Today I booked a one-way ticket to the island. How often we say that phrase in times of wistful reverie. Now that I’m doing it, there is a strange sense of liminal reality.

July was tough, it seemed to drain more than it gave. My incredible client and friend Helen lost her battle with leukemia at 52 on July 16th, leaving three beautiful daughters, it broke my heart. I met Helen in 2020, and each session with her was an adventure. We trailblazed in discovering new insights and found humor and lightness in the absurdity of life. The courage and bravery she held right up until our final voicenotes was so remarkable. What a gift I was given to connect with her wild spirit and zest for life, it’s imprinted something deeply in me, and in the grief of losing her, August arrived with an increasing sense of readiness to grasp life with a wide-open heart.

My beloved goldie, Angel, is now booked for her one-way trip too. A European highlight tour as she will be driven down with the magical Caroline, whose well-tread journeys over the years with precious four-legged cargo bring me much comfort. A trip that takes her right through the UK, over to Paris, and on to Barcelona, stopping in doggy hotels before joining us the day after we arrive on the island. I’m preparing us all energetically, sharing with her how her new life will be, and yet I realise how much is still unknown.

I’ll arrive almost a year ahead of the Golden Rays Retreat I’ll be holding on the Island with Uma. So much to unfold before then, and yet it will be here in a heartbeat.

I am peering into my own void right now commited and coming to terms with this season of grief, grit and grace.

I’ve never felt such a powerful state of surrender, and I’ve never felt so held by spirit.

These are my Soul Diaries and this is my Golden Chapter…

In loving memory of my Anam Cara, Helen Sadler. May you rise high with the Angels my sweet friend.

Until next time

Keep Rising in love

Romy