I'd like to take a moment to welcome one of our newest members, @Tanja De Candia to Reparenting for Adults.🥳 When joining, I asked what area of life she would most like support in right now: mind, body, or soul. Her answer? "All of the above." Honestly, I think many of us can relate. One of the things I love about reparenting is that it recognizes we are whole people. Our thoughts, emotions, nervous system, relationships, body, and spirit are all connected. When one part struggles, we often feel it everywhere. I'm grateful Tanja found her way here and look forward to getting to know her better as she settles into the community. Please join me in giving her a warm welcome below. 💙

Over the past few weeks, quite a few people have joined us, and I wanted to take a moment to say how glad I am you're here. @RuthAnn Winschel @Emilee P @Sarah McGeachy @Ava Reynolds This community was created as a gentle space for healing, reflection, nervous system support, and connection. Whether you're exploring reparenting, learning to listen to your body, working with EFT, or simply looking for a softer way to navigate life, you are welcome here. I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to introduce yourself, share what brought you here, or tell us what you're hoping to gain from being part of this community. And if you have ever joined one of my Insight Timer lives, you already know how we do things around here. 😊 Let's create more of that same magic together—only now we get to make it interactive. Drop an emoji below and let me know: 📚 = I'd come to a live workshop here 🤔 = Maybe, tell me more 🤙 = When do we start? P.S. A special thank you for your patience if you're one of the folks who requested to join weeks ago and found yourself in the "limbo room" waiting for approval. Life has been moving very quickly behind the scenes, including some major personal and professional transitions, and I needed to prioritize my own nervous system and capacity for a season. Thank you for your grace while I found my footing. I'm excited to be here with you now, and I'm looking forward to breathing new life into this community together. Welcome to Reparenting for Adults. 🌺

Yesterday was the Full Moon. Today is still the Full Moon. And both nights here on the Big Island have been incredibly cloudy. No Mahina. No stars. Just clouds. What's interesting is that I can still feel the energy of the Full Moon even though I can't see her. The tides are still moving. The moon is still full. The cycle is still happening. It's just hidden behind the clouds. That feels like the perfect metaphor for this moment in my life. There is so much in motion right now. A volcano erupting. A possible job opportunity in Alaska. A move off the island I've called home. A potential buyer for my van. Conversations that are healing and deepening important relationships. And yet, I can't fully see where any of it is leading. A few months ago, that uncertainty would have terrified me. Today, I'm practicing something different. Trust. Not blind trust. Not pretending I know how everything will work out. Just trusting the next step. Trusting what I know today. Trusting that I don't need to see the entire path to take the next obvious step. Lately, my mantra has been: ✨ Let it be easy and obvious. ✨ Not because life is always easy. But because I've spent enough years trying to force things that weren't ready. The moon is still there, even when I can't see it. The earth is still changing, even when the lava is hidden by clouds. And maybe our lives are like that too. Sometimes things are unfolding long before we can see the evidence. For now, I'm staying present. Taking the next step. And trusting that what is meant for me is finding its way through the clouds. 💙 Reflection: What in your life feels hidden right now, but you trust is still unfolding?

So many of us learned to survive by disconnecting from our own needs. We became the ones who pushed through exhaustion, ignored our emotions, overrode our boundaries, and kept performing strength long after our nervous systems were begging us to slow down. Somewhere along the way, many of us learned that becoming “better” meant leaving parts of ourselves behind. But reparenting invites a different path. What if healing wasn’t about becoming harder on yourself, but gentler? What if rebuilding your life could begin with listening to the child within you who still longs to feel safe, seen, supported, and loved? The inner child who never needed perfection — only presence. The version of you who deserved comfort instead of criticism, rest instead of shame, softness instead of survival mode. Maybe real healing begins the moment you stop forcing yourself forward and start walking beside yourself instead. One compassionate choice at a time. One honest breath at a time. One moment of nervous system safety at a time. Today, ask yourself: What is one small act of kindness that would help my inner child feel loved right now? Maybe it’s resting. Maybe it’s feeding yourself nourishing food. Maybe it’s turning off the noise. Maybe it’s placing a hand on your heart and reminding yourself: “I don’t have to abandon myself to rebuild my life.” If this speaks to you, you are in the right place. Welcome to Reparenting for Adults.

As we approach this cosmic event in just a few days - the New Moon Lunar Eclipse 🌚 and Chinese New Years (Year of the Fire Horse) 🔥🐎on February 17th, I have felt the need to go inward. A deep shedding is underway, as the Year of the Snake 🐍 closes out, and Saturn leaves Watery Dreamy Pieces where she has been for the past 2 1/2 years, and charges into Fiery Aries Energy for real this time, hang on to your hats this will be a bumpy ride all the way through to 2028 (but we already knew that!) This moment is a time of reckoning, of clearing out the old (outdated beliefs and self limiting thinking) to make peace with what we are letting go, and making space for the new. I have been lighting candles, and physically cleaning house. Energetically preparing for the next phase. 🧽🕯️ (Tomorrow I will burn some incense, but only if its not raining too hard - the cat hates incense and she has been staying in and sleeping alot all weekend!) I have been going through a bit of tough time this past month over here. Feeling some real loneliness from time to time, and visioning my next steps as I transition into Empty Nest as a Solo gal. I have my ups and downs, like anyone. Sometimes I am super excited about creating, sometimes I need a retreat. And part of being good to myself is I dont shame myself for taking time off to rest and reset. 🔄 And thus, I have been pretty quiet online thus past week. I have been reflecting on what I am creating in this space, and what impact it has. Our little group is small but mighty, so I want to ask you - what would YOU like to see in this space? Nervous system regulation tools, like tapping videos, breathwork or yoga nidra? Yoga philosophy? Daily inspiration? A gentle daily check in? Daily card pull for the collective? Musings from my cat? 🐱 (she is pretty chatty as my IT lives friends know lol) Weekly live chat right here in the Skool app, where we can interact on video? Im bringing it back, and I hope to see some of you there! I will post a poll to find a time that works. 📊