Coping mechanisms or avoidance?

Coping mechanisms provide you ways to hold your nose, spritz perfume and sprinkle glitter so that the inner 'mess' is less offensive and more manageable, but that won’t ultimately change the fact that you’re still standing in a pile of crap.

If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and dig deep into your underworld, you'll find that everything you’ve been avoiding – what you’re most ashamed of, where you feel most in pain- turns into your gold.

This is the work of inner alchemy, transforming your emotional density into connection with your authentic Self through awareness and acceptance.  To try to take the short-cut removes the opportunity to do this deep, transformative soulful work.