It's been coming up a bit in conversations on our group calls, how hard it can be to speak your truth. With fake news/political propaganda being so normalized, just saying the true thing can take so much energy. And yet not speaking up can feel really wrong.

So I wanted to share this experience I had where I used the Un-Sticking Station practice to work through the "vulnerability hangover" I had after saying the true thing.

Taking my vulnerability hangover into the Un-Sticking Station:

Where do I feel this in my body?

In my belly. It’s a very strange sensation. Like… something trying to break free. Like we’re in the ocean and this creature is trying to swim away but it can’t.

I put my hands on my belly and try to offer it love.

A very young inner child shows up. “I wish we wouldn’t speak out about anything”

Oh sweetheart. I’m sorry you feel that way. Can you tell me more?

“I’m so scared of what people will say to me and what they will think of me.”

I give her a big hug and say "Hey - you have me to protect you. Please remember that you are safe."

I think about how that fear of judgement keeps us quiet and conforming and how our dreams want us to be loud (or at least visible/hearable) and authentic.

It’s fine for me to make the brave choice. I mean I know it’s scary for my inner children but I PREFER the brave choice because it feels better to live in alignment with myself instead of living in alignment with dominant culture. My values matter to me.

Also, by NOT speaking up, I end up surrounded by people who wouldn’t like me if they knew who I really was. 

My inner child was listening and at that part, she perked up.

We’re actually safer by being up front and authentic and speaking out. It means the people who don’t like us… just leave… and then the people who are left DO like and accept us.

That’s right!

She says "It still feels uncomfortable, but I see how it’s worth it."

The sea creature in my belly feels free now.

It's not always this simple, but the Un-Sticking Station meditations help you SIT WITH these uncomfortable places in a way that transforms them. There is no way out of them, but through them.

 

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