Moondance Wellness Coaching with Angela Kittock

"There is a crack in everything...that's how the light gets in." -Leonard Cohen

No matter how much our lives become a whirlwind of chaos or uncertainty, the Winter Solstice arrives every year on schedule in the darkest time of year bringing us a tiny shred of light - imperceptible at first! - to each and every day - bringing us the reminder of HOPE.

But may we first wisely use this much needed season of darkness, quietude and restoration to see and begin to repair the cracks in our systems, our relationships, and perhaps most importantly - in ourselves.

May we do this in service to a new world infused with the LIGHT of wisdom, hope, and healing.

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If you peel back the “NEW BEGINNINGS” overlay that we’ve put onto January and pay attention to the energy of the season beneath the expectations, you’ll find that we’re smack dab in the middle of the dead of winter.

And winter...is a time for deep rest, restoration, healing, quiet, solitude, stillness.

Not exactly New Year resolution energy, eh?!

So here's what we can choose to do at this time of year instead - that still honors new beginnings - but is more in alignment with the energy of this season!

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My husband and I exist in very different experiences of the world. I'm a personal growth coach into healing and spirituality, and he's a police officer who has to deal with some pretty scary situations and interact with people who aren't always pleased to see him.

Truly we don't always see eye to eye as our world experiences have shaped us so differently.

One day a couple months ago, exhausted after a fight and stuck at an impasse, we came up with a manifesto of sorts and we both signed it - here are our 7 Values for Building a Better Relationship.

It strikes me now how this is simply good advice for all of us trying to make our way through the world.

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When a caterpillar enters the chrysalis it becomes a liquid soupy mess before eventually becoming the stunning butterfly or moth.

The Chrysalis is a phase in our lives that ushers us into our next Becoming. But we have to allow the time and space for it to occur. Otherwise we remain stuck in Caterpillar Land forever.

Let's use this covid time/enforced-chrysalis-phase in our lives to wrestle with some fear and pain and emerge into a bigger dream.

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"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear." -Daniel Defoe

Consider for a moment that, like a diamond, you too start out in a 'less-polished' state and it is only through the application of extreme pressure, a bit of heat, and the passage of time that your true brightness really begins to shine.

But, unlike the diamond, we have the added responsibility of free will and the option to completely get in our own way and stunt the process from completing. Oops.

To avoid that, we can choose to be conscious partners to our own process of growth and healing! A process that leads us from a random pile of carbon atoms to a lustrous, fully integrated, shining diamond.

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