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Ep 34 | Breathe Love: Honoring Your High-Resolution Navigational System · 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. Through reflections, realignment and
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  soul -led stories, we remember how to move through
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  life in a way that feels true to who we really
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  are. This is your space to rise, to realign and
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  to come home again and again to your own wise,
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  authentic and sensitive self. Last week in episode
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  33, I talked about, you know, what it means to
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  truly honor all paths, especially your own. You
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  know, and I just talked a little bit about my
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  philosophy of live and let live. But it's just
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  really important as sensitive souls, you know,
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  being in the minority. of, you know, humanity,
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  it's just really important that you connect with
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  and know your innate goodness and greatness and
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  gifts. You know, you have unique talents, you
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  know, many which cannot be learned because again,
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  being somebody with this high sensitivity trait
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  right it's an innate survival strategy and the
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  way you take in information and process it you
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  know you have this high resolution navigational
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  system and you know it's it's really important
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  that each of us understands you know what our
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  body is communicating you know, and, you know,
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  what are the thoughts that are coming up in our
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  minds, right? In our own awareness. um and that's
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  what i really love about supporting you know
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  sensitive women especially you know the realigned
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  journey is really about you know that ongoing
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  process of returning to yourself right coming
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  into right relationship with your body your mind
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  your soul you know and with the living world
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  that we're a part of um you know the The further
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  I am on my journey, you know, the more appreciation
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  I have for what I've lived through and, you know,
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  my ability to really honor and hold space for
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  the women who, you know, sit across from me,
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  you know, virtually. That's how I work in my
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  private practice as a holistic psychotherapist.
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  you know it's just the the variety of women who
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  i support it's just really beautiful you know
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  and i'm definitely someone who is here to just
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  be a support you know um i really see a deep
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  connection in all that unfolds you know, in life.
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  And, um, of course there's this grand mystery
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  and we all have our own perspectives and, you
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  know, ways of seeing things, but you know, what
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  we have in common as highly sensitive women and
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  souls, you know, really is this deep inner knowing.
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  Um, but the signals get get really crossed for
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  a lot of us because you know we have this connection
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  with our inner guidance our heart our soul our
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  higher self you know whatever language um most
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  resonates for you, but then there's also a lot
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  of interference, you know, that comes from the
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  external world because, you know, you take in
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  five times more data from the external world
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  and then you process, you know, things more deeply
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  on the inner world. Um, so that's why, you know,
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  Some of the qualities of being a highly sensitive
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  person is this really complex inner world, right?
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  This depth of processing, depth of perception,
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  you know, this high resolution nervous system.
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  And, you know, there's no right or wrong way
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  to how we, you know, realign. with our own, you
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  know, truth. But I'm definitely here to support
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  you and, and give you, you know, validation in
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  the sense of, you know, what you are living through,
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  what you're navigating, you know, the challenges
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  that you're experiences, experiencing, they're
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  all valid and real for you. And oftentimes others
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  can't relate, right? They might not understand
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  the full picture of what you're experiencing,
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  but you're not alone, you know, because in addition
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  to this depth of processing, right, this depth
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  of caring that you have for others, you know,
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  oftentimes there can be, you know, kind of frustration
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  that comes up when somebody else doesn't see
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  things the way you can see things. And that's
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  an important piece to recognize, you know? And
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  believe me, I live this every day as a single
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  mom to my teenage son, right? Like I'll notice
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  something and he does not. And I can feel the
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  frustration, that emotional response that is
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  like, how does he not see this, right? And I
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  myself have to, you know, just like I remind
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  others, right? Connect with your breath, connect
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  with your body. Remember, he's 13. He doesn't
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  see what you see. He doesn't have the lived experience,
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  right? And so I really want to encourage you
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  to take a step back in your life and see where
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  might you not yet recognize where others can't
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  see what you see. They don't know what you know,
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  right? They haven't lived and walked the path
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  that you have. But within your path, your journey,
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  right, like you have been cultivating this deeper
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  understanding, this deeper knowing, you know,
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  and you have this enormous, what I call heart
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  wisdom. And, you know, the more often we can
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  take that step back, you'll hear me say it, you
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  know, on the episodes that I record, you know,
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  take a break and breathe love, right? I choose
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  that way of saying it because it's about connecting
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  with your breath, connecting with your heart,
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  you know, connecting with that inner guidance,
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  that truth within you, that authenticity, you
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  know, because it's not uncommon that, you know,
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  we respond from old patterns, old programs, right?
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  Whether it's from our loved ones who... raised
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  us whether it's from you know ancestors even
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  if they've passed right like there's that continuity
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  often um in families uh but when you are the
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  one who notices more right like you have this
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  sensitivity to subtleties right like you can
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  notice things that again others don't see that's
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  your gift And that's something to recognize that
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  it's your gift, but others may not be experiencing
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  or having that like you do, right? So knowing
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  that you as a highly sensitive individual and
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  soul, right? Like you are remembering, you know,
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  what your true essence, right? Or your higher
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  self. however you want to call it, you know,
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  that's part of the realign journey, right? Is
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  to be, in a sense, it's like a course correction,
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  right? Like the behaviors that maybe we engaged
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  in for many years, for some of us decades, right?
