"When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful."
Alright, beloved.
Let’s talk about something that might just change the way you see yourself and your life: claiming your personal sovereignty.
I’m talking about the deep, soul-level authority you have over your own life, your emotions, and your energy.
It’s about standing in your power—not over others, but within yourself.
Here’s the deal:
Your emotions?
They’re not just random feelings that happen to you.
They’re like the brushstrokes of a painting or the notes in a song.
They’re the raw material of your life.
And whether you realize it or not, they’re shaping your reality every single day.
But here’s where we often get tripped up.
We think the world is doing things *to us*.
“My boss is impossible.”
“This relationship is so draining.”
“The news is stressing me out!”
Sound familiar?
We’ve been divided as humans into “Im this, not that.”
It has destroyed our truth that we are all ONE.
Hierarchy wins by making it easy to point fingers at the outside world, but what if I told you that those external things are just mirrors?
Yep, mirrors reflecting what’s already going on inside of you.
Let me break it down.
When you feel resentment, anger, or jealousy, it might seem like those feelings are caused by someone else.
But the truth is, those emotions are YOURS.
They’re already living inside you, just waiting for the right trigger to bring them to the surface. And once they’re out, they start shaping the energy you send into the world. And guess what?
The world sends that same energy right back to you.
It’s like an emotional boomerang.
Now, here’s where sovereignty comes in.
Being sovereign means you don’t let those emotions run the show.
It doesn’t mean you ignore them or pretend they don’t exist. No, no, no. It’s about facing them head-on, owning them, and then—here’s the kicker—letting them go.
Let’s say you’re feeling lonely. Instead of running from that feeling or trying to cover it up, you say, “Alright, loneliness, I see you. I feel you.”
You’re here.
You don’t fight it.
You don’t blame anyone else for it. You just sit with it. And in doing so, you take back the power you might’ve unconsciously handed over to external circumstances. You reclaim your authorship over your own experience.
Now, let’s be real.
First hand, letting go is far from easy.
It can feel like trying to unclench a fist that’s been tightly closed for years. But here’s the thing: holding onto all that emotional baggage takes up energy—energy you could be using to create, to love, to explore, to just *be*. Letting go isn’t just a nice idea; it’s essential for your growth.
So how do you do it?
How do you step into your sovereignty?
First, shift your perspective and stop seeing challenges as things that happen *to* you and start seeing them as things that happen *for* you.
Every emotion, every trigger, every tough moment—it’s all a breadcrumb leading you back to your own strength and truth.
Second, embrace compassion for yourself, first and foremost.
We are all messy, beautiful, complicated beings. And that’s okay. You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to be willing to sit with yourself, to listen to what your emotions are trying to tell you, and to let them guide you toward healing.
And finally, you remember this: You are not your pain.
You are not your fears or your doubts or your insecurities. You are the one who notices those things. You are the awareness behind it all. And that awareness?
That’s your power.
That’s your sovereignty.
So the next time life feels overwhelming, remember this:
You don’t have to fix ANYTHING.
It’s draining your energy as you control the world around you.
Simply stay centered in your heart.
Feel what you need to feel.
Let go of what you don’t need to carry.
And keep looking up, always up.
Self cannot get out of self” and “you did not defeat you—you were defeated by something that calls itself ‘you’.
Because here’s the secret:
The more you let go, the higher you rise.
And the higher you rise, the more you realize that you’ve had the power all along.
Sovereignty isn’t something you gain; it’s something you remember. It’s your birthright. It’s who you are.
So go ahead. Claim it. Say it with me: *I AM, and I set myself free.*
You’ve got this. Always.
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