I Died and Came Back

“How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.”

~ Elizabeth Lesser

This past weekend, I had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was an honor to meet, sit in community with, and learn from the best-selling?author, speaker, and co-founder of The Omega Institute,?Elizabeth Lesser .

The group of us, eight women in total, sat in a circle while Elizabeth led us through exercises of thought, beliefs, fears, and finally an end-of-life guided meditation. We were asked to look at ourselves at every stage of life.

Each phase from infant to adult, she asked us to love that person just as she was - fully and unconditionally. We were asked to see people we love, people we hurt, people who hurt us, our colleagues, our teachers, and those who impacted our lives. We thanked them, forgave them, and forgave ourselves.

What I?learned is that spending time embracing all parts of myself and honoring the love, sacrifice, joy, and suffering connects me with every woman. Sitting with my pain and holding space for others to sit with theirs is one small step towards peace and healing.

CHALLENGE: When you are tempted to distract yourself, turn off the sad song, or put energy into doom scrolling, STOP! Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and feel. It might be sad, and you will be okay.

Make it a strong?day! ??????