VIEW
It hit me the other day (again) just how much of my life I have spent looking in the rear-view mirror. Far more than focusing through the windscreen, for sure. And obviously it’s just not the ideal way to navigate the world. Unsafe, unsure and certainly awkward, of course, in terms of navigating my days. More than that, though, it kept me stuck in a pattern of always grieving and often expending so much energy trying to reclaim what I’d lost. All that I was trying to hold onto.
The last nine years of my life, though, have been very different. Today marks the anniversary of my landing in South Africa on 30 October 2015.
Even before my arrival, I’d spent years reordering my way of being in the world – studying tai chi, Buddhism, meditation, trauma recovery, expressive art, reiki, tarot and more – in an effort to dig myself out of the quicksand I’d lived in for decades. With the help of a rather divine team on this earth and beyond, I did it. I turned inwards and found magic sitting under all the ordinary, the perfectionism, the “normal”.
Was it worth it? Yes. Without question.
Did I lose a lot? Yes. More than I’d ever imagined.
And yet here I sit, looking out at blue, blue South African skies above the lacy acacia trees, listening to the hadedas and breathing in the cool morning air. All is well and all will be well, indeed.
I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t look back, once my feet touched the soil here. That I would take all I’d learned, all that I had freed within myself and move forward. No matter how many waves I had to ride – and there have been plenty! So far, this way of life has led me home to myself in the most beautiful ways. I couldn’t be more grateful.
And now? It’s time to open myself even more to the world.
So today, I’m launching a brand-new website reflecting my life and my work in the truest way possible. I look forward to sharing more here and on social media about ways we can all let go of the past and focus our gazes on what’s ahead. These times call for it, don’t they? And I’m expanding my hours for guiding others in living intuitively, as well.
I hope you’ll take a good look around the site, and follow all the social media. This week, I’ll be giving away a few things to celebrate the new site and my anniversary, too. If you’re already a subscriber, you’ll automatically be entered, of course. I really appreciate your presence. And I look forward to all that’s to come, for us all.
More on how we view the world and how it impacts us here.