Mental Health
Finding Your Voice
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“There is no greater agony than
bearing an untold story inside you.”
~~ Maya Angelou
Greetings to all my precious people!
Last month on Mother’s Day, I wrote about the first voice you ever heard: your mother’s voice.
Today, I’m writing about the voice she gave you. Not just the sound of your voice (though that’s part of it). But the POWER of your voice. The capacity to name what you see, speak what you know, call things by their true names, say NO and mean it, say YES and claim it, take up sonic space in the world.
Your mother gave you this. Through her body. Through her voice teaching you language. Through the vocal cords she grew inside you.
And then—over years of conditioning—you learned to silence it. continue reading
Taking Up Space
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“We ask ourselves, who am I
to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?”
~~ Marianne Williamson
Greetings to all my precious people!
Your mother’s body taught you your first lesson about space:
You belong here.
Inside her womb, you took up space without apology. You grew. You moved. You EXPANDED. Her body made room for you—not because you earned it, not because you stayed small. Because you existed.
And then you were born. And over the years, culture taught you the opposite: take up less space (lose weight, don’t be “too much”), be smaller (quieter, nicer, more agreeable), apologize for existing, make yourself convenient for everyone but yourself.
You learned to SHRINK.
But here’s what I need you to understand: Your body is not an apology. And taking up space is not selfish. It’s RECLAMATION.
The Neuroscience of Coming Home
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“Your brain doesn’t make you small to punish you.
It makes you small to protect you.
The question is: Are you still in danger?
Or is it time to come home?”
~~ Dr. Julia DiGangi
Greetings to all my precious people!
We’ve spent the month of May learning to come HOME:
To your body (Week 5 – body-mind is one).
To your Inner Mentor (Week 6 – listening deeply).
To coherence (Week 7 – interior alignment).
To living FROM home instead of searching for it (Week 8).
And you might be wondering:
“Okay, I understand this conceptually. I even FEEL it sometimes. But why is it so hard? Why do I keep shrinking back? Why does my voice still disappear? Why do I apologize for taking up space even when I know better?”
Here’s why:
Your BRAIN is still running old programming.
And until you understand what your brain is doing (and WHY), you’ll keep fighting yourself.
Coherence is the Medicine
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“What would the world look like if
we were truly awakened
to the depths of our healing potential?
We would remember we’re wired to heal.”
~~ Dr. Shamini Jain
Greetings to all my precious people!
I’m going to tell you the truth about why your wellness routine isn’t working.
Not because you’re doing it wrong. Not because you need more discipline.
Because you’re missing the one ingredient that makes everything else work:
COHERENCE.
What You’ve Been Trying
Let me guess. You’ve done some version of this:
✅ Clean eating (organic, no sugar, no gluten)
✅ Supplements (hundreds of dollars worth)
✅ Exercise (yoga, Pilates, walking, strength training)
✅ Sleep hygiene (magnesium, blue blockers, perfect routine)
✅ Stress management (meditation apps, breathwork, therapy)
✅ Hormonal support (herbs, adaptogens, bio-identical)
And yet.
You still feel:
- Exhausted despite 8 hours sleep
- Anxious despite meditation
- Symptomatic despite supplements
- Off despite doing “all the right things”
Why?
Because sustained wellness doesn’t come from ADDING more interventions.
It comes from creating COHERENCE in the system you already have.
Listening Deeply: The Practice of Return
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“Deep within each of us is a space of perfection, beauty, innocence and light
that cannot be seen with the eyes but can only be FELT.”
~~ Dr. Seema Khaneja, “I am Pure Soul”
Greetings to all my precious people!
This Sunday celebrates Mother’s Day. And whether your relationship with your mother is beautiful, complicated, painful, or all of the above—there’s one thing undeniably true: Her voice was the first voice you ever heard.
Before you were born, you heard her speaking through the womb—singing, laughing, crying. Her voice taught you that voices MATTER. That sound carries meaning. That being heard is connection. And then over the years, you learned some voices get listened to while others get dismissed. You learned which voice to use to be safe, and which voice to silence.
But deep inside, you still remember the FIRST voice. The one that spoke before conditioning. That voice? That’s your Inner Mentor.
This Mother’s Day, we’re reclaiming her.
Two voices still live inside you.
One keeps you exiled from home. One guides you back.
The question is: Which one are you listening to?
