Amber,

I relate to your experience and journey about catalyzing more gracefully, honouring where the other is at, gently inviting a shift. It's quite a dance at times balancing empathy and catalysis, particularly with loved ones, I find. At times, I have gotten lost in empathizing too much, getting down in the mud with others, losing my boundaries. And sometimes I have gone the other way, too little empathy, impatient with the distortion, wanting to control. Hardly an inviting mirror to reflect back a higher way of being! :)

Here's a quote that captures the essence for me.

"Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered." ~Wes Angelozzi

Open, yes, discussions of definitions help us to tap into buried parts of ourselves and expand into new ways of being, to go beyond the beyond where definitions don't exist. No point in getting bogged down in labels!

Thanks, Kim, Amber, Open. The discussion has helped me to dig deeper and more fully integrate and accept my role as a spiritual catalyst as I continue to grow and evolve and reflect back a higher way of being for others, with ever greater love and compassion as I spiral upwards, lighting the way.

x Cathy