03/30/2026
The past can inform you. But don’t be fooled! There are more options in the future than you might be able to perceive. I thought that over a decade of leading retreats, two decades of trainings, and 47 years of hard knocks, that I would be being asked to be in workshops and retreats. That I would be one of the main facilitators included in the next generation of ceremony and ritual, as I’ve devoted my life‘s work to the spiritual and emotional realms. Sometimes I feel invisible to the new generation, falling in love with chakras, crystals, ecstatic dance and cacao. I used to want to plead with them ‘learn from my wisdom! You don’t have to be possessed by a 5000-year-old tree spirit during a tea ceremony or come home with a ghost because the facilitator of the cacao Ceremony didn’t know how to feed the spirits there 😆😂’
I’m now realizing that there are many paths to take and I’m not gonna force myself into spaces/places where I might feel invisible, and my wisdom isn’t valued. In fact, as I look across the bridge into the next chapter of my life, there are so many doors opening up!
I had a radio show many moons ago with Iggy Garcia. And then after that, I had a podcast with Dr. Susan Josephson. Included in the podcast, I illuminated other women’s work women who had knowledge that they had walked for many years and turned into wisdom!
With ease and grace, I find that that platform is opening up again! Iggy and I are doing some live chats on modern shamanism! James Offuh and I are chatting about conflict resolution. Tao Haung and I are ready to share the tea on a modern meets an ancient look at Chinese medicine and through ancestral healing.
Rejection is protection. Perhaps I wasn’t being rejected all this time, but rather pulled to be a part of systemic change. I will continue to do to***co ceremonies, and leave offerings to feed the spirits of my ancestors. Perhaps this layer of invisibility around my work has been a sacred protection to lead me to global conversations? One thing is for sure, I want to facilitate what excites me and what lights me up, not just what I’m good at.
A big thank you to my friends, family, and clients 🌷💕