Book of the Self
Book of the Self
A magical journey into the heart of your moment
 
 

is this work for you?

The Right People

 
 
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Are you ready for this kind of witnessing?

we will capture the narrow moment of the hourglass

This process offers you a chance to be fully seen — from all angles, through light and shadow. There isn’t much that can really be hidden here. That’s kind of the point: to be seen as a whole self, with all the threads and the scars that make you who you are. It is its own kind of magic — an emotional-alchemical process that allows us to co-create a container for you to reveal yourself into a world that doesn’t always feel safe.

I want to see you — and help you see yourself — so that other people can truly see you. This means tearing down the ugly wallpaper and buying a jacket that fits your frame in this moment. Not last month or last year or last century. This is an experience that gives you all of the power to control your narrative, and in doing so gives you rightful authority as the narrator of your story.

It requires trust to invite someone in.
A vulnerability of mind and spirit to accept the honest truth of a witness.

Not everyone is ready for this work.

It’s okay to not be ready yet.

As the facilitator of this work, it’s my job to make sure that when we step into the circle together the foundation is solid. I need to know that you are ready to show up and be seen — a process that is not often described as comfortable. In fact, most people find me alarming in my ability to see through the bullshit and get to the heart of what matters. And that is why this is the next phase of my work.

You see, I’ve done this process. A hundred times or more, with people I’ve known a decade and with strangers on a train. This kind of deep witnessing within a container is what I do — and bringing it together with my ability to reflect back your brilliance and your shadows alike is its own kind of ministry. But I can’t do any of this without you. You have to show up completely. You can be afraid, you can feel shame, you can wish that pieces of your story weren’t true that actually are. There is space for all of you here.

And all of you is what we will look at, metabolize, and present into the world with confidence and depth.

 
Image by Aga Putra on Unsplash

Image by Aga Putra on Unsplash

 

This work is for:

those ready to own their truth

You’ve done your personal growth work over time, and you know most of the skeletons in your past. You’ve made friends with the shadows you carry, and you’re ready to be seen by yourself — and the world — for who you truly are in this moment. It’s possible that you’re in one of these places:

  • You’ve never really seen yourself clearly

  • You’ve undergone great personal transformation

  • You are ending a transition phase

  • You’re stepping into a new kind of work

  • You’re approaching a milestone

  • You want something to offer others to know you best

This work is NOT for:

those relying on unreliable narrators

You’re still learning who you are in the world — and part of that work has you running for the hills. You’re not ready to look at the shadow side, the stories of pain that have forged who you are just as much as the stories of light. You’re hungry, starving for honesty without knowing how to feed your soul. You might be:

  • Deep in the trenches of emotional healing

  • Experiencing unanticipated grief or trauma

  • In the early phases of recovery (of any kind)

  • Unhappy in your work or career

  • Looking for a way to escape into a different story

  • Afraid of being seen in your rightful authority