Reflection 1: I'm sitting with the message the spirit wolf delivered and how, at my core, I resonated with being misunderstood my entire life. Just as the wolf is often misunderstood, I, too, have experienced being viewed as "weird" for the way I see, feel, and experience the world. This message is helping me realize that it's not about being "weird," but how the wolf explained to me that my medicine is so potent that it isn't meant for everyone. The wolf showed me that I don't need to question or explain the parts of me that others may not understand. That this is a time for me to embrace who I am without shrinking, overexplaining, or feeling the need to make myself more understandable or acceptable to and for others.

Reflection 2: The awareness that's emerging for me after our first integration call is that while this program is 6 months long, my body's integration will likely continue long after the course ends. Not only does it feel but I compare it to a 9 month process like a pregnancy, with a period of preparation, growth, and transformation before the birth, my rebirth!