Latest / Just Be True ~ A Soul-Led Podcast / Sacrad Boundaries and Honoring You
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- 0:14Hello beautiful souls and welcome back to Just
- 0:18Be True, a soul -led podcast. I am your host
- 0:22Summer and I am so grateful that you are here
- 0:25today. This week we're exploring something everyone
- 0:30can benefit from. It's in all aspects of our
- 0:34lives and that is boundaries. Not just the personal
- 0:39boundaries but also the spiritual ones. The emotional
- 0:42and the energetic boundaries that shape every
- 0:45part of our well -being. And I'm going to say
- 0:48that this week's topic isn't just one that came
- 0:52to me randomly or came to me through meditation
- 0:57or from guys. This came to me more from witnessing
- 1:01others recently struggling to honor their own
- 1:05boundaries and their limits. This was through
- 1:08conversations, stories, observation, and even
- 1:12the quiet observations that were carried through
- 1:18conversations that I've had with individuals.
- 1:21And so, you know, I would hear stuff like, I
- 1:25know what I need, you know, I'm just afraid to
- 1:28honor that boundary. I know that I need to set
- 1:31this boundary, but what if it's not accepted
- 1:35or what if the other individual finds it not
- 1:41acceptable, right? Or what are they going to
- 1:45do if I tell them not? that this is unacceptable
- 1:49and that where my boundaries are. And so it's
- 1:52being able to set aside those worries and those
- 1:56concerns, right? Because we've all been there.
- 2:00We know when we've either crossed the boundaries
- 2:04ourselves from over commitment or doing things
- 2:07that we probably didn't feel like we should be
- 2:09doing, but we did them anyway because we felt
- 2:11responsible for it or we felt that we had a commitment
- 2:16for that. are also allowing people to cross over
- 2:22our personal boundaries about speaking to us
- 2:25certain ways or treating us in certain ways so
- 2:28we've all done that and so you know this conversation
- 2:32is to help you set aside those worries and those
- 2:35concerns about others and respecting your own
- 2:38boundaries and learning to have the courage to
- 2:40speak up the courage to choose ourselves the
- 2:43courage to say no without guilt so today we're
- 2:48going to dive into that courage and we're going
- 2:50to learn to own it a little bit more and it takes
- 2:53practice this isn't something that we can done
- 2:56overnight but the more you practice it the more
- 2:59you step into it the easier it becomes and the
- 3:02more empowering empowering that it becomes as
- 3:06well so what what are boundaries you know boundaries
- 3:12are not walls They're not cold. They're not rejection.
- 3:18Your boundaries are clarity. They are the sacred
- 3:22lines that defines where your energy ends and
- 3:25where the world begins. They're your safeguard
- 3:28for your peace. They protect your intuition.
- 3:32They support your emotional health and they help
- 3:37you stay aligned with who you truly are. So your
- 3:42boundaries is an amazing thing to embrace and
- 3:47to bring into your day -to -day life. Spiritual
- 3:51boundaries especially are often overlooked, but
- 3:57for intuitives, empaths, healers, and anyone
- 4:02walking in a soul -led path, boundaries are extremely
- 4:07essential. And a lot of times we forget to set
- 4:11those boundaries when we're doing our energetic
- 4:13work our spiritual work Or even if you're just
- 4:16beginning your spiritual path, right? Setting
- 4:19those boundaries is extremely important Because
- 4:22they're gonna help maintain your mental health
- 4:25They're gonna help maintain your emotional health
- 4:28and they're also gonna help maintain your physical
- 4:30health as well So Our boundaries are essential.
- 4:39They're what keeps your energy from becoming
- 4:42scattered or drained. They also allow your intuitive
- 4:48voice to stay clear. So you're setting those
- 4:53boundaries so the intuitive information that
- 4:56comes in is more clear and you're able to speak
- 4:59it and share it with the proper intent. So how
- 5:05can we know our boundaries have been crossed?
- 5:09You know, some of us may know instantly when
- 5:11boundaries have been crossed. Other times we
- 5:13may not realize it mentally, right? Right away.
- 5:19So but most of the time your body knows before
- 5:21your mind does. So have you ever felt that tightening
- 5:25in your chest? The sinking feeling in your stomach?
