“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
-Pablo Picasso
This series, The 12 Phases in a Season of Growth, is dedicated to you as I know you are tirelessly, eagerly seeking that which exists deep within.
I dedicate this series to you because I am you—searching high and low for meaning, purpose and the strength to pass along my gifts and talents.
I truly hope you find what you are looking for, as I know it often feels like you are swimming upstream, searching for something you are not sure is there.
But let me assure you: what you want, wants you.
Our world is designed for compliance; those who play by the rules in exchange for the relief in believing that a particular outcome is all but guaranteed.
Here are a few things I believe:
You live in a world that prefers you play it safe, do as you’re told and put everyone’s needs before your own.
You live in a city or town where a majority of women are willing to refuse their truth in exchange for acceptance and security.
You live in a body that is wise, continually trying to guide you to who you are meant to be.
You have a spirit that has a blueprint, a destiny that can only be discovered if you listen to your inner-wisdom and choose to grow through each season of your life.
A wise woman (my mother) once said to me (and many times after) “When you stop growing, you die.” Although you may physically survive many years of refusing to grow— you might as well be gone.
When a plant in the garden stops growing, its life cycle is complete—leaves shrivel, fruit rots, insects devour and the earth consumes.
The same is true for your spiritual growth; if you can’t manage to find the courage to grow, your gifts won’t be found and you will only have rotted fruit to pass along.
How do I know this?
The first gift I realized I was blessed with: The gift of building trust with women through listening.
My blueprint, my truth is all about connecting with women.
After spending nearly 15 years serving in public education (working mostly with young women) I learned that growth almost never happens by accident.
Mothers pass along unhealed wounds to their daughters, never on purpose, but without fail. There are a rare (and I mean rare) few who learn to grow despite receiving a basket full of rotted fruit in their childhood.
In the hundreds, if not thousands of women whose stories I have listened to; it’s the determined growers who break the cycle forever, and they are rare and wild ones.
If you want to be among the few who find the courage to trust yourself and start growing in a way that will lead you to your truest self, This series is for you.
I dedicate this to you, dear grower. It is you who will discover your true nature—lighting the way for generations to come.
May you find your gift & give it away,
Ashley
The 12 Phases in a Season of Growth will teach you to identify what lesson your intuition is guiding your towards, and then show you to surrender to that lesson & grow.
Each Wednesday, I will release another ‘chapter’ in this series until the summer, and this series, is complete:
June 21st: Dedication
June 28th: Introduction
July 5th: Phase One
July 12th: Phase Two
July 19th: Phase Three
July 26th: Phase Four
August 2nd: Phase Five
August 9th: Phase Six
August 16th: Phase Seven
August 23rd: Phase Eight
August 30th: Phase Nine
September 6th: Phase Ten
September 13th: Phase Eleven
September 20th: Phase Twelve
Season One: Finding My Voice, is a collection of of my writing from the day I started this blog in February 2023, until June 21st 2023. It’s here you will find lessons about life inspired by wisdom found in the garden. Lessons of friendship, love, disappointment and perseverance. You can access the archive here.
Season Two: The 12 Phases in a Season of Growth, is a collection of ancient lessons taught by Mother Nature showing us how to begin, grow, let go, rest and repeat. Each of the 12 phases in a growing season has a specific purpose, and when executed with wisdom- the chances for abundance (harvest) are all but imminent. Series begins June 21st and runs through September 20th, 2023. You can access the series here.