It’s a new moon in Aquarius, a moment that demands we reintroduce ourselves, because we’ve grown and we aren’t who we were anymore. And truth is a new kind of truth when we share it with the world. I’ll go first.

If you’re new, welcome!

If you’ve read before, welcome back :: to my diary, the one I put on the internet in 2016 when I had no idea what I was doing. Just that I wanted to help. And that I wanted others to feel less alone in how they felt. Since then, it’s become one of my favourite places to return to when the world feels a bit chaotic or I need next steps, as they come to me when I am willing to write them out. The diary has grown legs over the past 3.5 years [this blog as turned into a podcast, healing course and support for loving entrepreneurs] but the mission stays the same, talk openly - and stay open, always. When I first wrote here I shared a lot about being an empath; personal words that became a movement of their own, because being told I was one made a lot of sense. Yet no one talked about it? And that inspired me, because we always ask ‘why someone didn’t do something’ when we see people hurting, and we are the somebodies.

When I learned I was an empath, all of a sudden I wasn’t too sensitive or depressed, I was intuitive and tuned into others and the collective; a perspective shift that was empowering because it allowed me to find tools and resources that actually helped. Tools like learning to clear and protect my energy and set boundaries with situations that drained me; tools I now teach.

Tools that will soon become universal as we all get more sensitive as human beings.

But that was just the start, because when you’re sensitive to the energy of others you learn to accommodate so much of yourself, so much that you forget yourself - an inner compass based on what everyone else wants… when what the world needs most is for you to follow your own heart.

So I had to grapple with that. Unbecoming everything I wasn’t.

When I was deeply wounded I started my career as a social worker, but the more I took my power back the more I fell in love with being an entrepreneur.

I realized I was ambitious.

And skilled at birthing a vision.

So I became an empath in business;

And that was a powerful moment because I got to bridge an age old belief that money isn’t spiritual and artists have to be starving to be valid.

We don’t.

And helping others see the worth of their abilities is a big part of what I do now.

Because how does the world get more loving if those of us with skills to heal traumas and create conscious, compassionate products and offers believe our work doesn’t matter?

When I’m not helping empaths take their power back, I’m curled up at a coffee shop, sharing podcast episodes on trusting yourself, or helping other healers and creatives sell themselves; 

to themselves

and also to this world,

whether that be helping someone turn an idea into a profitable offering, streamline their current business into a solid system to avoid burnout and overworking, or move through the worth wounds and fears of persecution (feeling like a fraud) that keep so many empaths from showing up. We fear pushback and people not getting us - or used to. I don’t feel that anymore.

Related: Free Podcast Series for Empaths in Business

For years the humanitarian in me and the me who loved beautiful things were at war.

They didn’t get each other and how they could co-exist in this world, but that’s changing as I learn that world change is in the small things we do. To honour that I’ve decided to start sharing a few of my favourite things for living in a way that is not only beautiful - but accountable too. I want to let you into my lifestyle, so watch for that coming soon. Some current favourites are Abel perfumes, they are gorgeous and safe for animals. I love Golden Neroli most, and that makes sense - Neroli flowers heal the heart chakra and mine is releasing so much of what doesn’t serve her. And these 2020 calendars by @peauperdue. A community of queer artists and their incredible artwork.

Other than that, I’m really loving life right now. And greens, pinks and browns. Life’s cozy; me, my partner and our cat Mellie. She is never more than a few steps away and I need that because I lost my dog recently and she she left a hole in my heart, one I’m not sure will grow back. Pain I tried to write out :: in a messy blog post. I might publish it soon. Or maybe keep for me and her.

A deep grief I clear with lavender.

I’d love to know, who have you grown into?
And are you letting her emerge in this world?

She wants to.

And we need you.

Happy Aquarius new moon!

x

Robin

Aquarius new moon prompts:

Who would you upset if you were to live true to yourself? What old boxes are you ready to box out of? Who have you become? And more importantly - why does that scare you so much? Whose beliefs rule your inner compass?