This time three years ago I was wrapping up my spiritual retreat at @esalen Spending days in a huge tent on a cliff over the Pacific, surrounded by dozens of other empaths was such a life altering experience for me. It was the first time I ever went on an actual journey for ME ALONE, without backup. It was the beginning of the overdue end of an unhappy marriage. I learned how to navigate life as an empath, as well as receiving direction to figure out my intuitive gifts and how to apply them in my life so I can help myself and others. I left a lot of baggage behind on that Pacific coast, but I also brought home a shit ton of shiny new tools. I’ve spent the last few years learning how to use them. I had a good year of enthusiastic growth before my marriage imploded. A year of spiraling down the depression and PTSD abyss, and a year of more growth and renewed faith that the Universe always has my back. Growth is a process. At times it’s agonizing. At times I did not care if I survived it. But I have a practical side that tells me to wait because, “You know you’re not always going to feel this way”. I know that feelings will ALWAYS pass.We can’t wait to live. I just keep growing and doing the work. Good things are coming, as are not-so-good, because that’s reality. I’m good with that. California is calling me back🥰 For this year though, Boston in the fall🍁🍂🍁#caliiscalling #butfirstnewengland #cantwait #alwayslearning #forevergrowing #fuckdepression #stickaround #allfeelingspass #justholdon #wearealllovedandneeded #empathchick (at Esalen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0VZ5ObgQDs/?igshid=1o1rur0dmbyyw