Bill Newgent
@billunlearns.bsky.social
Unlearning beliefs the world taught me. ⏸️ UnlearningMyself.com
If you’re feeling tired, uncertain, or overwhelmed—there’s nothing wrong with you. It doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It just means you’re human, in a moment that asks a lot of us.
A gentle reminder: You are not alone.
You are not forgotten. And you are loved—even on the days you can’t feel it.
It just means you’re human, in a moment that asks a lot of us.
A gentle reminder: You are not alone.
You are not forgotten. And you are loved—even on the days you can’t feel it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you’re feeling tired, uncertain, or overwhelmed—there’s nothing wrong with you. It doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It just means you’re human, in a moment that asks a lot of us.
A gentle reminder: You are not alone.
You are not forgotten. And you are loved—even on the days you can’t feel it.
It just means you’re human, in a moment that asks a lot of us.
A gentle reminder: You are not alone.
You are not forgotten. And you are loved—even on the days you can’t feel it.
Sat outside this morning expecting birds and a breeze.
Got silence instead.
Turns out the quiet wasn’t something I was missing.
It was showing me what was already here.
Here’s the full reflection if you want to sit with it too:
Got silence instead.
Turns out the quiet wasn’t something I was missing.
It was showing me what was already here.
Here’s the full reflection if you want to sit with it too:
Nothing Was Missing
A quiet morning reflection.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sat outside this morning expecting birds and a breeze.
Got silence instead.
Turns out the quiet wasn’t something I was missing.
It was showing me what was already here.
Here’s the full reflection if you want to sit with it too:
Got silence instead.
Turns out the quiet wasn’t something I was missing.
It was showing me what was already here.
Here’s the full reflection if you want to sit with it too:
Apathy isn’t indifference.
It’s care that’s gone into hiding. 💚
When we start to listen instead of fix, something in us begins to wake up again.
🌿 When We Stop Caring: What Apathy Is Really Trying to Tell Us
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
It’s care that’s gone into hiding. 💚
When we start to listen instead of fix, something in us begins to wake up again.
🌿 When We Stop Caring: What Apathy Is Really Trying to Tell Us
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
When We Stop Caring: What Apathy Is Really Trying to Tell Us
How resignation quietly takes root — and how remembering love becomes the way home.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Apathy isn’t indifference.
It’s care that’s gone into hiding. 💚
When we start to listen instead of fix, something in us begins to wake up again.
🌿 When We Stop Caring: What Apathy Is Really Trying to Tell Us
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
It’s care that’s gone into hiding. 💚
When we start to listen instead of fix, something in us begins to wake up again.
🌿 When We Stop Caring: What Apathy Is Really Trying to Tell Us
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
Ever notice how your mind gets loud right before you come home — to a place, or to yourself?
Mine did last night.
And it showed me something worth remembering. 🌞
💛 The Grace in a Busy Mind → theunlearning.substack.com
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Stillness #InnerPeace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
Mine did last night.
And it showed me something worth remembering. 🌞
💛 The Grace in a Busy Mind → theunlearning.substack.com
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Stillness #InnerPeace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
The Grace in a Busy Mind
Even in the hum of a busy mind, Truth waits — closer than breath, still as light.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ever notice how your mind gets loud right before you come home — to a place, or to yourself?
Mine did last night.
And it showed me something worth remembering. 🌞
💛 The Grace in a Busy Mind → theunlearning.substack.com
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Stillness #InnerPeace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
Mine did last night.
And it showed me something worth remembering. 🌞
💛 The Grace in a Busy Mind → theunlearning.substack.com
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Stillness #InnerPeace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
When we forget who we are, fear rushes in to fill the space.
But fear isn’t failure — it’s an invitation to remember love. 💛
That’s what The Unlearning is about.
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
#TheUnlearning #Love #Awakening
But fear isn’t failure — it’s an invitation to remember love. 💛
That’s what The Unlearning is about.
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
#TheUnlearning #Love #Awakening
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When we forget who we are, fear rushes in to fill the space.
But fear isn’t failure — it’s an invitation to remember love. 💛
That’s what The Unlearning is about.
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
#TheUnlearning #Love #Awakening
But fear isn’t failure — it’s an invitation to remember love. 💛
That’s what The Unlearning is about.
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
#TheUnlearning #Love #Awakening
🌅 The Quiet Truth That Waits
When I feel tension or pushback, it’s not showing me what’s wrong with the world —
it’s revealing what I still believe about myself.
Truth hasn’t left.
It’s here, quietly waiting to be remembered.
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre #Stillness
When I feel tension or pushback, it’s not showing me what’s wrong with the world —
it’s revealing what I still believe about myself.
