Evolution + Change
Photo of a plant, green leaves with a single lady bird resting on one of the leaves
At the beginning of the year I wrote The Serviceberry Part One with the promise of The Serviceberry Part Two, only to fall ill. It's taken me a good few months to recover, but the threads of this book, its essence, has stayed with me, and so I've finally written The Serviceberry Part Two.
Everything I'm reading, everything I'm leaning into always challenges the way I see the world. This is what I love about my work, the deep curiosity, challenging the narratives, exploring to see what's here beyond what may be right in front of us. I call this a different way of being, and this is what I advocate for. A different way of being in our hierarchical, patriarchal, capitalist world. I invite you to soul, to tenderness, as well as exploring the edges of what it is to be human in this lifetime.
With this in mind I have made some changes to the way I offer my work. Particularly my one-to-one work. This feels aligned with who I am and what I want to stand for in the world. I know for some this will still be prohibitive, if you want to work with me in any capacity I'm here for open, transparent conversations to enable this. I'm curating what it is to create sustainability for me and my family in this world, to support others, and also offer free community support.
Everyone who comes and works with me supports all of my collective and community work. I run a local grief café, I volunteer at my local hospice and I support other charities running events like Beautiful Grief. Last week I sat with a dear soul at the end of her life in hospice, it was the most privileged experience of my life. Every one of you who has been in my space over the past year contributed to this moment, and I'm so grateful. I wouldn't be able to do this without all of you who come to work with me. It's circular, it's collective, we do this together. We can only do this together.
“In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away. In fact, status is determined not by how much one accumulates, but by how much one gives away. The currency in a gift economy is relationship, which is expressed as gratitude, as interdependence and the ongoing cycles of reciprocity. A gift economy nurtures the community bonds that enhance mutual wellbeing; the economic unit is "we" rather than "I," as all flourishing is mutual.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry
I will continue to show-up, to do this life and work imperfectly, to explore and examine what it is to be interdependent rather than independent - to continue to advocate for a different way of being, for the good of all.
With deepest gratitude for all who come into this way of being with me.
I’m welcoming people to come and work with my one-to-one, if this calls you in any way get in touch or you can book a call.
