There is something important to me about helping people to love themselves, taking that journey of healing toward self-awareness, self-care, and self-love. To not feeling like they have to hide pieces of themselves in order to be loved and accepted. To know their own heart and soul, to love and nurture who they are, to feel free to move and express themselves in the world. To not feel guilty for having needs and desires; to not judge or suppress their emotional responses. To feel that there is room for them, the whole them, to exist fully. To know that they don’t have to barter or fight for their right to feel and take up space, to have a voice, to have their own goals and dreams…and that these are valid whether or not anyone else in their life agrees or approves. To trust their own inner sense, their own guidance system.
My journey has been one of returning over and over to my own inner guidance. It has been a series of forgetting and remembering, of coming home to myself over and over again. There are moments when I feel deeply aligned with my inner world, with my intuition and a deep knowing that guides me in all aspects of my life. At other times, I get caught up in the swirl of daily life, focusing more on the world around me, my to-do list, my worries, judgments, and fears. Often these moments are laced with anxiety and confusion…leading me to question myself and my actions and looking to others for advice on what to do.
In these moments, I am not centering in myself or accessing my intuition. Instead, I am looking outside of myself for direction and confirmation that I am ok, that I am doing it right or at least going in the right direction. While sometimes there is reassurance and support in the outside world, that true sense of centered, confident, knowing comes from within. That sense of deep inner value, of inspiration and creative action…these come from inside. And every time I return to trusting my intuitive guidance and my inner sense of worth and permission to be myself… I remember how good it feels and how painful it was to be without it.
I want for people to be able to drop down beneath the noise, commotion and distraction of the outside world; to soften their awareness and drop into their bodies and hearts, to create some space between their presence and their thoughts, judgments, and fears. To find a true moment, a present moment, where they feel the goodness of who they are and the possibility of relief and happiness.
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