As a midwife, I learned that the Spanish phrase for giving birth is dar a luz - to bring into the light, to bear light. This poetic phrase captured my imagination, and like poetry often does, it seems to describe the essence of birth, both physical and metaphorical.

The birthing of a new creative project, career, iteration of self, or phase of life involves a similar process to physical gestation and birth.

If you are:

• Beginning a new chapter of life or closing an old one

• Struggling to devote time to a creative project or to self-care

• Feeling the pull to leave behind roles, relationships, or ways of being that no longer fit

• Disenchanted with the world and longing to rediscover what inspires you