I was blessed to spend this weekend leading a group of Keyholders – leaders who have a calling to help activate a new story for humanity. That’s often expressed in bringing something new and visionary, rooted in an emerging story, to their audience or industry, helping their people move from an old, outdated narrative into a new one. 

After years of working with these leaders, a central part of the process includes some form of healing of their wounds, allowing them to step into the next level of their gifts…

Because we can’t write a new story until we’ve reconciled the old one.

We have to turn and face whatever we’ve been unwilling or unable to look at, doing the work to heal it and integrate its gifts, in order to be free to inhabit the new story that’s waiting for us.

I see this in my own life and in the lives of all the leaders I serve. I also see it in every collective, including the countries we live in.

I share this because, in the wake of the election in the US, something deep in me says that on a collective subconscious level, we’re inviting ourselves to face the collective wounds in our old story so that we can write a new one.

I don’t know if we’ll accept the invitation, but I believe that’s the opportunity.

This relates to one of the core tenets of my work is that there are no problems that need solving—instead, all problems are a gateway inviting us to reveal a deeper truth.

Problems act as flags, waving us over, showing us where to dig to reveal more truth.

In my experience, trying to ‘solve’ a problem often equates to fighting against it in an attempt to fix it, which never works.

But when we honor the problem as an invitation to something deeper, and accept that invitation, we always find the hidden gold mine in the shadow.

My prayer is that we take the invitation.

May we find grace in the process.