I was chatting to a friend the other day who was really in struggle town that day and for the previous few days. Nothing had seemed to be going right with her health, biz, money, relationship… anything really. She was giving herself shit because she knows all these amazing coaching and healing tools to be able to snap herself out of a funk… but sometimes this leads to spiritual bypassing when what we really need is to just FEEL…
We’re taught to fear our breakdowns. To see every crack as a flaw. Every emotional collapse as failure. But what if the breakdown isn’t the end… what if it’s the beginning? I was in a workshop years ago where a psychologist spoke about Post Traumatic Growth – and showed an image of a shattered bowl repaired with gold, called Kintsukuroi. It’s the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, not to hide the damage, but…
Recently I seem to be having a lot of conversations with strong, warrior women in my life who are going through really difficult times and in huge conflict about showing their vulnerability. Do you consider yourself to be a fearless warrior?💪🏻 Yeah, me too. The problem with that is that we’re often reluctant to admit we need help, and even more reluctant to ask for it 🫠 Back in 2010, I was in a…
There’s a lot out there on being resilient, leaning into being punched in the face over and over again and not allowing it to bring you down. But what if you could be more than just resilient? What if you could be antifragile? “The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn’t care too much” ~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb Are you just living, or are you living in a way where you’re antifragile? …