What is your addiction or numbness trying to protect you from feeling? Under every compulsion…Under every shutdown… There is grief. 👉 If that pattern could speak, what would it say it’s afraid you’ll feel?

Where does your desire leak out sideways? What do you reach for when you don’t want to feel: - emptiness - loneliness - disappointment - longing 👉 Name one substitute you use instead of feeling the real thing. No shame. Just truth.

Meeting the Shadow of Desire Weekly Intent: Desire doesn’t disappear when ignored. It distorts. The Lover’s shadow has two faces: - The one who consumes compulsively - The one who feels nothing at all Neither is wrong. Both are trying to protect you. This week, we stop moralizing and start seeing clearly.

One micro-act of devotion to desire. This weekend, do one small thing that honors what lights you up: - Time - Beauty - Rest - Creation - Presence 👉 Complete this sentence in the group:“This weekend, I choose to honor my desire by…”

What becomes possible if your desire is not a problem… but a compass? If longing isn’t weakness, but guidance— what direction is it pointing you toward? 👉 Where might your life be smaller because you stopped listening to what moves you?