The Rose Quartz Challenge

Whoops! I realize I’m somewhat missing the “pink” component of my pink project. While I’ve been doing a good job of conversing and advancing my relationship with Ivy, I’ve completely forgotten to ask her- “does this feel pink?”

According to “the googles,” the color pink represents- femininity, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, softness, romance, innocence, playfulness, healing, charm, and calming. All good stuff that I’d love to cultivate more of in my life. Rose quartz is a healing crystal- known as a stone of “unconditional love.” It’s healing properties include- promoting mutual understanding, inspiring compassion, healing relationship problems, and emitting vibrations of love and joy. I think I have one of those stones around here somewhere. I should find it, cleanse it (leave it out in the sunshine or moonshine,) and then carry it around for a week and see how that goes for me. Another fun experiment to try.

Hi, My Name is "Ivy."

After my weeklong experiment of asking Ivy to provide guidance in making one decision per day, I came to the conclusion that I don’t actually need to ask Ivy anything, because she's already there. She’s been present in my gut all along- guiding my snap decisions as I use my sacral authority. And if I do encounter mind drama; (which I did on the last day of the exercise,) the best resolution is to have a conversation with her- (which went a little something like this:)

Me: “Ivy- (that’s what she told me to call her, now that we’re on a first name basis.) I’m struggling to decide if I should use my FMLA and call in for this trip I’ve been assigned. Max won’t be able to take Lyra to her therapy appointment on Tuesday.”