Emptying the Cup:

As the days grow shorter and the golden light of autumn begins to settle in, a quiet invitation arises – to slow down, to listen, and to reimagine what we’re doing here.

What if the weariness you feel isn’t something to fix, but a call to pause? A message from the Ally within – an Inner Guide whispering for rest, for stillness, for renewal… for aliveness?

What if the shakiness, the melancholy, the longing, the uncertainty – are not signs of something gone wrong, but the Soul in motion, reaching toward you? Not to be solved, but to be met with compassion, so it can share its wildness, its beauty, its grace.

In this free live webinar, I’ll offer a soulful, grounded space to reflect and reconnect with the deeper rhythms of your being. Drawing from the alchemical imagination, depth psychology, and somatic healing, we’ll explore the sacred process of emptying the cup – not as collapse or bypass, but as an intentional act of devotion and inner preparation.

Through seasonal wisdom, mythic imagery, and clinical insight, we’ll descend gently into the inner temple – where grief, longing, and raw aliveness are honored as emissaries of transformation. As the leaves fall outside, you’re invited to shed what no longer serves within, creating space for something mysterious and luminous to take root.

During our time together, we’ll explore:

• The deeper meaning of emotional exhaustion and inner shakiness – and how these may be signs of initiation, not pathology 
• How unprocessed grief and forgotten parts of self are held in the nervous system – and how presence and attunement support their release 
• The alchemical process of yellowing and descent – as it appears in relationships, identity, and meaning-making
• Why emptiness is not absence, but threshold – and how the “blue places” in the psyche carry seeds of renewal
• The shadow’s longing to return home – and how dissociated parts of soul can be re-integrated through tenderness and embodied imagination
• A guided reflection to help you sense what’s falling away in your own life… and what may be quietly coming alive

About Matt Licata

Matt Licata, PhD is a psychotherapist, counselor, and spiritual mentor who was trained in the psychology of religion. Weaving together the wisdom and practices from somatic and depth psychologies, relational neuroscience and trauma studies, and contemplative spirituality, he presents a contemporary path to embodied transformation and healing. 

He is author of A Healing Space: Befriending Yourself in Difficult Times (Sounds True, 2020), The Path is Everywhere: Uncovering the Jewels Hidden Within You (Wandering Yogi Press, 2017), and the forthcoming The Path of the Wounded Healer: Embodied Spirituality and the Alchemy of the Heart.