Notice anything different?

Some things change while others stay the same

This is an interesting season of change and stagnation - the spring equinox and the zodiacal new year bring promise of new chapters. But new chapters require the ending of old ones. 

You might notice the title of this publication is different than it was a month ago. In the spirit of embracing change, The Flow is transforming into its next evolution as “Becoming Yourself”. This is one of many changes you’ll notice over the coming months, but what remains the same is the journey of self-discovery, sharing vulnerability and awakening authenticity. 

When new chapters begin to crest on the horizon, as promising as they may be, fear can inevitably arise. Even, and especially, when the new chapter is one you have wanted. 

What we want is so personally meaningful - because we want it, it is incredibly important. As we venture closer to what we want, perfectionism rears up from the depths. 

Change, even and especially change we want, pushes us to the precipice of what is Known and invites us to step, jump, leap into the Unknown. Change dares us to trust - in ourselves, in the possibility, in the future. 

But there is so much unknown in the Unknown. So much that could go wrong. To get what we want, to live a life that is meaningful and important, requires risk. 

To risk living the life you want takes what has existed in the safety of fantasy and makes it real. The fear screams.

• What if you’re disappointed with what you thought you always wanted? 

• What if you mess it up, this thing you’ve always wanted, like you’ve messed up so many other things before? 

• What will other people think if you live your life in this way, to make those particular decisions? 

• Who do you think you are to get what you want? 

The fears echo until silence strangles what self-trust remained. 

In fantasy, the life you have always wanted remains safely behind glass. You peer in through the window, gazing upon what remains out of reach. So long as the life you have wanted remains behind these panes, it remains unlived. 

The risk of living the life you have wanted requires living it - it requires risk. You may discover the life you always wanted isn’t actually it. But as long as you are living it, you can’t really mess it up because it’s yours. 

Love the life you want enough to actually live it. The risk is worth it. Because the more we resist change, the more it calls to us. Embrace the change you want to see in your life.

Can you say YES to the life you’ve always wanted? To the life you deserve?