I feel safe because…

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Dear Super-Friends,

It’s been an intense season around here -separation, mediation, grief over a beloved friend -there’s a lot stirring in this tender little heart.

I had a coaching session yesterday that helped me understand my world a bit better. I came to the session feeling profoundly triggered – aware of my separateness, fear/grief that I’m in this life thing alone and watching myself cling to external things for safety.

She asked me to repeat these words: I feel safe because… and fill in the blank.
And then again: I feel safe because… over and over.
I started: “I feel safe because I am in a healthy body. I feel safe because I am sitting on a squishy couch. I feel safe because I have wonderful friends. I feel safe because I am loved.”

And then the tears started to come and my body began to shake with sobs: I feel safe because I am eternal…

I stopped. I felt dizzy. My heart ached.

“That one made me cry…” my voice cracked.

“That’s because you just landed on the thing that’s the most true of all,” she said. “You are safe because you are eternal.”

And we sat there and let that land.
And more tears poured down my face.
And then I started laughing.
And then she started laughing.

“So what now?” she asked.

And my heart suddenly felt light. Lighter than it’s been in a long time.
And I said, “I’m safe because I’m eternal! If that’s true, then let’s have some fun!”

And it doesn’t take away what feels hard. Or complicated.
I still need to show up for my life and do the work.
I still need to find a new home for me and my boys. (If you have any leads on rentals in Berkeley, let me know!)
I still need to pay taxes.
I still need to move through the grief.

But there was a buoyancy that found me in that moment, a wisdom that filled me with lightness.

Then she asked, “When you imagine your best self, your most successful self, your happiest self, what do you see?”

And immediately my creative work came to mind. My artist heart. The place where I find so much joy – where it’s easy for me to find flow. When I take in the beauty + wonder of the world I feel connected again. Like I belong here.  And it always feels better when we do it together.

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Hi, I’m Andrea

On this blog you’ll be learning with me how to use our voices, share our creative superpowers and live life in full color.

As an artist, photographer, life coach + mentor, I’m redefining what it means to be a SUPERHERO — ‘cause in my world, it’s got nothing to do with capes, spandex or sidekicks and everything to do with tenderness, intuition & baby steps of bravery.

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2 Comments

  1. Kathleen

    (((((Andrea))))))

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  2. Barbara Lane

    Too I hope you feel safe because you are an incredible shining light. I mean seriously – who could stay afraid while emitting such pure LIGHT?

    When life overwhelms (and lordy I know it sometimes does) close your eyes, breathe, and visualize yourself as BRIGHT as the mantle on a Coleman lantern. Breathe it in and then turn it up! That’s YOU!

    XO

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