Hi there,
In this newsleter: Read about what we're celebrating this International Women's Day and receive a cheeky 30% off our next retreat.
We are celebrating international women's day by getting vulnerable with you.
Read about how we are overcoming internalised patriarchy, and working through challenges of jealousy and competition.
So many collaborations fall apart simply because one or both are unwilling or unable to look at the icky stuff.
We have been confronted on multiple occasions by the challenges in the dynamic between us - jealousy, competition, power, privilege - all kinds of things that eventually surface in a long term partnership.
Some of these things come from childhood, some of it is cultural conditioning and ingrained patriarchy. We are a perfect match for each others wounding!
One of the things we are most proud of is how we have navigated these challenges over the years, consistently choosing to lean in, to be honest with each other, to call the other out with love, and to take responsibility for our own part.
It's not been easy, and the process is ongoing as we now enter into "couples" therapy to invest in the long term potential and health of True Nature.
We see this as a necessary process to untangle our own internalised patriarchy, and come into greater maturity, empathy, and what we call, POWER WITH.
This is how we show our commitment to each other, and to the women we serve.
We use our collaboration as a way to live in integrity with what we teach. It's not something that you learn once and are done with. It's a practice. It's moment to moment, day to day, choosing to lean in to the icky.
We cherish the ability to meet each other in this way, just as much as we cherish all the fun, juicy and creative parts of our collaboration.
When we talk about wildness and freedom, this is what we mean - ability to be with all of it and not shy away from the uncomfortable, the courage to lay ourselves bare before each other, and the compassion to befriend these wounded parts, and bring them in closer.
We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other, and to have a friendship that is so deep and meaningful. Our dream is that every woman finds friendships like this.
We know that many women do not have these kinds of relationships, and at the closing ceremony of every retreat we run, we always say a prayer to the fire that the women out there who are feeling alone and without nourishing sisterhood can find their way to a seat around our fire.
This is our dream. This is our prayer.
To support women to find empowered relationships where they feel seen, heard and met.
If you are longing for this, or you know someone who needs to find this kind of community then we are offering a 30% flash sale for our next retreat, 24th - 27th March.
Code: WELOVEWOMEN
What about the men?
Don't worry we've got something for you too!
On the same weekend our dear friend Conor is running his 2 day Soulful Masculinity retreat. He is an epic facilitator, and we love what he's doing for the men in our lives.
So much love and wildness,
Gaia and Alana xxx