06/04/2021
I love this... This is the energy of the Red Tent. You are your own healer, sage, guide and wisdom keeper. You deserve to be heard ❤
What all humans are actually seeking is to be seen, heard, + loved.
We want people to sit with us. Hold space for what we are experiencing. Sit with something we express.
Spiritually, we all want to be witnessed without someone trying to change us, change how we feel, or to deny our own reality.
Few of us have been modeled how to do this.
Most of us have been talked out of our feelings + our life experiences since we were children. Unable to sit with our emotions, we go around as adults trying to “fix” situations around us (which actually means make ourselves feel more comfortable.)
Feedback is powerful. It can be extremely healing to absorb feedback, sit with it, + integrate it if it aligns with us.
Feedback can also be unsolicited. It can feel invasive, dismissive, or frustrating.
When we self express, we are in a vulnerable space. Normalize saying “I’m not looking for feedback on this one, thank you.”
Normalize PAUSING before unconsciously interjecting with your own feedback.
Normalize asking: “Do you want feedback, or do you just want me to listen?”
As you become more conscious, you’ll see that few people actually want feedback.
They want to be heard.
As you practice being fully present in a space of listening, you’ll notice how much your relationships shift when you’re not acting as a “fixer”— attempting to control emotions, narratives, + realities of others.
These boundaries allow us to connect to our OWN inner voice + our own intuition