The edge of becoming; Listening to your calling

Authentic Healing and Counseling
Jul 31, 2025
3 min read

By Gina Baiamonte

My body is asking me to slow down,

to rest,

to create,

to take care of myself fully and without guilt.

I’m in a tender season, one where the pace of life no longer matches what I can carry. I’ve been navigating deep exhaustion, and I know the only way forward is to listen more closely, to my body, my soul, and the quiet wisdom of stillness.

Right now, I’m sitting in the home I’ve put on the market, hoping to sell it by fall. It’s early, 3:30 in the morning, and I’m looking out the window at the soft glow of lights shining up toward the sago palms and tall Texas trees that have held me through many versions of myself.

This backyard, this oasis, has been a sanctuary. And now, it’s becoming a threshold, a place of letting go.

There is grief in that,

and there is grace in it too.

But as the tears rise, so does something else, excitement.

Not because I have it all figured out, but because I finally feel connected to what I am moving toward.

I am hiking,

I am biking,

I am writing,

I am painting,

I support others, not just through therapy, but through soul truth.

I help people risk listening to their hearts the way I am listening to mine.

I think about Colorado, and the excitement swells,

the way the mist rolls over the mountains and settles into the grassy valley, like breath filling the lungs of the earth. The mornings feel holy there.

There’s a magic in the texture of that land, soft fields, cool stones underfoot, sky touching everything.

I remember walking through Lyons, Colorado, wrapped in that misty light, then stepping into the warmth of Moxie Bread Company, the smell of fresh loaves, the sense of being held by community and craft. That moment anchored something in me.

And then there was the A-frame house I visited, high on a hill, with big windows that opened out to a deck. I stood in that space and could see myself, coffee in hand, journal open, the mountains holding me while I wrote something that mattered.

Another home in Golden called to me too. Its deck stretched wide into a sea of trees, birdsong echoing like prayer. I could feel myself exhale there, not because it was perfect, but because it was peaceful.

The more I meditate, the more I process, the more I know:

Yes, Colorado is still my vision.

The land, the light, the trails, the wild quiet,

the way being outside opens up something inside of me.

This next chapter is not a straight line forward,

it is a spiral 🌀

a sacred returning,

a deepening,

a soft unwinding of all the ways I’ve held myself together just to survive.

I help people come home to themselves,

to release what no longer serves,

to shed, to soften,

to spiral inward and outward at once,

and then to rebuild something beautiful and true.

To find the authentic, radiant, whole self that has been there all along, just waiting to be welcomed back.

We only have this one life, at least as we know it,

and I live it not from fear or pressure, but from presence,

from beauty, from joy,

from that sacred space where art, healing, and self-love meet.

This is the edge of something real,

and I am ready.

The Spiraling Union Method

The journey I describe here, of softening, releasing, and returning to one’s true self, is not just personal. It’s also the foundation of the work my husband Bryant and I do with couples through the Spiraling Union Method.

This approach weaves together Internal Family Systems, trauma-informed care, polarity dynamics, and sacred embodiment practices to help couples move from disconnection to reconnection, from survival roles into soulful relating.

We believe healing is not linear.

It spirals 🌀

And in that spiral, we find the courage to empty out, come home to ourselves, and meet our partners with renewed presence, purpose, and love.

Our retreats and upcoming book are being born from this truth, the same one I’m living now. As I step more fully into my work as a writer and author, I’m weaving these lived experiences into words meant to guide others back to their own authentic path.

If you're longing to experience this spiral of return within yourself or your relationship, you are welcome here.