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When the World Feels “Too Much” · Remember Why You Are Here

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  When the world is feeling like too much,
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  you have permission to do what you need to do to care for your
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  unique, powerful, and potently healing energy.
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  Hello and welcome back to Remember Why You Are Here,
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  a podcast for seekers and sensitives where you can relax, receive,
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  reconnect to yourself,
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  and remember the most important thing of all-why you're here.
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  I'm Asia Suler and I wanted to do something a little
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  different for this episode. I don't know about you,
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  but I feel lately like the world is too much.
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  This is a really common thing to feel when you are a sensitive
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  person.
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  Our nervous systems were not designed for the worlds that we live in.
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  None of our nervous systems were, but if you are sensitive,
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  then your nervous system especially was not designed for this world with
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  such an overwhelming amount of communication, information,
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  news stories coming in from around the world...
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  There can often be this feeling of
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  overwhelm and helplessness when we tune into just the
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  vastness,
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  the bigness of all of the inputs that are here. And so
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  for today's podcast,
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  I wanted to revisit a video that I had made on my YouTube channel
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  because the four tools that I share in this broadcast are the things that
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  I still come back to all the time when I start to feel overwhelmed and
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  confused.
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  And it's really common when you feel this sense of too muchness to also then
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  just forget: What do I do? What do I do when I feel this way?
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  Because I'm too overwhelmed to even access those tools.
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  I literally have a folder on my phone
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  where the title is,
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  "What to Do when You Feel Lost," because when I feel lost or overwhelmed or like
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  things are too much, I forget.
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  And so I wanted to put this recording here on the podcast in case
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  you too needed to remember. I also wanted to
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  repost this today because I am super busy at the moment
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  getting ready for Earth Angel School, which is starting tomorrow,
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  April 23rd. I'm so excited about this.
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  Earth Angel School is an 11-week spiritual school for my fellow sensitives.
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  The school was designed to support you as a sensitive person to
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  really step into the true depths of your mission in this
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  life, to really understand yourself,
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  on an emotional, physical,
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  spiritual level-to really see the gifts that you came into this life carrying.
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  The school was designed to help support all my fellow sensitives to stop having
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  energy flow endlessly out of you so you can use that energy to really build a
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  life of your dreams,
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  to understand the true nature of who you are and your spiritual gifts,
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  to reconnect to your soul's mission on this planet,
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  learn how to receive direct guidance and support from your spiritual guides-this
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  is really important and so helpful. In the school,
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  we also explore how to channel information directly so you can make the right
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  decisions for yourself,
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  how to create relationships that feel balance and nurturing for your deepest
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  self. Relationships are such a big topic for sensitive people,
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  and there's a way to be in them that feels really nourishing and
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  good. We'll also really address how to shift your focus away from always
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  creating harmony for others, to creating a heaven in your own life,
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  to stop giving away your lifeforce so you can use it to heal yourself and this
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  world. Because that's really what it comes down to:
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  your life force is a healing force in this world.
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  Your life force is here to make big impact and big change,
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  and you doing what you need to do to conserve and care for
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  and understand your own energy and life force is really your task
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  as a sensitive person in this life. And if nothing else in this episode,
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  I really want to give you permission to do that;
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  when the world is feeling like too much,
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  you have permission to do what you need to do to care for your
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  unique, powerful,
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  and potently healing energy. So if you're interested in Earth Angel School and
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  you're listening to this before we close the gateway on April 23rd,
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  then definitely go and check out all the details at
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  AsiaSuler.com/EarthAngelSchool.
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  I would absolutely love to see you there. So with that,
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  let's get into today's episode and explore the four tools that are here to help
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  you when the world simply feels like it's too much.
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  This video is for all my fellow sensitives and
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  empaths out there, because let's be real,
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  being in this world sometimes can feel really hard.
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  I know that I've struggled at times with just the intensity of being on this
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  earth at this time. I'm Asia Suler writer,
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  teacher earth intuitive, and author of Mirrors in the Earth,
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  and this video is a guide to four steps to take as a sensitive and
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  empath so you can thrive in this world.
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  I use these four steps all the time to help take care of my
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  sensitivity and to feel like I really have a place where I can shine in this
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  world, where I feel protected, safe, grounded, and alive.
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  So you can do these steps along with me now or listen and try them at another
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  time. Step one is to curate your
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  consciousness. As a sensitive,
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  you are deeply aware of the world around you.
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  You are probably often tracking everybody in your life.
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  You are keeping in touch with what's going on in the world around you,
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  whether that's literally through the news or just energetically. As sensitives,
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  we always have our feelers open so literally everything is coming into our
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  consciousness at any time.
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  So if you want to thrive in this world as a sensitive or an empathic person,
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  you have to be willing to curate your consciousness. What does this mean?
