The pillars that create the structure of you, in action
Identity Evolution no. 06
If there's anything the collective unrest from this last weekend showed us, is that it's time to get really clear about our priorities – and how we're using our energy to support them.
It's impossible to deny that we're experiencing a complete upheaval in our society. The systems that have protected us are being dismantled, we're watching people from our communities being disappeared from the streets without due process, the federal government is deploying the military against it's own civilians, people are being targeted left and right for using their first amendment rights, not to mention we're experiencing climate collapse as the backdrop.
I don't want to sugar coat it – we need all of us to be awake right now because, if you haven't been touched by these changes yet, guaranteed you will at some point. I sincerely wish this weren't true for any of us.
I created the Identity Evolution workbook as a way for people to come home to a version of themselves that they ache to embody. A version they've perhaps always known was there, but who is now fully ready to arrive.
The workbook was created to support that integration (or release) because often when we know we're on the precipice of change, we can feel it, but we don't yet know how to define it – to fully see it. The workbook guides you through that process.
If you're ready to confront this moment - if you're ready to shed the layer of film keeping you from seeing the unavoidable reality of change - now is the time to claim it and clarify it.
In the workbook I include a worksheet asking you to define the pillars of your new identity. Having moved through sections that guide you to understand where you're coming from and what you're ready to shed, I then ask you the question – What are you choosing to claim and embody?
The pillars worksheet helps to you get very clear about what upholds the person you're stepping into - the unshakeable, unfuckwithable parts that create the scaffolding of who you are.
For example, after moving through the workbook, the pillars I chose for myself are:
Art
Gardening (literally and metaphorical)
Intuition
Activist/ Leader through healing (also been calling this Compassion in Action)
Student
(My secret dream is that all of us include “activism” as one of our pillars but that's just me)
After inviting you to define your pillars, I then ask you:
What does this pillar feel like?
Why does it exist?
How do you know it's being activated?
If you're in a moment where you know you want to be taking more action towards whatever you deeply care for – where you want to face the fears that are holding you back from addressing the very real upheaval of this moment – you have to know why you're taking action, what within you is propelling you to make this shift, and what it will look like when you do.
Otherwise you're just operating from fear, and not only can that lead to absolute burn out in the future, but that also means you can easily be taken along for a ride by anyone else's emotions, desires, or pressures.
Knowing who you are and who you want to be in this next era of the world is integral to moving through your life knowing you lived it how you wanted to, and the best way you could.
Looking back on how you spent your time here, I want you to be assured that you chose how you showed up for yourself and you lived to your own values. Defining the pillars of who you are is a major part of that process.
Reminder for those of you who've already signed up for the workbook – I sent an official invite for the Identity Evolution gathering happening this Friday, June 20th, at 6pm EST. This is a free hang where we can come together and share our experiences, not just with the workbook, but also with our own big personal shifts and how we're moving through them. If you didn't receive this invite, email me and I'll send you the details :) I sincerely hope you join us!
I also hope that these emails have been filling you with inspiration and excitement for the person you're evolving into, sincerely.
I'll see you next Monday for one more installment of this series where we'll explore clarifying the energy of your evolution.
See you then (if not on Friday!)
