There was a time when my heart breaking felt like failure… as if something had gone wrong. Like I had loved too much. Trusted too deeply. Now I experience heartbreak differently. For me… initiation unfolds each time my heart breaks open and reveals a greater capacity to love. Every rupture carves space. Every unmet expectation refines my ability to stay present instead of closing. The breaking becomes the doorway. I have learned that love expands through pressure. Through honesty. Through the courage to remain open when it would feel easier to harden. Each time my heart opens wider, I meet a deeper version of myself. If you are in a season of breaking, I invite you to pause for a moment… and explore what is growing inside the cracks. As you sit with that… is it possible your capacity for love is expanding and your nervous system is recalibrating? Perhaps your heart is strengthening in ways that cannot be seen from the outside… and you are being initiated into becoming someone w...