Claire.S
@silentsoulstories.bsky.social
Writer of Silent Soul Story.
I write about feeling safe, being present, and the spaces between words.
Observant. Human.
https://medium.com/@clairesternberg
I write about feeling safe, being present, and the spaces between words.
Observant. Human.
https://medium.com/@clairesternberg
I painted an apple
before I knew what it meant.
Have you ever created something
before understanding why it needed to exist?
#QuietCreation #ListeningInward #ArtBeforeMeaning #SlowMaking
before I knew what it meant.
Have you ever created something
before understanding why it needed to exist?
#QuietCreation #ListeningInward #ArtBeforeMeaning #SlowMaking
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I painted an apple
before I knew what it meant.
Have you ever created something
before understanding why it needed to exist?
#QuietCreation #ListeningInward #ArtBeforeMeaning #SlowMaking
before I knew what it meant.
Have you ever created something
before understanding why it needed to exist?
#QuietCreation #ListeningInward #ArtBeforeMeaning #SlowMaking
When someone says, “I felt so safe,”
I wonder,
where do you feel safety first?
In your chest?
In your breath?
In being understood without explanation?
I’m writing more of these reflections on Substack. ✨
#QuietMoments #FeelingSafe #SlowThoughts #GentleReflections
I wonder,
where do you feel safety first?
In your chest?
In your breath?
In being understood without explanation?
I’m writing more of these reflections on Substack. ✨
#QuietMoments #FeelingSafe #SlowThoughts #GentleReflections
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
When someone says, “I felt so safe,”
I wonder,
where do you feel safety first?
In your chest?
In your breath?
In being understood without explanation?
I’m writing more of these reflections on Substack. ✨
#QuietMoments #FeelingSafe #SlowThoughts #GentleReflections
I wonder,
where do you feel safety first?
In your chest?
In your breath?
In being understood without explanation?
I’m writing more of these reflections on Substack. ✨
#QuietMoments #FeelingSafe #SlowThoughts #GentleReflections
If these quiet questions land somewhere familiar for you,
you’re welcome to follow along here.
I write about safety, listening, and the moments we almost miss. ✨😊
#intuition #spirituality #QuietReflections #EmotionalSafety
you’re welcome to follow along here.
I write about safety, listening, and the moments we almost miss. ✨😊
#intuition #spirituality #QuietReflections #EmotionalSafety
February 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
If these quiet questions land somewhere familiar for you,
you’re welcome to follow along here.
I write about safety, listening, and the moments we almost miss. ✨😊
#intuition #spirituality #QuietReflections #EmotionalSafety
you’re welcome to follow along here.
I write about safety, listening, and the moments we almost miss. ✨😊
#intuition #spirituality #QuietReflections #EmotionalSafety
When someone says, “I felt so safe,”
it makes you wonder,
did I feel it too, or was I holding my breath the whole time?
it makes you wonder,
did I feel it too, or was I holding my breath the whole time?
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 AM
When someone says, “I felt so safe,”
it makes you wonder,
did I feel it too, or was I holding my breath the whole time?
it makes you wonder,
did I feel it too, or was I holding my breath the whole time?
Silent Soul Letters
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I write slow, reflective letters for those who feel deeply and listen beneath the noise. These pieces explore intuition, presence, and the quiet moments that shape us, written gently, without urgency,...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Silent Soul Letters
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Between mountain and sea, I found a hidden cave.
Water falling softly above me, wind breathing through the echo.
I stood still, and felt very, very alive.
#personalgrowth #dayoff #quietmoment #soulrest #timeoutside #naturepause #betweenseaandmountain #hiddenplace #westerncape #slowday #cave
Water falling softly above me, wind breathing through the echo.
I stood still, and felt very, very alive.
#personalgrowth #dayoff #quietmoment #soulrest #timeoutside #naturepause #betweenseaandmountain #hiddenplace #westerncape #slowday #cave
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Between mountain and sea, I found a hidden cave.
Water falling softly above me, wind breathing through the echo.
I stood still, and felt very, very alive.
#personalgrowth #dayoff #quietmoment #soulrest #timeoutside #naturepause #betweenseaandmountain #hiddenplace #westerncape #slowday #cave
Water falling softly above me, wind breathing through the echo.
I stood still, and felt very, very alive.
#personalgrowth #dayoff #quietmoment #soulrest #timeoutside #naturepause #betweenseaandmountain #hiddenplace #westerncape #slowday #cave
In quiet spaces, the soul doesn’t need to search.
It remembers.
#innerlife #emotionalwellbeing #personalgrowth #selfawareness #quiet #spirituality #spiritjournal #journaling
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It remembers.
#innerlife #emotionalwellbeing #personalgrowth #selfawareness #quiet #spirituality #spiritjournal #journaling
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In Quiet Spaces, the Soul Remembers Who It Is
On quiet, relief, and the self that returns when nothing is demanded
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February 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
In quiet spaces, the soul doesn’t need to search.
It remembers.
#innerlife #emotionalwellbeing #personalgrowth #selfawareness #quiet #spirituality #spiritjournal #journaling
medium.com/@clairestern...
It remembers.
#innerlife #emotionalwellbeing #personalgrowth #selfawareness #quiet #spirituality #spiritjournal #journaling
medium.com/@clairestern...
The mountains have always been my language.
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The mountains have always been my language.
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting
Overthinking never brought me clarity.
Listening to my body did.
Some answers don’t arrive as thoughts,
they show up as pauses, tightness, ease, resistance.
I wrote about learning to trust that quiet intelligence
before the mind tries to explain it away.
✨ Read here → medium.com/@clairestern...
Listening to my body did.
