partnering portal
some beings in the wild mate for life—albatross once bonded, return to one another across vast distances, relearning each other with every reunion. their partnerships are not static; they are practiced, season after season.
human relationships, too, endure cycles of distance and return, of growth and shedding. like trees in a forest, partners are not only shaped by each other but by the unseen networks beneath them. mycelium—vast, intricate, alive—transfers nutrients between them that helps them weather storms, share what is needed and remain connected even in struggle.
this work is an offering of mycelial support—a space to tend to the roots of your relationship, to witness and be witnessed, to transfer and exchange nutrients, to explore how you are becoming together.
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different/differentiated is necessary diversity
honoring contrast as essential for dynamic, living relationships. re-visioning what challenges us as space for expansion, growth, consideration, evolution. what does it mean to practice flexibility. especially as we often can observe as we get older our preferences may solidify? how do we remain soft and curious?
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learning flexibility
cultivating adaptability, responsiveness, and resilience in connection. that rupture and repair are inevitable, do we have the capacities for openness, vulnerability, sharing? are we comfortable with the messy (seeing messy as inherit in lifecycles)? how do we relate to control, surrender and acts of care? how do we participate in maturation? this is not about being “right”, we discard ideas of perfection and engage with curiosity and honesty.
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relating as ecological practice
moving beyond control and fusion into a relationship that grows, composts, and regenerates. ecological psychology understands we will experience psychological deaths of identities and ideas. if partnering, how to we hold space and see each other as ongoing vs. fixed? how do we live with our claws and fangs, when we bristle. when do we show our vulnerable soft belly?
