I love this, Brooks! Have been on a very similar path over the last decade navigating cycles of burnout as a climate entrepreneur, slowly untangling my own activist identity from inherited trauma and workaholism, shifting relations with an animistic Earth towards being with, not doing to or apart from - which is a self healing journey. This past year especially is an inwards one. I can relate to mountain smiling at me and placing my anxieties in perspective (in my case, Mt Shasta almost exactly a year ago). When moving on rock time or even tree time, things get so much clearer.
Hooray, Christine!! I’m smiling big reading this comment from you. Feeling joy reading about the healing journey you’ve been on. Love the language of “being with not doing to and apart from.” Yes! And wow, such fun synchronicity there with your Mt Shasta encounter. Beautiful! 🏔️
Thanks so much for writing, and for your added support as well!! It means a lot to me. So good to hear from you and to feel connected on this journey together. 🙏🏼
Hey Christine! Thought you might be interested in a climate leaders' retreat that I'll be co-hosting in Boulder this Nov 9-10 along the lines of what resonated here with you in this post. I just shared more about it here: https://starlightleadership.substack.com/p/a-deep-breath-amidst-the-storm
I love this, Brooks! Have been on a very similar path over the last decade navigating cycles of burnout as a climate entrepreneur, slowly untangling my own activist identity from inherited trauma and workaholism, shifting relations with an animistic Earth towards being with, not doing to or apart from - which is a self healing journey. This past year especially is an inwards one. I can relate to mountain smiling at me and placing my anxieties in perspective (in my case, Mt Shasta almost exactly a year ago). When moving on rock time or even tree time, things get so much clearer.
Thank you for writing this!
Hooray, Christine!! I’m smiling big reading this comment from you. Feeling joy reading about the healing journey you’ve been on. Love the language of “being with not doing to and apart from.” Yes! And wow, such fun synchronicity there with your Mt Shasta encounter. Beautiful! 🏔️
Thanks so much for writing, and for your added support as well!! It means a lot to me. So good to hear from you and to feel connected on this journey together. 🙏🏼
Hey Christine! Thought you might be interested in a climate leaders' retreat that I'll be co-hosting in Boulder this Nov 9-10 along the lines of what resonated here with you in this post. I just shared more about it here: https://starlightleadership.substack.com/p/a-deep-breath-amidst-the-storm
And the retreat details can be found here: https://starlightleadership.com/deep-breath
Would be thrilled to have you! LMK if you're interested, happy to hop on a call to connect, catch up, and tell you more about it. :)