Truth hasn’t left.
It’s here, quietly waiting to be remembered.
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre #Stillness
The Quiet Truth That Waits
When we mistake our thoughts and feelings for truth, we forget what’s closer than an arm’s length — the quiet presence that never left.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🌅 The Quiet Truth That Waits
When I feel tension or pushback, it’s not showing me what’s wrong with the world —
it’s revealing what I still believe about myself.
Truth hasn’t left.
It’s here, quietly waiting to be remembered.
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre #Stillness
When I feel tension or pushback, it’s not showing me what’s wrong with the world —
it’s revealing what I still believe about myself.
Truth hasn’t left.
It’s here, quietly waiting to be remembered.
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre #Stillness
🌅 First Light — The Quiet Before Becoming
The quiet of morning feels like possibility.
Not to do or achieve — but to be.
Before striving begins,
there is stillness.
And in that stillness,
nothing is missing. 🌞
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #Stillness #LoveIsWhatYouAre
The quiet of morning feels like possibility.
Not to do or achieve — but to be.
Before striving begins,
there is stillness.
And in that stillness,
nothing is missing. 🌞
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #Stillness #LoveIsWhatYouAre
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌅 First Light — The Quiet Before Becoming
The quiet of morning feels like possibility.
Not to do or achieve — but to be.
Before striving begins,
there is stillness.
And in that stillness,
nothing is missing. 🌞
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #Stillness #LoveIsWhatYouAre
The quiet of morning feels like possibility.
Not to do or achieve — but to be.
Before striving begins,
there is stillness.
And in that stillness,
nothing is missing. 🌞
#Unlearning #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #Stillness #LoveIsWhatYouAre
🌅 First Light: The Simple Return
Before the world stirs, pause.
No mask to wear. No problem to fix.
You are already enough, already loved, already whole.
☀️ I do not need to become light.
I already am light, remembering itself.
#Unlearning #Peace #Awakening 💛
Before the world stirs, pause.
No mask to wear. No problem to fix.
You are already enough, already loved, already whole.
☀️ I do not need to become light.
I already am light, remembering itself.
#Unlearning #Peace #Awakening 💛
October 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🌅 First Light: The Simple Return
Before the world stirs, pause.
No mask to wear. No problem to fix.
You are already enough, already loved, already whole.
☀️ I do not need to become light.
I already am light, remembering itself.
#Unlearning #Peace #Awakening 💛
Before the world stirs, pause.
No mask to wear. No problem to fix.
You are already enough, already loved, already whole.
☀️ I do not need to become light.
I already am light, remembering itself.
#Unlearning #Peace #Awakening 💛
✨ We are always being met where we are.
The next step, as always, is ours — will it be fear, or will it be love? 💛
#Unlearning #ChooseLove #LoveOverFear #Awakening #InnerPeace #HealingJourney #ConsciousLiving #SelfAwareness #Presence #Transformation
The next step, as always, is ours — will it be fear, or will it be love? 💛
#Unlearning #ChooseLove #LoveOverFear #Awakening #InnerPeace #HealingJourney #ConsciousLiving #SelfAwareness #Presence #Transformation
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
✨ We are always being met where we are.
The next step, as always, is ours — will it be fear, or will it be love? 💛
#Unlearning #ChooseLove #LoveOverFear #Awakening #InnerPeace #HealingJourney #ConsciousLiving #SelfAwareness #Presence #Transformation
The next step, as always, is ours — will it be fear, or will it be love? 💛
#Unlearning #ChooseLove #LoveOverFear #Awakening #InnerPeace #HealingJourney #ConsciousLiving #SelfAwareness #Presence #Transformation
🌅 First Light — Joy That Never Left
Joy doesn’t arrive; it’s uncovered.
It’s the warmth that’s been shining even when I forgot to notice.
I don’t try to summon it — I simply open to it.
I am the joy that dawns. 🌞
#Unlearning #Joy #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
Joy doesn’t arrive; it’s uncovered.
It’s the warmth that’s been shining even when I forgot to notice.
I don’t try to summon it — I simply open to it.
I am the joy that dawns. 🌞
#Unlearning #Joy #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🌅 First Light — Joy That Never Left
Joy doesn’t arrive; it’s uncovered.
It’s the warmth that’s been shining even when I forgot to notice.
I don’t try to summon it — I simply open to it.
I am the joy that dawns. 🌞
#Unlearning #Joy #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
Joy doesn’t arrive; it’s uncovered.
It’s the warmth that’s been shining even when I forgot to notice.
I don’t try to summon it — I simply open to it.
