If you feel pressed for time, this course is built specifically for you. I know from years of working with clients that the key to lasting change is consistency and repetition of small acts. I also know that you will have the most success engaging with material and exercises that take less than ten minutes a day. Each part of this course is short and powerful, so each lesson should take you no more than ten minutes. You may find that as you encounter each small act, they start to follow you through the rest of your day as you apply what you learn to the real world. That is the real magic of stacking small acts together.

Don’t worry, you are in the right place. Chances are, if you didn’t come into this course because you already feel overwhelmed, at some point intense feelings might come up for you. Feeling overwhelmed is a natural part of any big process, and layered into this course are skills to show you how to manage that feeling. This is your safe space to be supported as you test out new thinking and strategies.

There are a LOT of programs out there to help you reframe your life experiences to support your “healing process.” This is a good thing. We need different programs to support our healing at different times in our lives. “Time to Fly” was created with the ultimate belief that the human body and the principles of ecosystems on Earth contain all the information you need for your individual healing, and that you can learn how to translate the messages from your body and environment into meaningful action to move towards joy. It blends concrete, visual, and practical strategies with simple self-examinations, all wrapped up in a magical picture book story. If that sounds good to you, then I am honored to be a part of your process and guide you through this course.

This story is based on my lived experience, and since I am a woman, the story is about a girl as she moves through the woods on a trail. However, everything in these stories is symbolic, all of the images are intentionally abstract, and all of the exercises and strategies are neutral, ungendered, and open-ended explorations to help you create your own imagery and symbols. The course is also appropriate for adherents of any faith--or no faith at all.

As long as you feel comfortable with a girl as your guide, then you will find everything else in this course will apply to you.

I do my best to energetically contain this exploration process for the format that we are working in, intentionally selecting prompts and exercises that teach you the skills without diving into those bigger kinds of traumas. However, a portion of this course is about normalizing all kinds of trauma, and it is possible that something like that might come up as you explore your internal landscape.

If you already know that you have those types of traumas in your history, I encourage you to schedule professional therapeutic support into the time frame of this course to ensure that you have a specific place to process things that might come up.

If you do stumble upon something bigger during the process of this course, remember that you control the pace of your own process. If something big comes up, I encourage you to hit the pause button, slow down, and loop in the appropriate professional supports outside of the course before continuing.

Yes, I will be available via email and at office hours after each module for the six weeks of the course. If there is any time you feel stuck or confused as you work with the material, please reach out. You will be supported in this process.