Do not lose heart. We were made for these times

“Do not lose heart. We were made for these times”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

It’s been an insane summer here in Australia. I’ve spent the last few months on constant alert surrounded by bushfires and now today almost unbelievably we have intense storm warnings pouring rain and forecast 90km per hour winds.

At times it has felt exhausting and overwhelming. There has been no downtime, no sense of normality.

I have had to big deep internally over an over. I haven’t always done it perfectly. I’ve wrestled with wanting to share what is real and going on for me verses not spreading negativity and despair over our timelines. Even today i posted and then deleted it.



I have grown in myself. Forged in fire (pun intended) to ask of myself for another level of resilience and faith. To really own and live my truth, despite and in the face of turbulent wild storms. I am stronger for it. More committed. My fire burns more steadily and unwavering. 



I am also calmer, less tightly clenching control. After months of powerlessness to forces far greater than my ego mind i have learnt yet again a whole new level of surrender (a concept i'm not new to).

That doesn’t mean the journey there didn’t involve raging against it all, despairing, and storms of anxiety and stress. It also doesn’t mean I probably won’t need to revisit my hard learnt lessons in the future but i have a map now.



I have had to lean into what i believe at a whole new level. I have been a teacher and a coach for over a decade. I have taught hundreds of classes, and while i have always walked my talk, I have had to lean into my Truth heart and soul at a whole new level, tested as it were.



What has emerged is a calmer perhaps more self contained version of myself, more grounded, stronger in myself.

One that can more easily embrace the saying “don’t sweat the small stuff” now with a broader perspective as my go to.

One that can truly live the work i share in the world at a whole new level of commitment and sacredness. One that is more calmly, determinedly in it for the long game.



…. i’ve come to focus on this as the higher purpose for my summer. 



I’ve come to believe this is a path for all of us, for the transformational leaders of our times. 



It’s so easy to become discouraged, to panic, to be filled with anxiety for the times in which we are living. To be in despair for the state of affairs (and yes they do suck). 



But I believe in a greater force. 
I believe that the exceptional souls doing work in the world to spread light, to raise consciousness, to heal, to create change and transformation , are born to this time for a reason. 



That we have within us what is needed. That if we can not lose heart, lose our way in the stormy chaos, that we are the answer. That we are made for these times.



It’s ok to shed tears, to despair, to fear, and to rage - we are human and we must process and be with what is real to us in the moment to grow. But do not live there. 



Return to your work in the world. 

Return to your magic. 

Return to your highest beliefs, your most sacred truths



….. and step into them with an even deeper level of commitment, 

with fiery passion 

and unwavering determination.



Live them yourself at a whole new level.
Share them at a whole new level. 



The tides will turn. 


We were made for these times.
💖
Lisa