- 5:30Or the sudden heaviness? After talking to someone
- 5:34like you just feel like You know, it's just too
- 5:37much These sensations are your boundary speaking
- 5:41So you don't need to justify them You don't need
- 5:46to over explain them You don't even need to convince
- 5:53any one of them you don't have to Your body communicates
- 5:58in truth your intuitive communicates and whispers
- 6:03and your energy communicates and sensations so
- 6:08all you have to do is learn to listen to all
- 6:11of these things listen to your body when it's
- 6:15talking to you sometimes your boundaries can
- 6:17get over cross where you either need to separate
- 6:19you need to set a firm boundary right or you
- 6:24just need to rest and recoup your intuition communicates
- 6:30and whispers so you may hear things like you
- 6:35need space or it's okay to say no or this isn't
- 6:42yours to own right those are common things that
- 6:47you may have a knowing of or a sensation of and
- 6:51your energy also communicates and sensations
- 6:54so the heaviness on That are weighing on your
- 6:59shoulders, right? The sinking feeling in your
- 7:02stomach of feeling sick and nauseous. Those are
- 7:05signs So learning to listen to those and honor
- 7:08those signs is extremely important So, you know
- 7:14talking about honoring your signs you need to
- 7:16honor your boundaries So how do we honor boundaries
- 7:20with grace? Well, I have a few ways that may
- 7:23help The first thing you can do is give yourself
- 7:27permission. You are allowed to say no. You are
- 7:34allowed to change your mind, right? And you are
- 7:39allowed to take space. Take space for what you
- 7:44need. If you need people to move out of your
- 7:47space, move them out of your space. right clear
- 7:51your space so it's clear and only your energy
- 7:54and your energetic vibrations are sitting in
- 7:57that space right it's perfectly okay to say no
- 8:00you can say no with a good heart you can say
- 8:05no with love and inspiration behind it you can
- 8:09say no respectfully and it's always okay to change
- 8:15your mind And so, you know, so I don't feel guilty
- 8:19about changing my mind. I started getting into
- 8:23the habit to where if someone asked me to do
- 8:25something, I'll say, you know, I'll say, I'll
- 8:30see what I can do and see what we can, you know,
- 8:33how we can make it happen. Or I won't say, yeah,
- 8:37I promise I'll do that. So I leave out the word
- 8:41promise and I'll be like, I'll do my best. let's
- 8:45see what happens or you know and if it just can't
- 8:50happen I'll just be like sorry I can't do this
- 8:52it's not my thing and have somebody else you
- 8:56know they like have somebody else do it right
- 8:58but it's not my thing and I I wish you well on
- 9:01that journey right so it's perfectly okay to
- 9:04change your mind you can you know make plans
- 9:08with a friend to go out to dinner But then as
- 9:13the time approaches and you start feeling like
- 9:16hesitant about it, like it may not be a good
- 9:18decision, or that you may have a whole lot of
- 9:21other things on your mind, you can't be fully
- 9:23present to have dinner with your friend, call
- 9:28up and say, hey, sorry, I need to reschedule.
- 9:31You know, I need to take the time to do X, Y,
- 9:37and Z. you know or I just need to reschedule
- 9:39you don't have to explain why just say can we
- 9:41reschedule or if you don't even feel like rescheduling
- 9:45say sorry I'm not going to be able to do that
- 9:48you know and just leave it at that you don't
- 9:50have to offer reschedule you don't have to offer
- 9:53some other time you can just say sorry I'm not
- 9:56going to be able to make it to dinner and just
- 9:59leave it at that you don't owe anyone an explanation
- 10:02right it's all about how you feel about it right
- 10:08The second way to honor your boundary is speak
- 10:11clearly without apology. I kind of spoke on that
- 10:15a little bit. A boundary doesn't have to be harsh.
- 10:19It only needs to be true. So be truthful about
- 10:22your boundaries, right? So let's say someone
- 10:28said something to you that was unacceptable,
- 10:33right? And their behavior towards you was unacceptable.
- 10:37You let him know sorry, you know, just let him
- 10:40don't say sorry. I like I even broke my whole
- 10:43thing about with apology, but just say the way
- 10:46you're speaking to me is not acceptable. Let's
- 10:49come back and have this conversation when we
- 10:51can both be at an energetic level or an emotional
- 10:55level that supports us both. Right? Screaming
- 10:59and yelling is not acceptable. So come back and
- 11:02talk to me when we can speak calmly to one another.
- 11:06Or I see that your emotions are very highly engaged
- 11:09in this. Let's pause and come back and have this
- 11:12discussion later. If your emotions are getting
- 11:17wound up, if you're getting, you know, emotional
- 11:23and out of control about the conversation, you
- 11:26can stop it. Be like, you know, I need to stop
- 11:29this conversation right here. We'll pick it up
- 11:31later. And go and recollect yourself. Go for
- 11:34a walk. Right? Set that boundary, set that distance
- 11:37between you and what's going on. Right? That
- 11:39keeps your mental health, your emotional health
- 11:42safe. And you set these nice clear boundaries
- 11:46that didn't hurt anyone. Right? It probably helped
- 11:49the situation more than anything. Another thing
- 11:53you can do is let your let your energy lead.
