“we’re all in the same boat…?”

When the COVID-19 pandemic first started, I heard this statement lot. People remarking on how stay-at-home orders were the great equalizer for our otherwise stratified society. However, some of us had sturdier boats. Some of us, though bedraggled, have weathered the storm only to be pelted by the waves of other myriad storms.

Most of us, one way or another, got totally soaked . Some of us have been swept up in the ever-churning waters of systemic failings, rampant injustices, and lack of access to much needed resources. Some of us found that our difficulties, if they had been carefully tucked away, came billowing to the forefront when stripped of our usual comforts, our communities. And so I would like to suggest that while we are all in the same ocean, we’ve all been sailing in different boats.

~ same ocean, different boats ~

For most of us, the pandemic is only one of many big waves we’ve faced.

Whether you have lived with grief, loss, emptiness, relentless stress, “high functioning” depression or anxiety, acute traumatic experiences, relational or inter-generational trauma, chronic lack of focus, depleted motivation, relationship difficulties, health concerns, sensory overwhelm and assault, harms due to injustice and systematic oppression, and/or the struggle to find meaning in your life…

I invite you to dock your ship in the harbor of your own presence, to seek healing and solace on the banks compassion and embark on the brave journey of knowing yourself more deeply.

sometimes, we cannot stop the waves from breaking.                              

But when we learn to surf the turbulent experiences of our lives, we can navigate even the roughest waters with confidence, care, and equanimity. When we learn to surf, we can direct our energy more skillfully towards changing the things about our lives, and our world, that we refuse to accept.

If this finds you stressed, anxious, unmotivated, uninspired, enraged, desperate, hopeful, defeated, depleted, heartbroken….

& in search of support to feel more deeply into joy, calm, generosity and connection…