Experiencing a descent into the unknown requires us to let go of old ways of thinking and being. While challenging and uncomfortable, this journey can also lead to deep introspection and transformation, as we shed old identities and make space for the new. In this episode Christine speaks with nature mystic Annette Knopp about her multiyear journey into deep spiritual practice; and two moments of descent that resulted in profound despair, a dark night of the soul, and eventually became medicine for her life. Annette speaks to developing the capacity to feel pain as a practice, and the realization that some things remain unbroken even in our darkest moments. Trigger warnings: suicide, self-harm, and sexual assault LinksBlue Spirit