August 2022 Compendium-Blog
HOLDING SPACE and WEAVING HEARTS
Every human being needs a “soul companion” to listen, support, and validate life choices and direction.
There are many names: counselor, therapist, life coach, spiritual director, spiritual companion, spiritual mentor, soul or spiritual concierge, witness or holy witness---and the ultimate goal is often the same: curious questions, self-discovery, and deep self-exploration that will yield nurturing boundaries and feed our soul.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: TO LISTEN.
It’s not necessarily about re-claiming the best of ourselves, or deeply understanding the why of something that happened to us. It is often about coming to terms of acceptance, to live our life being okay in this now moment like “this is as good as it gets’’ – right now, yet not forever. To be aware of our weaknesses, our past choices – that were only that: a choice, in the past, when we were doing the best we could with what we knew at the time.
THAT WAS THEN. THIS IS NOW.
That is why the past has no control over us anymore, unless we choose to keep revisiting and thinking and overthinking. Then we are captive in the past with looping stories that may or may not be actual/factual—but only how we remember them. How we FEEL them. Yet if we keep telling the story it builds up TOXIC POWER.
When we tell our stories of suffering to ourselves and to others, our ‘wounded’ stories, we are draining our own life force, as well as to those we tell it too. This becomes a lifestyle self-wounding, and its toxic power is why people don’t heal. Our biography become our biology. Wounds must be shared for the mind, for the body and for the soul. Carolyn Myss.
Now may be the exact time, the perfect time, divine time, for us to create a new story in this NOW moment, only then will a future unlike the past unfold. TO create a different ending, a new ending, for the old story. And how could that show up in real life???
Can you imagine what it would look like for you if you could become conscious, aware of how you use your life force?
Like, how is your body feeling?
Is there aliveness in your energy?
Is it drained?
Is there physical discomfort?
Twitching or numbness?
Thoughts racing, heart racing, wanting to escape the situation?
And so, we can discover how to begin again.
Every morning. Every afternoon. Every evening. And through every night. We can ‘’chunk it down’’ hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month. To learn how to live in the present moment is a process, and we practice and practice; and many of us have lots of thoughts, behaviors, automatic pilot responses (AKA default), and suffer and suffer as we are wanting to have a different outcome by repeating the same old story…loop-to-loop-loop-loop-loop…
Like a ‘dog with a bone’ who won’t let it go.
Our life journey is a process of discovery with ups and downs in every way. What size, shape or color do your emotions about your most recent “challenge” appear in you?
What does it say to you?
What would you say to it?
How could it change?
What would that be like for you if it did?
This process of going deeper into self-exploration is a journey to be shared and witnessed. It is introspection and discernment with a soul companion – one who will be holding onto your wholeness and well being, while supporting, appreciation and guiding your journey of truth finding, and how aspects of your life tapestry: strength in character AND weakness in darkness ---how they create cravings, anchors and additions in ways of being --- life force aliveness VS stuck blockages.
There are those that are yearning to become aware of their motivations behind daily choices – we each make literally hundreds of choices each day, and they create anxiety, chaos, and doubt OR clarity, calm, and aliveness. ARE YOU?
With the Dark Moon and its energies of endings, of little deaths, in order to make space for the New Moon energies of beginnings…
I invite you to explore deeply to upgrade, level up, integrate and release old patterns of thought and behavior.
Lighten up, get creative, experience more fun and imagine, be flexible.
Dream big, imagine possibilities and best case outcomes
Allow change and use your time wisely, be discerning, BUT NOT pessimistic.
Be ready to tap into your greatest potential: that is what dreams are made of~
MAKE YOU A PRIORITY: Self First.
Living on the edge is not a requirement. Really.
With happy endings of summer upon us, know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Peace, love and light, Jill Wrubel Healing Arts ~
~Holding space and weaving hearts for those ready to step into the path of who they really are~