There are so many tools for emotional healing, but one that often gets an eye roll? Meditation. I get it—it’s not always the easiest to embrace. But I want to talk about why it’s so powerful. Let’s talk about how meditation helps with healing.
For most people, meditation brings up a vision of someone sitting cross-legged and chanting. That can be one way to meditate.
But, meditation is so much more than that. At it’s core, it’s about being present, whether through guided meditations, breath work, or even mindful movement. Our minds tend to jump from one thought to the next, often reinforcing fears or self-doubt. Meditation helps quiet that noise, grounding us in the here and now.
And it’s a practice—meaning there’s no “failing” at it. If your mind wanders, you just bring it back. Whether through focused breathing, walking in nature, or a guided meditation, the goal is the same: presence. And the consistent practice of presence changes everything.
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As you are probably aware, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I’ve been sitting with what I want to say to acknowledge it for a couple of weeks.
To be honest, the words haven’t come easily.
I often talk about what is possible when we use our voices, both individually and collectively. How we have the ability to end the shame and stigma and create safe spaces to show up vulnerably when we share our stories and struggles. I talk about hope and oftentimes hold it for those who can’t yet trust it. Whatever your experience, your age, or struggle, no matter how many times you’ve tried and believed you’ve failed, healing is possible.
But, this year, more than any other time, I’m speaking as someone who’s struggling to hold it personally.
When someone who is a bully and had multiple, credible accusations of rape and abuse was elected 8 years ago, I remember the quiet devastation that settled in my body. It wasn’t political, it was deeply personal.
I work with survivors of sexual trauma every day. I see the lifelong work it takes to feel safe in their bodies again. I walk beside people as they learn to trust themselves, their voices, and their worth. That’s why it felt like such an incredible betrayal to humanity.
What do you say to the people you’ve helped believe in their power, when the country elects a man who abuses his?
What do you do when your own hope feels threatened?
And now, years later, here we are again.
A culture that still doesn’t believe survivors, even when a jury holds the perpetrator accountable.
A system that protects power instead of people.
An entire half of the government falling in line with a man who has a long record of racism and misogyny feeling their power expand with every act of cruelty.
So yes, there are days I wonder…
Have I been wrong to believe we can change things?
Have I misled people by sharing what I believe and stories of healing, truth, and hope?
But then… something small reminds me.
The client who shares her story out loud for the first time.
The friend who shares her struggle, even when it’s uncomfortable.
The survivor who says, “I didn’t think I could feel this way.”
The person who speaks out when someone says a rape joke.
The moments of softness and connection in a world so loud.
These are not small things.
They are seismic shifts. Not always felt or seen at the time, but cracks that let the light… and hope back in.
So, today, I’m not writing this from a place of nicely wrapped up hope. I’m writing from the messy middle, where hope and heartbreak live side by side.
Where truth-telling is an act of resistance.
Where staying tender is a quiet revolution.
Where holding on to hope isn’t about “positive vibes”, it’s about fierce commitment to what can be, even when we’re surrounded by what should never have been.
If you’ve had moments (or months) of feeling tired, disillusioned, or heartbroken, I want you to know…
You are not naive for hoping for more.
You are not weak for needing rest or using distraction as a way of coping.
You are not alone in your pain or fears.
This month, and every month, may we keep imagining something different.
May we keep honoring the stories that were silenced.
May we keep holding one another in community through the grief, sadness, and hope.
May we keep fighting for a world that deserves our hope, because we deserve it too. 💜 #togetherwestand and #togetherweheal
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Thank you for joining me for this week’s card reading. This week, it is from Keepers of the Light from Kyle Gray. And the card that I pulled for us is Hilarion, Divine Healing. And I’m sure it’s no coincidence that it is green, which is the color of the heart chakra.
So as always, just give yourself these few moments to be with yourself. Be here with me, our community. Allow yourself to rest, to relax, to re-energize, to just be here in stillness, connecting to yourself and your breath.
Hilarion. Divine healing.
Honor your sensitivity. Retreat to recharge and heal. Your light can support others. The world can seem overwhelming to you. And it’s okay to retreat to a safe space every now and then to cleanse and recharge your energy.
You may feel called to serve others or share your healing with them. But please ensure that you are filled up with light, love, and energy first so that you are not sacrificing your own development for others. You are surrounded by the healing light of Hilarion and the healing angels of this time so that you can recharge and feel whole.
