I NEVER THOUGHT AFFIRMATIONS COULD BE THIS POWERFUL
What I Got Wrong & How They've Become One of My Most Impactful Tools
Hi beautiful humans! Happy Eclipse season, kicking off what I like to call a fast track to fate 🤘🏻
This post was actually meant for Instagram, but it just kept pouring out of me so I found myself pivoting here. So this will be a shorter (ish) post. Let me know if you vibe with it in the comments! Let’s get into it.
As I’ve started to really reground and feel more safe, there has been a lot of unearthing over the past month in order to be cleared, thanks to Mercury Rx in Cancer. I’m still processing a lot of it, but the good thing is it’s moving up and out. I’ll share more on that soon, but integration is really key for me so I can ensure I’m sharing from place of wisdom vs. anything emotionally charged. In brief, the major lesson was that patterns take time and patience to unwind.
You can be aware intellectually that you are perpetuating emotions and behaviors that “aren’t yours,” but they’ll still come up because the neural pathways are so deeply entrenched in your subconscious. This new season of life has been (surprise?) centered a lot around compassion, for myself and others, and learning to nurture and nourish myself on a deeper level. What does that look and feel like on a daily basis? Big divine fem energy.
Anyways, I’m writing this from the spa at Moss about to get a tarot reading, because of course I went down to check out the gym and there were comp sessions happening. 2ND HOUSE is kicking off a residency here that I’m super pumped about so stay tuned there.
I’ll be honest with you (always) that I’ve tried to show up for on substack for weeks and literally nothing would come out…like nothing. I would just stare at the blank screen, clinging to any morsel of creative flow. And when that happens, I know I can’t continue to force and need to pull back, clear my energy and get quiet. I even shifted up my morning meditation routine and am doing breathwork again which has been so clearing and invigorating. Nothing changes if nothing changes!
And now, I feel like I’m finally coming out of my slump. A reminder that everything is temporary.
Another routine that I’ve been reconnecting with is affirmations. Cue the eye roll, I know, but hear me out. I first discovered affirmations nearly a decade ago. I would put sticky notes all around my apartment—on my bathroom mirror, by my bed, my morning coffee etc. I still do sometimes! But honestly, they weren’t doing the work they were meant to. I was just piling on positivity without fully acknowledging, bypassing, what was underneath. Working with hundreds of individuals over the years, helping them live and lead a more conscious life, I will say this is quite common.
One of the biggest takeaways from The Hoffman Process that helped clear this negative undercurrent was surprisingly,
