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October Energy Check-In

Well here are we late into October and finally managing to get this energy check-in together! It definitely feels like a reflection of how this month has been going - a very bumpy start, lots of whirlwind energy, and nothing really going to plan!

 

But we are showing up anyway, and isn't that all that matters in the end? So let's dive in and share a bit and see how we can keep moving through the energy of October!

 

In This Letter:

  • Reminder for Transformative Times

  • Navigating the Big Emotional Energy

  • Are You Allowing or Resisting The Waves of Change?

  • Being In The Grieving Period

  • Celebrating The Evolution

  • Free Phone Wallpaper for October!

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Wisdom can be found in the messy parts.

Reminder For Transformative Times

  • These transformative times are not stopping (yikes!) and self care is more necessary than ever to keep expanding and navigating these waters

  • Remember to ask yourself what *you uniquely* need

  • There is great wisdom in the pain & messy spaces when you're brave enough to step into them and receive it

  • New doors of opportunity are opening, and the waiting space is preparation, not punishment

 

This month has taken me to some of the most intense and messy places within myself. This journey of intentional personal growth is definitely not for the faint of heart and boy have we been seeing that a lot this month over here!

 

October has given me a LOT of time and space to really sit with so many of my stories and limiting beliefs. This has been deeply uncomfortable for me (and my wife who generously listens to all my fears and insecurities as I reckon with them!).

 

And yet, for the first time, I've been able to truly face them without looking for ways to run away or numb the feelings. And if you can find your ways to be able to stay with the messy parts, even for a little bit longer than you would have done before, that alone is a huge win.

 

Navigating The Big Emotional Energy

  • These big global shifts that are going on can show up for us in our personal energy as well

  • You may be feeling a push-pull between where you've been and where you want to get to

  • You may be experiencing big waves of emotion that don't make a lot of sense

  • If you're an empath, this may feel very challenging - your work is to move into deeper self care and setting healthy boundaries

  • Take time to look up and notice what's going on around you - being in community right now can help you see that it's not just you experiencing these struggles

 

Sometimes things need to fully fall apart so we can build them back up again anew. Recently I've experienced a powerful breaking apart. Things that I tied my identity to so closely all fell away and it felt like a huge loss. Fear, abandonment, pain, insecurity all came rushing up to meet this external experience.

 

One of the things that helped me get through this challenge was being part of a group chat with some new friends. It wasn't even that I shared my struggles and received assistance (though I knew I could if I needed it). It was seeing that everyone was going through a similar experience, albeit in different areas of life. It was like there was just something in the air.

 

We are all so much more connected than we know, and by being in community with others, we start to see it. We see the waves and patterns that we all ride together. And so, even in my hardest days, I was able to share a little bit of insight that I was gaining. A little bit of support to my friends. And those were the things that helped lift me from my struggle.

 

The push-pull energy is so intense right now for me, but holding space for others and being connected helps me stay grounded as the waves do what they're here to do.

 

 

Are You Allowing Or Resisting The Waves of Change?

 

  • We've been waiting for a while, but now the change is here and it's moving fast!

  • This can feel panicky, uncomfortable, especially if the change doesn't align with how we expected it "should" be

  • This might make us feel resistant, trying to "figure it all out"

  • Can you release and surrender in this space, and allow your nervous system to feel safe in the change? This is where big shifts can occur

  • A new way of being, seeing and feeling is emerging - our job is to allow it to come forth
     

     

In the past week I've felt a big shift in the energy, leading me to make some big changes in my life.

 

It was like all those really painful stories that came up finally had enough space to be seen, and then they were ready to transform. I noticed myself making different choices. Having different reactions. Letting go of things I clung to for so long. And it hasn't been easy. I feel like I'm stepping into life in a new way and it's unfamiliar and vulnerable.

 

I shaved my head for the first time ever - it seemed like the perfect outer representation of what was going on inside of me. Letting go. Starting fresh. Being open to it all falling away so I could find out what was truly at the center of it all.

 

These are scary experiences, even if it's exactly what we were asking for. What are ways that you can be extra kind and gentle to yourself right now? What are things that help your nervous system stay calm in the midst of change? Even simply acknowledging that change is hard and scary can be a huge relief. You don't need to be perfect at this! You just need to be.

 

A great question that always helps in times like these: "If this was happening for me, not to me, how could I look at this differently?"

 

Being In The Grieving Period

 

  • You may be experiencing grief around the loss of loved ones, friends, or the way life has been

  • Remember that grief is also here to create something new, not just a reflection of something ending

  • Keep making space to feel your feelings and cry so that you don't remain frozen

  • There is a big loss of old systems and traditions right now - look towards the future and the next phase. What will it be bringing us personally and collectively?

     

Grief feels like one of the most complex emotions for me, and one that I'm still getting to know. I thought for so long that it was just something that arose around the death of a person. Now I see that grief is at the root of so many of our experiences of life. Change is constant, and grief always comes along with change.

 

The more I get to know grief, and sit with it, and notice it when it shows up, the more I get to find small moments of comfort with it. It feels particularly rich and heart-opening. This month I've felt so much pain in my heart area, and have been spending a lot of time in meditation slowly allowing myself to feel it. This grief is here to teach me and transform me. And if I keep making space for it, a little bit at a time, I know there will be much to gain.

Celebrating The Evolution

 

  • Everything good that is here needs to be seen and celebrated for it to grow

  • Are your eyes just going to the loss?

  • Redirect your attention and energy to what is going right and what lights you up, because that energy generates us and gives us life

  • Where we direct our energy it grows, and as a world we need so much direction towards growing what is good right now

     

I am absolutely guilty of focusing on the negative, especially when things feel hard and overwhelming. My kids were home from school for the week because of illness, everything felt hard, and I was really struggling. One morning I put on a song that was stuck in my head, not really knowing what the lyrics were. The song began and I instantly started to weep as soon as I heard the phrase: "You made it through another day. You did it, let's celebrate"

 

It was such a powerful reminder in that moment that just getting to exist and breathe and have another day to be with my family and enjoy this world was worth so much celebration.

 

Right now I am in a space of constantly reminding myself to redirect my attention to what's going right. It's not easy, but it's a muscle that we can grow. I encourage you to join me in that and keep remembering that just getting to breathe another day is worth celebrating.

Free Phone Wallpaper

We've created a phone wallpaper to help guide you through the energy of the month!

 

Click here to download the wallpaper.

“You can't reason with your nervous system. Listen when it tells you what it needs to self regulate. Listen and honour requests to the letter. The healing happens in the listening.”

 

- Jeff Brown -

 

What do YOU need right now?

Self-care is a BIG topic that we always touch on (like so many!). But the big message we want to share is that self-care looks different for each and every one of us. It's not about learning Top Ten Tips. It's about learning to get quiet, get in touch with your Self, and asking what YOU need.

 

Maybe right now you need space to connect with yourself, or maybe you need more time in community. Maybe you need rest or maybe you need activity.

 

Take extra time to figure out what YOU need right now, and then compassionately give it to yourself. This is the path of self love!

 

As we go through these big intense transformations, self care and love is the most crucial way we support ourselves.

 

We hope you enjoyed this letter! If it resonated, please feel free to reply and share your reflections!

 

And if you feel like you could use some additional support during this month, reach out for a breathwork session with Krystal! Just reply to this email or book online here. 

 

Thank you for being here! We are so grateful to share this space with you!

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