Posts by Louisa

Summer’s heat is settling in and it’s dry as a bone here in California. But our unique periwinkle blue sky is a constant source of wonder. We’ve been cooking up a lot of new things which we are almost ready to share with you! We’re currently taking a break from our podcast show while we…

What lies at the heart of inner development when you really boil it down? Most people believe that if you can just find the right answers to your dilemmas from the best books, the right search terms, the perfect retreat, then you can finally break free from what’s been holding you back and keeping you stuck. But…

We recently sat down with Dr Daciana Iancu, a medical doctor and co-founder of The Foundation for Health Creation, a community project dedicated to expanding the scope of public health. Be sure to tune in to this provoking and important conversation on stress, healing, and the root cause of disease. We dialogued around the question of: what…

  This morning I (Louisa) said goodbye to my daughter who left for her beloved Sweden to re-unite with friends and my other daughter. I had a moment to reflect on the process of letting go. I’ve had lots of empty-nest practice lately as my birds are gradually finding independence and community far away from…

We’ve just about spent our first month together in our new membership program, The Monastery. Its been a blast so far! We have a good sized group of people and we’ve been diving into individual journaling, paired dialogue, and small group work together. With the participation and presence of our “Monasterians” we have the pleasure…

“You just don’t understand!” What parent of a teenager or pre-teen has NOT heard those words? To be honest, the kid may have a point. Many people struggle to understand their own internal reality of feelings, needs, and thoughts, let alone their dysregulated teenager. This kind of understanding can also be called attunement. Because it…

We are so excited to announce that you can now join The Monastery Membership Program!!! Real personal transformation comes with regular practice. While concepts and teachings are helpful, it’s not enough to create actual change. That’s why we’ve created The Monastery as a space for us to practice together. In The Monastery, we meet a…

Have you ever thought about a what a clear definition for inner development might be? It’s such a commonplace phrase these days; we just don’t really think about it. In our latest podcast episode fresh off the editing table, we go into Magenta’s definition because it seemed like a good idea given that we’re a…

Have you ever thought about needing a navigational tool to traverse the ocean of soul healing and overcoming challenges and dilemmas? Imagine that you’re going on a sailing adventure and you’ve got your plan in the form of a well-drawn map. You set sail, and out in the middle of the ocean you take out…

There’s something I’ve noticed in the aftermath of confronting a wound or place of weakness in me and finally owning up to the problem. And that is, I feel trepidation in letting the wounded part of me go. I don’t know who I am when I empty out of all that used to fill my…

  There are two reasons why you have to have a strong and cultivated light within you when you do inner work: The big one is that when you start peering into the darkness of your inner world, wounds and issues harboring there will emerge because wounds always seek healing. And the truth of what…

Chronic anxiety is very challenging to heal because of the inherently addictive nature of your feelings. Here’s why: Your feelings in the moment are nearly impossible to change without suppression. Just try not feeling enraged when it sweeps over you. This obvious nature of your feelings is the cause of the not-so-obvious reason why certain…