For those of you who don’t already know, I have recently moved from Cape Town, South Africa to British Columbia, Canada! It’s been a huge move but one that just feels so right. Leaving my girls has been the most difficult part but getting rid of a lifetime of stuff and squeezing everything else into a few suitcases has been liberating!
My Father and that side of my family are Canadian so it feels in so many ways like I have come home. I have always known that I would one day leave South Africa and have felt strongly called to Canada. Ancestrally we have strong links here as my Great Grandmother was First Nations. She has been a strong presence in the last few years and has been calling me home. I’ve learnt the hard way not to ignore my soul’s urges and strong intuition….it always ends badly when I do! So now I am here.
Canada is very different to Africa…everything is foreign! The accent, the scenery, the food, the shopping and of course driving on a different side of the road. I spent the first week being absolutely exhausted and mentally drained from processing all the difference. My girls having never visited keep asking me what its like…I tell them I feel like I am in a Sims game or a movie!
Now I am feeling more comfortable with the difference and really just leaning into experiencing a different way of living and being. What has been fascinating to observe is the old patterns and conditioned needs that are surfacing at a time when I have absolutely no responsibilities. After being a single mum for nearly 20 years I have only myself to think about….wonderful but oh so weird! I find I have to talk myself out of those old patterns and continually remind myself that we are in a time where we have to step into what is unknown and embrace the new.
I have no fixed address at the moment and am travelling around British Columbia with my Dad experiencing all the incredible beauty of nature, meeting new people, writing, planning and working.
Currently I am in the Canadian Rockies connecting with nature and tuning into my soul. There’s a resident Chipmunk where we are staying which is fascinating to watch. He flings himself between the trees being very busy and very noisy. I do laugh as I see how I too am a bit like the Chipmunk as I swing between being still and peaceful and panicking about what the future holds, where I am going to live, what it looks like and how to create it…..and then back into the peace of knowing that its all unfolding and I don’t have to do anything other than follow my souls inner prompts.
Unlike in South Africa I have a great internet connection and electricity all the time which means I can connect with family and friends at home, work with clients online, host webinars and do the work I love all while feeding my soul and restoring my balance!
If you’ve managed to reach the end of this very long message well done!
Thank you to all who have sent such wonderful messages of encouragement and support.
Love you all
Kate