Today, I am celebrating!
16 months ago, I embarked on a solo travel journey to ancestral lands and also launched my business and Substack… at the same time.
It was a time full of birthing energy.
A time full of new and exciting opportunities alongside the messy and challenging energies of birth.
16 months later… I am still learning to walk.
In truth, it took an incredible amount of energy to get me on that plane AND to also step out into the world and share…without having any idea of where it would all take me.
That time carried a feeling I will never forget, one full of fear and deep trust at the same time.
A feeling I have been dancing intimately with for a few years now.
As I reflect on the immensity of it all, I celebrate the woman who birthed Beloved Gateway and pursued her heart’s calling all at once.
So when March came around this year I felt, ‘Aha! Yes! Now is the time to celebrate and take the next step in the vision I have had all along!’
And yet, the true timing doesn’t always follow the calendar.
The true reality was that even though my mind said yes… my body and soul were smack dab in the middle of another transformative moment in March.
It was like the grade finale.
The testing moment right before you graduate.
& I did not want to write anything.
So instead of pushing and forcing myself to “get it done anyway”… I stopped.
I listened.
I held the position.
A gestation-type feeling, that I am still learning to recognize.
Knowing the time would come when it felt more easeful.
When words would return and I would feel like dancing again.
I hope this little slice of the internet can inspire the same in you.
It has been an incredible year(+), full of deep growth, life-changing experiences, and humbling lessons as I step into service and womanhood in a deeper way than ever before.
It’s been incredible to share here all the musings of my life including death, travel, ancestry, womanhood, transitions, and all things that color our human experience.
I am so thankful to those who have been following along and sharing.
As I reflect and celebrate, I feel more inspiration and stability landing in my system.
With that energy, I am thrilled to be taking this space to the next level.
I am now opening up my Substack to include subscriptions - this will include content for paid subscribers in the form of applicable tools to support you on your journeys and the power of storytelling.
The idea is to share tools with you all that I have studied and applied to my own life as I have navigated transition. I also feel so much joy and excitement in my heart to share more about my connection to Sicily and what traveling there has done for me.
Subscriptions will go like this:
Those with a $8/m subscription will receive:
Practices & tools for nervous system support by connecting to plants and your body.
Audio messages with stories & wisdom from ancestral connection
Access to the full archive of articles.
If you sign up as a founding member, you will receive a 90 min. session with me to explore the cross-section of grief/death/transitions and how plant allies and nervous system regulation tools can help you transform.
Once you sign up, you will have access to the full archive and begin receiving the practices & stories.
Your contribution supports my services as a death doula and plant medicine guide. I offer these services on a sliding scale and your subscription enables that accessible community support. ❤️
If you are not signing up for subscriptions at this time, no need to worry ~ this space will remain the same.
I will still send writings and resources to our free subscribers as they come!
Since the beginning, I held the vision of this space to contain holistic support and this is the next step towards that vision.
Thank you for following along and sharing your energy and love with me. It is such a gift!
Talk soon,
Lisa Marie xx
I FEEL what you are sharing and LOVE how you are shaping this community space. You speak so beautifully and I am excited to listen with your Voice as this channel expands with the wisdom you are stewarding. I have found a lot of nourishment in listening with Rachelle Garcia Seliga. So MUCH resonance with her teachings. I love the threads of connection that I ams discovering with your medicine, grateful to have begun a spark of communion with you! Which mountain is in your photo? It looks VERY familiar :-)
Popping the virtual champagne cork with you!