How thin is too thin?

Welcome!

Thank you for joining me for another segment on the journey towards healing. I’m Rita, and I am a Healer and a teacher. It’s my calling to help people evolve, elevate and expand their thinking. I help people to heal through natural modalities that fall outside of traditional medicine. That’s exactly what you will find here, so I hope you’ll stay!

Personal boundaries, Energetic boundaries, firm, loose, somewhere in between. Enforcing healthy boundaries is essential for healing, growth, and expansion. If you are tired of the struggle with relationships, your health, job, or psyche, it is prudent that you complete an evaluation of the important areas in your Life and pick one place to begin course-correcting your boundaries.

How thin is too thin?

We are deep into what’s been termed hustle society. This is a time when our collective culture has reinforced the idea that you are nothing, and nobody, unless you are hustling. A dictionary definition of the word hustle plainly (and repetitively) states that the word means obtained with force, hurriedly, unceremoniously, roughly, and through persuasion.

Ask yourself if that’s the type of Energy you want to cultivate in your growth Journey. If not, then this is for you.

Who are you trying to impress?

Often, there is a societal pressure to perform at peak levels all the time. As you know, this is reinforced with social media, which is spiraling out of control. It is not uncommon to scroll your feed as a time-out in your day, only to be bombarded with ads convincing you to better yourself with some $3k program or product. It’s enough to make you feel deflated, as if you are doing something wrong, or not doing enough.

It is in these moments that you should take a look at your personal and Energetic boundaries with yourself. Ask yourself who you are trying to impress with another certification or more things. Every time you click and pay, you are reinforcing that hustle society; you are sending the message to the sender that you are not enough, and with their help, you can become better.

You ARE enough. When you uphold firm, but flexible, boundaries with yourself, you are better able to say “no” when necessary. You are more likely to be aligned with your thoughts, words, and behaviors – this is to say that you will think, say, and do things that align with your core values and who you are trying to be or become. You will also become more aware of your Energy body, and who/what are the Energy drainers or Life-givers in your Life. Having healthy Energy boundaries requires you to learn your body’s personal signals before you hit depletion.

Recharging your internal battery

Every person has an internal battery, so to speak. When you rise every morning, it’s assumed that your batter is full. Depending on your quality of sleep, what you consume (food, media, literature), your thoughts and words, and interactions with others, the levels of juice in your battery will fluctuate.

Your internal battery is actually your Energetic body. Throughout your day, your Energy body will absorb, or take on, as much muck as you allow it to. It is your duty to be conscious and aware of your own Energy stores, to release the muck and restore it with Light Energy. This is the ultimate form of recharging your battery and will help you live a fuller Life.

Are you familiar with feeling spread too thin? It’s when your internal battery is in the red zone, or when your Energetic body is too muddied, that you might begin to feel imbalanced. Maybe you are consumed by your overwhelm, not sleeping well, making poor food choices, or feeling “stuck” in a cycle of thought rumination.

Hustle society, and all of the feelings it produces, are great contributors to feeling spread too thin.

 

You might fill your days, keep busy with work, have a full social calendar, or have a false sense of Self-care, all in the name of restoring your internal battery. In fact, much of these activities are denial and distractions. It’s those feelings of inadequacy perpetuated by the outside world that make you feel like a tragedy on the inside.

Eventually the façade will crumble and fall. If you are not releasing harmful Energy, and cultivating and restoring Light Energy, your Soul will know it, and your body will respond with sickness, disease, or imbalance. You might take a mental or emotional spiral downward into anxiety (worry) or depression (apathy). Or, you may go in the opposite direction and spread yourself too thin.

It is your duty to learn about the signals your body sends you to make you aware of impending trouble. These will be different for every person. You may experience unusual dreams, physical symptoms, cyclical or ruminating thoughts, or something else altogether. Once you become aware of your personal signals, you can stop Energetic depletion in its path.

If you are looking for tools to help you release and restore Energy, check out the articles in this series: 12 Steps to a more Creative and stress-free Life

Your Soul will thank you for it later!

Until next time,