I was listening to a podcast at 3am (I am really feeling this eclipse portal), interviewing Chris Hemsworth about his career. They interview a lot of actors and musicians on Smartless, and he told a story I’ve heard many times before. He said he was just about to give up when he landed his breakthrough role, the one that truly got him started. This story, or one very similar, is repeated far too often to be random. And it isn’t.

Today I wanted to gently explore why we reach that quitting point, that breaking point, and how sometimes that very edge is the turn of the tide.

Human beings often struggle with change. We desperately want a feeling or circumstance to move in another direction, yet when we begin to examine what has caused it, we can subconsciously start to retreat. The abstract becomes real, and we recognise our role in it all. It can feel confronting and uncomfortable, and it asks something of us. So often, we wait until it becomes so painful that we cannot tolerate it stay...

Hello beautiful beings, I hope that you are navigating the end of eclipse season with lots of grace and love!  We are in a powerful portal, leading up to the Solstice on the 21st.  If you are feeling stagnant, it is time to shake yourself up!  If you are feeling lost, it is time to come back home, back to heart and soul.

In the Northern Hemisphere, we are navigating the end of Autumn, harvesting gifts and lessons, integrating the experiences we have lived since Spring, and receiving all that we can, in order to embody the wisdom that has been offered.  

From the 21st, we begin the descent into Winter, and into the depths of ourselves.  We turn our focus inward, to recognise the significance of our conversations, decisions, karma, and the courses of action taken.  It is a time for reckoning, healing, and resolution.

As we move into Winter, end of the astrological year, it can bring up strong views on the word Death, on endings, and on 'letting go'.  We can often assume that this c...

(i.e. What do your negative emotions give you permission to do?)

I am often asked about the point of negative experiences, feelings, perspectives, and why we go through them.
There is a positive to EVERY perceived negative in existence.

If we are here to experience, learn, evolve, we can do this in an infinite number of ways.
And we are often motivated through extremes, especially when a situation brings us into discomfort, pain, and especially suffering.

We often hear stories about addicts hitting rock bottom, of partners within abusive relationships finally having had enough. People reach breaking point, and finally have the conversation that could have been spoken years ago. They become so unhealthy, physically or mentally, that the pain motivates them to choose change.
On some level, we can often believe that we have to get to the worst point in order to be motivated enough to take a new step.

Those moments when we feel hormonal, enraged, or indignant, often push us to act. But ar...