GROW

We live challenging times. When nature goes wild, we feel viscerally threatened. Very different from the emotional turmoil that can be hidden under the carpet or numbed with Netflix, weed or any distraction, when physical life is in danger, we become more aware of our powerlessness. We pray more to God, we check our resources, both inner and outer. We get into the work mood - a survival state that makes us efficient, practical and focused. We deal with the real stuff - while

There comes a time when we see through the foggy busy-ness of our lives and we slowly realize all the distractions that have kept us stuck. Relationships and marriages that serve as a duty structure, where we perform roles that empower our identity but prolong suffering. Jobs that respond to our need for safety and security, but slowly damage our spirit. Friendships and social lives organized around unspoken rules, that help us to fit in, but don't correspond to who we truly