You either burn in the fire or come out brighter

🔥🪞Chelsey, the sacred mirror 

Through fierce boundaries, catalytic presence, and the space she creates....

She ignites women who have been silenced, broke down, misunderstood and lost.

Thank You, Chelsey,

Not for Being Who I Wanted, But Exactly Who I Needed

From the parts of me that were never comforted, and the ones that finally came home.

From my inner child:

You didn’t sit beside me

You didn’t scoop me up or soften when I cracked

And at first, that broke my heart

Because everything about you reminded me of the mother I never had

The way you held space

The way others felt seen by you

It triggered the ache I’ve been carrying since I was small

The ache that whispers, “Why not me?”

But when you didn’t come

When you didn’t offer comfort

Something else showed up

Pain ...yes

But also truth

Also fire

Also a doorway

That pain led me into the arms of someone more ancient

More constant

More mine

I laid on the earth and she didn’t flinch

I cried by the river and it moved with me

I sat beneath the mulberry tree and it didn’t need me to be anything but real

That’s where I met my mother

Not the one I lost

Not the one I begged for in silence

But the one who never left: Gaia

She held me

And she whispered the truth I had forgotten

That I am already safe

Already seen

Already mothered ...

By this world and by myself

From my inner teen:

Thank you for not rescuing me

For showing me that my worth isn’t proven by who stays

And that testing people is just my heart begging for reassurance

You didn’t take the bait

You held your fire

And your fire taught me restraint

Reflection

Truth

From my inner critic:

Thank you for showing me fierce boundaries

For making it clear

That it’s not all your job

It was never meant to be

You are not here to mother everyone

You are here to use your creativity and your fire

To build spaces where Spirit can enter

Where emotions rise like tides

Where women meet the pieces of themselves they’ve hidden for lifetimes

And that

Is more sacred than saving anyone

From all of me:

Thank you for being the mirror

Even when it hurt

Even when I wanted something else, Especially then.

You didn’t hold me

But your presence made space for me to hold myself

To return to the earth

To remember my role as mother

To finally stop waiting

And start becoming

You broke something open

Not by what you gave

But by what you withheld

And in that space

The girl inside me came home

To the breath

To the ground

To the truth that she was never too much

Thank you

For doing exactly what you're meant to do

Not carry ... but conjure

Not fix ... but ignite

Thank you. You're beautiful and so loved.

Because of every one of you

I am a better mother

You didn’t just impact me

You changed the life my children will inherit

You are the butterfly effect

You are the reason the cycle ends with me

And begins again ... with love

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This is a reflection by a wonderful woman who attended my Wildfire Women's Retreat in the summer - she had a bit of a rough weekend as her victimhood was being burned away. The way she came through on the other side is what is most important. I am grateful and I am proud.