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  Just because of that early imprinting and conditioning,
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  you know, we pause, we take a break and breathe
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  love to recommend, to reconnect, you know, to
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  remember, you know, that that reaction isn't
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  us, right? That, that response could have been
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  a pattern. Um, and I just see it as an opportunity
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  to, you know, the more we pause and the more
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  we notice the patterns. the more awareness we
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  have and that's something that you know i repeatedly
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  share with the women that i support right like
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  awareness is always key that is the first step
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  in in any type of realignment and shift right
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  because if we aren't noticing something then
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  there's nothing that's needing attention to change
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  in a sense right and again there's no judgment
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  because a lot of us you know it's a survival
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  strategy right like we did what we needed to
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  do to get through those earlier experiences but
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  now as you mature into adulthood right it really
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  is about rising above those old patterns reclaiming
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  your voice right reclaiming your natural rhythm
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  and remembering who you really are as a whole
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  person right as a whole being mind body and soul
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  you know when i visit social media platforms
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  which I really don't go on that often because,
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  you know, there's so much that shows up on my
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  feeds and it's very physically focused. And I
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  understand, you know, for a lot of people, they
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  maybe don't have that grander view of, you know,
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  what is it, you know, that. We're a soul, you
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  know, what, what do you mean we have a body and
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  I'm not the body or what do you mean, you know,
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  about the mind? Isn't it my brain? Like there's
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  a lot of, um, I don't know if confusion is the
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  right word to say, but you know, this is just
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  another way to understand how. different our
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  journeys and paths can be, right? Because there
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  are people who we are walking along this planet
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  with who really believe that they're their body.
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  And so all of their focus is on the physical
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  form, what they can see, what they can taste,
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  touch, right? And that's a big part of probably
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  the planet, be my guess. But there also are many
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  of us who are, you know, whether you call it
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  awakening or remembering, right, that we are
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  so much more. And I love David Hawkins map of
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  consciousness, you know, not to use it in any
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  type of hierarchy, because what I've come to
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  understand is. You know, when you're in the compression,
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  right? When you're constricted in those lower
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  frequencies of fear, of guilt, of shame, right?
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  Like there's value when we're in it. We don't
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  feel it necessarily when we're in it. And depending
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  on our journey, some of us stay there for a much
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  longer time, right? As we breathe more, as we
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  create more space, you know, that's when we get
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  to lift up out of the constriction and breathe
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  into some expansion, right? Some expanded views
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  and understanding of, well, who am I really?
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  And what am I here for? And what lights me up?
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  And what are my dreams? And what are my visions,
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  right? That's what I really enjoy about supporting
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  sensitive women is because, you know, I offer
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  a space where, you know, we want to rise up out
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  of, you know, the heaviness that we can feel
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  and experience on the earthly plane, you know,
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  and, and really open up to, and what else is
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  possible, you know, like. What else can we create?
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  You know, what else can we allow ourselves to
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  receive, right? Because I know that there's been
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  a culture, and I don't remember when I first
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  became aware of it, but a lot of talk about manifesting,
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  right? Like, I want to manifest this. I want
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  to manifest that. And The Secret was big, you
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  know, that movie. And there were several other
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  ones. And I know that there are still many who,
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  you know, really, Focus on that. My own personal
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  journey has shown me that there's so much more
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  though to it, right? Than just us focusing on
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  in a sense that physical, you know, what is it
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  you want to manifest, right? Because when you
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  look at the wholeness of who you are, right?
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  Like there actually is a rhythm to the thoughts
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  that you become aware of, the emotions, you know,
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  that move through you and what your soul is here
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  to experience. Sometimes that's beautiful and
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  blissful, you know, and other times it can feel
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  very constricting. It can feel very heavy. It
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  can feel very confusing. And that's where, you
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  know, I've come to understand that that's more
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  of the recalibration, right? That's where we're
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  integrating some of the shifts that are happening.
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  And it just opens us up to something more, right?
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  I was with a client the other day and, you know,
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  we're just talking about the mystery of life,
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  you know, and it's, it's really true. Like I
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  used to, you know, have a view about life and,
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  you know, what is it that I wanted to experience?
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  And I did experience all of those things, but
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  yet I realized, you know, I woke up to this grander
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  view and was like oh there's so much more and
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  I think that's what's important you know when
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  we can recognize like we may be on a path and
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  we think we know where we're going right? But
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  it's like a maze. It can take a right turn without
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  you even knowing about it, right? It can have
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  a pause that could be unexpected, right? But
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  when we embrace that, whatever is arising for
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  us is part of our soul's evolution and journey,
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  right? Then it just allows us to, again, take
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  more. of those breaks to breathe into love right
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  and to be open and curious you know whether you
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  choose to focus on god or the quantum field right
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  or source right um you know everything is light
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  like it just whatever your path is you know like
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  be true to you honor you because you're the only
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  one who has the path that you have and there's
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  greatness within it you know it is for you to
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  continue to evolve and grow so if you're somebody
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  who you're very focused on your physical health
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  right your body and you're wanting to be educated
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  doing labs doing tests trying medications you
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  know taking supplements i've been there i i I
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  know how that can really help us understand our
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  body and how it operates. And I want to remind
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  you that you still have that inner guidance,
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  right? Like, and again, the more we open up to
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  that inner guidance, the more it can help us
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  make sense of some of these physically focused
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  pieces, you know? I'm just here speaking from
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  my heart, right, to other sensitive souls that,
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  you know, the path is very much around, you know,
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  coming into right relationship with your mind,
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  with your body, with your soul, you know, and
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  understanding what you're a part of. And if this
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  is new to you, you know, obviously. You are perfect
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  right where you are because this is your journey.
