The process of crossing the threshold is demanding for each and every one of us. When the cracks appear in a long-held belief, it causes anxiety and pain. As the certain world is replaced by great uncertainty, the risk is that we cling to what we know more than ever. The gravitational pull of the familiar exerts itself, no matter how dysfunctional

Honestly, it takes major surgery and much of one’s life to get head, heart, and body to put down their defenses, their false programs for happiness, and their many forms of resistance to what is right in front of them.

Aligning our lives with what strengthens us requires us to own our power. This means we take our stance as an adult, step into our own sense of inner authority, and do the work to clarify what we want. But we don’t stop there. We then take responsibility for creating what we want. And to do this, we learn to expand our capacity for greater physical