When it comes to moving forward in life, fear has a way of holding us back.
Yet dedicating yourself to a life of personal growth and spiritual awakening means peeling back these layers.
To get to wholeness, we have to address the fractured pieces within.
Many of us have core abandonment woundsit’s hard to grow up in our society without them.
For me, I believe that they started the day I was born.
I created the belief, “I am unlovable and don’t fit in.”
This is when we split away and start to operate as a fraction of our true selves.
Suddenly, the pain that has been pushed aside all these years comes roaring to the surface.
We might find ourselves suddenly enraged or falling apart with intense tears.
If and when this happens, take a moment to recognize it as an important time of deep healing.
These unprocessed emotions are coming to the surface so they can be transmuted from fear into love for good.
But this can only happen when you stop searching for safety and comfort outside of you.
Home is not a place outside but an awareness of the love you are within.
It all starts at home with the self.
Ground yourself in nature
Ground yourselfand breathe in the fresh air.
You may realize that you are not so alone.
You are a part of this vast Universe and everything is interconnected.
Find your own ways to self-soothe
How do you like to self-soothe?
We all do this by bringing understanding, love, and compassion to painful experiences.
Avoiding or ignoring your negative feelings will only intensify them.
Instead, try being mindful and present with these feelings.
As I share in my bookReturn to You, your feelings are gateways to your higher self.
They contain information that can help you transform limitations and step into peace and wholeness.
The takeaway
Many of us struggle with childhood wounds we don’t even know we have.
These may cause rifts in our relationships and keep us feeling small.
Practice these grounding, self-soothing techniques to begin to overcome these wounds and bring resolution to deep-rooted inner conflict.
