I can look back on my life, and there is a particular delineation - a line where I realise I was waking up.

This was at the early stages of meditation, yoga, healing, and intuitive classes. I had a moment where I realised that (too) many of the choices I'd made had been less conscious, more conditioned.

When we are children, we look to our families; we follow their rules, attend school, and participate in cultural and religious groups based on their guidance. I went along with a lot of this as a child because a lot of it suited me well. I attended piano lessons, thrived on a few sports teams, and enjoyed the youth group at my church. I made great friends and learned a lot about myself, my strengths, and my preferences.

When it came time to choose a university, my options were mountains or beach. I wasn't sure what to choose. And I remember thinking - my parents enjoyed their time at ASU, so I'll try that and see how it goes.

In the long run, I do believe that ASU was a great fit fo...

Breaking Cycles Without Breaking Connection-
Healing ancestral pain without rejecting where you come from.

It's a fine line, a dance, the ability to listen, feel, and respond.

Oftentimes, we lean into extremes of right or wrong. There’s a perception of comfort when we think we know something unequivocally, without doubt. But very little actually exists in the extremes. The reality is that life is far more grey - or, more accurately, a multitude of shades and colours. Layers of depth. Complex, living, breathing, and infinitely more interesting than any fixed idea of how something should be.

What often happens is that we witness a family member's behaviour and judge it on a surface level, without understanding the experiences that created it. And we react - rejecting not just the behaviour, but the person themselves. These overcorrections don’t save us from unhealthy emotional responses, or from being abused or manipulated. In fact, they can lead us into those very possibilities. When ...

Hello Eternal Souls,

I hope you’re feeling the magic of this week—Samhain, Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, Day of the Dead. It’s one of my favorite times of the year, and I’m excited to be attending Edinburgh’s Samhain Fire Festival this evening!

This season always draws my focus to the past. But not my own past—the past of those who came before me. We are the products of lifetimes and generations, carrying an incredible blend of traits, knowledge, talents, memories, perceptions, and lived experiences. It can feel overwhelming to think of everything that has happened to allow us to be here, on this plane, in these forms. We walk as products of time, co-creation, biology, soul connection, and immeasurable earthly and divine influence.

When I feel pessimistic, doubtful, or cynical about my own life or circumstances, I allow my perspective to expand beyond this lifetime—and I remember there is a rhyme and reason to my existence. This brings me peace and a deeper sense of connection.

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