Name: Saying NO. Honouring thyself, first and foremost.
Uploaded: 2023-08-29T12:00:02+00:00
Duration: 14 min 3 s
Description: #consciousawakening #shadowwork #spirituality One of the most powerful moves I made in 2017 when I let my former self-identity 'die' was to honour myself through the integrity and self-love. In that p

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#consciousawakening #shadowwork #spirituality

One of the most powerful moves I made in 2017 when I let my former self-identity 'die' was to honour myself through the integrity and self-love. In that process I learned the power of the word NO. Once a people pleaser, I had flimsy (at best) boundaries and this meant I compromised my own needs so that others would come first. This was often to my personal detriment.

In 2023 I've had numerous experiences where I can exercise the power of the word NO. One occasion I failed to do and then sat in this truth realising my mistake. In an altered state of consciousness at Spiritfest 2023, northwest of Auckland city, on the Saturday night I had gotten a little twisted on an edible. My friend Kate had asked me if she could stay with me in my van that night rather than sleep in her tent (which was on a slope in the camping area). I had agreed that she could sleep in my van with me, but my conscience knew that I had failed to set my boundaries that night.

I sat in a chair outside my van that night for around an hour before sleeping realising my choice was not made from a place of truth, and the lesson was certainly learned. Retiring that night, I asked my guides (and Kate's) to find an alternative to her issue with her sleeping location. She ended up staying up all night talking to people and came and saw me the next day to come and say farewell.

Grateful for her choice, for the lessons learned that night, I have set hard boundaries, used that powerful word 'NO' many times since and come to understand that self-love is honouring oneself in hearing what the inner voice, and fulfilling its direction.