How intimate can you be with your emotions?

Have you ever done something that made someone upset and they called you out, right there on the spot? There’s an urgent and uncomfortable feeling that shoots up to the very surface of your skin and in a split second you decide whether to push that feeling down and deny any wrong doing or you soften, and meet the feeling with love and compassion which then extends to the other person as well.

This same process happens when we feel embarrassed, ashamed or an old wound pops up. Each time we have that split second to make the decision to meet our emotions where they’re at. Softening, letting them know we are a safe and loving vessel. This is how we transform

"She will heal in harmony with the landscape" ©Nichole Washington

This past year I’ve been having an old, deep and reoccurring wound resurface in the form of being triggered by another person. I was getting really frustrated because this same lesson around worthiness keeps reappearing and I felt like I was doing the work to heal myself, so why was I still being triggered? It was one of those split second moments that I realized when I felt this specific trigger, I was pushing it aside. My body would become stiff and I was actually hardening which was communicating to my soul that I wasn’t in full acceptance of myself. It was then, I realized that the medicine was the opposite reaction. I needed to soften and allow. When I began to meet the feeling with deep love and compassion, the trigger became more gentle and eventually faded. I had integrated my shadow by greeting it with warmth and love.

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Hi Friend!

If we haven’t met irl, I’m Nichole Washington—an artist, intuitive, wife, sister, and daughter. I created this newsletter as a space to share wisdom, connect with the collective, and tap into our shared magic.

We are living through a time of deep transformation, and I believe the moment to step fully into your power and authenticity is now.

Wherever you are on your earthly journey, I want you to remember this: YOU are the magic.

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