- 11:58If something feels heavy, draining or misaligned,
- 12:02that's a sign. So don't do it or change the situation
- 12:09right or be like, you know I really don't need
- 12:11to be around that person because they don't make
- 12:13me feel well I Just don't need to be around that
- 12:16person. I need to protect my own energy It's
- 12:19perfectly fine to do that Right because you're
- 12:22protecting yourself Let me tell you there's no
- 12:25one more important for you Than yourself If you
- 12:31don't take care of yourself, you can't take care
- 12:33of others You don't take care of yourself. You
- 12:37can't be there for others, right? So you need
- 12:40to be able to take care of yourself and learning
- 12:42to honor that and realizing that you're just
- 12:44as important and actually more important than
- 12:47others. It's not that you're being self -centered
- 12:50or you're being narcissistic. It just means that
- 12:53you're taking care of yourself and you're making
- 12:55you a priority so you can lead in your truth
- 13:00and so you can walk in your truth. The last thing
- 13:05that you can do is release the guilt. I know
- 13:08there's a lot of guilt around setting these boundaries.
- 13:12You know, so many of us were raised with belief
- 13:14that saying no was unkind or putting ourselves
- 13:18first was selfish or that maintaining boundaries
- 13:22meant that you were pushing others away. These
- 13:26beliefs were taught to us by people who were
- 13:29doing the best that they could. that they often
- 13:32came from a place of fear, a place in their heads
- 13:39of unhealed patterns, right? And so being able
- 13:46to break that is going to be important. And we're
- 13:52realizing now that we are moving into this new
- 13:57vibrational energy right it's been happening
- 14:00for several years now but we're realizing that
- 14:03these old beliefs and these old systems no longer
- 14:06serve us this is one of those that no longer
- 14:09serve us a lot of our beliefs were planted in
- 14:14a place of fear and there's no reason to fear
- 14:21You know your boundaries make you healthy your
- 14:24boundaries are empowering your boundaries Support
- 14:30you So let go of those fear -based beliefs and
- 14:35step into who you truly are There's also even
- 14:40higher truth your needs are valid absolutely
- 14:46100 % Your energy is sacred And no one should
- 14:52be able to take that away from you. And your
- 14:55boundaries do not harm others. They simply honor
- 15:00you. And there's nothing more important than
- 15:03you honoring yourself. So truly learn how to
- 15:10embrace and hold on to that. Right? The moment
- 15:14you release the beliefs you were brought up with
- 15:17and begin honoring your own boundaries from a
- 15:20place of self -love, you reclaim your power,
- 15:24your clarity, and your connection with your higher
- 15:26self. So I say hang on to those boundaries and
- 15:32put them out there with pride and confidence
- 15:34and self -love, right? Just make them yours and
- 15:39own every bit of it. So let's talk about boundaries
- 15:44in our spiritual work. For those of us who channel,
- 15:49read energy, do Reiki, do intuitive readings,
- 15:54tarot card readings, we open ourselves up for
- 15:58intuitive guidance. Boundaries become even more
- 16:01important. Because you're calling in energies
- 16:05that don't belong to you. You're calling in energies
- 16:09to provide you information. Or you're tapping
- 16:12into someone else's energy so you can give them
- 16:18the healing or the information that they're seeking.
- 16:24Not everyone is meant to access your energy.
- 16:29So remember that first and foremost. Not every
- 16:33situation deserves your openness. Not every connection
- 16:40is aligned with your path. So when you are working
- 16:48with someone else's energy and you may feel another
- 16:53energy that's coming in that doesn't quite resonate
- 16:56and it doesn't feel good you can tell it to back
- 17:00off and you can push it away. I mean, it's perfectly
- 17:05safe to do that. You can also ask spirit to communicate
- 17:09from you from a distance. It takes practice,
- 17:13right? But you can ask them to communicate from
- 17:15a distance. You can use like a screen door effect,
- 17:18right? You have a screen door between you and
- 17:20them to where you can hear and sense them, but
- 17:23they're not coming into your energy field, right?
- 17:28So, and it's okay to do that. right and that
- 17:31protects your energy so you're not having their
- 17:35unhealthy energy or that unhealthy or that energy
- 17:39that's not aligned with your higher self or within
- 17:43your path interfere with your energetic field
- 17:46right it's perfectly okay to do that some boundaries
- 17:51sound like i'm not available for that energy
- 17:55i'm honoring my need to rest By all means rest.
- 18:01I choose who enters my space Right? I love that
- 18:06one My intuition is guiding me away from this
- 18:11So definitely if your intuition is guiding you
- 18:15away from something follow that intuition, right?
