Today, Ayla returns solo to talk through what’s alive in her right now: the void, the cages we keep ourselves in, and the subtle inner work of finding the key you already hold. This is an unfiltered, in-the-moment conversation about sitting in the in-between when your old way of living no longer works, and the new one hasn’t landed yet.

In this episode, I’m sharing some themes that have been coming up in almost every conversation I’ve had lately: the felt sense that we’re all being asked to step into a void, a pregnant darkness where our next self hasn’t arrived but something is clearly pulling us forward. I talk about the tension between our will and something larger than our will, why desire can feel so out of balance right now, and why so much of the real work is learning to sit in the not knowing instead of rushing to fill it.

I also go into Cancer Season specifically: what it means to be in the depths and the feelings without trying to fix or shift them, and how that being energy sets us up for what’s coming next as we move into Leo and Virgo. I share some of my own unfolding here too: my wanting to become a mother, what that’s asking me to release in how I run my business and hold my masculine container, and what it’s teaching me about receptivity, partnership, and asking for what I actually need. Toward the end I share that I’ll be opening enrollment for our fall cohort, beginning around the fall equinox on September 21st.

In this episode, we cover: 🌊 Sitting in the void: why the in-between is one of the hardest and most important places to stay 🔑 The cage and the key: how we recreate the situations we say we don’t want 🦀 Cancer Season as a being energy, not a doing energy 🦁 What Leo and Virgo bring next: inspiration, discernment, and making a plan 🧠 Subconscious reprogramming and why the unconscious mind runs the show 🌍 Free will, privilege, and the responsibility of choice in this particular moment 👶 A personal share on wanting to become a mother and what that’s asking to shift in me 🤝 Masculine and feminine roles, receptivity, and asking a partner for what I need 💫 Why our biggest desires are often the most confronting once we actually approach them 🌾 An invitation into the fall cohort, opening around the fall equinox

This episode is for you if you’re in a season of not knowing what’s next, if you’re feeling pulled toward something you can’t yet name, or if you’re doing the quiet work of finding your own key out of patterns that no longer serve you. It’s also for you if you want an honest, unpolished look at what it’s like to hold vision, business, and deep personal desire all at once.

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