You're on a tender & wild journey.

You yearn for sovereignty. To feel both deeply connected and fiercely free.

I'm here to be your ally and your soul's gentle companion.

I'm here to witness your deep remembering and your brave new becoming.

 
Earth is always showing us the way things are... . Life/death/life is cyclical. . Relationships are a woven web of reciprocity and deep sensing and understanding. . No one is trying to be something they’re not (Birch doesn’t try to be Moss, who doesn’t compare herself to Stone). . Everything flows and changes. . . Our minds are anxious and our bodies are stressed because we live with many cultural beliefs that deny these primal and elemental truths... . We ignore and demonize death (“this shouldn’t happen”). . We see life as transactional (“what can I gain, what resources can I extract, who owes what to whom”). . We judge ourselves and compare ourselves to others (“I should be more like ____, I’m not _____ enough.”). . We resist change and cling to what we think is “right”, “good”, and the way things have always been. . . When we hold the tension of these beliefs with the truth of how things actually are, we can’t help but feel anxious, untethered, afraid and dismayed. . But again and again, Earth shows us simply the way things are. . Again and again she welcomes us back home. . Mirror, teacher, oracle, guide, she’s right here, always available, always giving, always speaking when we’re ready to listen. . . . 📍Anishinaabe traditional lands . #thehealingwild #earthwisdom #thewildempath #wildempath #listentotheearth #mamaearth #andlivlovesyou
As I clear the Old, the New emerges in ways I could never have imagined. . As I learn to grieve with my whole body and soul--for my past hurts, the pain of the world, my inability to help everything and everyone--I become more joy and wonder-filled. . Contentment is possible, amongst and betwixt and between it all, I’m learning. . Its seasons are rich, dynamic, layered and mysterious. . Especially this one. . This time of enveloping Dark. This time of descent. This time of willing and unwilling cleansing. . Now I trust myself that I have the strength. Now I trust myself that I will see what I need to see and learn what I need to learn. I say "I'm here" and "Thank you" when Spirit calls and Earth beckons. . . As always, with you, xo Liv . #thehealingwild #earthmedicine #earthwisdom #ancestralwisdom #celticshamanism #wildempath #reclaimingsensitive #empath #highlysensitive #intuitiveliving #andlivlovesyou
{You are a deep well of mystery.} ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The West in the Celtic wheel (the direction of Autumn, sunsets, elderhood, exhales and oceans) invites you to remember you are a deep well of mystery. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There’s no need to figure yourself out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You don’t have to name or claim or declare or decide who you are. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (That’s just capitalism and cisheteropatriarchy and white supremacy talking. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ After all, once they can pin you down, they think you’re able to be judged, you’re a problem to be fixed, a voice to discount, a body to be targeted--or a cog in the machine, ready to be sold to.) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ : : : : : : : ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Resist the powers that be by melting into your mysterious YOU-ness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You might become so undefinable that they are disarmed, puzzled and perplexed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You may even elude their traps with your shapeshifting. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ : : : : : : ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I understand the weight is heavy and may feel impossible to shake. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But in a world committed to systems of defining and discriminating (that have real, tangible, everyday effects on our lives), I've found that in combination with working to dismantle these systems in external tangible ways, I also need the internal antidote of this self-medicine: the practice of making space for the mystery of me beyond their boxes and rules. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I invite you, too, to sink into the mystery of you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To receive the relief of releasing into your own depths. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To rest in your beauty beyond definition. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With you, xo Liv ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.S. Claiming identities is a healing practice too. And this might be what you need instead in this moment. Trust your wise heart, Dear One. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #thewildempath #thehealingwild #wildempath #reclaimingsensitive #empath #highlysensitive #intuitiveliving #thehealingwild #earthmedicine #earthwisdom #ancestralwisdom #celticshamanism
Your contentment is always worth cultivating. . No matter how much you care about others. No matter how much you worry about the world. No matter how much you have to do. . One simple way I'm doing this today: . Instead of saying "today I have to..." I'm saying "today I get to..." . This little internal but powerful shift does a few things: . It helps me approach the things I'm choosing to do from a place of delight and curiosity, so I'm more open to the gifts waiting for me. . It opens the door of possibility and nudges me to change *the way* I'm doing things so that they feel like the gift they are. . And finally, for those things that seem to have their feet firmly planted in the "have to" category, this practice helps me gently question if those are things I want to still hold on to, or if they are things I can let go of (or if it's time to ask for help or support). . A few examples: . "I get to pick my kid up from school today!" "I get to tidy up the house :)" "I get to work on this project!" . Feel free to add your own below. Or ask a question about this little experimental practice :) . With you, xo Liv . #wildempath #reclaimingsensitive #empath #highlysensitive #highlysensitiveperson #intuitiveliving