A New Chapter: Imaginal Waypoints, YouTube, and the Practice of Being in the Not-Yet
- Meghan O'Malley
- May 19
- 4 min read
Well... things are continuing to get upgraded around here.
Over the last several months, I've been letting go of old versions of my work, clearing out what no longer fits, and making room for what is emerging next.
One of those changes has been creating a new home for my video work: my YouTube channel.
Practice of Being in the Not-Yet
The old channel carried a lot of old energy and iterations of my work in the world—therapist, early coach, old brand identities—and eventually it started to feel heavy and jumbled rather than clear.
Sometimes holding on to the old doesn't feel nostalgic or supportive.
It just feels... heavy.
So I let it go and started fresh, as I've done in so many areas of my life over the last couple of years.
The channel is now home to video versions of my podcast conversations, along with a weekly-ish series called Imaginal Waypoints, inspired by the collective Human Design gate transits.
Years ago, I offered intuitive energy updates based on my read of collective themes, mostly through Instagram.
Now, after years of deep diving into Human Design and observing how these archetypal patterns show up in the people I work with, the conversations I have, and even the strangers I encounter at the grocery store, I've found a more grounded and intentional way to share them.
It's worth naming that, alongside our own personal circumstances, we're always in relationship with a larger collective field.
This can include seasons and astrological cycles, but also subtler and more specific archetypal themes—the kinds of patterns you might notice when suddenly everyone around you seems to be leaving a job or relationship at the same time.
Or when you keep overhearing the same conversation everywhere you go.
Sometimes those patterns can be explored through archetypal systems like the Human Design gates, which move through a new theme roughly every week.
We each have our own individual Human Design, but we also exist within a larger collective design. We're always in relationship with it, whether we're conscious of it or not.
Sometimes those patterns can be explored through archetypal systems like the Human Design gates, which move through a new theme roughly every week.
We each have our own individual Human Design, but we also exist within a larger collective design. We're always in relationship with it, whether we're conscious of it or not.
Imaginal Waypoints are an invitation to make that relationship more conscious.
When we do, we may meet life's invitations for growth with a little more grace and a lot less reactivity.
And sometimes we get those "no way, that's exactly what's happening for me" moments of felt synchronicity and affirmation that can feel, especially in the middle of a challenge, like a little love tap from the universe.
The Practice of the Not-Yet
One of the earliest Waypoints explored something I've been living with quite intimately: the discomfort of waiting for something important to unfold.
At the time, my TEDx talk had been recorded, edited, and submitted for processing. I had no idea when it would actually find its way onto the internet.
There was no ability to plan around the release.
No certainty.
No clear timeline.
And as an entrepreneur, there were all sorts of behind-the-scenes promotional things that needed to happen as soon as it went live.
So I sat with it.
I prepared internally and practically in the ways I could—and practiced being present with what was instead of trying to rush toward, or force, what was next.
Eventually, the talk did become available to the world.
And interestingly, the lesson didn't end when the waiting did.
Because that's often how these things work.
We think we're waiting for an external event to resolve something inside us.
But sometimes the deeper invitation is learning how to be with uncertainty itself.
To remain present when we don't know.
To trust without having all the evidence.
To let something unfold without constantly reaching ahead to control the outcome.
That, to me, is part of Imaginal Change.
It's part of developing the kind of Imaginal Intelligence that allows us to sense what is emerging without needing to know exactly how it will unfold.
Making Space for What's Next
That's really what this new chapter of my work is about.
Not having all the answers.
Not predicting the future.
Not forcing certainty where certainty isn't available.
But developing the human capacities that help us navigate uncertainty with more curiosity, creativity, connection, and discernment.
Sometimes that means paying attention to the larger patterns moving through our collective experience.
Sometimes it means listening more closely to what's happening within us.
And sometimes it simply means staying present in the messy, uncomfortable space between what was and what comes next.
The not-yet isn't empty.
There's often something happening there.
Something reorganizing.
Something becoming.
If you're navigating your own threshold right now—whether in your work, relationships, leadership, or life—I hope you'll find something useful in these conversations and reflections.
You can explore Imaginal Waypoints, podcast conversations, and more on my YouTube channel.
And if you haven't watched it yet, I'd love for you to experience my TEDx talk:
Here's to the imperfect practice of being present for what's becoming.
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