Soul-Making Sessions
EMBODIED DEPTH WORK FOR THE MIDLIFE JOURNEY
Weaving the threads of your Personal
Mythos
FOR THOSE APPROACHING OR NAVIGATING THE TRANSFORMATIVE WATERS OF MIDLIFE
“THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ANYONE CAN ASK IS: WHAT MYTH AM I LIVING?”
-C.G. Jung
SOUL-MAKING SESSIONS
are one-off or ongoing, deeply held containers for the work of exploring your life through an archetypal lens, and pulling out the threads of your Personal Mythology -the unique, wholly individual story your Soul has come to embody- from the massa confusa; the tangled mess of human experience.
In Soul-Making Work, we are not concerned with fixing, treating, overcoming or therapising. Rather, we seek to build a relationship, an embodied dialogue with your psyche, to commune with and be profoundly shaped by the deeper layer of your life; ultimately, to become a conscious participant in your individuation process, the journey toward wholeness.
“TRUE CREATIVITY, TRUE SOUL-MAKING, COMES FROM THAT DEEP COMMUNICATION WITH WHAT JUNG WOULD CALL THE ARCHETYPAL WORLD. THAT’S WHERE THE REAL NOURISHMENT IS.”
-Marion Woodman
MIDLIFE; LIFE’S YELLOWING
MIDLIFE IS A POWERFUL RITE OF PASSAGE.
An initiation into a deeper, truer, more whole and brave version of ourselves.
From an alchemical perspective, it corresponds to the yellowing stage, representing both the passing of time and the slow and gradual making of Gold; the ultimate goal of Alchemy and our life’s inner journey.
Midlife is a catalyst of profound change, asking us to lay down patterns and identities we have held close; redefine our values, priorities and desires; confront and psychologically complete what happened -and what didn’t- in the first half of life, and discover a sense of meaning and purpose that comes from the Soul rather than the Ego alone.
WHAT HAS BROUGHT US SO FAR IS NOT WHAT WILL TAKE US WHERE WE ARE MEANT TO GO FROM HERE.
And that holds great loss as well as an incredible opportunity for growth and self-discovery.
When we embrace and work with it consciously, this yellowing stage can become a gateway into experiencing and expressing the fullness of our being; our inner Gold. It is only when we resist the crossing of this threshold that the midlife journey turns into a crisis.
In my experience…
MIDLIFE IS A RIPE TIME TO ENGAGE IN MATURE INNER WORK; THE WORK OF ART, MYTH AND SOUL-MAKING.
That is the work I’m offering in this space.
“IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE, THE QUESTIONS BECOME: ‘WHO, APART FROM THE ROLES YOU PLAY, ARE YOU? WHAT DOES THE SOUL ASK OF YOU? DO YOU HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO SHIFT COURSE, TO DECONSTRUCT YOUR PAINFULLY ACHIEVED IDENTITY, RISKING FAILURE, MARGINALIZATION AND LOSS OF COLLECTIVE APPROVAL?’ NO SMALL TASK.”
-James Hollis
THE APPROACH
USING A SYNTHESIS OF EMBODIED DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY + ARCHETYPAL ASTROLOGY + INNER ALCHEMY, WE WILL:
identify together the ARCHETYPAL THEMES and initiations that are currently present in your life using your astrological natal chart as our guide and map;
make meaning out of your life experience as part of your PERSONAL MYTH and craft a new narrative in collaboration with your psyche;
recognise the specific pair of opposites your Soul is dancing with and the phase of the ALCHEMICAL WORK (Opus) you are journeying through;
and activate your GNOSIS; your inner, deeper, embodied knowing,
through PRAXIS; practices of the Soul, such as dream and symbol work, embodied active imagination and inner journeying, archetypal communion, art, poetry and movement ritual, and more.
“THE BIRTH CHART, WHICH IS THE MAP OF OUR INTRINSIC DISPOSITIONS, REVEALS ITS GREATER DEPTH TO THE EYE TRAINED IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHODYNAMICS.”
