Offerings to Support You

How do we resource ourselves during difficult times? How do we sustain ourselves and our loved ones? How do we cultivate our aliveness when the world is threatening our safety and breaking our hearts? These questions have been on my mind as we face four years of a Trump presidency.

Here are some resources to help you navigate these hard times. One is a post that I wrote when I was feeling discouraged. The other two are from folks whom I respect.

All three are offerings to support you in developing strategies to take care of yourself in the days to come.

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What takes our power? And what charges us? I realized I can listen to news and absorb what’s being said in a way that drains my power, or I can take what’s being said, and use it as fuel.

I Will Not Give Up shows how I created a mantra to support my aliveness. I invite you to take a few minutes to gather images and create a collage that helps you visualize what will help you stay true to yourself.

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Kelsey Blackwell, a wonderful somatic coach whom I’ve worked with, is offering a 4-week program called Inner Compass: Developing Your Somatic and Ancestral Personal Practice. The program will support you in nurturing your resilience and fostering a sense of hope for the future. Learn more and register here.

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Jungian psychotherapist Satya Doyle Brock recently wrote a thoughtful piece called Archetypes of Resistance, reflecting on the ancient roles that go into what she calls the enduring work of transformation, peace, equality and freedom.

The explanatory list of 20 archetypes include the Observer, the Neighbor, the Healer, the Keeper of Law, the Soul-Tender. I invite you to take a look and feel into which archetypes are beckoning to you.

As we face these uncertain times, let’s remember that together, we can create spaces for hope, resilience, and transformation.