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The Voice That Sees

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🌿𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 ＲＡＤＩＡＮＴＨＥＡＬＴＨ
🌈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 | 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 | 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐃𝐎𝐌
🎙️Host @thevoicethatseespodcast
🌹Writer @musingsbybeenapatel

For heart-centered empaths, the gift of having a h

For heart-centered empaths, the gift of having a highly attuned sense of emotional intelligence can help bring support to people who are navigating challenging times or processing more difficult emotions.

Without proper boundaries in place and utilization of a healthy sense of discernment, empaths can become drained, depleted and resentful.

While it is the very nature of empaths to want to help and offer support, it is just as important for empaths to remember that love can be found within them — and they have every right to access the same love that is so generously given.

When self-worth is not attached to how much is given or how much someone needed you, it becomes easier to stop confusing external validation for love.

By honoring your energy levels, remembering you are not responsible for everyone’s emotions, and that you must prioritize yourself first before truly being able to be of service, you stop operating as a martyr and in walks the empowered empath.

From a healthy state of balance, prioritizing yourself first means you honor that both your needs and another person’s needs matter. But you’re no longer willing to let yourself be walked over for someone’s “comfort.”

When self-abandonment starts to become foreign, there’s space for more of the authentic you to emerge. Some lessons involve boundary-setting and elevating communication. And some lessons involve walking away to preserve your peace.

Whatever season you might be in, remember that by showing yourself kindness first, you already shift the energy you exude which then invites in healthier, more loving connections as well.

Share this with someone who needs a gentle reminder. 🤍

#holistichealth #healthyrelationships #healthyrelationshipsmatter #narcissisticabuserecovery #empaths

Walking with Kali Ma isn’t for everyone; this requ

Walking with Kali Ma isn’t for everyone; this requires meeting your shadows and almost learning to devour them—with deep presence, alchemical transmutation and transformation into more depth, more love, more wholeness.

This isn’t airy-fairy feminine fluff. This is deep, meet-you-in-the-mud-and-thick-of-it-all kind of feminine who journeys into the underworld only to ascend into more of who she is.

Even though she may appear frightening in her demeanor, the visual representation is actually symbolic of Kali Ma’s ferocity in slaying the ego so that more love can flow. Her presence doesn’t entertain excuses; it commands letting go of what no longer serves you so that you rise into more of your infinite potential.

My maternal lineage carries a profound connection to Kali Ma including their land in India where a murthi (statue) of her was discovered underground in 2023 after a relative had a visitation in a dream directing him to go to a particular part of the land to find her.

What these women teach me is that the purest form of love comes from meeting some of the most challenging shadow aspects and bathing them in love. Their walk is often graceful and they may appear quiet but their nature speaks loudly—because that is the power of love.

This is how Kali Ma works. Her presence is potent yet she doesn’t shout in your face about what needs to be released. The invitation is powerfully felt because what opens up is a portal of fire — where shadows can meet the fiery flames of alchemy to be purified as they return to the original state of love.

This encounter calls forth more of you to show up as the authentic version of you, to set healthy boundaries and to prioritize yourself first. These are not often things that have been taught to women or modeled. And yet, there’s power in prioritizing your self-expression, your primal nature, your raw essence.

Kali Ma doesn’t do the work for you; she welcomes you to embrace your own fire and magic.

A woman who tunes into this remembrance and starts to advocate for herself lightens herself from the load that was never hers to carry. And instead, starts to carry more of herself.

#kali

In every level up in life — whether personal, busi

In every level up in life — whether personal, business or creativity — comes a new set of boundaries.

Often, women’s health requires a unique set of boundaries given hormonal fluctuations, the changes that come with the menstrual cycle, and the distinct energy levels present.

In a world that constantly makes more demands on time and energy, where women are constantly expected to show up and say “yes” even when under-appreciated or criticized, and where women have learned to undervalue themselves—it takes a bold reclamation for a woman to honor that true power doesn’t come from anything external but an internal source.

This is the power to say “no” because women inherently know what is a “yes” for their mind, body, spirit and soul.

This is the power to remember your time, energy and needs are just as important as anyone else’s.

This is the power to know your value cannot be measured by titles or achievements but innately by who you are.

True feminine power is a force to be reckoned with.

And the feminine in her highest expression doesn’t come back seeking revenge.

She comes back anchored in her power.

The power that no one can turn off.

The power that can’t be shaken by storms.

The power that gets louder quietly, behind the scenes, when no one is watching.

The power that comes out in full-force when least expected because it’s not waiting on an algorithm to determine her timing or for anyone outside of her to give her the green light.

She decides.
 She moves.

She forges ahead.

And the rest is history.

#womenshealth #expansion #holistichealth #selfexpression #boundaries

One of the things you might uncover as you explore

One of the things you might uncover as you explore the terrain of what it means to express your true voice is that suffering is not necessary to reveal who you truly are.

It’s been conditioned in many of us that who we are at our core essence is “wrong” or not good enough. That imprint of inadequacy has steered so many in choosing professions and ways of being to reflect what has traditionally been modeled — the grind and hustle, the overachieving, the endless striving.

There is an art to life when it comes to playing with the fire of internal desires and this art feels very different than forcing puzzle pieces to come together that simply do not fit. And for those of us who tried to force, that experience of burnout thrusted us to look inward and ask some big questions.

To honor purpose is a matter of tending to the capacity that the physical body can handle and also honoring what is the soul’s plan vs. what we have been conditioned to believe makes up a fulfilling life.

By choosing the soul’s plan and stepping into more alignment, the larger spectrum of your holistic health gets a boost — vitality, creativity and a pure zest for life.

And as a beautiful byproduct, the children of the world get to witness firsthand what it’s like to see happy, thriving humans who can also fully meet them with uninterrupted attention, devotion and presence.

In a world where the possibilities of thriving are available to everyone, we get to model a different way during these times when survival mode is optional for many because the possibility of thriving stands as well.

And every child on this planet deserves that right to thrive.

🌎 If these words touched you, kindly consider donating to my fundraiser in partnership with @unicef to offer children around the world access to healthy nutrition, safe water and medical supplies.

🌈 Link in bio.

Every contribution matters.🕊️

#globalhealth #socialcauses #childrenarethefuture #humanity #burnoutrecovery

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