When You Say You’re Anxious, But Maybe You’re Outgrowing the Life You Built to Survive
There’s a certain kind of discomfort that’s loud, but it does not come screaming.
It arrives as a restless feeling. Sometimes it steals your sleep, or it creates tightness in your body.
This feeling may not mean something is wrong with you.
It could just be a sign that something is ending and there’s a rebirth on the horizon. This life you built to survive—carefully, intelligently, bravely—is no longer large enough to hold who you are becoming.
Your nervous system knows before your mind is ready to admit it:
You are done living only to endure.
The Root Chakra: Where Survival Took Root
Survival always begins in the body.
In the root chakra—the energetic center of safety, belonging, and trust—the body learns the rules of staying alive:
Stay agreeable. Stay quiet. Stay responsible. Stay small enough not to be threatened.
These were not mistakes. They were sacred adaptations.
Your body learned how to keep you safe in the environments you were given.
But when safety is built on vigilance instead of presence, the body eventually grows tired of bracing.
Anxiety appears not because danger is near, but because your system is ready for a deeper truth:
You no longer need to live clenched.
True grounding is not forcing yourself to calm down.
It is letting yourself ARRIVE.
Learning to Belong Inside the Body
Many of us try to outthink anxiety. To manage it. To rise above it.
But this kind of anxiety does not want to be conquered.
It wants to be met.
Befriending the body begins the moment you stop treating sensation as an interruption.
The tight chest is not an enemy. The shaky voice is not weakness. The heaviness is not failure.
It is the language of a body asking to be included.
A somatic question is not What’s wrong with me?
It is: Can I stay with myself right now?
Try this gentle rooting practice:
- Let your feet meet the ground and gently close your eyes.
- Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly.
- As you breathe, imagine roots flowing from the soles of your feet deep into the ground. These roots are strong enough to hold all of you.
- These roots are drinking up your fears, your insecurities, your doubts. Each time you exhale, surrender those thoughts and feelings into the roots. Energetically feel that energy flow from your crown chakra downward, through the roots and into Mother Earth.
- Allow your arms to drop by your side and continue to breathe at your own pace.
- Allow your breath to drop lower and lower, deeper and deeper.
- Stay with this feeling for awhile
- Now gently lift open your eyes and take a few moments to answer this question in your journal: “What small, grounded risk could I take from this place of safety?”
I’m here to Witness Your Rize Beautiful Soul
~Suzanne
Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner • Intuitive Coach • Reiki Healer Welcome, beautiful soul. I’m an Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner, Intuitive Coach, and Reiki Healer devoted to supporting women as they reclaim their power, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and rise into the most aligned version of themselves. My work weaves together energy healing, somatic practices, the creative arts, trauma-informed coaching, and earth-based rituals to create a space where deep emotional, spiritual, and energetic transformation can happen. I support clients as they explore their spirituality, reconnect with their intuition, and receive guidance that leads them back to their inner knowing. My Journey My path has taken me across the world and into many healing spaces. While living abroad, I participated in Reiki Shares in South Korea, exchanging healing energy with an international community of practitioners. I later volunteered at The Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina, one of the country’s leading wellness and spiritual centers. I’ve also taken part in countless moon circles, healing circles, sacred ceremonies, and community rituals, all of which have shaped the way I hold space for others today. These experiences deepened my understanding of how universal healing truly is—and how every person’s journey unfolds in its own time, rhythm, and truth. My Approach My approach to healing is individually tailored, because I believe every client carries a unique story, a unique energy, and a unique path. Whether I’m facilitating a healing circle, guiding a somatic or creative arts practice, or holding space in a 1:1 intuitive coaching session, my intention is always the same: ✨ To help you feel safe, seen, supported, and empowered as you heal. ✨ To help you reconnect with your body, your intuition, and your spiritual gifts. ✨ To guide you back to the truth that has lived inside you all along. As a trauma-informed practitioner, I honor the entire spectrum of your lived experience—mind, body, spirit, and soul. What I Believe Healing is not a one-size-fits-all process. It is a sacred unraveling, a remembering, and a rising. I’m here to walk beside you as you: • release what no longer serves you • reclaim your voice and your power • return to your authentic self • awaken your spiritual gifts • and begin living a life guided by purpose, clarity, and intuition If you are ready to rise—slowly, gently, boldly, or all at once—I am here to support you every step of the way.
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