- 18:19And your spiritual boundaries protect not just
- 18:22your peace They protect your gifts as well. They
- 18:26protect those spiritual gifts Also allows you
- 18:31to When you set these spiritual boundaries, it
- 18:34also allows you to understand your own power
- 18:39your Your true abilities with your gifts and
- 18:45how you can connect and how you can Limit what
- 18:48can actually enter your field and even how much
- 18:51it can enter your field and a great way to practice
- 18:54this is with dowsing rods. Dowsing rods are a
- 18:59great way where you can read the energy that's
- 19:04coming into your field and you can know where
- 19:06to block it. You can allow it to get so close
- 19:09and you can learn where to block it. If you are
- 19:12very sensitive and empathic and you know clearly
- 19:16where your energy field is, you can also draw
- 19:20a line, an invisible line around your energy
- 19:22and be like, okay, this is my energy field. Nothing
- 19:25is allowed to enter this Do you need to communicate
- 19:29with me if you need to share with me? You can
- 19:31do it on the other side of this line There's
- 19:33no reason for this line to be crossed Kind of
- 19:36like drawing a line in the sand. Yeah You have
- 19:40to believe in what you're doing you have to believe
- 19:42in what you're saying and also realizing that
- 19:47when you being a spiritual worker And especially
- 19:52if you're, you know, awakening, you're tapping
- 19:55into your gifts and you're learning about them,
- 19:57it's important to also clear your energy as well.
- 20:01To clean it and reset your boundaries. And so
- 20:05there's multiple, multiple ways you can do this.
- 20:08You can do it with selenite. You can do it with
- 20:14sage. You can do it with Palo Santos. You can
- 20:19do it with tourmaline or hematite. I wear a Vogue
- 20:28crystal that is specifically created to protect
- 20:34my energy. And it's amazing how well this little
- 20:40Star of David Vogue crystal works with that.
- 20:44It's amazing. And I can definitely feel a difference.
- 20:48Right? When I have this and then when I don't.
- 20:53So just knowing that there's several opportunities
- 20:55out there that are available to you to use and
- 20:59just tapping into what suits best for you. But
- 21:02the most important thing you do is honor your
- 21:04own boundaries. Set them and honor them and make
- 21:08other people honor them as well. Right? So we're
- 21:13going to take a moment of reflection. And we're
- 21:17going to sit back and we're going to relax. If
- 21:22you're driving, I say let's do this at a later
- 21:25time. But if you are not driving and you're in
- 21:31a place where you can sit back and take a few
- 21:34deep breaths in and exhale. Deep breath in. Exhale
- 21:44and just relax, close your eyes and breathe.
- 21:51Feeling a calm energy draping over you. As you
- 22:00sit here in this peace and comfort, ask yourself,
- 22:07where am I giving too much? giving too much?
- 22:22Where am I carrying what isn't mine? Where am
- 22:29I carrying what isn't mine? Where is my energy
- 22:39leaking? Where is my energy leaking? Where is
- 22:53my intuition asking for space for distance or
- 23:00for clarity? Where is my intuition asking for
- 23:06space for distance or for clarity? Allow these
- 23:16answers to rise gently. You don't need to force
- 23:21anything. Your inner wisdom already knows. But
- 23:29whatever comes to you through this, whether it's
- 23:32a knowing, a sensation, or visions, be sure that
- 23:40you honor that. Be sure that you acknowledge
- 23:46that and you take that with you so that you can
- 23:53learn and that you can build those boundaries
- 23:57that you need. Now open your eyes. So what I'd
- 24:08say is anytime you need to go back and ask you
- 24:12to listen to this again ask yourself these questions
- 24:15to identify where you need work on your boundaries
- 24:19and as you conquer through one step of your boundaries
- 24:23you may find that you have another boundary issue
- 24:27that comes up that you need to set that boundary
- 24:29for none of this is just like a one time that's
- 24:34it one time I'm done I'm good no this is a continual
- 24:37practice continual learning Because there's always
- 24:40going to be situations that come up where you
- 24:42need to identify where you need work, where you
- 24:46can improve, right? And boundaries is definitely
- 24:50one of those because there's so many different
- 24:53aspects of it that come into our daily lives,
- 24:57right? So being sure you honor those and learning
- 25:01to release the negative annotations from it and
- 25:06honor what it truly is. So, boundaries are love
- 25:13notes for yourself. They are reminders that your
- 25:17energy is sacred, your peace is sacred, and your
- 25:21presence is sacred. When you honor your boundaries,
- 25:25you honor your soul. How amazing is that? You
- 25:29honor your soul. So I want to thank you for joining
- 25:35me today. Thank you for showing up for your growth,
- 25:39your healing and your truth. If this episode
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