THE GROVE

Sounds great, right? But the path to this wilder way of being is full of brambles and briar.

Here are five things that might be holding you back…

1 - YOU DON’T THINK YOU HAVE THE TIME

We get it. Life is full of work, caring responsibilities, making dinner, finding lost lists, trying to ignore the news, and so much more. How can you possibly add another thing to your plate? But what if in carving out some space for yourself, you were able to welcome each day with more ease and joy? What if, in acknowledging and connecting with your wild self, you were able to do more in less time, and as a result find pockets of rest as part of your to-do list?

Taking a cyclical rather than linear approach is the key to unlocking the elusive time and space you desire, building an awareness of the whole range of cycles, from the smallest - each inhale and exhale of your breath - to the more expansive seasonal phases of our life’s overall journey.

2 - YOU’RE EXHAUSTED AND CAN’T MANAGE ANOTHER NEW APPROACH OR WAY OF DOING THINGS

Ten steps to this. Five easy ways to achieve that. 30 days to change your life. And so on. It’s no wonder we feel so tired when faced with another ‘simple’ solution that promises the world.

We don’t have ten easy steps. We can’t promise a transformation in a month. Here’s the thing: we have no idea what your life will look and feel like after you commit to this new way of being, because each of our journeys will look different. Instead of asking you to look externally for guidance, our encouragement will be to go within. To connect more deeply with your unique wild essence, and to clear your own pathway. There is nothing new here: instead, it is a long-awaited return.

3 - YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR WANTING ANYTHING MORE - THINGS COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE

Why do you get to spend time on yourself, when so many others need your attention and support? You’re here, existing, soldiering on, and things are… well, they’re fine. You don’t need to do this, right? But within there’s a lingering and tentative reminder that something is missing, that you have the capacity for so much more. It bubbles up occasionally when you watch a beautiful sunset or feel the first autumn chill on your face, whispering of what could be. You could spend your whole life ignoring this, of course… or you could hear its call and act, becoming the change you want to see in the world.

4 - YOU THINK YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER AND RUN FASTER TO GET THE LIFE YOU WANT

We’re not about to sit here and tell you that you never need to work hard or have busy days ever again, but what we do want to share is that when you take an intuitive step away from the constant motion of the hamster wheel, this no longer needs to be the norm. We are not built to exist in the perpetual energy of high summer, and a better pathway to our true selves is to embrace all of our fragmented parts, rather than ignore and diminish the parts of ourselves dismissed by society.

5 - YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK OF YOU

What we forget is that other people’s opinions usually say more about them than it does about us. If they don’t subscribe to this intuitive and individual way of being, that’s ok. Maybe one day they will, maybe they won’t. But if we are able to tune out from these alternative views, we have so much more space to focus on our own journey, deepening your connection with your intrinsic wild self, and in turn inspiring others to follow their own pathways too.