Helping & Healing

Turns out I'm Royalty. (And you are too.)

My favorite fairy tales were always the ones in which the protagonist discovers she's a princess. Overnight her world is changed. Riches! Abundance! Respect! Adoration! The truth of her birth has been discovered and now she can spend the rest of her life in wealth, comfort, and ease.

I believe these fairy tales to be more than old-time entertainment. They are pedagogical. They are teaching us something about ourselves. And what could that be? (Other than we gals should anticipate with delight our knights in shining armor?)

We are royalty. Every single beautiful one of us.

I believe in God, so in my world, we are all expressions of the divine. We are all God wanting to know God-self in human form. And the whole darn thing is a miracle.

Another person might point to our gorgeous uniqueness. Another might say we are children of the Goddess. There are many ways to describe the same thing.

Either way ... the riches you are looking for? They are inside. They are who you are, and they've been there the whole time.

And more: in my experience with getting deeply present and coming to know myself, I can tell you that everything you are searching for is right here, right now, in this present moment. Joy, connection, possibility, creativity. It's all there, waiting for you to drop into it.

So tell these stories — the ones in which the child is a prince or a princess — and remind your littles (and yourselves) that royalty is their birthright. It's what they are made of.

Below, in our library, you'll find stories of kings and queens, princes and princesses, plus royalty of all making. And if you can, find some of the traditional tales and have a listen. See if my thoughts don't ring true when you look at it through this lens.

With love, from my kingdom to yours.

Note: I want to honor the discussion around the problems with traditional fairy tales, e.g. the messaging for girls to expect knights-in-shining-armor. But if you take it as metaphor, there can be some gorgeous learning. You are both the princess and the knight! If you feel that the gender roles in the story aren't right for your children, listen to the story yourself and contemplate the meaning in your own life.