Anchor Aweigh

art by Tijana Lukovic

"When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for."

🖤Clarissa Pinkola Estes

After contemplating the horizon for many months (in various states of patience, overwhelm and indecision) the time has come for me to lift up, open my sails, and trust that I will be able to navigate the winds and waters with the skills, intuition and ability to seek support that I have gathered so far in life. And there will no doubt be new skills to acquire, new faces, new support, and much growth and creativity just around the bend.

I am gratefully embracing change this month - and this season - at a time when instincts and the slowing down in Nature would have me burrowing into to a cozy warm home with hot drinks, soup and books. Having my rental home put on the market, however, has lit a fire under the embers of adventure and uncertainty that I've been holding all summer. I've been asking for a sign, a lead on which direction to go, and in early October, I got one. So the last few weeks have been full of lists, boxes, and deep life review as I go through letters, clothing, books and other accumulated records of the life we have been living here, in our beautiful woodland home, for the past five years.

Now with my daughter studying in Victoria and my heart and dreams spread around so many places in the world, it's time to start exploring. I'll be taking a short sabbatical from my agency work and

continuing to build my private practice via online offerings (like The Living Edge) - watch my socials and subscribe here if you're interested in what I've got brewing. There will be some great travel pics as well, and hopefully some new reflections and insights as my surroundings expand.

So a big thank you to Sagittarius season for having my back (I'm a Sag rising, which in part, explains the adventurer in me) and for my growing awareness of how perimenopause, neurodivergence and my own ongoing processing of grief, trauma, and nervous system dysregulation have parts to play in my life - especially when I am juggling many different elements at a time of great change. Very much feeling the shedding of at least one skin during this Year of the Snake.

This month's post reflects the kind of scattered but purposeful, intentionally chaotic energy that comes with moving house. I have been embracing the shortened days and increased darkness as a way to stay connected to my body through all this change - lots of sleep, warm clothes, hot drinks, and bodywork to keep my overactive mind in check.

I've also been loving my weekly reading by Chani Nicholas - astrology goddess that she is - as well as monthly intuitive readings by Asia Suler. She has a great podcast, if that's your thing, and recently has spoken about how, in "soul-forging times," the maps that we once used to navigate our lives can change dramatically, so that there is a period of disorientation before we find new ways to orient ourselves and explore altered landscapes and topography. This feels so fitting to me at this time, and if you can relate at all to a feeling of lostness or confusion during transitional times of life, I highly recommend you check her out: www.asiasuler.com.

Thanks for reading along as I find my way with this blog, my work, and my creative purpose. Having experienced the illness and death of a parent at a young age, I do not take any of this for granted, and go through most days with fingers crossed that I get many more years to explore, create, and give back.

It's a tumultuous world out there in so many ways, and I wish you all moments of anchoring, insight, and rest for the coming dark month ahead.

Step into the beautiful glowing story of your life, during this winter season. Art by Lucy Campbell.