I am the joy that dawns. 🌞
#Unlearning #Joy #FirstLight #Awakening #Peace #LoveIsWhatYouAre
💫 The truth never leaves me.
Only when I see truth and myself as separate does separation feel real.
That illusion shaped all I believed—
but it’s not the truth I’m walking home to.
#Unlearning #Awakening #Peace #Love #Oneness
Only when I see truth and myself as separate does separation feel real.
That illusion shaped all I believed—
but it’s not the truth I’m walking home to.
#Unlearning #Awakening #Peace #Love #Oneness
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
💫 The truth never leaves me.
Only when I see truth and myself as separate does separation feel real.
That illusion shaped all I believed—
but it’s not the truth I’m walking home to.
#Unlearning #Awakening #Peace #Love #Oneness
Only when I see truth and myself as separate does separation feel real.
That illusion shaped all I believed—
but it’s not the truth I’m walking home to.
#Unlearning #Awakening #Peace #Love #Oneness
It’s in the moments where I expect nothing 🌿 I’m inescapably alive in more than is needed—and know I need nothing 💛
As a younger man, I thought that was just an airy-fairy idea 🌬️
Now, having crawled from the wreckage I once called everything 🌒 I see I always had everything 🌞
As a younger man, I thought that was just an airy-fairy idea 🌬️
Now, having crawled from the wreckage I once called everything 🌒 I see I always had everything 🌞
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s in the moments where I expect nothing 🌿 I’m inescapably alive in more than is needed—and know I need nothing 💛
As a younger man, I thought that was just an airy-fairy idea 🌬️
Now, having crawled from the wreckage I once called everything 🌒 I see I always had everything 🌞
As a younger man, I thought that was just an airy-fairy idea 🌬️
Now, having crawled from the wreckage I once called everything 🌒 I see I always had everything 🌞
There’s a quiet between each breath.
A pause between thought and thought.
A stillness between all that’s been done and all that’s left to do.
That’s where Love waits—
not to be found,
but to be remembered. 💛
#Unlearning #Presence #Peace #Love #Healing
A pause between thought and thought.
A stillness between all that’s been done and all that’s left to do.
That’s where Love waits—
not to be found,
but to be remembered. 💛
#Unlearning #Presence #Peace #Love #Healing
October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There’s a quiet between each breath.
A pause between thought and thought.
A stillness between all that’s been done and all that’s left to do.
That’s where Love waits—
not to be found,
but to be remembered. 💛
#Unlearning #Presence #Peace #Love #Healing
A pause between thought and thought.
A stillness between all that’s been done and all that’s left to do.
That’s where Love waits—
not to be found,
but to be remembered. 💛
#Unlearning #Presence #Peace #Love #Healing
I make coffee ☕️ in the morning and then let the rest unfold.
October 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I make coffee ☕️ in the morning and then let the rest unfold.
🌿 The Unlearning is for anyone who’s tried to fix themselves and still feels something’s missing.
If that speaks to you, come walk with me—back to the peace that’s never left you. 💛
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
If that speaks to you, come walk with me—back to the peace that’s never left you. 💛
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
The Unlearning | Bill Newgent | Substack
The Unlearning is a journey back to your true self—beyond life on automatic pilot, where fear and roles keep peace and freedom hidden. Click to read The Unlearning, by Bill Newgent, a Substack publica...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🌿 The Unlearning is for anyone who’s tried to fix themselves and still feels something’s missing.
If that speaks to you, come walk with me—back to the peace that’s never left you. 💛
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
If that speaks to you, come walk with me—back to the peace that’s never left you. 💛
👉 theunlearning.substack.com
Real strength isn’t domination.
It’s love that refuses to turn into fear.
It’s love that refuses to turn into fear.
💛 Love, Integrity, and the Courage to Stand Without Fear
When love becomes our ground, even standing up to fear can be an act of peace.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Real strength isn’t domination.
It’s love that refuses to turn into fear.
It’s love that refuses to turn into fear.
The robe looks different for everyone —
a calm tone, a practiced smile, a story that hides the ache.
Real peace begins when we stop performing and start being seen.
💛 When My Ego Put on a Robe — for anyone ready to be real again.
#Unlearning #SelfAwareness #Healing #Love
a calm tone, a practiced smile, a story that hides the ache.
Real peace begins when we stop performing and start being seen.
💛 When My Ego Put on a Robe — for anyone ready to be real again.
#Unlearning #SelfAwareness #Healing #Love
When My Ego Put on a Robe
How the search for light can quietly become the new disguise of the shadow — and how humor, humility, and love invite it home.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The robe looks different for everyone —
a calm tone, a practiced smile, a story that hides the ache.
