Authentic

What are you pretending not to know? It is a confronting question because, most of the time, we do know.
We know when something no longer feels right. We know when we are outgrowing a relationship, a role, a version of ourselves or the way we have been living. We know when we need to speak, leave, begin, rest, change direction or finally tell ourselves the truth.
But knowing asks something of us.
It asks us to act. It asks us to risk disappointing people. It asks us to let go of what is familiar. It asks us to stop hiding behind confusion when the truth has been there all along.
Sometimes we pretend not to know because we are not ready for the consequences of knowing. So we overthink. We ask more people. We wait for another sign. We keep gathering information, hoping the answer will change.
This episode is an invitation to get honest with yourself.
Not to judge where you have been avoiding the truth, but to notice it. To listen to what your body, your intuition and your life have already been trying to tell you.
Once we stop pretending not to know, the next step usually becomes painfully clear.

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In this episode, I spoke about a daily prayer that has become an anchor for me.
“Guide me to where I’m destined to be. To the people I’m meant to meet. To the ground that calls my name. To the chances that are mine to take. To the life that’s mine to live.”
It is simple, but it is not passive.
This prayer is not about sitting back and waiting for life to happen. It is about learning to trust the timing of what is meant for us, while staying awake enough to move when the moment arrives.
It asks us to have faith. Faith that lets us keep walking even when we cannot see the whole path yet.
It asks us to listen. To the body, to the pull, to the quiet knowing. To the truth that often speaks softly before it becomes loud enough to ignore.
It asks us to stop forcing what is not ours, and to stop dismissing what keeps calling us back.
Sometimes we are so busy trying to figure it all out, prove ourselves, choose correctly, be impressive, be safe, be certain, that we miss the small invitations life is placing right in front of us.
The right people. The right rooms. The right places. The right chances. The moments that do not always make logical sense, but something in us recognises them.
This episode is about devotion to that listening.
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If you want to laugh, this one is pure light. Steve and I talk about what we used to do at the start of our relationship to prevent the other from hearing our farts. I know, I know, it's crass, but every relationship goes through this phase and we thought we'd have a giggle and talk about the things we did. Very relatable.
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In this episode, I talk about something I've been reflecting on lately: the difference between a pure intention and all the fear we layer on top of it.
I've noticed that the deepest truths in my life rarely arrive with fanfare. They don't shout. They don't come with a ten-step plan or every answer neatly wrapped up. They usually arrive quietly, as a simple knowing. It might be the feeling that it's time to leave a job, start a business, have a difficult conversation, tell someone you love them, or admit that you don't anymore. The intention itself is often clear, uncomplicated, and deeply true.
What makes it complicated is our mind.
Almost immediately, it begins projecting into the future. What if this doesn't work? What if I fail? What if I hurt someone? What if I make the wrong decision? What if I lose everything? Before we know it, the simplicity of the original intention has been buried beneath layers of fear, doubt, and imagined outcomes.
I don't believe our mind is trying to sabotage us. I think it's doing what it's designed to do: keep us safe. But there comes a point where protecting ourselves from every possible risk also protects us from living the life that's trying to emerge.
This episode is an invitation to notice the difference between the quiet wisdom of your heart and the loud stories of your mind. What if you didn't need to know exactly how everything was going to unfold before taking the next step? What if your only job was to honour the intention, trust yourself enough to take the next best step, and allow life to meet you there?
I've found that the heart rarely overcomplicates things. It simply knows. It's our fear that tries to convince us otherwise.
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