Take a deep breath.
Wherever you are right now,
Just allow yourself to be here.
This moment is for you.
Peace family,
I'm Joy and I'm honored to share this space with you.
My work is all about helping people reconnect with themselves beyond the conditioning,
Beyond the noise,
Beyond the expectations placed on us from childhood.
Yes.
And a big part of that is understanding something we don't talk about enough,
Energetic development.
We talk so much about development,
Right?
Physical,
Cognitive,
Social,
Emotional.
These are the pillars that shape how we grow,
How we learn,
How we interact with the world.
But there's something missing in that conversation,
Something foundational.
We rarely,
If ever,
Talk about energetic development.
From the moment we enter this world,
Our energy,
Our life force,
Our essence is shaping our experiences just as much as our minds and bodies are.
But because we don't acknowledge this,
We end up disconnected from ourselves in ways we can't even name.
Think about it.
As children,
We're taught how to walk,
How to talk,
How to problem solve,
How to behave.
But are we taught about how to listen to our own energy?
Are we taught how to sense when we're out of alignment?
How to trust the signals our body and our spirit are giving us?
Most of us aren't.
And because of that,
We grow up severed from ourselves,
Conditioned to suppress,
Ignore,
Or even fear our own energy.
That's why so many of us feel lost,
Why we seek external validation,
Why we struggle sometimes to find peace.
Because the most natural part of us,
Our energetic truth,
Was barely nurtured.
For me,
This disconnect started early.
I was a very sensitive child.
I felt things deeply,
And sometimes I'd find myself in situations where I just knew something wasn't right.
Say an adult did something that wasn't fair or true,
But because of that unspoken rule that adults are always right,
I didn't feel safe always to express what I knew,
And instead,
I would cry.
And instead of exploring what that sensitivity might mean,
My tears were misinterpreted.
My mom would explain to those around us that this was just what I did when I was wrong,
But too embarrassed to admit it.
But that wasn't true at all.
Each time that happened,
It chipped away at my ability to express my truth.
Over time,
I learned to suppress it,
To hold it in,
To avoid speaking up in situations that might lead to confrontation.
And that's the kind of disconnection that robs us of truly knowing our energy,
Of developing with it instead of seeing it as something bad,
Something outside of us,
Or something to suppress.
So how do we start to reconnect with our own energy?
I'd like to share with you some practices that I've used and continue to use.
So here are three ways.
The first way is mindfulness and presence.
Simply being present with yourself,
Noticing how your energy shifts in different spaces and around different people is powerful.
Pay attention to what expands you and what drains you.
The next way is breathwork and movement.
Your breath is a direct line to your energy.
When you slow it down,
When you move intentionally,
You begin to clear stuck energy and reconnect with your natural flow.
And the third way is self-trust and discernment.
Start trusting your own energetic cues.
If something feels off,
Honor that.
If something lights you up,
Lean into it.
Your energy is always speaking to you.
Your energy is just as important as your mind and body.
Developing it,
Nurturing it,
Reclaiming it,
It's beyond self-care.
This is self-return.
So as you move through your day,
I invite you to check in with yourself and ask,
Where have I been ignoring my own energy and how can I start honoring it today?
Let's take another deep breath before we close out.
Feel yourself here in your body,
In your energy.
You are home.
You always have been.
Thank you for joining me.
Journey on.
