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Ep 10 | Honoring Your Natural Rhythm · Rise & Realign: Conversations for the Sensitive Soul

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Welcome to Rise and Realign, conversations for
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the sensitive soul. I'm Melissa, and this space
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is for those of us who feel deeply, love fiercely,
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and sense the world in ways that are hard to
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explain, but impossible to ignore. Here, we honor
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your sensitivity as a strength. not something
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to fix. Well, it's January 7th of 2026. Now,
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I'm aware that many people celebrate this change
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of calendar and set resolutions or goals, you
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know, and kind of from that, you know, manifesting
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mentality, right, that we need to think it and
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focus on it to bring it into being. A couple
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things that I just want to offer, if you are
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contemplating or have already been, you know,
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writing those out. Now, this is from, you know,
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different perspectives, not my own personally
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only. But, you know, when we think of, you know,
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different years, right? We think of like a Chinese
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New Year is not January 1st, right? When we think
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of... You know, new birth, new growth. You know,
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we're talking March, right? So if we actually
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look more to aligning with what's natural, what's,
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you know, a natural rhythm for... the earth what's
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a natural rhythm for our bodies you know january
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1st is is not actually um the start of new energy
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right like if we do a little bit of research
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you know it's easy to reveal how the gregorian
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calendar came into being so i just want to speak
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again to The idea that this really is a time
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to honor your own natural rhythm and to pay attention.
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You know, what feels off that perhaps you've
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been in a pattern of practicing, right? Oftentimes,
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you know, we're raised with certain traditions
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and beliefs and our own inner knowing begins
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questioning them. They just... they don't feel
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aligned and so I really want to invite you to
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just pause for a couple minutes and you know
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always connecting with your heart and a nice
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deep slow breath and just pause so that you can
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attune to what is This day, this week, you know,
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what does the energy feel for you? You know,
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have you been writing down goals and resolutions
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and that excites you and that energizes you?
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You know, if that's you, then that's beautiful
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and honor what is lighting you up because that's
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how we know what is true for us. But if the idea
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of writing resolutions or goals, it just feels
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off or heavy or like you need to force it, you
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know, that's really a cue that your own inner
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rhythm is guiding you to something else. Again,
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I'm not here to tell you what that something
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else is specifically for you, because each of
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our paths are so very unique. And boy, my journey
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certainly just keeps unveiling more and more.
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I could tell you where I'm thinking and experiencing
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life right now, but that's not where I was experiencing
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and viewing life, you know, even last year. So
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it really is about tuning into you. So I just,
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again, encourage you to be... honest with yourself
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and that you're here to align with what's true
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and correct for you and that is so completely
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unique it really is um you know when i reflect
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on you know younger years you know i just remember
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even joking with my parents one time being like
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you know am i adopted not because i really thought
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that because like Okay, the reason that I'd ask
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that is because I just felt like I was different.
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There were things that I did that were different
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than my siblings or different than, you know,
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even friends. So, you know, it's important that
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we are honoring what makes each of us unique.
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And that we do not need to try to fit in with
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our family or our friends in a way that abandons
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who we truly are and what really matters. And,
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you know, I see that happening actually with
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more and more people these days. There seems
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to be a more obvious, I don't want to say split
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because I still see us all as very connected.
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It's more of that there is an expansion for some
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people's paths that is happening before it may
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occur for others. And so for the people who have
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a more expanded understanding of, you know, what
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life involves, Um, there's also an awareness
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that, okay, I didn't used to have this understanding.
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And so perhaps my friends, family, you know,
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colleagues, coworkers, whoever it may be, they
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don't. And so that's where people tend to kind
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of, um, like constrict themselves in certain
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settings and with certain people. and then can
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feel more fully themselves with others. And I
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really want to speak to that. Because, you know,
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you've, if you've heard my other episodes, you
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might have heard me say, well, and it's on my
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website and my blog to realign with Melissa .com.
