Rituals for times of contraction and expansion

Catherine Andrews
5 min readFeb 12, 2022

It’s all a cycle. Here’s how to support yourself through it.

Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash

Happy Sunday, Soothers. Perhaps you, like me, know and love the quote from Anais Nin: “And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

To me, no quote better illustrates the cycle of expansion and contraction that marks…

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Catherine Andrews

Teaching awakening + healing through vulnerability + self-compassion. Finding hope in a messy world. Author of the Sunday Soother. http://catherinedandrews.com