If we got everything we wanted, when we wanted it, there would be little room for true inner growth and awakening. So along the journey of life, we bump into catalysts meant to turn us inward in order to gain the gift(s) that lie inside them. By all (non-soul growth oriented) accounts, today’s guest, my sister-in-law, Emily Covey, had every right to be upset, frustrated and disappointed. She longed to be a mother…to have the maternal experience of carrying a child and bringing life into this world. But after YEARS AND EVEN MORE YEARS of trying to conceive she was no closer to the thing she longed for. This was the biggest frustration in her life...the thing she felt was missing. All would be okay if…
Whether you relate to this exact catalyst or not, the idea that something is missing or should or shouldn’t have happened is common to all of us. It’s the source of our frustration, pain and suffering. It’s ALSO the thing leading us to a deeper awakening around the constricted perceptions we’re carrying…if we choose to use them to that end. Emily did. It wasn’t easy to see friends get pregnant…and then pregnant again. It wasn’t easy having friends skirt around telling her when they were pregnant for fear it would hurt her feelings. It wasn’t easy riding the cycle of hope and frustration month after month…year after year. Fortunately, she got her happy ending but it wasn’t until she faced and healed the pain around the idea of not having the thing she desired. It wasn’t until she learned she could be at peace without clinging and gripping onto the one thing she thought could offer her peace. And that’s the key lesson every catalyst is teachings us.
I chose Emily as a guest on Always Shine Brightly because, despite all the ways she naturally shines bright, she did the work around the biggest thing that was causing her pain and dimming her light in those moments of deep frustration, which is exactly what I look for in a guest. Join Emily and I as she walks us through her journey to motherhood and shares the lessons she learned along the way.
Emily is a lifestyle blogger, creative extraordinaire, fire wife and mama (via adoption and bio) to her two greatest love poems. She’s here to bring value to your life one luxuriously kind thought at a time. To make life lighter and brighter and create a massive ripple effect of kindness. You can follow her on Instagram (@proseccoandpeace) and visit and subscribe to her blog at www.proseccoandpeace.com.
As mentioned in this episode, part of Emily’s mission and passion is to spread kindness and bring awareness to infertility issues and adoption. She encourages people to reach out to her if they’re considering adoption and want an encouraging perspective from someone who has gone that route. Feel free to DM her on Instagram (@proseccoandpeace).
Shanna Covey is the author of A Call to the Heart, Shifting Out of Ego Into Spirit. She is a life coach who uses a spiritual lens to help people align more deeply with the truth of their nature. When people are aligned with their inner nature, they live confidently from that truth. From this inner knowing, they learn to direct their lives according to their unique soul blueprint. You can follow her on Facebook (@ShannaKayCovey) and Instagram (@ShannaCovey).
