Self-Trust Anniversary
What do dates (not the fruit) and locations have in common?
Well… I tend to get pretty sentimental about both.
Whether it’s a challenging grief date, a reminder of a meaningful day in my life, or where I was when something memorable happened; my brain holds onto them. I get all warm and fuzzy with the nostalgia.
My nomadic life oddly made a ton of space for this. I moved every couple months and sometimes after only a few weeks or days. I have vivid memories of my emotional state (and what book I was listening to) at specific Airbnb’s or coastal towns I called home for a night.
Part of the appeal of being so sentimental is the tangible reminder to slow down. To make space for ritual and remembering. Sometimes celebrating. Sometimes grieving. Sometimes both. Often, I keep these reminiscing moments to myself. But I feel called to do something different today and actually share with you…
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of what I’ve dubbed, “The Adventure Club Hike”. The hike when the idea for Adventure Club (and everything else it sparked) was born.
September 3, 2022
A few miles into an unordinary hike near Morrison, Colorado, I was grateful I‘d decided to leave my headphones in the car. Simultaneously, wishing I’d brought a journal to write down all the ideas coming through to me without the distracting noise of a podcast or audio book.
For months leading up to that hike, I’d been hearing from so many of my individual clients how they were CRAVING deeper connections. Many were feeling lonely and isolated in their healing journey.
Detached and stuck.
As the ideas poured through into the notes section of my phone, images appeared of specific women coming together. Their individual healing paths converging for a while.
Months later, those images turned into reality.
Months later still, Choose Your Own Adventure was officially created. And then expanded. And then expanded some more. Each layer pushing me beyond my comfort zone (aka that fucking growth edge).
The entire time, Self-Trust being at the core of it all.
Getting more familiar with the growth edges of life and trusting myself to work through the many challenges that have come and navigating uncharted territory. Oof. It’s been a lot.
I’m deeply committed to being a vessel for what this is meant to become and simultaneously unattached to the specifics of what it becomes. It’s an interesting place to be.
I’m grateful for each and every one of you who has been along for the ride.
Now, if you have any “anniversaries” coming up, I invite you to celebrate them. Or ritualize them. Or make space to grieve them. Whatever the day calls for.