-Marianne Meister
SOUL-MAKING SESSIONS MAY BE FOR YOU IF:
⪢ You are standing at or have recently crossed a significant threshold in your life; a great change, internal or external, that has challenged the way you previously viewed the world. This may include: a change in your partnership(s), explorations and experiences of parenthood, a career transition, any kind of loss or expansion, and so much more…
⪢ You are approaching or are currently journeying through the transformative waters of midlife (mid/late-30s onward), with all their gifts and all their grief, the death and the rebirth, the stripping away and the invitation for profound self-ownership -and would like a soul-friend, a guide on the journey.
⪢ Life has unfolded in a different way than how you imagined it would, or wanted it to; you may be feeling behind or somehow different comparing yourself to those around you, and that leaves you confused and longing for direction. You would like to be supported in making meaning out of your experience, and inhabiting your own, unique mythic path.
⪢ You have been on a process of healing and self-discovery for some time, in the form of psychotherapy and/or other personal development work, and you want to continue and deepen your inner work beyond the therapeutic context, in a soul-oriented, experience-rooted way.
⪢ You are committed to living an examined life AND want to experience more aliveness on your path toward Individuation.
⪢ You are not new to inner work, you have a good awareness of your core wounds and patterns, and feel confident in your emotional management skills. These sessions are not a substitute for therapy. If you are currently experiencing a mental health condition, please consult with your practitioner before booking.
“WE ARE NOT HERE TO FIT IN, BE WELL BALANCED, OR PROVIDE EXEMPLA FOR OTHERS. WE ARE HERE TO BE ECCENTRIC, DIFFERENT, PERHAPS STRANGE, PERHAPS MERELY TO ADD OUR SMALL PIECE, OUR LITTLE CLUNKY, CHUNKY SELVES, TO THE GREAT MOSAIC OF BEING. AS THE GODS INTENDED, WE ARE HERE TO BECOME MORE AND MORE OURSELVES.”
-James Hollis
THE PROCESS
FOR BOTH SINGLE SESSIONS AND ONGOING WORK, WE BEGIN WITH A 90-MIN DEEP-DIVE EXPERIENCE.
TO MAKE YOUR BOOKING: you pick a convenient date and time in my online calendar (below) and fill out a questionnaire, which will allow me to create a session to best meet your needs and desires.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE and go deeper with this work, following our initial appointment, you are welcome to book further 90-min appointments on a monthly basis, individually or through a package, or ongoing, hour-long sessions held twice a month.
I only work with a limited number of clients on an ongoing basis, to ensure the depth of our connection and the quality of the work. Current availability for ongoing work: 2 spaces.
“PSYCHOLOGY IS ULTIMATELY MYTHOLOGY, THE STUDY OF THE STORIES OF THE SOUL.”
-James Hillman
BOOK YOUR SOUL-MAKING SESSION
deep-dive
SINGLE 90-MIN SESSION
£188
CONTINUING OPTIONS
immersion
3 x MONTHLY 90’ SESSIONS
£498
SESSIONS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 3 MONTHS FROM 1ST OF PACKAGE
ONGOING: 2 x 60’ SESSIONS/MONTH
going deeper
£250
MINIMUM OF A 3-MONTH COMMITMENT
It would be a joy and an honour to support you as you make Soul and alchemical Gold out of your Life’s journey…
kind words from the beautiful people I have worked with…
“You know that feeling you get when you know you’ve made the right choice? I have that feeling every time I have a session with Stella. Her insight is incredible and so heartfelt and the fact that it comes from experience makes her so much more relatable and genuine. If I could work with her for the rest of my whole life I would.”
— M.G.
“Stella will take you deep -deeper than anyone I know. Into your body, your heart, your emotions, yourself. Through her presence and guidance, I get to access the parts of myself that are otherwise most difficult to access, yet hold the wisdom and the ‘keys’ I most need.”
— T.B.