PORTAL

My continuous  unfolding...

For the majority of my life I believed that if I was charming enough, smart enough, pretty enough, and successful enough I would be safe from abandonment. I pushed myself into a box so small that I had to banish parts of my power in order to fit.  And it worked for awhile... until it didn't.  Inevitably, parents, partners, and friends would judge or outright reject my carefully cultivated exterior. This would be my undoing. I would collapse into feelings of defensiveness, rage, panic, or depression. 

But with every bottom I hit, I discovered a new portal to my spiritual center. It was in the darkness I would find the guides that I had been looking for and the truth I had forgotten. 

So now after all the pain and heartbreak, all the deaths and rebirths, I no longer fear the underworld. For it there that I am planted, shed old skin, and taste the elixir of life. It is there that I reclaim my inborn power and reconnect with my innate wholeness. 

I am eternally grateful for the teachers past and present who have illuminated my path, most notably Carl Jung and the archetypal psychology tradition that was inspired by his work; also for the eternal wisdom of the Upanishads which opened my eyes to illusory nature of our reality as well as our personal power as creators. These sacred texts and teachers inspired my training in shadow work, family systems, emotional power integration, dream interpretation, and transformation coaching. My offerings today are continually shaped by these lineages as well as my own relationship with Spirt and devotion to studentship. 

My mission is to share the practices and wisdom that have radically changed my life so that more women may be unburdened from the pains of self-abandonment and free to create a life of passionate love and profound purpose. 

*Bella is an ICF certified Jungian Life Coach and Shadow Guide who specializes in Archetypal Psychology and the Heroine's Journey as a transformation framework. She is also trained in trauma-informed somatic therapy and believes that all healing work should to include a body-based approach. Bella lives nomadically with her husband Johnny and their pup Milo – but you can usually find them between CO and Mexico! She is continually expanding her knowledge base with conscious relationship practices, Tantra, plant medicine, and women's circles.

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