What a difference a year can make. This time last year I was packing up my home on what I believed to be the greatest adventure of my life. Turns out it was but it was also the biggest initiation of my life as well. I threw myself onto the fire of my deepest wounding and patterning and let me tell you, that shit ain’t for the faint of heart. But…it was also the greatest gift I have ever given myself and it has brought me to a hugely powerful chapter in my life and work.

When we can dare to take a chance on deep healing, when we are faced with the darkest of our shadow, trudging through the quagmire of and unwinding ancestral, cultural and personal programming/wounding, something incredible begins to happen. As challenging as it may be, no matter how many times during that we think we may NEVER get out the other side of it, when we do begin to stir in that cocoon of dissolution and recreation, it is as though we are emerging from one reality into a whole new realm of possibility, power, strength and light.

Then the magic really begins. With these fresh new eyes and a deep love and respect for the self, we begin to make different decisions. We make self-supporting choices. With that, comes an ineffable flow of ‘Yes, this way darling’ and doors begin to open to what feel like alternate realities and versions of ourselves that are in their full power. Because they are. We begin to make our choices based on ‘Is this loving towards myself?’ And using that as our North Star and the entire universe expands with love in response to that self-love. As above, so below.

Why is this important as a mentor, teacher, guide or practitioner? Well, for one it ensures integrity and clarity in your work. You can also only take your clients and students as deep as you’re willing to go. You can’t guide down a path safely and skilfully if you haven’t traversed it yourself.

So…how deep are you willing to go? Are you willing to dive into the flames and emerge, Phoenix-like, taking to the sky, blazing a new trail of light?