Where to begin with this one, friends? As I eluded to on an IG post this fall, in September 2019 our family discovered the house we’ve been living in for the past 3 years had toxic mold hidden in the walls. This explains so many of the health challenges we’ve been dealing with over the years, but WOW, I had no idea how involved the detox/healing from this would be.

Although it was a lightning-fast relocation, there was so much grace involved in the process. We were able to move into a great new house close by and get my family reasonably settled before I left for our Costa Rica retreat in November. If you haven’t seen our reflections about our Be DAREful retreat yet, please enjoy by clicking here … it was absolutely MAGICAL and deeply restorative for me to be down there playing and filling up on the nourishment we collectively cultivated in that container. 

I’m still feeling grateful beyond words for that timely gift. On our way home, I received beautiful inner guidance to continue slipping into a quiet, slow winter of healing with my family, and I have embraced that whole heartedly. I feel like I’ve been in an apprenticeship with the Mystery at a level I could have never imagined before. My whole life a fallow field seemingly suspended in the darkness of winter. 

It has been an ongoing dance with surrender… with the shadows of trauma and grief this whole experience has surfaced for remediation. Although at times it has felt debilitating, what I know now is how much this deep winter has been about breaking down, allowing space and time to heal, and receiving the nourishment and support required to remediate the soil of our selves.

We are still mending, but without a doubt, feel humbled and inspired by the body’s incredible capacity to heal. We’ve received an overwhelming amount of love and support from our community, and as we’re starting to see/feel the promising signs of early spring in the land around us, I also feel deeply connected to the new seeds sprouting beneath this awakening soil of my Soul.

Thank you for your ongoing patience as we find our way back to more frequent offerings through True North Adventures. I feel more connected than ever to the magic we’re sharing in our retreats and 1:1 work with clients, and look forward to seeing all the ways it will come alive even more in the year ahead.