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But, you know, I had a shift in consciousness,
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a profound spiritual awakening in 2008. So over
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these 17 years, I've really had enormous experience
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with being the only person who's had that shift
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in consciousness and really a paradigm shift
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in how I viewed the world, what I was willing
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to do. I had a seven -year -old asked to be homeschooled.
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That was something I never imagined myself doing
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or thought about. And I just started stepping
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into these new spaces of, you know, there was
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no conditioning that brought me there, right?
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It was just this openness, this expansion. that
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there's so much more possible than I ever realized,
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and I was navigating new terrain. And so I found
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it very challenging, very unsettling oftentimes.
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Because, you know, then it became having to explain
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it to people or even defending my new choices
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that others couldn't understand. So again, I
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just want you to know, like, if you are somebody
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who's the first in your family line, if you are
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the first in your friend circle, right? Like,
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if you are feeling that inner... calling or that
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whisper within you that says there's other ways
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to live right there's other ways to see these
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scenarios or there's other ways to deal with
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your your health right like it's so important
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that you be true to you because you'll hear me
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say this you know as often as I need to No one
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knows what it's like to be you. No one knows
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what your inner world is like. No one knows the
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inner dialogue. No one knows, you know, I often
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talk about the different voices that are within
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us. And, you know, this is very, very... private
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in a sense, you know, what your heart has to
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communicate, right? What your soul is living
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this lifetime. Those are very unique to you.
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And often, you know, people want to keep what's
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going on inside private because of the reaction
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from others, right? And Whether there's a fear
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of judgment from others or there's just that
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feeling of it's not safe, right? Like that's
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the nervous system saying, let's just, let's
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keep it. Let's keep this private, you know, for
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a little longer or until we find the right person
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that we can talk about this with. Because everybody
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is not going to understand, you know, what you're
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experiencing and why you choose what you choose.
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But that's okay. They don't have to. What matters
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is how you feel about your choices. You know,
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that you feel aligned, right? And when I talk
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about alignment, I'm really talking about, you
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know, your mind, body, and soul. You know, because...
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A lot of us, you know, were conditioned away
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from our own inner guidance in the sense that,
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you know, we were really provided with the programming,
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right? Like, here's the beliefs, you know, here's
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the culture, here's the society, here's the patterns,
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you know. And again, to no fault of anyone, because
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we come into this world as little... you know,
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babies, and we just take it all in, we listen
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to it all, we take it all in, and it just becomes
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that default programming. And if we are raised
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in a family that doesn't, you know, see this
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expanded, you know, pool of potentiality, then
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it can be very restrictive, right? And then that's
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where the mind -body loops, you know, and the
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nervous system bracing really takes on a form
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in the sense of, you know, we continue to live
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our life very similar to the day before, right?
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So when I'm saying that there's these two paths
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in a sense that that people are seeming to walk
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is there's those who are walking the path that's
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still very heavily conditioned without having
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perhaps as much access to that field of potentiality
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and possibilities right and we know quantum physics
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speaks to you know, that field of potentiality.
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And I, you know, have said more times than I
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can count, what we give our attention to is what
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grows, you know, but if people weren't raised
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to give a lot of attention to that field of potentiality
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and, you know, look towards, well, what else
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is possible, then they don't really expand and
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grow in that direction. And that's really, really
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important to understand. So when I'm here, you
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know, sharing this podcast, it's really, you
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know, to number one, raise awareness, right?
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there is a small percentage of the population
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who have this sensory processing sensitivity
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trait which is a form of sensory intelligence
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that you know if we don't understand it if we
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don't tend to it and nurture it you know then
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we can be living very uncomfortable lives, right?
