Raising Children While Raising a Calling

Motherhood, money, and answering the call to heal in real life

There are days I move between roles without fully taking one off. Mother. Provider. Holder. Creator.

My body carries all of it - even when I’m doing my best to be fully present in each place.

At my core, I am a healer. A listener. A woman who feels deeply and tends to the unseen.Someone who would happily move in and out of ceremonies, circles, trainings, and rest if the world allowed it to be that simple.

But we live in a world where responsibility has a place too. Where love often looks like showing up - again and again - even when you’re tired. Where provision, care, and steadiness are part of devotion. And I think this is something we don’t speak about enough in spiritual spaces.

When devotion meets reality

Sometimes spirituality is framed as something that should be effortless. As though calling arrives fully resourced. As though meaningful work is only valid if everything else is already taken care of.

This kind of thinking can quietly create distance - especially for mothers, caregivers, and those without a financial cushion waiting in the wings.

For a long time, it stopped me from beginning.

I was a mother. I needed stability. I carried responsibility. I didn’t have endless space or money to “just leap”.And yet, the calling didn’t leave.

The body remembers the call

I knew I was here to create a space where overwhelmed bodies could soften.Where people could be met slowly.Heard without needing to explain.Held in relationship and community.

A mentor once said something that still steadies me when I wobble:

"How dare we even consider keeping our gifts from those who are looking for them".

That sentence continues to bring me back when fear gets loud. When doubt creeps in. When the weight of doing this alongside real life feels heavy.

So I keep showing up.

Not perfectly. Not endlessly resourced. But honestly.

Living devotion, not bypassing it

Right now, my life looks like a juggle. Steady work. Growing a healing practice. Raising two young boys. Trying to stay present enough that they know exactly what love feels like.

People often say they would die for their children and I love the counter back saying "of course - but would you live for them?".

Would you choose a life that shows courage? That shows devotion doesn’t mean disappearing from reality but meeting it fully? That dreams aren’t just imagined, but tended to slowly, in real life?

This season keeps reminding me that I don’t need fixing to be worthy of support. I don’t need to arrive fully formed to begin. I don’t need to bypass responsibility to follow my dharma.

I just need to keep listening and keep living.

If you’re reading this and feel the pull towards rest, regulation, remembering your body - my Healing Ceremonies exist for exactly this season.

And if you’re feeling the call to deepen your relationship with Reiki, but responsibility or fear has kept you on the edge, know this: devotion does not require the absence of real life.

Our upcoming Reiki Level 1 training is for those who feel the remembering stirring... even if they are tired, even if they are juggling, even if they are still learning how to trust themselves.

You don’t need to wait until everything is perfect. You’re allowed to begin from where you are.

xx Rach