Welcome, fellow edge-dweller...
You’ve found your way to From Grit to Grace. Maybe not by GPS. But by that quiet, inner pulse that tells you you’re not where you once were…And not yet where you’re going.
This podcast is for those navigating change from the inside out…where the ground is uneven, the wind is sacred, and the horizon still believes in you.
You’re not broken. You’re becoming.
Three metaphors hold the soul of this space.
1. The Land’s End
We begin at Finisterre ~ “the end of the earth.” A place pilgrims walk to when the old maps no longer guide. A place to burn what no longer fits. To bless what got you here.
To feel the grief and reverence of a chapter closing.
“Land’s End is not a failure. It’s a rite of passage.”
This podcast honors that edge…where the new can’t be forced, only felt. Where we stop performing certainty and start practicing presence.
2. The River
The Hopi prophecy tells us: Let go of the shore. Keep your head above water. See who is in there with you and celebrate. Banish the word ’struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary…All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
This isn’t about control. It’s about trusting the deeper current of your life. The sacred surrender to what moves you…what won’t let you go.
This show flows with stories, pauses, questions, and voices that remind you:
You’re not navigating this alone.
3. The Shearwater
With wings wide and a brave heart, the shearwater carries us into the mystery. A shimmering seabird, with bodies not built for land, the shearwater teaches us how to journey vast distances, harnessing the power of storms rather than fighting against them. Gliding on the winds of change, it becomes grace itself.
“From Grit to Grace is for those who fly differently.”
You may not always look polished. But you are precisely attuned for what this time requires. So if you’ve felt out of step with the world’s pace, or wondered if your sensitivity is a liability — you might just be a shearwater too.
What to expect
Deep, honest conversations about the middle space…the liminal stretch between paradigms.
Guidance for your nervous system when your clarity outpaces your context.
Invitations to listen, to soften, to relate in new ways.
And yes…moments of beauty, mystery, and laughter that remind you what aliveness feels like.
You Belong Here
This space isn’t a solution. It’s a sanctuary. It’s not about performance…it’s about presence.
So…Start here. Or wherever you land.
Breathe in.
Let the current carry you.
Here, you are not a guest. You are part of the tide.
Questions to bring to the water’s edge…
What inner knowing brought you here—beneath the noise, beyond the maps?
Where in your life are you being invited to trust the current rather than resist it?
How do you relate to the idea of becoming as a sacred unraveling, not a problem to fix?
What storms have shaped your wings for a different kind of flight?
You don’t have to answer. Just notice what ripples in you when the questions land.
This offering came from somewhere older. We just helped it arrive.
~Laureen 🍄
If you’re new here, the Orientation Compass offers a gentle first step into this space. If, just beyond that swell, you feel the tender ache of wanting more from this world, a note from the deeper field awaits you here: People of the Blessed Unrest.
As I approach my 62nd birthday, I am feeling a rebirth. There have been some challenges that have propelled me into new rooms in my vast mansion. I had been residing in a single room of sorts that had become quite small. I am ready for the gentle yet powerful expansion that is already well underway. This rebirth is so different from any that have come before. Softer, potent, more of receiving that pushing. Less effort, but showing up fully in presence and allowing for the unknown waters to carry me.
Your writing feels like a soothing balm. Thank you Laureen.