Jul 11 / KARINA ANDERSEN

THE MOUNTAIN AS A MIRROR

When the wind speaks, do you listen?

We met at 5:55am ...

Will Green , Claire Protheroe , Sam Norris-Rogers , Catherine Royden-Turner , Tielman Nieuwoudt, Jancu and myself

Cold. Misty. Wild winds dancing across Lion’s Head. And yet - not a single drop of rain. Just a clear, sacred window carved out for the climb.

What I love about these mountain mornings is that they always offer more than views. They offer a higher truth. If you’re willing to listen.

As we made our way down, I reflected on how easily we build entire lives on limiting beliefs, old wounds, and survival patterns.
Jobs. Relationships. Inner narratives.
We settle into them as if they’re fixed and forget that we created them.

The mountain whispered:
👉 What if what you know isn’t all there is?
👉 What if you’re allowed to rewrite your story?

This is the work I live and breathe - in my own becoming, and in guiding others. From prisons to boardrooms, I see how many are stuck not by external systems, but by mental constructs they’ve outgrown. The familiar feels safer than the unknown.

I had to get out of my own way for the path to appear.
💥To let go of how I defined success.
💥To loosen the grip of ego and old ideas of worth.
💥To stop running on old news about who I had to be.

And this is where alignment comes in.

We spoke about this on the mountain - how real alignment isn’t just strategy or mindset. It’s soul work. It’s spiritual. It’s the energy that enters the room before we do.

You feel it. Others feel it. It’s magnetic.

So I ask you:
✨ Are you aligned with your deepest values?
✨ Or is your life still dictated by the stories written by an old version of yourself?

This morning’s hike reminded me:
🔸that the winds of change will meet us at the altitude we are willing to climb
🔸that truth reveals itself when we pause long enough to hear it
🔸that courage isn’t in the summit - it’s in the decisions to rise, again and again.

And that’s why we climb at 5:55am.
🔹For courage. 
🔹For connection. 
🔹For clarity.

Because the mountain always holds up a mirror - and when we dare to look, we return changed.

So wherever you are in your journey:
🌋Maybe it’s time to climb your inner mountain.
📚Unpack the stories.
📝Rewrite the script.
☯️Get back in alignment with who you really are.

Here’s to beautiful minds, wild winds, and the brave souls willing to meet themselves in the climb. 💛

LOVE Karina
Intuitive Leadership Coach
Alchemist & Change Specialist

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