Uncovering The Layers

May has been a full month. Maybe you’ve felt it too. I heard someone recently call it “May-cember,” and it resonated. Life has been rich and fast-paced in all the ways this season tends to be.

This month, I’ve had the gift of leading the Embodied Wisdom Somatic Enneagram group each Thursday with ten deeply engaged participants. I traveled to Detroit to be with a friend and had the opportunity to lead an Enneagram workshop and speak at a gathering there. I also preached at my home church - something I'm still learning how to do. Facilitating group process feels more natural to me than delivering a sermon, but I’m discovering the edges of my own growth as I stretch into new ways of sharing.

In the midst of all this outward movement, I’ve been especially tuned in to my own inner practices. Some of you know how important my nightly walks have become. What started last summer as a way to move my body in the Dallas heat has slowly turned into a sacred rhythm. I often walk late at night, after the house finally quiets down. What used to be TV time has become walking and listening time; time for presence and reflection.

Back in November, I stepped away from TV for a bit to make room for other practices. What I discovered surprised me. TV itself wasn’t the issue, it was how I was using it. I was zoning out, not resting. I was filling time, not deepening awareness. Even my conversations were often centered around what I’d watched. Making this small shift helped me see something bigger: how unconscious habits can crowd out conscious living.

And that’s really the heart of the work, isn’t it? Becoming more conscious. Sometimes the smallest shift (a new practice, a different rhythm) can open up something deep and revealing. We don’t have to overhaul our lives to begin to notice. Often, transformation starts with attention.

I won’t pretend I’m “getting to the bottom” of my inner work. If anything, I’m learning that each layer I uncover reveals another one underneath. But this uncovering feels like a gift. It keeps refining me by pulling me toward greater honesty, deeper presence, and fuller wholeness.

This is the work we’re doing together—through spiritual direction, through the Enneagram, through the sacred rhythms of our lives. At its heart, it’s about becoming more whole. Whether you call it God, Essence, your Higher Power, the Universe, Spirit or simply the Divine, the invitation is the same: to return to the truest version of ourselves.

I’m grateful to walk this path with you.