01/22/2026
I thought I was just waiting to bloom, but Iāve been living as the thorny stem.
Today I was speaking with a client who is a powerful, successful and deeply capable woman who gives so much of herself in service. As we were talking, I shared some of the rose teachings with herā¦
That the rose is not just the bloom or the soft petals we admire. The rose is the whole plant:
the roots,
the leaves,
the stem,
and yes⦠the thorns.
As I was speaking, something landed for her. She paused and said, āIāve been living as the thorny stem.ā She realized sheās spent her life being strong, protective, capable holding everything up without ever having the right conditions, or giving herself permission, to truly nourish the softness of her own bloom.
And sheās not alone.
So many women donāt even know the beauty of their own petals, the romances with their own lives. The pleasure, the beauty, the tenderness that lives inside them because theyāve been busy surviving, serving, holding it all together and being the thorny stem. Sure, the thorny stem has its place but itās not the only part of the rose. š„
This is why the work Iām doing, alongside rose priestess and shamanic mystic Leontine Hartzell, to bring forward the Rose Path Empowerment Retreat feels so important right nowā¦.
A week after Valentineās Day, a time when weāre taught to look outward for roses weāre creating a space to give yourself the rose.
To romance your own life.
To remember your sensuality, your joy, your softness and your bloom.
Yes, I hope you receive roses from lovers if thatās part of your life. And⦠I also hope you remember that you are the garden.šŖ“
This is an invitation to meet the tender parts of you that have been waiting patiently beneath the thorns.š¹