Tender seasons in real time.

I used to think that sharing the process before I was on the other side of XYZ, was frenetic and unnecessary.

And yes, in excess, it is. But just like you can simultaneously be in a tender season and still experience beauty…

So too, can an honest process be shared in real-time, and in a grounded way.

A cheeky version of this text post was fun. So here’s another real life edition that doesn’t include tanning with beef tallow or solo-dining 8-course meals.

The following are the kind of private messages I’ve been receiving as of late:

“She’s back.”
“You’re inspiring me.”
“You’re helping me to know what it will feel like when I come out of hiding.”
“I’m so proud of you.”
“I love the way you communicate.”
“Love this perspective. Gives me hope.”
“You’re glowing.”

AND here’s why I’m really sharing this:
Two things can simultaneously be true.

If you had witnessed the real BTS of me choosing to consistently show up and post here lately, you may very well be astonished.

You’d also be privy to the breadth of a human experience. Because here’s thing.

If for some of you, my re-appearance here looks ease-filled, you would be correct.

If it looks like I’m still figuring it out, you’d be correct too.

What’s also true, is that the process of getting to an ease-filled state, has asked me to willingly choose to show up for myself. To remember that it can absolutely be uncomfortable and still aligned.

Again.
And again.
And again.

Some days, it’s really messy. But what this has shown me, are all of the cracks and crevices of where I am still refining my faith in the unseen. Where I am refining my faith in myself. Where I am refining my faith in God.

Social media spaces are inundated with content.

So if you see what I share and it impacts you, I’m so grateful. This warms my heart. And if you are compelled, hearing how something landed for you, means the absolute world.
(I genuinely love to hear from you. Pop into my DMs here, when space allows, the reply will be from me.)

In this next evolution of self, my proclamation is to write more, speak more, offer the wisdom I have spent many years integrating. And also, invite you into the real-time refining process.

Because the refining never truly ends.

I could choose, with great disdain, to sob my way through the “valley of tears” (aka the period of showing up and staying the course) as a friend recently shared via his own teacher.

Or, I could stand here in uttermost humble appreciation for every word I have the privilege to articulate and offer you.

It is true that we can be tender, and still experience…

Expansion
Clarity
Joy
And beyond

If you’ve read this far, thank you. I appreciate you.

Join me for Tender, a self-paced 21-day series of audio contemplations and story from yours truly.
Alongside, receive a meditation to honor your tenderness, while simultaneously accessing the beauty that is always available to you.

I’ll see you inside, if this speaks to you. Details here.

Preview of the IG post below. Full series of the duality, here.

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