conscious uncoupling

I believe few things are actually black and white - truly binary - except maybe this one thing: We are always either moving toward fear or toward love. It is that simple. 

The ending of a committed partnership  is almost unavoidably a dark night of the soul experience. Inherent in that is a cracking open of what has long been protected and guarded, wounded many times and scabbed over. This is an opportunity to excavate and integrate, to explore our patterns and bring them with curiosity and compassion into the light of day. In the face of hurt, pain, fear, sadness, and grief, to hold ourselves and one another with reverence, and respect, and to carve out hope for a different version of our future dynamic together. In this framework I support couples in releasing their romantic relationship and attachments while oftentimes reorienting to one another as co-parents and partners in a new sense. For couples who are parents of children it can be helpful to consider that your family is not breaking up, but rather changing form. While painful, for many people, myself included, the uncoupling process is often a catalyst to mid-life awakening. It shakes you. It rattles you. It also liberates you if you choose to allow it.