April 16, 2024

So warm and soft in the middle 🔥

Let’s return to tenderness.

With our friends, families and communities. With the whole world. With ourselves.

Leading retreats (like in this first photo), teaching, sharing, and learning are my happiest places.

My teaching is both/and:
-I will challenge you. I’ll remind you of your power & the incredible expansion that is *always* possible.
-I will hold you tightly. I’ll remind you that there’s no rush. Stay still. There isn’t a timeline or a rule book that you must follow on how to be a “good” human.

Life can surprise you, there’s no expiration date on living your wildest dreams.

I feel ridiculously ‘privileged’ that I get to live this transcontinental life. And sometimes, it feels like a curse or a punishment or something to be “figured out”

Anyone who has ever flown from the nest knows this feeling.

In fact, as I’ve been openly processing expat life on here (thanks for letting me use Instagram as my Live Journal!!) y’all have been sending me the sweetest dm’s (dozens of them) and I’m here for each and every one of them.

-You haven’t flown the coop, but want to.

-You have and aren’t sure what’s next (are any of us??)

-You are doing the back and forth thing and trying to decide where to land.

-And so many other iterations of “am I doing it right?”

A cocoon feels squishy and soft and gooey and comfortable.

The expansive nature of possibility can feel overwhelming.

Trust me, I get it.

And I think it’s all worth it. Leaving. Returning. Coming back again and again. Examining the rules society has written for us. Travel. Letting go of ordinary routine. Coming back to it. Moving away from the familiar.

Spring feels like expansion, Summer is just around the corner, life can change in a single moment.

Return to tenderness. If you’ve read this far, a reminder:

You deserve to live a life that lights you up. You deserve rest and quiet moments. You deserve adventure and to leave your comfort zone.

You’re doing it right 🫶