Episode 8: Beautiful Conversations

Hey friends.

During this time of great uncertainty and transformation there is so much on all of our minds, and surely there will be so much more that will reveal itself to us over the next while, disclosed gradually as we explore our racial biases, limitations in perspective, and unconscious orientations towards the valuing of certain beings over others.

We are being called to widen our understanding and compassion on all levels, and this is a beautiful, messy, and yet ultimately unquestionably necessary process of societal value shifting that we are all in the midst of.

As Allison recently said to me, ‘there is no easy way to begin these conversations’, but here we are together doing the work of understanding, listening, connecting and commiserating to the best of our imperfect and human capacities. Weaving in the practices of Shamanic medicine and contemplative wisdom traditions, we ask:

how do we show up to this moment with clarity, compassion, and presence?

what are we moving towards, and how do we maintain sight of that even as we allow the dissolving that is indicative of a powerful healing process?

how to maintain humanity and kindness while still entertaining the necessity of powerful boundaries, firm no’s, and reckoning with the loss of will that has been imposed on so many?

Yes, these are difficult conversations, but they are beautiful also. And just so very necessary.