Discomfort

Dear Seekers,

I remember a moment when I was in labor, the pain was so intense at the cellular level that every part of my body wanted to quit. I looked at my doula with the most desperate eyes and she reminded me that just when you're thinking "I can't do this anymore," this is a marker of a shift and the sign that the baby is coming. This taught me that sometimes pain is not an indicator of something wrong, but rather something right, and that seeking experiences that bring up discomfort is the pathway to getting closer to what we want.