🖤 Love Letter from Leah – February 2026
Your monthly dose of soft nourishment from Leah @ TNS
Hello lovelies,
I’ve officially made my way back to New England after a winding holiday season that carried me all the way from Atlanta through North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and finally full circle back to Massachusetts over the course of just a few weeks.
Here are just a few snapshots from my journey up the coast.
After almost a full year of travel and nomadic living, the last few weeks have been full and a bit overwhelming. Both my career and housing are in flux right now, so its been a season of movement, interviews, transitions, and uncertainty.
In the process of navigating all this, my anxiety has crept higher than I’ve wanted it to. So I’ve been listening closely and making small but meaningful changes to support my nervous system.
One of those changes was stepping away from THC edibles. I loved them during my more untethered, creative, free-floating travel season, but recently began to feel a clear nudge toward simplicity and sobriety as I approach spring and my plans to root down.
To support that transition, I have returned to basic mindfulness somatic breathwork, and EFT as daily anchors for my system.
It’s been quietly transformative.
Lately, my practice has centered on naming and releasing anxiety around scarcity and opening myself up to abundance. It’s a practice in reminding myself that I have what I need. That I am capable. That I am supported and loved. That abundance does not require constant striving but to stay present enough to receive.
Alongside all of this, something lovely has been unfolding.
About six months ago, while passing through Boston, I took a giant leap of faith by joining a United Methodist church in the South End. After many years of spiritual exploration, I never imagined I would arrive at calling myself a Christian—and yet, here I am. Falling in love with God. Learning how my faith wants to live in my body and daily life as a believer. This is a story for another time, but it’s shaping me in quiet, foundational ways.
In my January Love Letter, I shared my word for the year ahead: presence. This month, I’m expanding on that word by exploring how it comes alive through daily practice:
mindfulness: the practice of becoming present enough to notice where God, grace, and life are already meeting us.
Through mindfulness, I’m learning that presence isn’t something I achieve by trying harder or planning better; it’s something I practice by returning to my body, my breath, and this exact moment.
Mindfulness, then, is how presence becomes tangible; how it moves from a concept into a felt experience. It’s the way I soften my grip on the future, release the urge to brace against scarcity, and remember that life is meeting me here, now, with enough.
In this February edition of Love Letters from Leah, I’m sharing a handful of nourishing resources and offerings that have been supporting my mindfulness practice and faith through this season of love, transition, and inner steadiness.
I invite you to try what resonates.
🖤 xoxo, Leah
PS. Before we go further into this letter, I want to check in with you:
What’s been helping steady you in this season?
Where have you been asking yourself to slow down, simplify, or listen more closely?
What word feels like it wants to guide you through 2026?
Feel free to hit reply to share. I will respond thoughtfully.🖤
Leah’s Seasonal Self-Nourishment Toolkit
Just a few nourishing things I did for myself in this season of love. I encourage you to maybe give one or all of them a try.
Get 20% off First Order of ConcenTrace Supports healthy bones, joints, and teeth, promotes efficient hydration and restores electrolytes for energetic, metabolic, and mood support.
Learn More About the Traditional Korean Diet and explore Gut-Nourishing Korean Bachan Side Dish Recipes
Download the Insight Timer App to start your mindfulness practice today using their frictionless timer feature.
Unwind Your Mind One Stitch at a Time with Embroom a fun way to unwind after work or pass the time when you’re feeling restless.
How Can Body Conscious Clothing Boost Your Self-Esteem? an article exploring how style can support self-love.
Basic Mindfulness Practice for Stillness & Presence
As a Valentine’s gift, please enjoy this Basic Mindfulness meditation practice from Marina’s recent Sanctuary Circle.
FREE Community Offerings:
Nine Elements of Nourishment: A 9-Week Mindfulness Cohort
Begins March 1 | Free · Drop-In · Community-Centered
This spring, I’m inviting the TNS community (existing members and Substack readers) into a nine-week mindfulness journey through my signature wellness framework – the Nine Elements of Nourishment.
This is a mindfulness-based group program designed to support whole-person wellbeing in a way that’s embodied, relational, sensitive, and sustainable through simple meditations, EFT tapping, somatic awareness, and reflective practices you can integrate into everyday life.
Each week centers on one element of nourishment in the framework:
(mind) emotional health, self-empowerment, value alignment,
(body) holistic nutrition, physical fitness, digestive health,
(spirit) embodiment, optimal living, and spiritual growth
Along the way, we’ll gather for three community circles to slow down, reflect together, and weave these elements into lived experience, with a final integration circle to close the journey.
What’s included:
9 weekly mindfulness themes + meditation, somatic, and EFT practices grounded in the Nine Elements framework
9 weekly reflection check-ins via Google Form for accountability
3 group check-ins + community spaces for support and sharing
A closing circle in early May to integrate growth and lessons
This journey is an invitation to:
slow down without falling behind
listen to your body instead of pushing past it
reconnect with your inner grounding before you “rise”
If your nervous system is asking for more steadiness, softness, and support this season, you’re warmly invited to join us.
