REFLECTIONS

A Note on the Journey

My work over the past seasons has been deeply shaped by the writings of Bernadette Roberts. Her articulation of the interior journey gave language to experiences I trusted but could not yet name. For that, I remain profoundly grateful.

While what is unfolding now is a pivot from that reflective year with her, what remains is still reflective, but with different material. Something lived more explicitly in the body, in relationships, and in the ordinary moments where patterns reveal themselves and something new becomes possible.

I find myself at a threshold. There is energy here, curiosity, creativity, a sense of alignment, and also a necessary unknowing. Rather than certainty, what feels most faithful is attention.

In this season, my writing and work are pivoting toward presence as a lived reality, often through the lens of the Enneagram, not as a system to master, but as a doorway into embodiment, awareness, and honest engagement with life as it is.

This space will continue to reflect on the inner journey, but with a growing emphasis on how that journey shows up in real time: in the body, in conflict, in growth, and in the courage it takes to stay present when old strategies no longer serve.

If you are sensing a threshold of your own, you are welcome here.

Am I in Contact?
Kim de Beus Kim de Beus

Am I in Contact?

The question Am I in contact? is not directed outward towards anything, not to a person or the circumstances of the day, but instead it is directed at something more interior and more primary than that. It is directed at contact with myself. The question invites me to return to the life I’m living from the inside. This feels important because contact with myself is the only place from which anything else becomes truly available.

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