Could you forgive this?
Extraordinary Humans, like you.
Ten years on.
Venturing onto Facebook to find a contact, I was confronted with a ten-year-old 'then and now' automated post of me.
When I used to use FB regularly, I'd be triggered by these unwanted bombardments of how youthful/successful/slim I looked then, compared to feeling less than lit, scrolling the algorithm trap...
Now, things have changed, and so have my perspectives. This week I saw these two pics...
Ten years ago, I had just come out of the Amazon jungle from weeks of deep healing with a world-class Shaman. Flying back to this freezing, beautiful photo shoot for a production of Twelfth Night, where I would soon be playing Olivia in Dubrovnik.
Whilst in the Amazon jungle I first heard of Tony Robbins. I looked him up on the flight home and thought. Nope, not for me. Too much American fist pumping. Not enough multidimensional unfolding.
Today, I'm preparing to fly back to Dubrovnik in a few weeks as part of a year's intense training with Tony Robbins' inner circle. It seems I have matured and realised all the multidimensional unfolding happens through our earthly existence...
But when we tap into that which is greater than us, our ability to serve others, what is possible, magnifies. As life rewards that which serves more of life. Not just our own process.
Life is beautiful. Deep currents; the mystic law, Grace, God, call it what you will...is moving our lives, whether we feel isolated and lost or thriving and lubricious.
Reflecting on the years I spent time, money and energy turning myself inside out to find meaning and healing, I came full circle to a place where I now turn myself inside out in a different way, removing labels, limitations, and constructs about who I am in the world and what I'm capable of.
Questioning and exploring what it means to make money, be creative, work in corporate, speak English, or follow this or that religion, I find my life much more fluid, exciting, grounded and nourishing than it's ever been. I know that I couldn't have got to where I am now if I hadn't gone through my years of pain and then years of searching. But God bless the journey and the fact that it didn't end when I tried.
Have you had moments when you wished something hadn't happened, or been as hard, only to realise it led to something beautiful?
Above is a photo of me speaking with Sage Robbins, Tony Robbins' wife and entrepreneur in her own right, about this very topic. And 6pm on the 22nd I'm releasing a podcast with the extraordinary Kathy Buckley. Who, if you think you've had a rough ride in life, you should listen to our talk because she is not only funny but one of the most resilient women I've ever met!
It is a privilege to talk with these resilient, wise and gracious women who have endured so much yet contribute so much to others. I'm inspired by their lives, and I hope you are, too. Let me know what you think of Kathy.
Life is beautiful. Deep currents; the mystic law, Grace, God, call it what you will...is moving our lives, whether we feel isolated and lost or thriving and lubricious.
With love,
Helen