WHAT’S THE IMPACT?

Magic happens when we shift from naming and expressing our own experience to opening ourselves up and creating the same for others.

A number of years ago, I asked a group of young people to explain their experience since foster care to me in one word. Around the table we went until we stopped with one young woman. “Fight” she said. I dug into this a bit. 

We got to the point where another young person said “yeah, it’s like that song, ‘Fight Song’ [Rachel Platten]”. We ended up listening to the lyrics and the young woman concurred that this song summed up her experience well.

“This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I’m alright song, my power’s turned on, starting right now, I’ll be strong……”

I got it.

When I used to train young people, one of my favourite transitions was the one from “this is sh*t” to “how can I improve this so that no one else has to live like I have?”.

It was a transition that suggested growing into a more whole sense of self and being able to exist from a purposeful and compassionate space that benefited something greater than their own experience. 

Around this time, little shifts would occur in the story that they tell, in the way that they communicate with others. While the little shifts may almost be missed at first, over time, they would come to influence their whole way of existing and the wisdom that they come to share with others.

Around this table, a similar question was posed- “what is one word that describes this experience for you?”.

For me it was all things between a sense of belonging and the expression of a quality life. 

Two of many things that I have spent my adult life advocating towards, whether professionally or around my dining table.

We are all advocates of change, and this is expressed through every component of our lives. 

The effects of trauma, adversity and oppression are everywhere and there is something, if not many things that we can all do to repair and shift the trajectory of the lived reality of these on one another. 

This is a snippet of day 7 of Societe, one of my fav days. The time where we really deepen into “how can I be of best use in all of this?”.

I would love to chat more and explore how we can work together.

Love,

M x