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Hey Reader,

As the full moon approaches this week, I’ve been reflecting on the last ten years of my life. Quietly. Honestly. With more tenderness than I expected.

Ten years ago, everything changed.

I left my marriage.
I left the retreat farm I had poured my heart into.
I left the practice I had built over nearly two decades.
I followed a pull toward a truer way of living, even though it meant stepping into the unknown.

I moved provinces.
I rebuilt my life. And in my forties, I became a mother for the very first time.
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That still takes my breath away.
Because long before she came into the world, I had a clear, intuitive vision of this child — and that she would arrive through a chapter of my life I could not yet imagine. A chapter that felt wild, powerful, necessary.

For six long months, I was even separated from my horses.

It wasn’t tidy.
It wasn’t easy.
But it was true.

My heart and my gut asked for a different life, and I followed.

The years have been a mixture of beauty, upheaval, exhaustion, profound joy, and unexpected growth.

I rebuilt my practice without the network I’d spent 18 years being a meaningful part of.
I added health coaching to my work, studying online at night while caring for animals and sharing homeschooling.
I slowly found my strength and energy again.
I even found my athletic fight in my fifties.

I changed how I nourished myself.
I steadied my hormones and my energy.
I reversed perimenopausal symptoms I refused to accept as inevitable.

I grew.
Not neatly.
Not always gracefully.
But deeply.

This last decade taught me that emotional wellbeing and physical wellbeing are never separate.
That the nervous system knows truth long before the mind admits it.
That rebuilding is not a setback.
It’s an initiation.

And that the heart - always, always - is the bridge back home.

As this year draws to a close, I want to offer you something simple:

Wherever you find yourself right now...you’re allowed to be here.

You’re allowed to pause.
To reflect.
To honour everything this decade, or this year, has carved into you.
To feel what wants to be acknowledged.
To listen to the quiet voice that knows exactly what’s next, even if you don’t have the words yet.

If you feel open to sharing, I’d love to hear:

What has this past year — or the last ten — taught you about yourself?

Just hit reply. I read every message.

Thank you for walking with me this year.
Thank you for letting my words land in your inbox and in your heart.

I’ll see you again after the new moon.

With warmth,
Liesl

P.S. Full moons illuminate what is already true. Let this one show you the wisdom you’ve been carrying all along.

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