Some answers don’t arrive as thoughts,
they show up as pauses, tightness, ease, resistance.
I wrote about learning to trust that quiet intelligence
before the mind tries to explain it away.
✨ Read here → medium.com/@clairestern...
The Body Answers Before the Mind Understands
Why intuition, sensation, and embodied awareness matter more than overthinking
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January 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Overthinking never brought me clarity.
Listening to my body did.
Some answers don’t arrive as thoughts,
they show up as pauses, tightness, ease, resistance.
I wrote about learning to trust that quiet intelligence
before the mind tries to explain it away.
✨ Read here → medium.com/@clairestern...
Listening to my body did.
Some answers don’t arrive as thoughts,
they show up as pauses, tightness, ease, resistance.
I wrote about learning to trust that quiet intelligence
before the mind tries to explain it away.
✨ Read here → medium.com/@clairestern...
In quiet spaces, the soul remembers who it is.
#mindfulness #wellness #spirituality #personalgrowth #CreativeJourney #QuietStories #WriterLife #SacredPlaces #SoulConnections
#mindfulness #wellness #spirituality #personalgrowth #CreativeJourney #QuietStories #WriterLife #SacredPlaces #SoulConnections
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In quiet spaces, the soul remembers who it is.
#mindfulness #wellness #spirituality #personalgrowth #CreativeJourney #QuietStories #WriterLife #SacredPlaces #SoulConnections
#mindfulness #wellness #spirituality #personalgrowth #CreativeJourney #QuietStories #WriterLife #SacredPlaces #SoulConnections
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting #mindfulness #wellness
✨ Full reflection on Medium.
medium.com/@clairestern...
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting #mindfulness #wellness
✨ Full reflection on Medium.
medium.com/@clairestern...
Why I Chose Barrydale Breeze: A Story of Oneness, Spirit, and Returning Home
How a tiny house, a spiral staircase, and the Karoo mountains revealed the place my spirit had been calling for all along.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Mountains don’t explain themselves. They simply exist, strong, grounding, patient. I’ve always understood them more than words.
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting #mindfulness #wellness
✨ Full reflection on Medium.
medium.com/@clairestern...
#MountainSoul #NatureAsTeacher #EarthConnection #SpiritualNature #SlowLife #NatureWriting #mindfulness #wellness
✨ Full reflection on Medium.
medium.com/@clairestern...
"This felt like trusting movement more than thought.”
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#Courage #FacingFear #InnerStrength #WalkingForward #PersonalGrowth
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#Courage #FacingFear #InnerStrength #WalkingForward #PersonalGrowth
Walking Forward: A Trail, a Tortoise, and the Choice Not to Turn Back
A quiet hike in Barrydale became a lesson about fear, trust, and choosing to walk forward
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
"This felt like trusting movement more than thought.”
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#Courage #FacingFear #InnerStrength #WalkingForward #PersonalGrowth
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#Courage #FacingFear #InnerStrength #WalkingForward #PersonalGrowth
Not to what you should do.
Not to what’s expected.
But to the quieter voice beneath it all, the one that doesn’t interrupt, only waits.
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Not to what’s expected.
But to the quieter voice beneath it all, the one that doesn’t interrupt, only waits.
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A Question for Your Inner World
Most people are listening all day.
To conversations, notifications, obligations, noise.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Not to what you should do.
Not to what’s expected.
But to the quieter voice beneath it all, the one that doesn’t interrupt, only waits.
medium.com/illumination...
Not to what’s expected.
But to the quieter voice beneath it all, the one that doesn’t interrupt, only waits.
medium.com/illumination...
I didn’t realise I was following a thread.
I only noticed it once I stopped rushing.
This is a story about place, timing, and recognition —
The Overberg Tapestry.
If you feel drawn to quiet signs, it’s here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#QuietNoticing
#InnerLandscape
#Personalessay
I only noticed it once I stopped rushing.
This is a story about place, timing, and recognition —
The Overberg Tapestry.
If you feel drawn to quiet signs, it’s here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#QuietNoticing
#InnerLandscape
#Personalessay
The Overberg Tapestry: The Book That Found Me Before Barrydale Did
The unexpected link between a writer, a valley, and a book that travelled ahead of me.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:27 AM
I didn’t realise I was following a thread.
I only noticed it once I stopped rushing.
This is a story about place, timing, and recognition —
The Overberg Tapestry.
If you feel drawn to quiet signs, it’s here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#QuietNoticing
#InnerLandscape
#Personalessay
I only noticed it once I stopped rushing.
This is a story about place, timing, and recognition —
The Overberg Tapestry.
If you feel drawn to quiet signs, it’s here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#QuietNoticing
#InnerLandscape
#Personalessay
Someone once said to me,
“I felt safe.”
I didn’t realise how much weight those words carried until later.
I wrote about it, about safety, silence, and the spaces we hold for one another.
If this speaks to you, the story is here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#PersonalEssay
“I felt safe.”
I didn’t realise how much weight those words carried until later.
I wrote about it, about safety, silence, and the spaces we hold for one another.
If this speaks to you, the story is here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#PersonalEssay
When Someone Says, “I Felt So Safe”
A quiet reflection on belonging, choice, and listening to where the body feels at ease
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January 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Someone once said to me,
“I felt safe.”
I didn’t realise how much weight those words carried until later.
I wrote about it, about safety, silence, and the spaces we hold for one another.
If this speaks to you, the story is here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#PersonalEssay
“I felt safe.”
I didn’t realise how much weight those words carried until later.
I wrote about it, about safety, silence, and the spaces we hold for one another.
If this speaks to you, the story is here:
medium.com/@clairestern...
#PersonalEssay