Are You Feeling the Shift Too?

This past year has been the most challenging and rewarding for me as a healer. I never felt an overall heaviness in the world at the level it has been these last several months. I thought I was past some of the experiences that came up for me. But here I was, taken places I never wanted to go or thought I would ever see again. The despair was beyond my imagination. It came in waves. Sometimes I was able to allow it to flow—to feel it, reflect and move forward—and other times it snatched me from behind and pulled me deep, deep inside its dark, wet yuckiness.

Yet even in the midst of all this helplessness, there was always a tinge of hope. Light is always revealed within the darkness. And although at times I couldn't see or feel it, I just imagined it until it eventually came into my being.

Because I, too, danced with this darkness I was completely able to empathize with many others having similar experiences. I was not alone. So many of us couldn’t comprehend what was happening in our world. And that’s how with this challenging energy came a huge awakening: All we can do is get up, get out and do something.

I know it’s not as easy as it sounds. It requires some serious perseverance and action to create the experiences we want for ourselves and our families. But it’s these actions and desires that are supporting a powerful shift. We are no longer waiting for anyone else to create our happiness. We are becoming the change we wish to see (thank you, Gandhi). I really felt it with the full moon in early November. It was like HOPE started to float through the air again. We are taking our power back from that "thing" we thought kept us powerless.

Each of us may have taken small steps, but together they have been mighty. The darkness we experienced this past year helped us understand that we can endure some serious shit but it doesn't have to become our fate. We have each other. Mr. Rogers told us, "Look for the helpers." And I tell my children all the time to, "Be a helper." We all need connection. We were never meant to experience this journey alone. If you are not connecting with others, find a way. Create experiences that fuel you and fill your heart. Remember, it’s your happiness that matters.

What is all comes down to and what I had to learn once again this year is this: When it’s dark, BE THE DAMN LIGHT. And when you can’t, ask for help.