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I started working with Ruth back in June 2021. A friend suggested her name and I jumped on a discovery call with her to figure out if we were the right fit for each other. In the discovery call she suggested that we jump into a container for 10 days, just to give me an idea of what it’s like and for me to further explore the possibility of working with her. By the end of it, I was still not sure. My practical mind was coming up with a million excuses for why this was not a worthy investment, time, money and all but I decided to go ahead anyways. In hindsight, I somehow knew right after our first call that she was the right coach for me and I’m so glad i listened to that voice.

What I got out of the container with Ruth and through this 9 month journey is nothing short of transformational. She created a safe space for me to rest into and for my nervous system to relax. Once that was achieved, I was able to start applying the tools, insights, wisdom and practices into my day to day life. I understand that everyone is different and their requirements are different but the sign of a good coach is recognizing where their client is and tailor the space accordingly. That is exactly what Ruth did and it was exactly what I needed.

How I feel as a person after these 9 months is hard to put into words but some of the practical/real life outcomes of this journey are listed below:

● I stepped into a management role with more pay and in the sector I am passionate about (energy startups).

● I am on my way to creating my own coaching business working with startups as a mindset coach.

● I was finally able to walk out of a marriage that I was not happy in for more that 10 years but was too afraid to leave.

● Old patterns of self worth, not enough, scared to be alone, feeling lack of support and much more were addressed and now I feel like I have the tools and the mindset to look at life in a very different way.

Ruth brings years of meditation, movement, coaching and her own life journey into her work and as a result the space she creates is very grounded and embodied. She is a highly intelligent, perceptive, compassionate, connected and evolved individual. She loves what she does and she’s plain bloody brilliant at it. For anyone out there who ready to transform their life or who’s considering stepping up from where they are, Ruth is your person.

Insatiable Hunger & Standing Belly to Belly with Fear

Craving. 

A hunger.

For what? 

For more. For different.

But, I see you. I feel you.

Your fingers reach with insatiable need.

You move from fear.

With the determination of solving.

Of fulfilling, of correcting, of making better.

But your very footfalls only affirm the terror you move from.

So I must pause.

And turn into you.

Against great resistance.

To stand belly to belly.

With you, my fear.

And I will breathe your breath and you will breathe mine.

And together we will become whole again.

Apr 18, 2022

What am I noticing?

I am noticing the constant restlessness in my system for stimulation.

Thankfully, over many years of work and practice, the stimulation I seek is more and more ‘wholesome’ - meaning it is more and more life affirming and energy and health producing rather than the opposite. Nonetheless, the restlessness for the stimulation still exists.

I notice it most in moments of pause or quiet. In moments of ‘looking for something to do’, looking for a goal, looking for a challenge or battle or cause against which to triumph.

But I understand now, that my work is actually much less grand, much more immediate, much less glamorous. My real work is to simply breathe into this. Without affirmation or acknowledgement from outside myself. Or some grand proclamation echoing in either direction about how great I am for doing so.  Without needing/wanting/craving it to be any different than it is.

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Is this true for you? 

What do you sense as you bring your system to pause?

Where might you be moving into action out of fear?