Some episodes hold an honesty that lingers, and this one did exactly that.
This is a journey through the messy middle of transition, the deep recognition of invisible illness, the sacred relationship we hold with our business, and the slow rebuilding of life after loss. It’s about honouring what’s hard, while still reaching for joy. It’s about breath. Grief. Energy. Spirit. And the sacredness of choosing to stay with yourself.
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Embracing Transition Without Cutting Away Who You’ve Been
The process of transition doesn’t always begin with a decision, it often starts with an unraveling. Dr. Heather shared how true change doesn’t mean abandoning who you’ve been, but gathering the strongest parts of yourself to carry forward. There’s grief in letting go, especially when what you’re releasing has shaped your identity. But it doesn’t need to be a severing. It can be a continuation. A stepping onto a new stair.
- The shift begins with asking: What do I actually desire now?
- The answers often reveal where you’ve felt most limited or disconnected.
- Transition isn’t about solving everything first, it’s about creating space for what’s next.
Honouring the Invisible and Naming What’s Real
Invisible illness asks for compassion, both from others and from ourselves. When it’s not something that can be seen, a broken limb, a cast, a diagnosis with a name, what we’re navigating can be easily misunderstood. Heather reflected on her experiences with loss, grief, depression, and how those deep inner battles are often met with surface-level responses that miss the mark.
- There’s no silver lining in early grief. There’s only breath. And survival.
- People don’t need you to fix it. They need presence. To sit beside them and say, “Can I do this for you?”
- The most meaningful gestures often come from those who don’t ask what you need, they simply show up.
Building a Sacred Relationship with Business
Business has energy. It’s its own entity. It’s not supposed to run you into the ground, it’s meant to be in a relationship with you. That’s what changes everything. When you honour your business as a living relationship, not a machine, something softens. You begin to collaborate with it.
- Your business has a different personality to you, and that’s a good thing.
- It’s here to provide, serve, and support, but it also needs boundaries.
- When you give it rest, it gives you more clarity and more joy.
This is the sacred dance of the visionary and the vessel. You create with it, not just for it.
Breath as a Bridge
There’s a reason breath keeps coming up. Because breath is everything. In the depths of grief or depression, sometimes the only opening is the moment after going to the bathroom. That’s the window. That’s the space. That’s where you can reach for water, brush your teeth, or simply breathe.
- Start where you are. A single deep breath can begin to shift your entire system.
- Box breathing, inhale for four, hold for four, exhale for four, hold for four, creates presence and safety.
- When you drop your breath from the head to the root, you meet your truth.
The body wants to be filled with breath, water, love, and presence. It’s designed to thrive, but only when we meet it where it is.
Final Reflections
This episode is a reminder that grief isn’t linear, and healing isn’t something to rush. Invisible illnesses are still real. Your breath is still powerful. And the connection you build with your business, your body, and your inner truth is sacred.
Wherever you are on your journey, you are allowed to be here. You don’t have to cut parts of yourself away to evolve. You are allowed to be whole.
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