Medical Marijuana in real life

Talk about today's experience. With me setting my personal intentions, my colleague came to mind. My direct counterpart. I received a strong intuitive message about us. How do I engage with someone so exactly different but exactly like me? The ability to find our shared humanity is how I heal my end of our working connection. I realized the more I see our similarities, the better our connection is feeling. I think I'm going to invite her over to my home office for an in-person offsite meeting... at my house. Kinda feels like hanging out with a friend and talking about work. WTF? Oh girl yes, here we go.

What I do. 

I work in the Medical Cannabis industry, and I helped to create a Wellbeing Division of our Organizational Development and Learning team. My passion is self-awareness, and my gifting is communication, and well... I just love people. 

It was never about the industry - I didn't love weed, ever. But like, I tried it in high school in somebody's poolhouse. Me and like... 6 white boys. I am not a white boy. I am a brown girl. A beautiful brown girl. But yet, I was one of the boys. 

Years later when covid hit, my then-husband got his medical cannabis card to get me help. I was too afraid to even look into it for myself. But, the cluster panic attacks and seeing his wife crumble inspired him to advocate on my behalf. It didn't even help. We shoved the stuff away and didn't really dig back into it. He worked for a church, and when he told him his transparent truth about the state of his marriage - he was written up. For sharing weed. For... well... protecting his wife. Yes. Our church at the time, his current church, and his current employment, and my former employment and current church jeopardized not only their faithful patrons but also two of their paid employees (one former). Do you see the conundrum? 

We would be divorced a year later. 

Anyway, back to today... I work in a conservative state. Highly republican highly Christian and highly the heart of The United States of America. I believe it with all I am that this region is the energetic pulse of the trajectory of the Conscious Individual Revolution of healing society. Why do I say this?

Because many of us still here have a vast understanding of the tenets of cultural Christian belief. "Hell, that's what the country was founded on, dammit." See what I mean? Even if we hate the organized Christian ideals, we're all very aware off the narrative.

Oh yeah, and I am a former pastor of one of America's most influential churches. Part of the whole "Mega Church" sect. Regardless of your personal view on it; that narrative also exists and impacts society. 

I grew up a military brat and got to live all over the country - and travel the world. In so doing, I picked up little bites of culture through the connections I made. Of bias too, but only choosing to see the good feelings as I always kept in mind that they or myself could be whisked away because a parent got orders to leave. 

Vision: Begin with the end in mind. I am doing a deep dive for today's project. I am working from home, it's on my calendars and my voiced expectation to my team is that Fridays are for creative thinking, producing slide decks, creating courses... really unpacking relationships and culture. 

For my mind to slide that deeply into unpacking my vision, I turn to Medical Cannabis. So, as a licensed medical marijuana patient - who is well-informed of my rights as a patient. I smoked a joint. Please hear the amount of vulnerability that is in this message: Both my health and my only source of income hinge on what I'm sharing with you. 

Transparency with yourself frees you to be transparent with others. 

My ego and fear want you to know that it was one of those tiny cones that only hold about 4-5 puffs or whatever. I'm not good at the lingo, but the point is... I wanted to unlock the smooshed spaghetti noodles in my mind to think a little more clearly. 

I realize myself and this colleague, are so very similar - while exactly opposite. Our team will continue to create transformative experiences and information to our agency - only to the degree that our team embodies transformative experiences within. As within - as without. 

Your team is only as healthy as you are. Cannabis, historically, has been known as a spiritual herb to help unlock human consciousness to other dimensions. It's a healing plant... it is how medical marijuana has shown up in my life. 

I am so happy to be free to write about my lived experience to inspire others. It's such a fun journey!