You’re Probably More In Survival Mode Than You Think. I Certainly Was…

 I'm writing this bare-faced and a little wrecked. No shower or skincare yet this morning. 

But it’s the best kind of wrecked. 🤩

I'm in Austin, Texas, at the Embodied Facilitator Program, and for the last four days, I've been deep in the work- in intensive workshops. Today is my first day off, and before I connect with clients, I wanted to come in here and share some of what this week has opened up for me.

Everyday has brought revelation-after-revelation. Beautiful, confronting, deeply clarifying reflections and experiences that have helped me see and feel  myself more clearly. See and feel where I still hold myself back, and how in some situations I can still come from  what I would call, “survival response.”

And honestly, that is not surprising. 

Right now almost everyone I know is operating from some degree of survival, whether it be because of personal history, community, the state of the world or simply the pace of life.

So many people are coping by staying busy…

With layers of productivity, or by moving from commitment after commitment.

By living in the way that there’s “never enough time.” 

And what we’'ve been playing with this week. What is our patterned survival strategy we go to Instinctually?   Not just intellectually (in an esoteric, abstract way) but literally: how we live within survival state, how we respond in our body, how we recognize it in our nervous system -

And how through awareness we can choose to free ourselves from unconsciously allowing these patterned responses  to run our lives. 

Now, in many ways, I’m far ahead of the curve… 

This is part of what it means to consciously EVOLVE.

And still there are a few places where I can feel a disconnect, where there's still a pattern of separation, of a conditioned response versus a conscious one. 

And it’s so so interesting, as a person who's been doing this work for 30 years -- a person who knows her own process, and the transformation her clients’ experience -- to meet it again, on an even more visceral level.

So what about the person who hasn't looked at these patterns yet? 

What about the person still living inside of them without language for what is happening? 

What about you?

Well if this speaks to something in you, I’d love to invite you to take my EVOLVE Assessment. 

In 5 minutes  it will help you look at six core pillars of your inner and outer life- through the lens my EVOLVE framework. So you can begin to see what's driving you, what may be holding you back, and where your system is asking for deeper support. 

(Yes, survival mode Is very much a part of that picture)

Last week, when I launched the Assessment, I offered a 45 minute, virtual debrief for the first 11 people who took it. Those spots filled quickly. This week (in part because of what this week has opened up in me) I’m offering 5 more.

So, If you've been telling yourself there isn't enough time, maybe this is the moment to pause and look more closely. 💛

Go here now and take the EVOLVE Assessment. 

Love and Blessings, 🙏🏻💛🪷

P.S. EVOLVE is an acronym for 6 core pillars that form the backbone of my work. 

What does it stand for? Good question! 

Go here now to find out. 

P.P.S. For me, one of the deepest gifts of this week has been being in a “yes” room, with facilitators who can hold whatever people bring.

That is how I work, too. This is a space that meets people where they are: bring what is true, bring what is here, and we will work with it.

We do not shame survival. We help you understand it, meet it, and move with it differently.

Whatever you bring, whatever you want, whatever you envision - we are a yes to it.

We’re with you, and we will never shame you.

It is a masterful, artful way of working that meets life and the human experience in a deeply powerful, impactful, and effective way.

I can't tell you how powerful it's been. It's exactly what I needed for my next phase in coaching, speaking, teaching and living. 

It's really super alive and  so joyful.

And so is saying “YES” to Your own process.