Hello , my fellow brave human

Do you ever have a bizarre experience and then think - "what on earth was that about?"

The Horse

While on holiday a couple of weeks ago in a beautiful corner of Wales, I watched a horse collapse in the field below where we were staying.

I ran to help the owner, and sat with the horse for over an hour, offering calm and giving reiki while waiting for the vet, expecting her to get up any minute.

And then suddenly, she was gone. She had died.

It completely threw both me and the owner. We were so sure everything would be fine.

This was only the day after we had spread some of David's mum's ashes and my aunt had died.

I couldn't help but think: what is the universe trying to tell me? Or, what is it I am meant to learn from these experiences?

And this is what I reflected on. This personal experience of concentrated loss mirrors what many of us feel collectively right now.

We're living through the dismantling of structures we've taken for granted – watching the crumbling of shared values, agreed-upon truths, and systems we believed would endure.

Everything we know and love, everything we've been taught to believe in seems to be shifting beneath our feet.

The Invitation to Let Go

Perhaps all this loss – both personal and societal – carries an invitation: to let go.

To release our grip on everything we thought we knew and instead turn inward to discover our authentic selves. In this space of genuine self-knowledge, we can still experience loss – it's inevitable – but we can fill those gaps with true purpose and meaning.

There's a special kind of wisdom in acknowledging the wonder of those who have, or what has, left us. We can allow ourselves to properly grieve what we've known while simultaneously releasing our attachment to how things "should be."

This delicate balance allows us to remain present and continue putting one foot in front of the other.

Finding Ourselves in the Empty Spaces

Our role now in this new era is to truly know ourselves.

To peel away the layers of the onion that society, upbringing, and expectation have wrapped around us.

To discover what remains when everything else falls away.

We must recognise that these dark times, though they may stretch on, won't last forever. Like the tide or the changing seasons, our time will come.

The gaps that loss creates can instead be filled with possibility – but only if we're brave enough to sit with the emptiness first, to understand it, and then to create something new from within it.

The Cycle of Renewal

The path forward is both simple and profoundly challenging: 

acknowledge, grieve, and let go – all with authenticity, love, and kindness.

In doing so, we don't dishonour what we've lost.

Rather, we create the space for renewal, for the fire in our bellies to rekindle, for our purpose to emerge with clarity.

When we embrace this cycle – when we allow ourselves to be transformed by loss rather than merely diminished by it – we discover our capacity for resilience. We find that we can be brave in ways we never imagined.

And in that bravery, in that authentic connection to ourselves and our purpose, we begin to rebuild – not what was, but what could be.

Does this resonate with you just now - a sense of loss? I'm having so many conversations that echo this. I'm interested in what your experience is.

As ever, join us on the Be and Build journey, and there will be some dates for some brilliant Walk & Talks coming up - and a retreat. I'll keep you posted.

Here’s to your brilliance.

Kirsty x