A Baby this Morning, a Boy this Afternoon

Today my husband and I took our 15 month old for his first hair cut. The trauma was minimal, but the energy exchange during the process and immediately following was intense. During the haircut our son went from sitting and enjoying the process while his father entertained him as he sat on my lap, to the far extreme of screaming and struggling to be let down. The emotional roller coaster was not his alone to endure.

For the last four months or so I have been hearing from all different types of "experts" how “He needs a big boy hair cut!” or “I love his hair; the curls are so cute,” or “She is adorable. Oh, I’m sorry. He was so beautiful I assumed he was a little girl.” Ugh. So even though I loved his hair longer with the curls rimming his ball cap, I knew in my heart he was ready for a haircut. But something deep inside me wanted to keep him as a baby for as long as possible. The haircut represented the first apron string to be cut; that much is glaringly obvious even to me.

The external trigger was the haircut. I recognized this immediately upon walking into the salon. The internal stress is something I'm still releasing three hours. Even with the Mobile Stress and Anxiety Buster tools like EFT and Be Set Free Fast, the stress is slowly being peeled away like an onion.

These internal stressors are mine to deal with; they are neither my husband’s nor my son’s. Stressors like indigestion due to needing to "digest" the experience and what it represents are critical or the feeling of needing to snack due to the feeding the "need of being needed" (i.e., apron strings one less in number) are all ones which even after 15 years of personal growth work I still recognize in my continued growth.

I wanted to share this experience with you all today as an example that no matter how long you strive to improve yourself emotionally, physically, mentally, energetically, etc., you will always face new challenges that require you to push further than you thought possible. It is in times like these that I encourage my clients (And myself!) to embrace the change and allow the new void to be a warm and loving space waiting to be filled with new experiences.

Until next time, embrace your inner wisdom.

Namaste,
Karen