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  And really it's no one else's business or, or
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  right to judge, you know, what you should or
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  shouldn't be doing because each of us gets the
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  opportunity to learn in the manner that we're
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  going to learn. We can learn by resisting something
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  and it can repeat, right? Um, or we learn by
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  surrendering and letting go of the fight, you
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  know, and just allowing like ourselves to receive,
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  okay, what is this guidance showing me? What
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  is this situation revealing? You know, what is
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  my body communicating? Right. Like as sensitive
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  individuals and souls, like. Again, your capacity
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  to learn and grow and evolve is really, really
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  deep. That's why, right, that core aspect of
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  being a highly sensitive person is this depth
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  of processing. So, yeah, let's take a break and
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  breathe love together, you know, now. Feel whatever
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  support is beneath you, whether your feet are
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  on the earth or you're sitting on something.
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  Just feel that you are supported. You are held.
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  Just notice your breath. You don't have to change
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  it. Taking a break and breathe love does not
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  have to always mean a specific breathing practice,
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  right? It's just you're taking a break from all
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  of that outward focus, all of that outward activity
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  and pushing or performing, right? And just coming
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  into alignment with your true essence and this,
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  you know, present moment. So just bring your
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  attention and your awareness to your breath.
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  and to your heart space. I often invite you to,
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  you know, put your hand on your heart just so
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  that it brings your attention to your heart space,
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  you know, helps you connect with that quieter
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  voice within you, the one who knows the truth
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  for you and your path, you know, deepening your
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  connection with yourself. so that you can live
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  from that inner guidance. And just if it feels
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  good, you can deepen your breath, you know, as
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  you inhale, just a little bit deeper. And the
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  exhale, a little bit slower, longer out your
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  mouth. Just inhaling through the nose, lengthening
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  your spine. exhaling out your mouth. That signals
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  to your nervous system that it's okay. You're
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  safe. You can relax. I invite you to continue
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  with the breath, rhythm, and pace that feels
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  natural and best for you right now. I teach about
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  many different breathing exercises. but it's
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  always important that you trust within yourself
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  you know what you need in this moment and i just
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  invite you to just as you're connecting to your
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  heart space and your center you know just breathe
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  in some curiosity you know what is life revealing
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  for you and what is your heart or soul you know
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  desiring you know what what lights you up and
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  just give yourself some moments to just explore
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  that you know what really lights you up or even
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  imagining you know where's your peaceful place,
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  you know? What can you tap into that helps you
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  feel more connected to you? So as a reminder,
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  you know, the realign journey for me, it's just
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  You coming back home to you again and again,
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  that you are the authority on your life. You
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  know, no one else knows what's best for you.
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  Only you can know that. And the invitation is
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  for you to be connecting more deeply with your
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  own inner guidance. And that just takes those
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  moments here and there every day. to just tune
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  in, to feel your breath, to feel the support
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  beneath you, to remember that you're not alone,
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  that you are connected and supported by something
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  so much greater, whatever you call it, whatever
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  it feels like for you. And that can change for
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  you too across your lifetime, you know? Just
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  being true to you and giving a voice to your
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  innermost desires and soul. So if you're recognizing
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  yourself as a sensitive soul, I have my first
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  seasonal threshold gathering at the summer solstice.
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  the sensitivity realignment spiral. It is offered
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  independently. Um, you can sign up for just one
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  of these gatherings or the whole year. Um, and
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  it's also bundled with my new entry pathway.
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  Uh, your sensitivity is intelligent design. It's
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  my essentials course. It's science informed and
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  it is focused on sensitive and strong women who
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  are ready to understand their sensitive nervous
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  system as an intentional design and not a flaw
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  to fix. So I invite you to explore that and would
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  love to have you join me and other sensitive
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  and strong women there Sunday. at 5 30 p .m pacific
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  8 30 p .m eastern so before we close you know
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  i invite you to just return again and again to
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  your breath to your body to what feels true for
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  you again each and every day there's nothing
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  you need to fix just notice what's here Where
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  the heart leads, the body remembers and the soul
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  awakens. As a reminder, we are here together
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  to rise, reclaim, remember. And as always, I'm
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  so grateful you're here. You are so important
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  and your voice matters and your emotions are
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  valid. You know, really. honor and nurture yourself.
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  If you'd like to continue this journey with me,
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  you can find everything about the ways to walk
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  with me at realignwithmelissa .com. Take good
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  care of you. Much love and light.