Space is hard space is good 
you need it, but you don't want to be misunderstood
It's not easy to make it or take it
but something's nagging and you just can't shake it
You want to look but it's scary to see 
everything's choking and you need to breathe
If you stop for a moment, 
the image you've been trying so hard to hold together 
might shatter and fall
Wouldn't it be better to keep it all in 
and love through these pretenses and walls? 
You know there's risk either way, 
but you have to move when the heart calls. 
Separation might take us further apart,
but it brings us closer, closer after all. 

In this episode, we dive into separation, a necessary and vital alchemical phase that helps us know ourselves as individuals so we can be a clearer part of the whole.

• What is separation and how does it show up in our individual alchemy as well as our relationship alchemy?
• How can separation help us heal division in ourselves and relationships?
• Signs of separation: conflict with or needing space from loved ones, feeling the need for alone time, feeling the need to get real about your part and understand your truth in any situation, partnership, creative project etc.
• Symbols and images of separation: air, wind, space, gaps, divides, divorce, sharp tools like swords, knives, extractions tools
• Example of how I've applied separation in my life
• How to make it through a challenging separation phase

At 14:20 I share my original song "How Some Stories Go" written during a really difficult relational separation that taught me the importance of holding tension of not knowing in order to allow the deeper soul story to unfold in time

With love,

McCall

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