Let’s Talk ‘Witchy Boundaries’
"You do NOT have to always blindly say YES. 🔥
You CAN say NO to what's NOT aligned for you."- Nicole Barton
Let’s Talk ‘Witchy Boundaries’ 🧙♀️
Your ‘NO’ is welcome - Reclaim your witchy power…
Something has been bubbling for a while that I just need to say to all the Secret Witches out there who sense there's another, more soul-aligned way to live.
And that's this:
❌ You do NOT have to always blindly say YES.
🔥 You CAN say NO to what's NOT aligned for you.
That includes any NO to:
⚡That demand from someone that's pushing you and your stressed body and mind over the edge, but feels 'selfish' to decline
⚡ That decision that has to be made that you're unsure about, that feels like it has a tight deadline and there's no going back. It can wait.
⚡ The attempts at shame and manipulation by family, friends or colleagues, that have you feeling less than enough and attempt to keep you in a box that doesn't threaten them
⚡The doctor's recommendations for toxic medications that feel off to you because you sense there's another way.
And all the other places where your body wants to scream "NO!" whilst you hear a little voice still agreeing "Yes, that's okay".
When you begin to notice these sorts of situations showing up in your life - where you feel a sense of 'dis-ease' between your head and your heart - it is a sign you are being called to SELF-HEAL. ✨
The urge to say "f^ck it, NO!" whilst you still blindly agree, is a symptom that you are being called by your inner Secret Witch to heal yourself and start saying YES to your own wisdom, power, truth and magic.
And that, my loves, will feel EDGY at first - as you fear being judged as 'selfish' for carving out space to heal, feel anxiety about losing people if you don't agree, fear losing your external safety-mechanisms, and doubt that you can even trust yourself.
Yet, it's needed - for our own vibrant health, and aliveness.
In a world where we've become so surpressed our incessant 'Yes" is damaging our health and wellbeing, the word NO needs to come first.
And that's bold for me to say, because there's also a whole nuance in my work around learning to trust our inner 'No' and to discern what *is* truly aligned - because often we don't truly know. There's a whole journey with our inner apothecary of archetypal remedies that helps us learn what's really, truly soul aligned - aka what our True No and True Yes is (as opposed to our Fear No and Fear Yes).
But without that first courageous No - and that first curious YES to our inner Healer Witch and her 'unlearning' of societal conditioning - we couldn't even begin to know alignment, let alone choose it consciously.
So, will you begin to choose your unlearning? And, if so, what does it require you to say No to, so you can carve out space this New Year to do so?
All my love ♥️
Nicole x
