Living In The Gift
“Let’s try a new definition of wealth: the ease and freedom to be generous.”
- Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible -
Have you ever felt like you were a part of something bigger than just yourself?
I got that feeling from playing on soccer teams since I was 6. Growing up on the field, I learned that my individual performance and skills couldn't do much if the rest of my team was struggling or injured.
I learned how to collaborate, how to contribute, and how to connect - not just with others, but into a group energy that, when it was 'on,' made us somehow greater than the sum of our individual parts and skills.
When I started my spiritual business, even though I was following the Story of My Soul in many important ways, the Story of Control still had me in its grips, especially when it came to money and defining 'success' by modern standards. The fulfillment I felt from the work I was doing was drained, almost as quickly as it came, by the burnout from trying, forcing, and strategizing how to get more - more followers, more clients, more money.
Even though I wanted to help others, the individualist lens of manifestation culture and modern solopreneurship had severed my connection to the 'something bigger' I wanted to serve and be a part of in the first place. I had lost the feeling of being part of a team, and it became clear to me that the way I was used to viewing and making money was the main reason why.
Now, as much as possible, I offer my work as a gift,
to you and to the world at large - not because I see myself as some altruistic, saintly spiritual leader, but because I deeply believe, and know in my heart, that this feeling of being on the same team as one another is how the world is meant to work. Your thriving is directly tied to and dependent upon my thriving, and vice versa.
This means that instead of creating set fees and paywalls, I give my gifts to the team of the world, and I trust that my teammates want to support me and help me thrive as well.
For those who receive and benefit from my gifts in some way - whether through one of my online courses, a personal 1:1 session, content that I've written, or a workshop I've created - I ask that you consider giving a fee that feels good and energetically aligned to you, in accordance with your own particular financial means.
Please know that even if you have limited resources with which to express your gratitude for my work, you are still welcome here and I still want you to benefit from my gifts if you feel drawn to them. We are all part of the same team, and I trust that we are each taken care of by something larger than just ourselves, and that it is perfectly orchestrating the flow of giving and receiving amongst us.
What You Support
Your support is what allows me to keep doing the work that I do, and quite simply I couldn't do it without you. My hope is to inspire and embody a different way of being - and a new way of doing business - and to bring us closer to a sense of interconnectedness. This journey back home to who we truly are is a wild, twisting one and I’m glad that you’re a part of it with me.
Here’s where your money goes when you support me and my work:
Creation
Some of my biggest passions in life are writing, teaching, and creating. Your contributions help afford me the space and time to dedicate to creating free and donation-based resources and experiences, like my astrology calendar, workshops and live events, courses, monthly email newsletters, in-depth blogs, and social media content about astrology, spirituality, cultivating self-trust, consciousness, and soul-led living.
Healing
I believe that none of us are completely free until we are all free. The 1:1 and group client work I do is based on this belief, with the intention of helping others heal mentally + emotionally, expand spiritually, and return to their most authentic selves. When you give a gift to me, you invest in others’ healing, and thus, in your own personal and collective liberation.
Flow
A big part of this new way of doing business, of ‘living in the gift’ as writer Charles Eisenstein calls it, is keeping the circulation of gifts + money flowing in intentional ways. Here are some of the things that fuel and nourish me and my business:
Automation and online hosting platforms like Acuity, Squarespace, Teachable, and Flodesk.
Hazelnut lattes.
Travel + community-based experiences.
Healing + self-care via holistic medicine, massage, coaching/therapy, energy work, intuitive readings, retreats, authentic relating.
Books (I am always in the middle of reading 10 at a time), courses, and workshops to never stop learning.
Work With Me 1:1
If you’d like to work together 1:1, explore my offerings on the page linked below.
Because my scheduling platform doesn’t accommodate pay-as-you-wish pricing models, when you book a Soul Story Session or an Energy Integration Session with me, you’ll be invited after scheduling and again post-session via email to return to this page and make a contribution that feels aligned with you based on both the value you feel you’ve received and your financial means.
“If one tree fruits, they all fruit - there are no soloists. Not one tree in a grove, but the whole grove; not one grove in the forest, but every grove; all across the country and all across the state. The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don’t yet know. But what we see is the power of unity. What happens to one happens to us all. We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.”