Owning All of You

For a long time I tried to hide from and ignore what I found difficult within myself. Emotions, thoughts, ways of being. I tried pushing it away, pushing it down, pushing past it - all in favour of what was more comfortable and 'desirable'. But I realized (in a BIG way!) that ignoring my pain only intensified my suffering, alienated key parts of who I am, and more importantly it kept me from being fully, authentically, freely, joyfully, unabashedly myself.

So I set out to radically heal my relationship with myself ~ and light my heart on FIRE with love and compassion.

Because all those pieces of me that I was trying to push away? They also held the key to connecting with my inner radiance, brilliance, and true happiness.

To paraphrase Brene Brown, when we numb the pain, we also numb the joy. So in connecting with and listening to my pain (..."I'm here for you. What are you trying to say to me?")- I could radically free up energy, vitality, and spaciousness to be with my my joy.

[I want to be clear: listening to our pain doesn't mean getting lost there and wallowing. I think that's often where we get tripped up - fearing, 'If I open the floodgates of my dark thoughts and emotions, will I be able to handle what comes out?' But when we invite our pain to speak to us from a holding space of compassion and love (like a mother wanting to know what's upsetting her child so she can support them fully) then this can be powerful and liberating.]

Rumi tells us the wound is the place where the Light enters us. Through acknowledging, owning, and embracing our wounds, we can begin to embrace the fullness of our Being. Alongside life's inherent challenges, each one of us holds immeasurable and unimaginable joy, dignity, divinity, and vitality at the heart of who we are.

​Owning all of you means embracing your whole self. Owning all of you is the gateway to owning all of your gifts, passions, your divine nature, and the fullness of your brilliance.

 May we all awaken to the wisdom and gift that we are - in our entirety.