeking in and riding along?
Dare I say, deciding to be a traveler on this Journey could deepen and enrich your experience in ways beyond measure. Here’s what you can do to change the game…
Here’s where upgrading to a paid subscription changes the game…
It’s a gift to you: You get it all without the pressure to catch posts before they go away. For the cost of a fancy coffee each month ($6 a month/ $60 a year) you’ll receive unlimited access to all three lanes of the journey, a growing library of inspiration, comment threads, and spacious surprises. And while less tangible, consider how it signals to your subconscious that cultivating a spacious life matters.
It’s a gift to me: As a form of energy exchange, your support goes a long way in supporting this work, and me as its creator. Believe me, it means the world!
It’s a gift to others: Your contribution grows our community of fellow travelers dedicated to living a more conscious life.
If money is keeping you from full engagement
I don’t want anyone ever to feel left out of getting to participate fully. If money is an issue, please email me at stephaniebennettvogt@substack.com to let me know and I will comp you for the year, no questions asked.
The Journey awaits…
To paraphrase Dr. Seuss: Today is our day, our mountain is waiting, let’s get on our way!
Get your walking stick or pull out your lounge chair with cup of tea in hand, and let’s Journey Home together.
And if you’d like to know a bit more about me, keep reading.
Ahhh🏡
Stephanie
*A bit more about me…
Yes that is me at the White House, and no I don’t work there.
Homes — the physical spaces we inhabit and the emotional ones that live inside of us — are my thing though. So are journeys.
As a longtime space clearing expert, teacher, and author of five books, I have been helping people address the underlying causes of clutter, stress, struggle, and overwhelm for three decades. With four bestselling courses at DailyOM, it has been my privilege and joy to guide over 300,000 others on yearlong clearing journeys of their homes and hearts.
My passion is helping people wake up to their truest, most spacious self — one small step, moment, and good laugh at a time.
I also adore traveling the world as a way to come home to myself. And by world, I mean around it. Three times.
What I have not been able to share as widely is my lifetime love of photography. My hope is to change that with this newsletter…
to journey home with you all in a more visual way…
to say more with less.
For more, visit: www.spaceclear.com
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