Real peace begins when we stop performing and start being seen.
💛 When My Ego Put on a Robe — for anyone ready to be real again.
#Unlearning #SelfAwareness #Healing #Love
a calm tone, a practiced smile, a story that hides the ache.
Real peace begins when we stop performing and start being seen.
💛 When My Ego Put on a Robe — for anyone ready to be real again.
#Unlearning #SelfAwareness #Healing #Love
Sometimes we smile through pain—not to hide, but to survive.
Real joy begins when we no longer need the smile to prove we’re okay 🌤️
Real joy begins when we no longer need the smile to prove we’re okay 🌤️
The Performance of Happiness
For much of my life, I smiled my way through everything—success, failure, collapse. It looked like happiness, but it was safety in disguise. 🌤️When the smile becomes a shield — and how it can also bec...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Sometimes we smile through pain—not to hide, but to survive.
Real joy begins when we no longer need the smile to prove we’re okay 🌤️
Real joy begins when we no longer need the smile to prove we’re okay 🌤️
Ever reached the end of your “doing” — when all the striving, fixing, and performing fall quiet — and the only question left is Who am I?
That’s what this reflection explores through the three acts of a life…
#Unlearning #InnerWisdom #Peace
That’s what this reflection explores through the three acts of a life…
#Unlearning #InnerWisdom #Peace
The Three Acts of Remembering
How I came to see what’s always been true
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October 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ever reached the end of your “doing” — when all the striving, fixing, and performing fall quiet — and the only question left is Who am I?
That’s what this reflection explores through the three acts of a life…
#Unlearning #InnerWisdom #Peace
That’s what this reflection explores through the three acts of a life…
#Unlearning #InnerWisdom #Peace
It took most of my life to see it—Living with an open hand is being space for giving and receiving.
Not just things, but empathy, strength, and love itself.
If you’ve felt alone in the search for peace or truth—
there’s a place for you here. 💫
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
Not just things, but empathy, strength, and love itself.
If you’ve felt alone in the search for peace or truth—
there’s a place for you here. 💫
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
October 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It took most of my life to see it—Living with an open hand is being space for giving and receiving.
Not just things, but empathy, strength, and love itself.
If you’ve felt alone in the search for peace or truth—
there’s a place for you here. 💫
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
Not just things, but empathy, strength, and love itself.
If you’ve felt alone in the search for peace or truth—
there’s a place for you here. 💫
#Unlearning #Awakening #Love
On this Sunday, may we remember we’re not walking alone. Fellowship is a renewal of our natural connection. I’m grateful to walk with you as we return to what’s already whole in us. 🤝✨🚶➡️🚶👣
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On this Sunday, may we remember we’re not walking alone. Fellowship is a renewal of our natural connection. I’m grateful to walk with you as we return to what’s already whole in us. 🤝✨🚶➡️🚶👣
For years, performance was my language for love. It worked—until it didn’t. I’m learning love begins where performance ends, in presence. 💭 Have you noticed how often performance stands in for connection?
The Hidden Cost of Performing Love
Sometimes what looks like devotion is really fear in disguise.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For years, performance was my language for love. It worked—until it didn’t. I’m learning love begins where performance ends, in presence. 💭 Have you noticed how often performance stands in for connection?
✨ As above, so below 🌿
What’s true in the highest is true right here.
Peace isn’t waiting “out there.”
It’s already within.
And when we remember it inside,
we begin to see it reflected outside.
💫 As within, so without.
What’s true in the highest is true right here.
Peace isn’t waiting “out there.”
It’s already within.
And when we remember it inside,
we begin to see it reflected outside.
💫 As within, so without.
September 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
✨ As above, so below 🌿
What’s true in the highest is true right here.
Peace isn’t waiting “out there.”
It’s already within.
And when we remember it inside,
we begin to see it reflected outside.
💫 As within, so without.
What’s true in the highest is true right here.
Peace isn’t waiting “out there.”
It’s already within.
And when we remember it inside,
we begin to see it reflected outside.
💫 As within, so without.
You’re not here to become someone new—or better, or more improved.
✨ You’re here to remember who you’ve always been. 🌿
#Unlearning #Awakening #ComingHome #TheUnlearning
✨ You’re here to remember who you’ve always been. 🌿
#Unlearning #Awakening #ComingHome #TheUnlearning
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
You’re not here to become someone new—or better, or more improved.
✨ You’re here to remember who you’ve always been. 🌿
#Unlearning #Awakening #ComingHome #TheUnlearning
✨ You’re here to remember who you’ve always been. 🌿
#Unlearning #Awakening #ComingHome #TheUnlearning