Success is possible without the need to suffer

Many of us inherited a mentality that suffering is a pre-requisite for the things we truly want. (I know I did.)

One lesson I have confronted and worked to integrate this year is the possibility that success is possible without the need to suffer. There is no imaginary goalpost of worthiness we have to cross before we have permission to embody our dreams and desires.

You get to define what accomplishment looks and feels like for you, whether that's fancy things, lots of money, the exact opposite, or something in between. Success gets to be whatever feels best in your heart, body, and soul. 💛

For me, redefining success these days has been more spaciousness, more slowness. It has been weaving ritual and ceremony into as much of my life as I can. It has meant integrating lessons with and into my body and soul instead of just knowing the information on an intellectual level. Success for me lately has been so many things that do not fit into a traditional (Western) definition of success.

I have shed so much and allowed myself the space to start over, to be reborn in so many ways. And I've never felt more rooted and embodied in my purpose, in my success.