A tardy but heart-y Final Invitation to the Care Immersion
Lessons of a launch, full body confidence, and closing doors til next Summer
This transmission was written Wednesday night and then my laptop crashed! You know I don’t believe in coincidence, so I took it as a chance to breathe, soak in the moment, and now present my final invitation to the 17 caregivers ready to rock with Soft Power.
As I sit down to write this e-mail about the Care Immersion enrollment coming to a close, I’m filled with a sense of renewed clarity and excitement. Jas the Sun Fairy (of
) led the Soft Power team in a group timeline jump tonight and while there is still so much to integrate, it has to be named that I’m not the same me I was this morning, let alone when I first launched this program a month ago.But let me rewind a little.
In April, my spirit guides told me it was time to enroll the next round of the Embodied Caregivers Mentorship. I sat down to channel this offering the same way I’ve done all other offerings the last 1-2 years: at my altar, with my ancestors, writing, talking, listening for the answer to “what does my community need most from me right now?”
They told me the numbers, the framework, the structure, the dates. And I ran with it and launched with the faith in my heart that it would all work out.
And then, of course, life happened.
My energy tanked, my son got sick, my financial needs increased, and my other commitments outside of this mentorship still needed me. I had so much to say about what feels like my life’s work, but I didn’t know where to start. So I’d go days at a time without posting or e-mailing and I was judging myself with the projected voices of business coaches past.
I’ve already told the story of how Midori, Flo, Dr. Kiki, and Willa stepped in for the collab of a lifetime <3 And had my cosmic colleagues not offered me their support, well, that timeline is far behind us now but it would’ve been bad.
But tonight’s jump brought me closer to the vision; closer to the knowing that what I’m doing is radical and important and only I could offer it the way I do.
Today, Midori and I went live on IG kicking off Cancer Season talking care and pulling cards. Early on in the conversation, we talked about the shadow Cancerian traits that we’ve healed through.
For me, that included a compulsion to over-caretake and the internalized belief that what I do is not of value. Patriarchy has devalued and feminized care work, engineering a society that thinks it should be done for free.
I’ve experienced this tired old story since I began my doula business. “Sticker shock” from people who were clearly well resourced, questioning why the person committing to being on-call for a 6 week period to show up for your baby’s birth or stay with their baby every night from 10p-6a would ask for so much. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me question my worth.
Jasmine reminded us that confidence is a sensation. Thanks to her spaceholding, I am so confident that what we’re doing with Soft Power and the Care Immersion is not just valuable, its priceless. How do you “charge your worth” when it comes to legacy work? What is the price of introducing people to their ancestors, spirit babies, and intuitive gifts? I still don’t quite know the answer.
But as I sit here with my final invitation to those who will join this community, I trust the ways in which I’ve been guided to approach those questions.
Admitting every person who is aligned with the container regardless of financial means seems kinda unhinged when I look at myself objectively. I’m a single mom in San Francisco with a preschool tuition to pay and I’ve questioned if this is irresponsible or even delusional. But after today’s IG Live and tonight’s Timeline Jump, I’ve never been more confident that the value I bring is priceless and will make its way to myself and the Soft Power team somehow.
Once enrollment is finalized, we will begin fundraising. Every person that feels mutually aligned is joining at their own self-determined commitment and then together we will call in the rest. It’s tempting to entertain a “what if” that fails to meet the promise of my good Spirits, but after they led me through a tragic abortion, marital separation, the closing of my doula business and more, I know better by now than to doubt their love and divine support.
I was instructed to let you all witness this choice and invite you in on the journey. So while enrollment for the Care Immersion is coming to a close, it really is just the start for what you’ll be seeing from this community.
The 17 Caregivers are en route to Soft Power and then the real fun begins. On July 11th we open the ceremony and embark on our journey to deeper self and community care through the mind, body, and spirit.
Is your body pulling you toward investigating more?
Alignment calls are available for Saturday and Sunday and after that, its closed doors until next Summer!
As a trauma-informed practitioner, these calls are important so we can meet face to face and ensure the energy is mutually aligned. Everything will wrap up by Monday and then I’m going to take a little breather and celebrate my 32nd birthday with my family and friends <3
When I look at who has joined so far, I see the future of the liberated paradigm. I see community healers, neighborhood witches, embodied caregivers, and family mystics. You’ll know if this is right for you and if it is, I am so ready to guide you home to yourself, your ancestors, and your legacy for generations to come.
With lots of care and Soft Power,
Siobhan
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