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  This means that you have to be willing to have boundaries on what you allow into
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  your field. For you, this might be,
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  I'm not going to look at my phone first thing in the morning.
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  I'm definitely not going to look at the news first thing in the morning because
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  I know the moment that I see those news stories or the moment I click onto my
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  social media feed,
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  my brain is flooded with all of this sensory input that then overwhelms
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  me from here on out. Another way to curate your consciousness might be,
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  I don't have conversations on the phone before 5:00 PM. Or,
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  I don't have conversations on the phone after 5:00 PM.
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  I need that time to clear my consciousness,
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  to be open to feeling my own thoughts, my own feelings. Now,
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  these are just a few examples, but you are going to know for you,
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  What is it that you need to do to curate your own consciousness?
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  And if you're doing this along with me right now, ask yourself,
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  what are the things you engage in that bring your energy down,
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  that seem to drain your energy? Is it social media?
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  Is it talking to certain people or going to certain kinds of events?
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  Just take note of this. Perhaps throughout your day today,
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  notice when your energy hits a dip or a low, and then ask yourself,
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  What am I doing in this moment? What am I exposed to?
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  What is coming into my consciousness? And is there a way that I can curate this,
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  that I can put these boundaries in place to make these decisions?
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  Because the reality is that we are deeply affected by what comes into our
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  brains, into our fields,
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  into our consciousness. I realized this from a young age that the books that I
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  read would affect my dreams,
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  the movies that I saw often made me feel a certain kind of way
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  for days at a time.
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  I realized that I cannot watch scary movies because I literally start feeling
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  like I am living in a scary movie if I watch one.
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  It's just part and parcel of me being a sensitive person.
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  So are there things in your life that you are exposed to,
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  or you are choosing to expose yourself to,
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  that are actually really affecting your consciousness in a way?
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  You have permission to curate that.
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  You have permission to decide when and where you interact with some of these
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  things. So what are some things that you can decide that you want to let go
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  of now or that you're only going to engage with at certain times?
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  This is an empowering way to curate what is coming into your field.
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  And by doing so,
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  you can actually allow your mind and your nervous system to have the space
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  to tune into you, to tune into your own energy field,
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  and what it is that makes you thrive. So the second step goes along with
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  this as a natural progression, and this is to envision your boundaries. Now,
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  we talk a lot about boundaries as sensitives and empaths because we need them so
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  much and because we're so naturally boundaryless. In this exercise,
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  I want you to literally envision a boundary around yourself.
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  It's one thing to talk about it;
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  It's another thing to actually use your intention and your inner consciousness,
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  the power of your mind, and envision these boundaries. Now,
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  your boundaries are going to look specific for you.
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  Maybe your boundary will be a bubble. Maybe it's going to be a fence.
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  Maybe it's going to be a bright light.
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  I love envisioning my boundaries as a hedgerow.
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  So a hedgerow full of a diversity,
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  of plants and berries and flowers,
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  planted in a thicket of thorns all around the edges of what I
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  conceive of the garden of my life.
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  So I see that hedgerow far enough out for myself that I know I have space to
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  move and stretch and explore, but thick:
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  thick enough that the energies that I'm not willing to have in my life have a
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  natural barrier,
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  where they're kept on the outside. So take a moment now if you're following
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  along with me, and envision your boundary.
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  What visual is coming up for you when you tune into this?
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  This boundary should be something that makes you feel good,
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  that makes you feel protected, safe, alive and spacious.
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  Because ultimately that's what boundaries do for us:
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  they actually help us as sensitives to feel more spacious in our life,
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  because there's more space for our own energy to spread out. I recommend
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  envisioning your boundaries at least once a day:
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  so either first thing in the morning before you go about your day,
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  or perhaps at night before you go to sleep, to really call yourself back home.
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  You can envision your boundaries before challenging situations or maybe
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  before you're going into a public sphere where you know your sensitivity is
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  going to be on alert. Really take that time to envision that boundary,
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  see it in your mind's eye, use all of your senses to engage with it,
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  and I promise you that energetic boundary will be there to help protect you.
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  The third tip is to connect in with your own individual essence or
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  frequency. You have an energy that is all your own,
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  and you are here in this lifetime to have that energy completely embodied in
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  your life. That's your goal. That is your purpose in life,
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  to have your energy be what animates your body, your form,
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  your life. Now, as sensitives,
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  we're often very in-tune with other people's energies,
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  the energies that are moving through the world. This can be a beautiful thing.
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  It makes us really good listeners, therapists.
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  It makes us really amazing practitioners.
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  It makes us really highly tuned into the subtle realm. And,
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  it can get confusing. What's my energy versus what's someone else's? Who am I,
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  versus somebody else?
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  So taking time every day to envision and feel your own energy.
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  And here's how I love to do that,
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  and you can follow along with me now if you'd like: Envision that there is a
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  beautiful light coming into your body now.
