The Spark
Once a month-ish, I’ll share reflections on Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, dream work, as well as personal shares, event announcements, and the occasional cosmic nudge. This space is especially for you if you're curious about the inner and unseen world and how we heal, create, and show up more fully in this messy, magical life.
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Fledging
Graduation weekend is upon us. We knew it was coming, but the flood of emotions, the unique combination of specific, intense feelings keeps surprising me. I was at the store, reaching for a jar of jelly that my oldest son loves and this wave of sadness and joy and confusion and grief and love just came out of nowhere. Do I keep buying this jelly when he moves out? He’s really the only one that eats it… but if I stop getting it, what if he comes over and wants some jelly? Things like this keep popping up this year. Especially now that it’s May. What do we do with his room? His brothers have been circling like vultures, but he’s going to come visit, right?
Groundless
The last few years have been a season of rapid transformation, both internally and externally. Internally, I’ve been undergoing a process of massive spiritual excavation thanks to my Depth Hypnosis and Applied Shamanism education and personal work. The amount of growth and shifts has been amazing, but also disorienting and disruptive. Old, deep patterns are finally changing, and that impacts everything.
Externally, our kids are all officially teenagers and my role as a mom has completely changed. Two of our kids are driving. Our oldest will graduate high school this year and fledge into this crazy world. I’ve made a mid-life career change, launching my private Depth Hypnosis and Spiritual Counseling practice full-time, an experience that’s been amazing and beautiful, and also vulnerable. Navigating life as a small business owner feels completely out of my wheelhouse. Meanwhile, my partner got “let go” in August, which was definitely not part of the plan. In fact, his job was the one thing that made everything else feel feasible. But here we are in the midst of a free fall. There’s no guarantee that everything will work out. I cannot control the outcome.