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I am: Ayahuasca Night 2 edition
You are loved. You are safe. You have power. He can’t hurt you anymore. I am a hollow bone for everything that Ayahuasca is. I am ready. Born ready. Lots of love, Kate NB: Reposted from March 21st. In my fasted, unslept, raw and frantic (to post something for the day) state, I posted this…
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It’s been a minute
I haven’t written here in more than a week and I am disappointed in myself for that. A lot has been happening. I had another Ayahuasca “retreat” on the weekend. I post one night that I was there, but ran out of time and energy to keep it up. I accepted that fact and then…
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More ready and prepared for Ayahuasca than I’ve ever been
I am more ready and prepared than I have ever been for this. I have done my best, and that is enough. Could I have done better? For sure. When we know better, we do better. I have done my best to cope with my current situation while also taking action for things I can…
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How do you help someone who doesn’t want to be helped?
You can’t. ~~~ Life is a funny bastard. Sometimes funny-haha, sometimes just cruel. Guess it depends on where you’re standing. If you’re zoomed out, or right up close. My friend’s Mum tried to kill herself on Monday. That’s a lot. It’s a very confusing mix of emotions. The ‘how could she!?’ pleas for answers. She…
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Oh, I’ve dealt with that. Moving on:
Whenever someone says to me ‘Oh, I’ve dealt with that’ I don’t believe them. I’ve said that to myself many times and the further I get down the road on this healing journey, the most I realise I have not dealt with it either. The statement isn’t a lie. We have dealt with things as…
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Why do I avoid myself?
Intimacy noun close familiarity or friendship; closeness. Latin Root: “Intimus” means “inmost, innermost, deepest”. My ‘Word of the Year’ for last year was ‘intimacy’. It became glaringly obvious to me that I struggled with closeness of other people. I am a great organiser of events and get togethers, because of my struggle with intimacy. I…
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The best way to cheer yourself up
The best way to cheer yourself up, is to cheer someone else up – Mark Twain Today was a very full on day. A last minute hustle on finishing a friend’s birthday card off, an airport drop off, island hopping to help a friend in need and then the finale of dropping off the belated…
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Discover in the midst of discomfort, a kind of pleasure
‘I hope you are discovering this is an intrinsically pleasant thing to do, even when it hurts. You can discover in the midst of discomfort, a kind of pleasure and a kind of fulfilment. And if you haven’t found that yet, I promise, it is there to be found. Just keep coming back to the…