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We invite you to begin your personal journey toward discovering and creating your TRUE HEARTS DESIRE through one of our three retreats. Our daily on-line retreats our half day rejuvenation retreats or our Four day intensive Farm Retreats.
All retreats from Sister Support are based in the Four Seasons. Each area of our life is in one of four stages newness and growth/Spring, flourishing and expasion Summer, Harvest and rewards for hard work/Fall, Death, letting go and rest/Winter. Join us to explore these phases of relationships, career and life so that you can embrace change and become familiar with that soulful part of you which is reflected in all that surrounds you. Make a committment to your life and your heart, we'll provide the rest. |
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Transition...
Navigating the Space Between
The dictionary tells us transition is a passage from one state, stage, subject or place to another; a change--movement, development, evolution--from one form, stage or style to another. Perhaps the best experience of transition is "the space between."
During times of transition, we feel we are neither here nor there, this or that. Transition puts us in the space between where we feel off balance and unsure, not knowing who we are, what we want, or what we should do next.
The transition phase during birth is well known to women because it presents the greatest pain--the phase when medication is often asked for. Many women say pain during transition in labor is so intense it feels like they are having an out of body experience.
Transitions in our lives can paralyze us with fear. The end of a marriage, loss of a loved one or loss of a job can put us in the space between where we feel enormous pain and uncertainty. If our lives have been defined by the roles we play, we feel as though we do not know who we are without them.
When I look at my beautiful farm this time of year, I see the space between winter and spring. The newness is there as we see with the young horses, we have occassionaly warmer days, yet the mud is everywhere. It is no longer the frozen ground of winter and yet not yet the consistent changes of spring. There are no buds, no promise of flowers, no flowing water, no deeply green grass. Only brown twisted limbs of seemingly dead trees, sparse brown grass not even enough for the colts to be nurtured by… gray days providing little warmth or brightness.
When we're in the space between we have no idea where our final destination will be. Seemingly nothing is happening…it's just a mess. Yet it all must happen exactly as it is for those spring buds to form and that green grass to grow. As mother earth collects her water we will have mud. But Nature allows us to begin to trust that our destination will be OK no matter how ugly things are, how ugly we may feel inside or how cold the world has become. God and mother earth have shown us that spring will come and so will summer, fall, and another winter--each with its own transition phase.
This is where we will begin our Four Season Exploration together:
Where are you in a transition phase?
Where is your life muddled up with seemingly no end in sight?
Where do you experience grayness with no color or passion?
Where is your pain causing you to give up?
Be gentle and compassionate with your pain. Hold it gently and do not try to force it to end too soon. Listen to what your pain tells you. Within pain is the motivation to wake up and create change. If you try to numb your pain, you'll miss the necessary stimulation to work through it in a healthy way. Just like birthing, it's essential to stay with the transition process--pushing through pain and watching for times to breathe and rest. We can't hasten the process, lest we miss restful times and collapse in exhaustion and depression.
The truth is we live on the greatest planet in the universe in what I believe to be the most blessed country on the planet. We have unbelievable opportunities within our reach. Use this place this day to declare you will not be defeated, that instead you will simply learn and quietly say, "Got it…Next?" Because there always is a next.
During our Four Season Exploration, it is my commitment to provide you with a better space between. I will explore your next step with you every morning during the week. We will frame your world the way it was intended: as a place of endless possibilities, deep joy and great learning. Together we will reclaim our sense of humor and become our own very best friends.
Much love
Kathleen
Note: If you have a transition story to share with your sisters, please submit it to our book, WOMEN ON--a book of female triumph and love through all the seasons of our lives. (click here to learn more) It is my deep hope that by sharing our stories, someone else who needs a gentle holding through a space between will be nourished and enriched with courage to move on and quietly say, "Got it…Next?"
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