Multidimensionality
…The magic can be in the ability to play to multiple audiences at the same time.
Imagine a center stage, where you are able to look people, in every direction, in the eye.
If you haven’t connected your core yet, being a shapeshifter can be very confusing. It sounds like an orchestra warming up—you hear the beautiful discord, but the melody hasn’t emerged yet.
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Full circle treasure hunt
With the current astrological transits, I’m paying close attention to what’s coming up between 8/8 and 9/9.
Interestingly, full-circle moments keep showing up. I’m revisiting old homes, reconnecting with people from years ago, and having conversations resolving past issues.
I’m also suddenly receiving kind words and being introduced to new perspectives on parts of myself that help me see things other have labeled as flaws as strengths.
It feels like a spiritual treasure hunt, gathering various pieces of myself that have been scattered across time and space. Even my physical appearance looks brighter.
What’s coming up for you?
Criticism
“People judge what challenges their worldview. And their reaction is more about them regulating or not regulating their own emotions, than about who you are or what you do.
Criticism reveals way more about them than about you.”
It is vulnerable and brave to share your first steps of a journey. It is not something everyone is willing to do. So your freedom to show up imperfectly may trigger people who want to, but are blocked by perfectionistic tendencies. Their discomfort/envy might get projected onto you as criticism. The ones who are trying to police you police themselves.
Take what’s useful, leave the rest, and keep showing up imperfectly.
Let it land
“You don’t always have to chase meaning, you sometimes just have to let it land. And often when you let it, it lands where you least expect it – somewhere between the second cup of coffee and the sun warming your skin.”
—The Tension Between Rest and Living Fully, Thinking On the Way
Where’d my energy go?
From Loss of Motivation and Energy During Awakening–I had ChatGPT summarize:
Right now, motivation feels flat—and that’s okay. The old “doer” ego, the one always proving and chasing, is running out of fuel. Your usual drive feels off because the ego-driven push is fading, and the quieter pull of what’s real for you hasn’t fully arrived.
Awakening is like walking through no man’s land: between who you were and who you’re becoming. You might feel lost or unmotivated, but this fog is actually space for something new to emerge.
It’s also a mirror: old wounds, judgments, and habits get magnified, inviting healing. Criticism may sting more, but that’s just old patterns surfacing.
The good news? You can stop feeding the false identity. Let ego energy deplete and trust that your true self is quietly showing up, piece by piece. Some days feel flat, some bright. Both are part of the process. Stay curious, patient, and allow yourself to simply be—without forcing, fixing, or figuring it all out.
Digital gardening
I paid a lot of money to a coach once who told me that posting on my website, rather than focusing on posting to social media, was “hiding.”
Two years later, it is bringing me a relieving joy creating my own digital garden, where I have creative freedom free of vanity metrics.
A reminder to do things your way.
from Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon