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About Kara-Leah Grant
Kara-Leah is an internationally-renowned writer, teacher and retreat leader. Millions of people have been impacted by the articles, books and videos she has published over the last ten years. Her passion is liberation in this lifetime through an every day path of dissolving layers of tension into greater and greater freedom and joy. You can find out more about her, including when her next retreats are, on her website. Kara-Leah is the visionary and creator of The Yoga Lunchbox.
Mike says
Awesome article Kara Leah
Cutting edge, I feel your pain
Mike
Kara-Leah Grant says
Thanks Mike. It was intense, but oh-so-worth it to be here now. Through the fire we must go…
Mike says
And what of your child’s father?
Kara-Leah Grant says
Hey Mike,
We separated when Samuel was a year old. It’s been a challenging situation, involving the Family Court, so I’ve chosen not to speak publicly about it so as to honour both of our perspectives on the situation.
Mike says
Hello Kara Leah
Every child needs his father… Especially little boys…. I feel sorry for him… You are an intelligent, beautiful perceptive lady, I would imagine your son is to…,, lawyers and legal systems are at there best an arse that chokes society… I feel very sorry for you
Kara-Leah Grant says
Hey Mike,
Yes, fathers are very important for children. Please don’t feel sorry for me – there is nothing to be sorry about. Life is as it is, and we rise to do the best we can with the circumstances we find ourselves in – who knows what may come as we met each unfolding moment with the fullness of our being?
Racheal says
I agree with mike, I feel sorry for you!!! You always sound so miserable…. I would imagine you made a conscious decision to have this child, what of the father? Is he involved in the upbringing of this child while you run home to mum?
Natalia says
I feel sorry for YOU, Racheal, and your apparent need to make comments such as this (I always think that, when people sound so bitter and judgemental towards someone without any facts or need to be, that there must be something wrong in their own lives and soul).
Kara-Leah – thank you for an inspirational, beautiful post.
Kara-Leah Grant says
Natalia,
I appreciate the intention behind your comment – however, like with Racheal and Mike, there is no need to defend either.
As always with dialogue on The YLB, it’s tricky to find the space to hear and understand where another is coming from, without needing to further inflame or feed into any idea of ‘us and them’. Together, we’re exploring the way we relate to reality.
Some may find what I write miserable.
Some may find it inspirational.
Neither of these findings have any bearings on what is actually offered, but are merely show the filters through which the offerings are perceived. And these ‘filters’, or personalities, are not who we truly are either…
Ah down the rabbit hole we go!
Kara-Leah Grant says
Racheal,
As with Mike, no need to feel sorry for me, there is no ‘always misery’ in this life.
I make no mention of my child, or his father in this article, so am bemused by the sudden comments arising about both. As the detail and history of our circumstances require far more than the space afforded by comments, and would require my ex-partner having as much space to share his perspective, I shall remain silent on this topic.
It is a delicate balance, as always – how to be authentic and true, sharing my life and it’s challenges, while being mindful of the other people in it. Perhaps in time, this will change, and I will be able to write about this time, and these circumstances. Not now though.
Carmen says
Kara-Leigh, your article made me cry. I don’t feel sorry for you, but I have empathy and compassion for you. And I applaud you for being open and honest. I can relate, in some ways. I stopped writing my blog some time ago when my life changed drastically because I didn’t want to sound negative, and I’ve been encouraged by many to start up my blog again. I was told that I shouldn’t hesitate to write about what is real … that it will help others.
Kara-Leah Grant says
Hey Carmen,
I’ve been pondering the difference between feeling sorry for someone, and having empathy or compassion for someone… because it does feel different for me,
I wonder if when we feel ‘sorry’ for someone, it’s a subtle disempowerment of their true Self, as we are putting ourselves above them, oh so slightly, by suggesting they’re a victim of something. I know this is not what we intend… feeling sorry is a way to offer pity right? And many people like being felt ‘sorry’ for, as it allows them to take something from the person who’s offering the pity… it feeds their victimhood. This is a normal way of being… we don’t often stop to question it and examine the energetic dynamics at play.
So Mike, Racheal and Carmen, together you’ve created an opportunity to examine the differences between all these ways of relating. An opportunity to inquire beneath the surface…
As for your blog Carmen… forget the voice of Others and tune into your own Voice. What do you WANT to do? What would feel open and light and joyous for you?