| Dear Do, I’m on the road again, writing to you from Montana. I’ve been having a fun few weeks – first in California with my mom, now I’m here with Andrew, Cindy and baby Presley who somehow has come to be over 5 months old already!! Being a grandmother is at least ten times the level of amazing experience everyone said it would be. I’ll spare you thousands of photos, (which if you follow my Facebook posts you will have seen LOTS of) and come right to the point where this experience of grandmotherhood meets my work in the world. (OK, I'll slip in one picture first)
I have come to understand that my work is all about creating the safety for ourselves and each other to be the people we really came here to be – the person we actually are entitled to love being…ourselves. Watching a baby grow while being so aware of how many ways our culture has developed to teach us at a very young age to NOT be ourselves….this has brought out the inner warrior in me in interesting ways. I have never considered myself a militant, but now as a grandmother I find that I am. I am feeling militant about why and how we buy into the myth that it is not OK to be yourself and love yourself. I am feeling very protective and nurturing around my granddaughter, my own children, my own small self, and all the small selves I come into contact with, which have been beaten down until we disparage ourselves in some form of pre-emptive strike at self. SO…I am not going to go into any more of a rant here – mostly, I want to say that you’ll be hearing more from me these days, about this subject. Except to say - I have come to understand that it is, at the bottom of everything, a question of safety.
And around this question of safety, and the subject of what it takes to be safe and willing to stand up and create and demand safety for ourselves and others, my heart has been cracked wide open. Cracked open in a strange and interesting mix of love and power that has me ready to speak up from a place of authority that perhaps only belongs to grandmothers. Which brings me to why I am writing. Last week, I spoke with a long-standing client of mine who came to me seeking help to own her own authentic voice at a new level. She’s done really amazing things in her life, and she had hit a point of needing some help with being able to stand in her own authority. She has moved through some amazing experiences that have left her with a clear message and offering around the subject of safety – a thing that I have come to understand as an absolutely core, central starting point for any growth, change or new adventure. I loved our conversation, which was free ranging and very spontaneous. I feel we touched on some very key ideas which I want to share with you. We were exploring some fundamental questions about this human experience, like: Why do people stay stuck in cycles of stress and struggle? What can you do to turn that around? What does it take to trust? How can you trust someone to support you in ways that actually help, as you lean into the changes you want to make? It was a conversation that really solidified some awarenesses for me in an interesting way. So I wanted to share it with you. And, if this resonates - Renee is offering a program called “Safe Haven”. I love the way she has put this together.
I am sending you a link to listen to our interview, and a link to her program if it feels like it might be a match for you. I wish you all good things. My very, very best to you, Grandmother Scout Here are the links: SAFE HAVEN - INTERVIEW http://iTeleseminar.com/98780628
CLICK below to explore SAFE HAVEN: "I hope to be a part of helping create a new day in which you can calm the inner storm and find a Safe Haven, so that you naturally begin to focus with vitality and move forward into the worthiness of the life you want." -Renee Brown http://zenandzest.com/safe-haven.html | 