The Long Walk
Gather the Women has created The Long Walk, so named because, throughout our days, weeks, months, and years of sitting in Sacred Circle, we become part of the Long Walk of our lives together as we continue to walk each other Home with deep listening, understanding, non-judgment, and love. The Long Walk has a predetermined topic each week and participants can share on the topic through their own personal stories, insights, and self-discoveries. These will be stories shared at the heart level, not head teachings.
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The Next Long Walk
Topic: What is Your Envy Telling You?
Host: Rowdy B.
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
Times: 4pm (PT) | 5pm (MT) | 6pm (CT) | 7pm (ET)
Duration: 60 minutes
This Long Walk conversation will focus on exploring our envy — what we can learn from it and how to move beyond it. We know that envy is a natural emotion we all experience from time to time.
To experience envy, three conditions are present. First, we are confronted with a person or persons who have something — a possession, quality, or achievement — that has eluded us. Second, we believe we desire that something for ourselves. Third, we feel some sort of pain — regret, emptiness, shame, as examples — that distinguishes our actions from more detached emotions such as anger or outrage.
Envy is usually directed toward those with whom we compare ourselves and/or those we feel we are in competition with. Envy can cost us friends and allies and can also hold us back from realizing our full potential. However, envy can provide us with awareness, insights, and inspiration to learn about ourselves and grow as individuals.
When envy arises due to someone else’s good fortune, achievement, or progress, it reveals to us what we admire, value, and want or aspire to. Examining our experiences with envy gives us a better understanding of what we feel we lack and what we need in order to feel satisfied, happy, and whole.
Here are some questions to ponder that may enhance our sharing on this Long Walk conversation:
Please be prepared to share thoughts/experiences that come up for each.
Are there times in your life when you experience feelings of envy? Are you comfortable sharing about these situations? Why or why not? If not, go on to Question Two.
How does being envious make you feel and what do you do about those emotions?
As a wise, worldly, well-traveled woman, what observations can you share with the Maiden and the Mother who may be feeling some envy in their interactions with family, friends, and co-workers?