🌑"The Power in What We Hide: A Tender Awakening Under the Cancer New Moon"

What if the strongest thing about you isn’t your resilience, but your softness? What if your power lies not in what you show the world, but in what you’ve hidden?

This Cancer New Moon is a cosmic invitation to come home to the parts of ourselves we’ve tucked away. In a world that demands performance, this is a moment to reclaim vulnerability as strength, tenderness as truth, and connection as the balm our souls ache for.

What are the parts of you that you hide?

We all wear masks. The strong one, the dependable one, the reliable team player. Maybe you’re the employee who gets called in when things fall apart, the one who keeps it all together even when you're breaking inside.

We spend so much of our lives striving to meet expectations, to hold things down, to survive in a world that often feels disconnected from what humanity truly needs.

As the years pass, I’m more aware than ever that time is precious. And that nothing stays the same.

I recently returned to my hometown. Time flew, and though a cold knocked me out for three days, I managed to spend meaningful moments with those I love. I realized something important: distance doesn’t always diminish connection. Sometimes, it deepens it.

In fact, I feel closer to some loved ones now than I did when we shared the same zip code. Physical distance has a way of clarifying emotional truth. It gives us courage to say the things we might’ve left unspoken.

Why do we hide our vulnerability?

At work, in relationships, and even from ourselves, we often suppress our softer sides. But a fulfilling life is one that is deeply felt.

When we allow our hidden selves to come into the light, we bloom.

We begin to attract kindred souls, people who sense that in our presence, there’s safety. Balm in a chaotic world.

We must remember that peace and love live within us, and no one can take that away.

Living in Medellín has softened me.

It’s taught me to lead with my heart, to stay curious when others share their stories. To create space for the parts of them they usually hide their fears, disappointments, and yes, even hopelessness.

Life isn’t a bed of roses. And pretending it is, robs us of the depth that makes it beautiful.

Feeling the agony of loss, the weight of suffering, isn’t weakness it’s a doorway to grace. Once we allow our emotions to move through us, we can begin to cope, to heal, and to reach for support. Because we shouldn’t always go it alone.

Just this morning, I heard about a devastating landslide in an area of Medellín where I volunteered when I first arrived.

A photograph was sent to me; it was me with the local teachers and volunteers painting a school nestled in the mountains. One of the men in the photo is still missing. He managed to save his son but tragically lost his daughters and his ex wife in the landslide.

Grief came in waves. This man was proud of his children. He had welcomed me, a stranger from Canada, with open arms. We had shared conversation and purpose. Now, the community and his loved ones face unimaginable loss.

This tragedy is a haunting reminder of life’s fragility. And how often we pretend it’s not.

During my recent trip, I made a conscious choice to hold my loved ones closer, to tell them I loved them, to cry when tears came so they knew I missed them, too.

The greatest gift we can offer another is our presence, our truth our vulnerability.

What if the world softened with us?

You might say: But I’m angry. Angry at injustice. At the rising cost of living. At governments who seem out of touch, selling war like it’s the only solution.

Behind that anger is something else: grief. A longing to be heard. A plea for compassion.

If we allow our hidden tenderness to rise, change becomes possible.

It starts within.

With how we treat ourselves with love, gentleness, and reverence for the parts we were told to suppress. The “too sensitive.” The “too emotional.” The “dreamer.”

What if those were your superpowers?

As this Cancer New Moon washes over us, let’s allow the tide to pull forward the parts we’ve hidden. Let the music move you. Let the tears fall. Hug someone for just a little longer.

That. That is what life is about.

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