What is the purpose of this season?

How can you hold space for yourself in AWAKENING with ACCEPTANCE?

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AWAKENING

Whether you are “waking up” to a loud desire to truly make an impact with your life, waking up to the fact that your life as you’ve known it to be no longer works, OR being forced into acute life changes due to a loss… may you feel known here. 

You are not alone…life always has a way of waking us up.  

It might be true that pain is the most effective at creating change…

My personal seasons of awakening are marked by a decision to separate, break-ups, business failures, lessons learned in hard ways, the loss of friendships, and more…

Can you relate?

You’re here because you want to GROW… you want life to feel more certain in the midst of the waiting

“Your body holds all that has ever happened to you…

…you have to feel in order to heal.”

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“May you be standing firm like a flourishing tree…deeply rooted

…bearing fruit in every season”

Psalm 1

I care deeply that you do this work.

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I’d love to hold space for you

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Journal Prompts

Start Here

What life event just changed my life as I knew it to be?  Or, what do I know needs to change but I am afraid to take a step forward?

Go Deeper

If someone could say the most comforting thing in the world to you in your current situation, what would it be? Has anyone ever said it?

The next layer of the onion

Who are the people you feel the most "you" around? Who are the people you feel uneasy around/not yourself? Write down the character traits of the people in both groups.

SOMATIC RELEASE

In every moment of every day our brain/body are watching for cues that may signal danger so that it can respond.

Commonly understood as “fight or flight” our body shifts from a state of rest into a state of ACTION. 

Unfortunately, many of us are walking around with trauma stored in our bodies, lowering our threshold and capacity for life’s stressors.  We shift TOO quickly and then get stuck in “survival mode.”  

What does it look like for a human to heal?  AKA, have a regulated nervous system with capacity for REAL life? 

“The greatest gift we can give to another is a regulated nervous system.”

Our parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for rest, digestion, nourishment, and healing.

It is controlled primarily by cranial nerve 10, commonly known as our vagus nerve.

The vagus nerve serves as an on-off switch for our fight or flight response.  It is responsible for shifting the gears back and forth between our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.  

The vagus nerve ALSO is responsible for two way communication between our body and our brain.  

For this reason, there is a lot of effort being spent right now in understanding how to stimulate our vagus nerve, effectively returning our body to a state that allows for healing.  Our body can NOT heal when we are in survival mode.  There simply isn’t energy to spare.  What does it look like to activate our vagus nerve, gently coaxing our body into a safe state where healing is possible?

The ONLY PLACE our vagus nerve meets the outside world is through our olfactory bulb.

Hold up, WHAT?

80% of the signals that are sent by the vagus nerve are BODY TO BRAIN, with only 20% being BRAIN TO BODY.

If we want to understand what our body needs… it is sending a floodgate of information to our brain through the vagus nerve.

We can access this information through our olfactory bulb.

Once I understood this, I understood that the aromas my nose is drawn to is actually information about what my BODY NEEDS to return to a state of healing.

Releasing trapped emotions is possible through the use of dōTERRA essential oils.

The work is simple, but we get to actually do it.

DO THE WORK

Your guide to living with intention IN THIS SEASON

  • In this season, physical movement in the form of walking is essential to help process and release emotions.

  • Our lungs are often affected during this transition. They are the organ that holds our grief. Breathe and Frankincense are recommended for topical application, daily

  • Our nose is the only place where our vagus nerve meets the outside world. Our vagus nerve transmits signals from our body to our brain. Because our body holds everything that has ever happened to us, we can access information about root cause via our olfactory bulb.

  • Psalm 42 - life this side of heaven is filled with needs & desires that often go unrecognized or unspoken.

    Luke 1 - reflect on how Mary was stepping into the unknown.

THE BLEND

“Let Go”

awakening blend for letting go

What does it look like to let go of what was or what you thought “should” be? This blend will ground you and assist you in moving through the grief. Follow with a swipe of Blue Lotus, if desired.

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SEASON OF “DYING”

In the face of fear and everything “breaking,” we slowly learn that even though we can’t see the future, we can LEARN TO TRUST that goodness still exists.

  • "How did you learn how to work with women like me? You’re really good at your job. I feel more normal than I have in a long time."

  • "I never expected that to come up for me. This was so unexpected. I wouldn’t have given myself permission… You have a gift."

  • "Stephanie created a beautiful space for me in moving forward in healing a relationship, both with myself and my husband. "

  • "Stephanie is who I reach out to when I am stuck or in a swirl. Not only does she hold me high to my own values she has the unique ability of asking incredible questions"

  • "Fun, loving, present, Steph stands for you, holding space for you, very transparent and intuitive."

Book a call with Steph

  • Gain clarity on a path forward. She will help you name exactly where you are and create a vision for what is possible.

  • Put a plan together for a daily routine tailored to your specific physical & emotional goals.

  • Breakthrough issues around worthiness - she will take you through an exercise that unlocks momentum.