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Because the environment that we are in repeatedly
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has a stronger impact on us. But in addition
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to raising awareness, you know, around it, it's
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helping people to understand that there's so
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much more than the majority of us are raised
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to even acknowledge. And There are lots of different
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approaches that people can take to learn this
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information. And my own journey has helped me
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see that we really need to come at it in a holistic
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way, that we're a whole being. We are a soul
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and a body with a mind. And if we're... only
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operating on one level or even two, that's not
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the wholeness of who we are. And so I'm really
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here to support and acknowledge and honor the
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sensitive souls who are waking up to their natural
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rhythm, their innate intelligence, and, you know,
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the connection that we have to the life around
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us, right? And the life that's breathing us every
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day. So this is really a space for you to Just
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relax a little bit more, you know, to be reminded
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that you're not alone. You know, there's so much
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more than any of us realize. And even when I
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feel or I sense like, oh, I totally get it. You
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know, I'm totally immersed in this bliss and
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this love and, you know, this wisdom. And it's
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so fascinating, you know, like then there's a
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shift, you know. So we're all navigating the
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tides and turns, you know, that come from living
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this life. But oftentimes, we are focused in
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ways that don't serve our highest and greatest
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good, and we don't necessarily recognize it.
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So highly sensitive individuals have higher awareness,
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right? Again, that sensory intelligence is very,
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very, very essential. Because again, there's
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external and internal cues that we're processing
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and decision making that comes from it. But when
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we are moving so fast, you know, if we're overwhelmed
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by, you know, that... extra stimuli that's coming
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in. Life is very different than when we slow
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down, when we actually honor ourselves, when
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we actually tune into our body, when we again
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align with what's natural and true for us, you
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know, which is very different for each of us.
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It's very different. depending on our age, our
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stages of development, whether we have children,
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what ages our children are, whether we have a
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partner, right? Like there are so, so many variables.
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So I really, again, just always want to have
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you return to your heart, you know, return to
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your breath and to just breathe a little. more
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deeply, a little slower, because that's how you're
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able to hear more easily, right? What your soul
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is guiding you towards or what your heart is
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guiding you towards. Whatever language feels
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most comfortable for you. But really, every single
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one of us has our own inner guidance system,
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right? Our own sacred geometry that is for our
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lifetime. And we need to soften and how that
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comes about is unique for each of us. You know,
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some of us find that extra space and the ability
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to soften only after like some chaos or crisis.
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But that's not the only way. Like we really can
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start reeling it in so that we are in the present
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moment more often. So that we bring our breath
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back into this moment. You know, nice and slow
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and deep. And our nervous system is able to relax.
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And things feel a little calmer, a little clearer.
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And there's more coherence. So, wherever you
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are on your journey, I just want you to know,
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that it's perfect for you, even if it doesn't
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look or feel like you would prefer it to. That
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even in the moments where we're overcome with
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emotion or uncertainty or struggle of any kind,
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that we're still not alone. And as we can breathe
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a little slower and a little more deeper, connect
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with our heart and the present moment, then we're
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able to have a more relaxed nervous system. And
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as it feels safer, you know, clarity arises more
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easily. Coherence is what brings about change
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naturally, effortlessly. But again, it's not
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something that we were all raised to understand.
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So I'm here to remind you. I invite you to take
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a moment to rub your hands together and generate
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some warmth and connection with your body. And
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when you feel that warmth, I invite you to place
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one or both hands on your heart. And just inhale
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deeply through your nose, nice and slow. And
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exhale nice and slow and long out your mouth.
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Just relaxing your nervous system. Just releasing
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and letting go. And allowing that breath to continue
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nice and slow. And allowing it to realign with
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your own natural rhythm. So, as a reminder, we're
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here together to rise, reclaim, remember. where
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the heart leads, the body remembers, and the
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soul awakens. If something in today's reflection
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resonated and you'd like support integrating
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it into your own life, I offer Rise and Realign,
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an integrative intensive for sensitive women.
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It's a contained one -to -one Experience designed
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to help you reconnect with your own rhythm and
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inner authority. You can find any of my information
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at realignwithmelissa .com. So take good care
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of you. Much love and light.