Greetings friends!

Since I’ve taken a step back from social media, I’ve decided to send a lil 5-part email series to connect and share with you.

My “work” is ever evolving as I continue to receive life lessons and dive into new modalities and ventures. My latest loves are tarot (per usual), parts work (IFS), and cranial sacral therapy with an undercurrent of mind-body medicine.
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On to part 1 of this series...

Isn’t it interesting how the Universe will send you lessons whether you want them or not? I’ve come to believe that when we get repeated “opportunities” in something, it’s a sign that the “opportunity” is part of our purpose here on planet Earth.

For me, grief has been one of those lessons. The lesson nobody wants, but is still served - kind of like overcooked mushy broccoli on the dinner table in the 1980’s.

Grief chose me from the time I was a young child. It’s visited me frequently since then. Not just for the “big” losses, like the passing of people I love (which there has definitely been a lot of that). But also for a cascade of other experiences that are all “common,” yet seem to crash down simultaneously. Loss of relationships, endings of different kinds, loss of income. We’ve all experienced a taste of those things in one form or another. Nobody really wants to talk about that stuff because, well, it’s a downer.

I remember after my dad died, I was at work. I needed to vent about the loss and a friend at the time said “I’m changing the subject. This is too heavy”. What I’ve learned in my master course in grief (aka life), is that we as humans are generally not comfortable with the heavy stuff. We’re wired to turn away from pain, avoid, ignore, gloss over, deny. There are few people that want to dive into it with us.

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I’ve sort of always been the person who is drawn to the “depthy” stuff, wanting to tread there with people, look at it from a 360 degree view, turn it over on its side and create new pathways from it. I’ve come to see myself as a weaver of patterns and resources, accompanying people through uncertainty and helping them find prisms of hope along the way.

If you’re like me and have had some waves of grief wash over you recently, my free resource, Unconventional Support for the Waves of Grief is always available to you 🥰

My next email, coming out Monday, will share more about how I use tarot cards in my decision making (and how you can too!).
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Cheers,

Abby