Anything....... and ALWAYS..........

Tonight I am excited, I have a new group of I Got YOU Girls forming and we begin tonight:) Grateful to have grown to two groups so quickly! Spending some time considering where I want to go next in terms of growing:) Excited too because some of my current girls are popping in to make up the session they missed due to vacation, which will be fun:) And my own girl talked to me about something the other day.....it was a delicate topic.....and she was struggling with it.....and I helped her with it......and it felt so good that she felt comfortable to share the weight of it that she was carrying with me......I could see the weight of it on her......and I want her to hear as many times as she needs, that she can share ANYTHING with me ALWAYS......there is nothing off limits.....I will never judge her.....make her feel small or filled with shame......ever.......we are all human having a human experience.....and that is what needs to be in the forefront as her mom.......and to date she just fills me with pride at the amazing young lady she is becoming........she is grounded.......grateful........caring........compassionate.......kind.....and the list goes on......truly just scratching her surface:) and she was playing with her brother and his friend yesterday.....playing hide and seek.....and so kind to them both ......having such a sense for the special needs that live in both of them......and I love that part of her........but I want her to know that no matter where her journey leads.....there is NOTHING we cannot solve together.....and the conversation we had the other day made me realize the level of trust she holds for me.......and what she was wrestling with is totally normal.....but she wasn't sure it was......and I think THAT is what fuels my journey so often.....saying THE thing out loud.......the thing that others might be thinking but not want to say......to bring a normalcy to the human condition.......making it so that nobody has to hide away......or wonder if that happens to others.......or if other people struggle with that too......and we don't do that enough......so much energy is spent pretending all is good.....or there is no struggle.....or that people don't face what others do.....and we need to speak our truth so others feel safe to do that too:) So her confiding in me made me realize that that is the impression I am giving her.......and seeing the relief in her after she unloaded some of it was a gift as her mother......my job is to make her life easier, not harder.......I seek to hold space for her in whatever way she needs......and in whatever way my son needs......that is my job.......and I hope forever they feel safe to say whatever they need.......to lay their burdens on me......and not let those things weigh them down.......and it really touched me that she felt safe to do that......Speaking truth sets us free.........I spent years hiding my truth.......and it diminished my health and vitality, no question........and I won't do it anymore.......my story is mine......and the telling of it not only heals me.....but others......and creating the space in my workshops for the girls to have that space too.....to lay burdens down is part of my goal.......in our last one, some talk of divorce etc came up, and the girls connected some......not all of them having the same journey.....but they brought up some things that were bothering them, not because I talked about my own, but because they sensed the safe space as we chatted and crafted.......things we keep in tend to grow in power when we let them fester.......giving them room to breathe is the way to have those things lose their power......I believe that so completely.....I am blessed to have some friends and family in my life that I feel I can lay my burdens down too, and say the things I need to......and that is perhaps the greatest gift we can give another human......is holding space for their truth......no matter what.......Happy Thursday:) Enjoy the day:)