Hello! How has July been feeling for you? Are you still feeling the big waves? We sure are! It feels like a time of letting go, making space, and sitting with the unknown. All big things! Read on for more insights into the energy of the month, and ways to move with it!

In This Letter:

• Expect Big Pauses
• The Dance of Giving & Receiving
• The Impact of Collective Energy
• The Feeling of Letting Go
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• Learning to Shine

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Release & trust the space that is created.

Expect Big Pauses

• The next few months will have forced stops where there was previously momentum
• You have the ability to find clarity and see things differently in these quieter times
• If you're feeling busy or overwhelmed, you can consciously choose a pause
• If you're in a forced pause, get curious - What is this bringing into your life?

If you're anything like me, patience doesn't come easily. And yet I so often see how this is my biggest lesson to learn.

This summer has definitely brought me many pauses where I was expecting forward progress. A move, illness in the family, sunny weather that beckons... there are so many reasons why it has felt so hard to keep momentum going on my big plans. And I can easily move into self-blame in those places.

But I'm learning more about more about the incredible power of self-kindness. So if you're also feeling like you're being asked to wait and pause, release any self-blame, and get curious about what you can learn in this space. Take a deep breath, enjoy the quiet, and look for the lessons.

The Dance of Giving & Receiving

• For givers & empaths, it continues to be a time of intensity and possible overwhelm
• Be conscious of the difference between a true emergency, and something that others can handle themselves
• Take time to review your relationships & how mutually supportive they are
• Remember: it is no one else's fault if you are over-giving to them

This month has been showing me just how deeply I hold a "saviour complex". Maybe you can relate - you feel as though you have to hold everything together, and if you aren't on top of things all the time, it will all fall apart.

I can tell you firsthand that this is a pretty exhausting way to live, and doesn't serve anyone. It can lead to a lot of insecurity in relationships and anxiety in the body.

Right now I'm learning to follow my natural energy when it comes to relationships - and reminding myself that taking time to care deeply for yourself isn't a selfish act, but rather a necessary part of self-love and self-care. And always reminding myself that I'm not in control of the world, as hard as I may try sometimes! 

Reminder: The Impact of Collective Energy

As sensitive, connected humans, we are constantly feeling the energy of the world, whether we realize it or not!

And during these times of emotional and structural instability, there are lots of big waves happening that may have nothing to do with your immediate experience.

If you are feeling off, overwhelmed by fear or worry - remember to check in and see if there is actually anything going on for you, or if it might be collective energy at play. 

And if you are feeling a wave of collective energy, find ways to ride it rather than letting it pummel you. Ground into your surroundings, allow the feelings to pass through rather than fighting them, and return to your self-care practices to take care of your body as it experiences these waves!

The Feeling of Letting Go

• This is a time of physical, visceral letting go & shedding - this can feel unnerving or unanchored
• Can be powerful & fast right now and our bodies are getting used to allowing releases
• May be letting go of old dreams & desires to make space for a new version of you
• Letting go can create a vacuum energy - give it time for the new dreams to show up to fill that space

In a talk I was recently watching, the speaker shared that underneath so much of our anxiety, sadness and struggle is one common thing - grief. 

Grief doesn't just come with death, it comes with every change we experience. Even the positive ones. As we all go through so many changes, we are going to feel some pretty big waves of intensity - if we allow it. 

Making space to feel that grief, that physical reaction to letting go of something, will help you move through into that spaciousness that exists on the other side. 

Right now it feels like all my plans and visions for the future are changing day by day, and while that can feel so unsettling, it's simply the nature of life. And as I learn to be open to that uncertainty, and to allow that space to just exist without rushing to fill it up, I give myself more opportunity to find the right paths that are truly aligned with the person I want to become.

Free Phone Wallpaper

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Learning to Shine