Welcome

 

Not in a “poor me” way, but in that deep, human ache that comes when life rearranges itself and you suddenly realise how much of your world has changed.

 

In 2025, my best friend was gone, overseas for months, my boys were growing into their own lives and my divorce was final. I found myself sitting in this quiet feeling...the same thing I saw take my Mum and Dad.

 

Loneliness.

 

They both, in their own ways, died of it. I watched my Mum long for connection she was never brave enough to create because of her fear of rejection. I watched my Dad self-isolate because that felt easier than not being heard.

 

On their passing I promised myself I would not repeat that pattern.

 

I see the same struggle in younger generations, too. So much “connection” through the digital world, yet a deep longing for real, embodied relationships, this longing held back by fear...fear of rejection, fear of judgment...so strong that many are too scared to put themselves out there IRL.

 

So here I am, creating what I believe we all need. A space where we can belong to each other again. A space where love and intimacy aren’t something we wait for in romantic relationships, but something we practice and build in community, because the truth is, we need each other.

 

Together, we have purpose, support and belonging, and that is the ultimate power. We need each other to laugh, to listen, to be real, to sit in our emotions and our presence and to remember that we are all part of the same Earth, the same Consciousness, the same Universe.

 

The Sleeping Phoenix movement is my way of starting that ripple. It’s about gathering in truth, opening our hearts together and sharing what is real and important to us. We are never separate from the Earth, the Universe or one another... the idea that we are separate is just a lie we have been told for way too long.

 

This movement is about shifting out of an old paradigm built on fear, isolation and competition and into a new one rooted in connection, belonging and love.

 

This is deeply personal for me. After witnessing my parents’ loneliness, after seeing how disconnection sits at the core of so many (if not all) of the challenges our children are facing, and after healing my own fear of being abandoned and alone, I know I am not the only one who feels this way.

 

So my hope is simple: that this becomes a spark. A spark for others to start their own circles. To weave new webs of intimacy, friendship, and spiritual connection.

 

 

With love,

Emma Shackleton