Fremont Pincushion - Chaenactis fremontii

Fremont Pincushion Essence supports us to find balanced self-esteem.  Because of its own evolution in an extremely harsh terrain, it is of particular support to those who have lived through similar harsh or abusive situations.

After traumatic and abusive experiences, it is difficult to avoid times of low self-esteem or the lonely place of, “I’m FINE without anyone else.”  Neither grounds us in a genuine experience of our value.  Fremont Pincushion helps us move through and integrate traumatic experiences to find a sense of self based on the truth that we are of equal value to all beings in an infinitely valuable universe.  Fremont Pincushion helps us know this sense of our own value in an unshakeable but serene way.  This composed sense of our own value does not depend on or waiver in the face of the opinions of others.

The maroon and red stems indicate Fremont Pincushion’s maturation in a difficult landscape.  The solid, full white blossom indicates the plant’s steady wisdom that knows, because each of us is divinity in a sea of divinity, our infinite self worth can never be challenged, let alone lost or diminished.