SKINNY DIPPING
Greetings! And hoping you are enjoying these late-summer days.
The best part of my summer was entering the sleepy rhythm of lakeside cottaging in Ontario. I knit on the dock, played euchre with my kids, and perfected the skinny dip.
On that note, when was the last time you went skinny-dipping? If it’s been a while, let me remind you: it’s part exhilarating, totally liberating, and it feels so freaking good!
In a similar vein, launching my soul coaching practice last year has evoked all those feelings, but at times I have simply felt buck naked. After all, I removed my shirt of status, shoes of familiarity and pants of bi-weekly paychecks. Dropping my clothes left me wearing my ‘birthday suit,’ aka my truth. A perfect fit.
It has been exhilarating to wake up every day and realize that I am actually doing the exact work I came here to do. It’s liberating to be with my kids as they settle into college because I have full agency over my schedule. And it feels so good to have clients share their breakthroughs and life-changing transformations.
To be clear, just because it can be exhilarating, liberating and fun doesn't mean it’s easy. I miss my colleagues. I miss being part of an inspiring team. But I don’t miss the ever-present feeling that there was something else I needed to do, and that I wasn’t living my own life if I didn’t do it.
During the less than easy times, these thoughts have given me strength on my journey. Maybe they will resonate for you:
Worthiness:
Western culture teaches us that in order to be whole we must add on (degrees, money, accolades). Self-evolution is rather a task of subtraction. A removal of the layers between you and your destiny. You were born exquisite. That hasn’t changed.
Comparison:
Compare is despair. Our media-saturated lives present examples of better and happier. You are exactly where you need to be. Keep walking fearlessly on your path.
Trust:
You don’t know how this will all work out. There will be people urging you in a different direction. Be buoyed by unwavering trust that if you’re in your truth, you WILL get there. The truth always wins.
