Honoring the quiet whispers of your soul and taking the next aligned step
Sometimes the whispers of the soul are so soft that it feels easier to ignore them. They arrive in the stillness — in the quiet moments where your heart nudges you toward something unknown.
For me, one of those whispers came when I felt called to take a retreat leadership program. At the time, I knew I wasn’t ready to lead retreats. The investment felt huge, and the return on it wasn’t obvious for my business. But something inside of me said yes.
At that retreat, I realized I was standing at the edge of something that needed to break open for me to step into my next level of life. What I didn’t expect was how deeply personal this journey would become. It wasn’t just about retreats. It was about how everything I do is how I do everything.
Pilgrimage Without Leaving Home
That retreat opened the doorway to what I now see as a pilgrimage. Not a journey to a far-off place, an inner pilgrimage – right here, right now.
If I hadn’t listened to that whisper, I might never have begun breaking through a wound that had trapped me for over 40 years. What opened up was the start of healing, and a deepening of my relationship with myself.
How the Signs Show Up
I’ve learned that my soul gets my attention in patterns. I’ll see or hear something three times, and then I know it’s time to pay attention.
This particular journey started with my struggle to release weight I had been carrying. What I discovered went far beyond the surface. In one of the retreat exercises, I uncovered how it was all connected – unhealed trauma, hidden emotions, my relationships, my work, even how I was showing up in the world.
It was all woven together. And I could finally see the threads.
The Threshold of Change
The truth is, the cost of staying the same had finally become greater than the pain of changing. That was the moment I chose to step through the threshold.
And I discovered something powerful: change moves faster in community. When you walk alongside others, the group energy carries you further than you could ever go alone.
A Longing for Connection
At the heart of my pilgrimage is a longing for connection. A sacred intimacy that isn’t about sexuality, it’s about being deeply seen and known. Connection with myself. With my husband, my daughter, my friends, my clients.
My next chapter is about opening the box of hidden emotions I’ve carried for decades and creating deeper, safer conversations. To feel supported, connected, and free to show up fully in every part of my life.
The Whisper for You
This is what the whispers of the soul can do: they lead us into the unknown, they reveal what’s hidden, and they invite us into the next chapter of our becoming.
So I’ll leave you with this question – not for quick answers, but for reflection:
What’s calling you?