Nudges from the universe
It feels like the universe is pulling me back to this craft. Today out of nowhere, an editor from the writer’s collective I used to actively be a part of did a full edit of a piece I wrote in August 2023:
And another writer has been periodically sending me links to writing programs and writing coaches because she knew I wanted to get back into writing:
These gentle nudges and my explorations back towards writing has been a lovely message from the universe. I feel more spacious to listen too, I feel more able to make room for these practices that will bring me closer to my truth.
As part of these explorations, I decided to make an active search into a writing coach or program that could support me in writing again.
I decided to reach out to someone from the writer’s collective who’d been a longtime editor and more recent life coach. Someone I felt she was the one, she was able to hear me and really summarise it as my desire to create a body of work to showcase my line of inquiry and my exploration of topics interesting to me. She also said that part of the work is writing my way in which I feel to be really true. I am really excited to say we agreed to start working together in a six-month capacity where she will support my writing, inquiry and getting deeper to my real work. Once we finalise a few bits and bobs I will share who it is and how she is helping me on my journey.
In other news, I have been prioritising grounding lately, cancelling personal travel and declining some non-urgent work travel. I am looking after my physical and mental wellbeing, seeking the help of practitioners and experts, and building a regular routine of walking to the office and walking home.
I feel myself rebuilding from a position of strength, self-compassion and self-understanding. I see the ability to finally have a bit more patience with myself and the glimpse of understanding that long endurance is a strength. Impatience can be a superpower but also lethal in its ability to get in the way of building longer more solid bodies of work. Rome wasn’t built in a day after all and I now start to appreciate that statement.
Love and light
Caryn