Dear Wayfinders,
Yesterday was quite a day. How are you feeling?
The moment the inauguration footage started, so did my tears. My 2-year-old said “mama, are you ok?” and as I explained that I was feeling joy, that a great weight was lifting, I also felt a deep ache that I didn’t know how to share with him. Softening with relief and hope also meant thawing into the pain of the last four years.
This is quite a time to be alive. I think we will all be processing this period for a very long time.
It had me reflecting personally, too. We’ve all had our personal stories woven into this collective historical period.
For me, four years ago on Inauguration Day, I was deep inside an 8-month long clinical depression.
I worked hard and gentle and turned it around.
I started Wayfinder… and made a total of $800 while working side jobs to make it possible.
Three years ago in March I birthed my first child at home.
Two years ago I started investing in business coaching and clarified my Wayfinder vision.
One year ago exactly I launched my first group program Conscious Choice in the New Year.
And over the course of 2020, amidst a pandemic, social uprisings, and political chaos, while my husband and I co-parented our toddler with almost no childcare—which is to say, amidst blessings and privilege—I had my most successful and creative year in business yet.
With the help of my team I developed and ran three group programs, put out two museum meditation recordings, led more than 20 hours of free art-based mindfulness, and nurtured 34 creative soul clients I adore.
So here’s how I’m feeling:
- Full of awe at what is possible. We are capable of so much more than our fears would have us believe!
- Compassionate. I hope we’ll all be gentle with ourselves, because where there’s relief there may also be new room to feel what’s underneath, and we have been through a lot.
- So. Darn. Excited. That 2021 is just heating up!
With love,
India