The term sovereignty of self is getting used a lot in the healing world, and I kinda love it.
Sovereignty of self means to be able to walk with your head held high, knowing exactly who you are and what you need. And it’s expressing those needs in ways that feel right to you.
It’s living your wholeness.
It’s not hard to get to know ourselves so we know what to say when we use our voices. We all know ourselves when we take the time to listen.
But the HOLDING of our sovereignty can be tough. There is always some thing life is giving us that may or may not support our need to live from our own inner truth. Holding our sovereignty means placing our awareness consistently on our understanding of ourselves, and aligning our choices with what we see.
Holding our own sovereignty is an ongoing, daily, hourly, by the minute, mind, body and behavioural practice that puts the decision to honour ourselves straight in our laps.
I haven’t completely mastered that holding 100% quite yet, and I don’t think it’s ever fully mastered by any of us because it’s an ongoing practice. It’s like this … If we don’t brush our teeth, we’ll get cavities; if we don’t pay close attention to what aligns and doesn’t align for us, we let the chance to be sovereign and content pass us by. It’s always our choice.
I remember times when I let my voice stay silent and how shitty it can feel to leave your sovereignty, and therefore your soul, behind. We always know when we’ve let ourselves down.
Consider these, or use them as journal prompts…
How do you hold your own sovereignty?
Are you consistent in your practice of awareness, or would you rather simply not think about what “just happened”?
Are there common themes, circustances, or people present when you hold yourself sovereign and when you don’t?
What’s your body and your soul telling your right now that needs honouring?
It’s all up to you. Your choice, your soul, your sovereignty.
Your kick-ass life.
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