So just let yourself take in a deep, full breath. Notice any sort of reaction, whether in thoughts or in your body. Notice any sensations as they swirl around. What words or theme or phrase maybe resonated or maybe felt a little resistance to? Don’t try to judge it or analyze it. Just notice.
This says, “The world can seem overwhelming to you, and it’s okay to retreat to a safe space every now and then to cleanse and recharge your energy.” I would say that not only is it okay, but it’s really important.
And when there is a lot going on in your life. No matter what is happening outside of your life, but even when there is just a lot of stress in your own life—it is really important to do this. When there are a lot of things going on around you, whether it’s in your family or your neighborhood, your friend group, your community, your country, or globally, it’s even more important most of the time.
Because one of the things that we do as survivors is, generally speaking, tend to develop a really deep sense of empathy. And with that, not only do we feel our own stuff on some level, even if not consciously, but we feel so much about the difficulty and the pain of others.
I’m going to probably, unfortunately, have to continue to say this just as a reminder that we are in a time—not just in one country—but we are in a time where there’s a lot of uncertainty.
And if you—well, I was going to say if you’re in the U.S., but really, probably anybody watching this—there’s likely some uncertainty, if not some significant turmoil going on. And it is so incredibly important to really try to take in this message that it’s important to honor your sensitivity, and sensitivity is not a negative thing.
In fact, it’s a really important characteristic and strength. I didn’t always believe that, but I think it is important. Very real.
And I think what is happening in the U.S. in particular right now—and I’m saying that in part not just because it’s my personal experience, but I know that across the world, people tend to know a lot about what is happening here. And I’ve seen so many people talk about their concerns about what’s happening here.
But sensitivity is what helps create that sense of empathy. And having a sense of empathy is what helps us create environments—again, within our friend group or in a larger community or in a country or internationally. It is what helps us see and try to understand differences and the needs of people that may not be our needs.
So the sensitivity that you have is not a weakness. It is really, really important though that we—so I am saying this to myself as well—that we honor that sensitivity, that we both nurture that sensitivity and do what we need to do to make sure that we protect that sensitivity.
And that could be doing a lot of self-care types of things, recharging as it was spoken in here. It can also be really being mindful of how much you’re taking in.
Because in order for us to be able to show up for ourselves and show up for other people, it’s not sustainable. It just isn’t. It’s not sustainable if we’re not recharging, if we’re not honoring what we’re doing.
And that’s both in heart, mind, and body. Because each of those may need some different things. And it’s important to be able to try to pay attention to that so that we can care for it—so that we can take care of ourselves and show up in the ways that we really desire to show up for ourselves and for others.
I’d love to hear what came up for you. Thank you for sharing this reading with me.
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I want to share something with you a little different today. So I’m not going to get into the whole history of this for myself, but I have gotten back into a practice of trying to pull Oracle cards whenever I’m feeling like I’m a little disorganized, a little distracted, which has been a lot lately, and I wanted to share it with you today.
If this is something that you enjoy, definitely let me know in the comments. I might do a little bit more of it. If it’s something you don’t enjoy, that’s perfectly okay. Feel free to scroll by. But I’m going to encourage you to consider this as just a sign to take a step back, take some deep breaths, connect with yourself, connect with me, connect with the community.
So the deck that I pulled from today is the native spirit deck from Denise Linn. This is a really beautiful deck. She’s part of the Cherokee nation and I just really love it and there’s a lot more I’d like to say about it but I don’t want this to be too long.
So spirit keeper of the east…so I’m gonna read to you just kind of briefly the message from this card. There’s more that this book goes into with it, but again, I’m trying to keep it a little bit brief. So I’m just going to read the first part to share with you. So if you can, maybe close your eyes and just breathe naturally but fully, and just notice what comes up for you, okay?
“New beginnings. A fresh cycle is occurring in your life. Wipe the slate clean. It’s now time to release the old and start again. No matter what has happened in the past, it doesn’t need to repeat in the future.”
And in the East, and the book goes into this a little bit, but the East is where the sun rises. It’s a new day, right? So just kind of let yourself continue to breathe into that. Let the energy of this message come, just land within, and notice the energy that it brings. Really breathing into it.
Stay here as long as you’d like. Just notice what came up for you. Notice what you’re feeling, where your mind went. I’d love to hear from you. What did you notice coming up? Did you like this? Was it something that you would like to continue to connect with? I have several decks that I pull from.
Some of them have much longer meanings than others, but I’d love to hear from you. Share in the comments.
