I am curious by nature. I am not curious in the let's dig into the research kind of way. I actually don’t like data that much. My curiosity sits in the conceptual. I am curious about how things work in more of an intuitive way.

I recently completed training to become a Lumina Spark Practitioner. I have had Lumina Spark in my life for many years but recently I was drawn to becoming certified – to take a deeper dive into the work and then to dig into the connection between Lumina Spark and the heart centered work that I do with the Desire Map program.

As I am writing this I am not sure what the answers are. In past journal entries I’ve written about caring for self with loving kindness… I thought I had it figured out. I thought I was finding my way. I thought I had finally arrived.

But once again, life feels messy and frustrating. Despite my best efforts to move forward consistently and intentionally, I am now in a place where it feels like two steps forward, one step back on one day and then, one step forward and two steps back on the next.

Confession Time: I may have journaled about how to plan during a pandemic – but full-disclosure I am currently experiencing ‘planning-block’. I can not get myself into the ‘zone’ to dream for next year.  So this week planning is on pause.

The holidays often bring a series of emotions. This year may be even more intense as we navigate the transitions and adaptations involved with the pandemic. Feelings of joy, gratitude, calm, excitement, peace, sadness, grief, loss, loneliness, fear. Or any combination of these.

Regardless of whether the holidays naturally nurture your preferred state of being, or not, I invite you to think about how you would like to feel this holiday season.