After a year so deeply immersed in certain areas of my life (matrescence and sheer survival as a new working parent) over others (writing, movement, worldly engagement), the idea of sacred integration came quietly knocking in the final days of 2024.
By December I was burned out. I hadn’t taken true time off of work since before the baby came. And the constant switching from mom-mode to director-mode to me-mode was starting to feel less like the adrenaline of passion and more like punishing whiplash. Especially in my work, I am recognizing the pressure to show up in a certain way that is always appealing in the beginning (results! money! unapologetic hustle!) but grinds against my natural energy and outlook.
I am craving a congruence in my life I don’t think I have had the courage to claim in the past: to integrate and weave the facets of my life together. And to make it sacred along the way, by building intention, honoring my values, and to make what I do feel a bit more special and more connected to the greater whole.
In 2025 I will love, mother, and work from the same core and centeredness that shows up in my inner world: a reverence for the divine feminine and masculine; integrity in my actions towards myself, my family, and greater society; a love of beauty and ritual; action guided by intuition; working with the universe; and engaging a richness in everything that I do, from the magnanimous to the mundane.
All towards a more intentional and thoughtful merging of my worlds.
My hope is that this initiates lasting change in my internal constitution. If 2024 was all about hurtling into new parenthood and business revolutions, in 2025 I will take the time to ground in this new reality.
The journey is in figuring out how to do this. And while I’m not exactly sure of all the hows, here are some things I jotted down during my beginning-of-year reflection:
Prioritizing undivided attention towards my family. Practicing more presence and feeling in these moments we’ll forever look back on.
Connecting with the divine feminine from my spiritual work as I learn to show up as a mother.
Building ritual into movement (exercise). Pairing my asana practice with engagement in the other limbs of yoga.
Integrating my personal values and operating mode with my work and business blueprint. Seeing my writing as my work. And ultimately putting out to the universe: what work will support me both spiritually and materially?
Recognizing that everything we do is inherently political and committing to speaking up for what I believe in.
Aligning how we save, spend, and give according to our values and priorities. Embracing a more generous flow of resources.
Showing up online with substance and authenticity, over surface-level strategy and ambition. Being a student of the craft; sharing more and often; writing for and about everything.
Feeling both beautiful and comfortable every day. Taking that extra moment for intention and elevating: a spritz of perfume, applying lipstick, changing into the right bra, putting on an outfit even for just a brief moment. Embracing that when I look good, I feel good, I do good, I live well.
This is my work this year. And in the spirit of all this, I’ll channel this year’s evolution and learning into the words and work I share on Mind Brew.
Welcome to the year of sacred integration.
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