Your Journal Prompts:

What are your earliest memories of eros/romantic love? What beliefs and values about it were instilled in you or did you take for granted?

Have you ever given up on romantic love, or has your view of romantic love changed over the course of your life?

Do you think romantic love will continue to dominate in media and culture over other types of love (friendship, self-love, nature/universal love)? Why or why not?

If you are so inspired, write your own letter to Eros this Valentine’s Day.

This week’s guest host is Maria Luz O'Rourke, and she's sharing with us her Letter to Romantic Love. She writes of her personal journey with romantic love, bringing us through all the twists and turns and lessons—many of which I believe will resonate with you. She shows us what it looks like to grow and gradually develop a healthy relationship with love overall (despite earlier setbacks), and reminds us that it’s okay to find ourselves wanting and needing different types of love at different phases of our lives.

I hope you enjoy listening to Maria’s letter and consider writing your own this Valentine’s Day!

About MariaMaria Luz O’Rourke is an astrologer, certified hypnotherapist, and psychic medium and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington and a M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.

Maria switched gears in 2024, leaving a 29 year career in Pharmaceuticals to start a practice (marialuz.online) utilizing spiritual modalities to help and heal. She currently holds 1:1 sessions for astrology and spiritual guidance.

She writes the Substack newsletter, Astrology, Alchemy, & Honest Recovery: https://marialuzorourke.substack.com/. The focus is to share hope for living freely authentically, and to empower people with the wisdom of astrology and the Universe.

You can also connect with her on social media:LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marialuzorourke Substack: https://substack.com/@marialuzorourke

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Journaling & Love: A Letter to Romantic Love from Maria Luz O'Rourke