Shawna Reilly has always been somewhat at the opposite end of me, energetically. As teens we lovingly called her "slow waters" and at a friend's wedding, in our 20s, she responded, "You think too much" when I asked her, "How are we getting home tonight?" For me, that was emblematic of her ability to go with the flow. She just had this easy way of being in the world that was so far out of reach for me. I desperately wanted it to be effortless, and for her it really was.
Of course we later came to learn that both of the places we inhabited were a function of childhood wounding, and as we have healed, we have both come away from those poles. Me, practicing loosening my grip on the metaphorical wheel, and she, learning that it's possible to steer.
One of the ways that Shawna has been presented with this journey of healing is through being a mom. Shawna has a daughter, now 8, who is absolutely Her Own Human. In fact, her daughter is energetically a lot more like me. I have always been enamored with Shawna's parenting journey because it's very courageous, and thoughtful and loving. It's full of breaking open, and evolving into something even more magical for the benefit of not only herself, but her family. We don't have a good understanding in this culture about parenthood as a spiritual journey, but it absolutely can be. Please join us for a tender look at being a parent, being a child, and becoming unstuck around both.
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