Episode 3: Building Safety for Transformative Change
Episode 3: Building Safety for Transformative Change
Root Before You Rise
Have you ever known exactly what you wanted to change, yet you could not seem to make yourself take the next step?
Maybe you want to leave the job, start the business, set a boundary, improve your health, ask for help, or finally have the conversation you have been avoiding. You think about it. You talk about it. You may even make plans for it.
But when it is time to move forward, something stops you. Eventually, you begin questioning yourself: “Why can’t I just do it?” “Why am I procrastinating?” “Why am I so afraid?” “What is wrong with me?” But what if nothing is wrong with you?
What if the reason you have not created the change you desire is not because you are unmotivated or not trying hard enough, but because some part of you does not feel safe enough to change?
In this episode of The Soulful Living Podcast, Elizabeth explores why meaningful transformation begins with creating a sense of safety, support, and grounding within yourself. She shares the personal story of leaving a minimum-wage job more than 30 years ago to open her own holistic wellness practice. Although she knew what she wanted, fear kept convincing her to remain with what felt familiar. One simple question from her uncle helped her recognize the limiting stories beneath that fear and begin shifting her focus from “Why can’t I?” to “Why do I want to?” Within six months, she opened her own wellness practice.
This episode is a loving reminder that you do not need to force, criticize, or shame yourself into changing. You may simply need to create stronger roots before asking yourself to rise.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover
* Why knowing what you want is not always enough to create change
* How early messages about belonging, approval, vulnerability, and asking for help can follow you into adulthood
* Why the familiar can feel safer than an uncertain future, even when the familiar no longer feels good * The connection between the Root Chakra, grounding, stability, support, and belonging
* How to begin recognizing what safety feels like within your body
* The difference between creating change from fear and creating change from love
* How to identify your body’s unique signals for an aligned yes or a thoughtful no
* Why one small act of courage can begin rebuilding trust within yourself
A Question Worth Asking:
Think about a change you have been postponing and gently ask yourself: What happens if nothing changes? What might your life look like one year from now? Five years from now? Ten years from now? You do not have to change everything today. Your next step may be one phone call, one boundary, one application, one conversation, one request for help, or one hour devoted to your dream. Sometimes one small step tells your entire being: I’ve got you.
A Grounding Practice Place both feet on the ground and allow your spine to become tall without becoming rigid. Take a slow breath and imagine drawing the grounding energy of Mother Earth upward through your feet, legs, pelvic bowl, belly, heart, throat, and the crown of your head. Then imagine the breath flowing from above you, moving through your crown and down through your body until it returns through your feet into the Earth. Earth to sky. Sky to Earth. You are supported below. You are connected above. You do not need to know the entire plan.
Ask yourself: What would help me feel supported enough to take my next step?
Then become still and listen.
This Week’s Soul Inquiry: Where in my life am I asking myself to grow before I have given myself the support I need to feel safe, and what is one small thing I can do today to begin creating stronger roots?
Do not rush the answer. Allow yourself to live with the question and notice what begins to rise within you. Press play if you are ready to stop pushing yourself harder and begin creating the safety, support, and self-trust you need to move forward. Remember the tree. Before there is a bloom, there are roots. Before there is expansion, there is grounding. Before you rise, root. Keep listening to your body. Trust your heart. Honor your soul. Healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you have always been.
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