10/10/2025
On my recent journey to NH, I had an awakening on the top of a mountain top - a full on identity shift really.
The story is long, so if you want to read about the whole journey head to my substack. If you want just a tidbit, read below:
“The mountains became a mirror for the part of me that felt addicted to challenges. I used to find the hardest hikes I could and go do them for “fun”. The challenge was intoxicating. I found myself unconsciously choosing the harder path, pretty much always. This is a habit I’ve been unwinding over the last few months.
As we sat at the top of this mountain, I listened and heard the message. It’s time to choose an easier path. It’s time to listen to the mountains and everything they’re bringing up: the anxiety, the clunkiness, the challenges. These things exist in life, but we don’t have to chase them.
I realized: I no longer need to climb a mountain in an attempt to create more difficulty on my terms before life can do it for me.
I thought about the elements of the mountains: earth and fire. Earth, clay, rocks: they’re all elemental reflections of the body, the bones, the passed down lineage line that we each carry in our DNA. Fire keeps us warm, lights the path forward, burns away anything that gets in its way.
In contrast, consider the elements of the ocean: water, air. Water reflects our blood, the flow of the womb, the pulse of creation. Air fills our lungs carrying information and life.
Elementally, the mountains invite us to heal our lineage, to burn away our karma, to discover what weighs us down and free ourselves from it.
The ocean invites us into the womb, to be cradled by her lifeblood. To breathe her life force, to create, to flow, to be washed clean.
I yelled out my release. I made peace with the mountains, as guides on my journey.
The next day, we went to the ocean. We allowed the Atlantic to cleanse us, allowing her waters to rejuvenate us.”
Full story on my substack / linked in my profile.