a song I am loving:
I was not this confident, self-assured and empowered Projector I am today, right away.
Back in 2018, the old Sylvia was standing on the beach by the Indian Ocean, bawling her eyes out over a heartbreak. My skin and lymph nodes were flaring up, I was the most underweight I had been, my nervous system was dysregulated, and I had just spent thousands of dollars on advisors and psychics. I was seeking external validation because I couldn’t hold space for myself. I equated my pain and my circumstances with my identity.
But the worst of all?
My energy was a live broadcast of desperation, confusion and bitterness.
My self-worth? Tossed in the depths of the ocean.
My power? I couldn’t access it because I was so deeply in disempowerment, even to pay attention.
Waiting, healing, receiving, and inner work were words that did not belong in my vocabulary then.
I woke up one morning and decided that this was enough.
That henceforth, that version of Sylvia shall no longer exist.
I was so done, done.
It took a long period of marinating in my disempowerment, and the subsequent realization of it, that made that shift a permanent reality.
The awareness of Human Design amplified and cemented this new shift for me; it shone a light on what I overlooked and what was possible. The rest, honestly, was my own work, alongside the countless hours and thousands of dollars that I invested in my personal growth, inner work, professional studies, and spiritual education.
And here is the real truth and your real wealth:
Wherever you are in your journey, you are in complete control of turning it around 180 degrees—if you decide to.
I know this because I have been there, where you are right now —the crossroads of what is and what could be, and my current life is a testament to what happens when you take that leap beyond that voice of hesitation and strings of procrastination.
Leap and the net will appear.
You do not have to do it alone— the way I did.
You do not have to navigate or hold it all by yourself — the way I did.
You can absolutely access a different reality while being supported, resourced, and guided by someone else, someone who sees you.
But only if you let yourself be seen.
Identity is a living, breathing verb.
You are not here to hold onto a singular version of you your entire life.
In fact, the version of you today is a sum of decisions that you made six months ago, and maybe even six years ago. Our identity is something we live, shape, and redefine through our choices.
Who you were yesterday doesn’t limit who you can be today. You’re allowed to evolve, to upgrade your beliefs, and to outgrow versions of yourself that no longer fit. You are allowed to choose differently and call in a different reality.
At any moment, you can absolutely recreate, upgrade, and outgrow versions of yourself.
The question is, will you take that leap?
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we will miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo
There comes a moment when the whispers get louder — when staying in what feels inauthentic and familiar begins to feel heavier than the unknown.
A soft, steady invitation to step out of what feels heavy, to release the ways you’ve been living out of rhythm with yourself.
This is where your power emerges — not in doing more, but in choosing differently.
What if the way you move, the way you feel, the way you are different has always been the way?
Shui is the space for soul-led, courageous Projectors like you.
This is a 16-week mentorship for the Projector who is ready to embody their gifts, trust themselves deeply, anchor into their Projector identity, and live from recognition instead of exhaustion. It is a high-touch and intimate 16-week
program where Human Design, and identity recalibration intersect.
If you are seeking deeply focused insights, support, and differentiated guidance that is substantial and paced for a Projector, Shui, mentorship may be for you.
Here, you’ll be guided by someone who’s walked this path before, someone who truly sees you.
Someone like me.
But only— if you decide that this experience is yours.
That you are ready to live from recognition, not the hustle.
This is where you will reclaim the art of being an empowered Projector.
I feel called to walk this path with two courageous Projectors in this 4-month-long container. This is the highest level of support one will receive for working with me in a 1:1 setting.
If you’ve been longing for something like this in your life, this is your invitation.
Will you be one of the two Projectors to step forward?
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