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  This is the light of your wider self.
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  This is the light of your home frequency, who you truly are. Now,
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  if it helps you to do so, you could let your eyes close to visualize this light.
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  I want you to see this light moving into your body now completely and
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  totally into your energy field. And notice,
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  what color is this light?
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  All of our lights are going to be different.
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  Your color is going to be different than someone else,
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  and this color holds a very particular frequency: the frequency that is you.
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  So really take a moment now to see this color. Don't overthink it.
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  Just let it arise into your mind.
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  And see this colored light flood
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  completely into your body. How does this feel?
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  This light is moving into you so fully that there's not space for anything else
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  but your own light, this frequency that is you,
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  this beautiful, vibrant color that carries the energy of who you are.
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  See this light flood completely all the cells in your body,
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  so much so that now you're radiating this light.
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  This is your home frequency. This is who you are.
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  This is your innate energy, and this is a place where you can rest.
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  So you can use this visualization anytime you need. And this color is a gift.
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  This color has come to remind you of who you are. So if you have time,
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  maybe sit down and write a little bit about what this color brings up for you,
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  where you've seen this color before, what it reminds you of,
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  how you feel when you interact with this color.
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  This color will now be like a touchstone for you to remember who you are,
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  and remember that feeling of being at home with yourself and fully
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  ensconced and connected to your own home frequency. Step number
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  four is to learn how to come home to yourself.
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  So we've explored these three tools,
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  which will help you throughout your day to stay centered, grounded,
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  and inside your own energy field, which is your place of power.
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  Now we're exploring how to come home to yourself at the end of the day or
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  whenever you need to. As empaths and sensitives,
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  we're constantly exporting ourselves out into the world to interact with people,
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  to be available for other energies.
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  So learning how to come home to ourselves is an essential skill. I know for me,
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  what this looks like is often taking care of the sensory aspects of my
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  surroundings: so putting on music that I really like,
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  or maybe even putting on a white noise machine, dimming the lights,
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  lighting a candle, getting into soft, comfy clothes.
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  All of these sensory details help me in my mind and in my
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  nervous system to come back into a state of relaxation,
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  to feel available for this process of coming home to myself.
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  As sensitives, we're very attuned to our environment.
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  So whatever you can do to make your environment feel soft, cozy,
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  safe and less overwhelming,
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  will help you come back home to yourself. And then there's a visualization that
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  I like to use at the end of the day,
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  where I actually see myself as a map of lights,
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  and I notice where these little lights might be out in the world,
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  and I call each one back home, one by one,
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  until I feel my own light complete and intact and whole again.
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  So the way that you come home will be unique and special to you.
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  Maybe it's being alone, maybe it's being with your pet.
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  Maybe it's sitting outside underneath your favorite tree. Whatever it is,
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  take some time today to think about it, to figure it out, to ask yourself,
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  What is it that helps me feel like all the lights of myself are back home,
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  safe inside of my being?
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  Taking time every day to come back home,
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  to be in your home frequency, to bathe in the energy that is you.
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  This is what gives you energy to be out in the world.
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  This is what gives you power to be doing your work in the world.
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  You as an empath, as a sensitive,
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  have really important gifts to bring to this world.
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  And those gifts are integrally tied in with your sensitivity.
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  So learning how to take care of yourself as a sensitive person in this world is
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  how you give the gifts of your being to this planet. So if you are
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  loving this information about how to care for yourself as a sensitive person and
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  you want to know how to be supported in that,
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  and specifically how the earth can support you in your sensitivity,
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  then definitely check out my book, Mirrors in the Earth.
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  The book was specifically created for other sensitives and
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  empaths on the journey of learning how to flourish in this world,
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  by learning how to value themselves and take care of themselves as sensitive
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  people.
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  This book is all about interacting with the natural world so you can see the
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  nature of who you are.
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  And I've loved connecting with people through this book being out in the world.
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  So if you do read the book, I would love to know, What resonated with you?
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  Was there a specific chapter or moment or plant in the book that really
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  spoke to you? It has been such a blessing to work with so many sensitives on my
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  path because sensitive people are magnificent,
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  sensitive people have incredible gifts:
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  gifts that only someone who is as sensitive and empathic as
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  you can bring. So thank you for being who you are in this world,
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  for the sensitive, empathic person that you are.
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  What you bring to this earth is special, it's needed,
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  and now more ever,
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  your gifts are so deeply needed on this planet.
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  Are you still listening? If so, you are my people.
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  If you are still here,
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  I wanted to remind you about my voicemail service.
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  I have a voice messaging center on my website where you can leave me a voice
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  message. And I have been loving hearing from people.
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  It's one of my favorite things.
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  So if you have thoughts about this episode or you have something you'd like to
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  suggest for a future episode,
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  head on over to asiasuler.com/remember, and I'd love to hear from you.