Monthly Connection Circle for Highly Sensitive People
Next Circle March 9th, Monthly | Free · Drop-In · Community
Leah is now holding space for a free monthly Sensitive Sanctuary circle inside the TNSC community. This is a simple, spacious place for highly sensitive people to come together and talk about life.
Each month, we’ll gather just to connect. You’re welcome whether you want to speak, listen, or just be quietly present.
Inside each Sensitive Sanctuary Circle, expect:
A grounding opening practice to help us arrive and settle
Open, facilitated conversation on shared lived experience
Space to speak honestly without needing to explain your sensitivity
Deep listening, care, and mutual respect
A non-performative, non-fixing community atmosphere
The option to participate in whatever way feels best that day
Each gathering may organically explore topics such as:
Navigating overstimulation, burnout, or emotional overwhelm
Being sensitive in work, family, or relationships
How sensitivity impacts our relationship with food & body
Friendship, loneliness, and longing for belonging
Boundaries and energy in a loud, fast world
Living gently in a culture that rewards pushing
Creativity, intuition, and inner worlds
Grief, change, and transitions
Faith, meaning, or spiritual curiosity (in your own language)
Joy, awe, beauty, and the small things that keep us going
Themes arise naturally from whoever shows up—nothing is forced or pre-planned.
Blooming With Marina: When Sensitive People Stand Up For Themselves: How to Set Boundaries and Stay In Your Power
Have you ever left a conversation or a conflict situation wishing you’d said or did something differently?
Navigating conflict with healthy boundaries can be messy and complicated, but in this conversation, we’re going to simplify it.
In this conversation, Marina and Leah walk us through:
Understanding why self-advocacy is so dysregulating — how standing up for yourself activates the nervous system (and how to cope)
Recognizing anger as an early boundary signal — learning to notice anger in its softer, subtler forms and use it wisely.
Advocating for yourself without hardening — practicing responses that honor your values, dignity, and needs without becoming reactive or self-punishing.
Preview: Navigating Anger and Boundaries as a Sensitive
Self Alchemy: Co-working Circle for Sensitive Self-Healers
Next Circle February 16th, Biweekly | $22 · Drop-In · Community
Marina is running a bi-monthly Sensitive Sanctuary circle inside the TNSC Garden: Self Alchemy: A Bimonthly Co-working Circle for Sensitive Self-Healers, where members can actually practice these skills together in grounded community.
Inside the Self Alchemy Circle, you can expect:
Guided grounding practices to ease into your body
Journaling or workbook time (bring your own or use the prompts Marina offers)
Emotional processing support in a compassionate group setting
Energetic boundary and intuitive exercises drawn from Marina’s own toolkit
Self-compassion practices inspired by leaders like Kristin Neff and Tara Brach
Gentle community sharing where you can speak, listen, or simply be present
About the Facilitator: Marina Biggio is a tarot reader, psychic, biomechanical engineer, and spiritual guide and creator of Cosmic Marina, LLC, where she guides women to reconnect with their inner wisdom and the divine. Instagram @cosmic_marina + Substack at Cosmic Marina LLC. cosmicmarina.com
Are you a Sensitive Writer, Artist or Creative?
The Nourished Sensitive Magazine exists to unite sensitive creatives, writers, and artists around a shared vision of holistic nourishment for highly sensitive and neurodivergent humans. We feature contributors whose values align with ours — compassion, community, sustainability, empowerment, and integrity — and who feel called to offer their creative work in service of healing, visibility, and soulful expression for their fellow sensitives.
If you’d like to be considered for a future feature in 2026, we’d love to learn more about you and your work.
This form is an expression of interest, not a submission deadline or guarantee of publication. Selected contributors will be contacted when opportunities arise that feel aligned.
The Nourished Sensitive Magazine is a co-created publication for sensitive healers, entrepreneurs and creatives from all walks of life to share their gifts and step into more visibility. We share blog articles, essays, artwork, poetry and more from sensitive contributors. This publication is currently free. Investing in TNS supports helps bring the full issue to digital and print.
Rummage the Nourished Sensitive Toolshed
1. Holistic Guide to Thriving in Your Sensitivity
A heart-centered digital guide to that walks you through a holistic health self-assessment across the Nine Elements of Nourishment Framework™ with practical tools and gentle reflections to improve your health holistically as a sensitive human.
Inside, you’ll:
🌱 Clarify what needs nourishment right now across nine life domains
🌸 Discover your Nourished Sensitive Archetype & Growth Phase
🌼 Create a personalized growth roadmap for this season of your life
🌙 Envision your next chapter with a values-aligned vision board
Thank you so much for being here, for reading this month’s love letter, and for helping keep the nourishment of this community alive. Wishing you warmth, love, and presence this February.
Bisous!
💋 Leah
PS. Hey, it’s your (new) friend, Leah! I created The Nourished Sensitive community to be a peaceful sanctuary for deep feelers, intuitive thinkers, and creative spirits. I’d love to get to know you better.
If you’d like to do the same, feel free to reply to this email or message me on Substack to share more about yourself.
You can share:
how you found the TNS community, what you’re discovering about your sensitivity this season, and where you need support.
what you do as a sensitive human creator, coach or leader.
I read every message and always reply.🖤
Wow lots of great resources here!