Navigating Relationship Changes after a Spiritual Awakening
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Navigating Relationship Changes after a Spiritual Awakening
Do you find yourself facing challenges in your relationships since embarking on your spiritual awakening? Are you experiencing the loss of friendships or restructuring of existing relationships? Rest assured, this is a common occurrence as individuals begin their empowerment journey following a spiritual awakening.
One significant effect of spiritual awakening is a shift in energy, which can lead to feelings of disconnection or conflicts with friends who no longer seem to "fit" into our lives in the same way. However, it is crucial to recognize that this experience is entirely normal and a result of the incredible transformation you have undergone.
Stepping Into Your Power To Communicate In A Healthy Way
It is essential to remember that such changes do not necessarily signal the end of a relationship, but rather an opportunity for growth and a chance to move forward together in a more aligned way. Acknowledging that you are not alone in this process is crucial, and it empowers you to navigate these shifts in a supportive and genuine manner, honoring your own choices and wellbeing.
To navigate this transformative period effectively, inner work and self-awareness become paramount. Highly sensitive individuals may tend to neglect their own needs to preserve a relationship, often resulting in suppressed emotions that can eventually surface explosively.
By committing to introspection and self-understanding, you can maintain your own sense of truth while communicating your needs in a powerful, loving, and compassionate way. At times stronger boundaries will need to be established, and other times this can be more gentle. Remember, if a relationship or friendship is constantly asking you to abandon your needs, stay silent or making you feel uncomfortable when trying to communicate in an effective way - is it really a relationship you are feeling supported by and genuinely want to be in?
A Simple Practice When Feeling Confused In Your Relationships
Sometimes, the hard questions bring the most clarity - but when feeling confused in your relationship ask yourself the two questions below. Often times, conflict is a misunderstanding or lack of communication and can be resolved through communicating our needs clearly.
Question 1: Have I communicated my needs clearly to this person?
Question 2: Are my needs being met?
Oftentimes we make so many excuses in relationships because our emotions are tied in. But - that doesn't necessarily mean the relationship is serving us.
Getting honest with yourself, with clear and simple practices such as the one above, allows you to put emotion on the back seat for a moment and truely see how the dynamic of the relationship is working.
Sometimes, it becomes necessary to release relationships that no longer align with our newfound awakening. Doing so creates space for more supportive and harmonious connections to come into our lives. Understandably, this process can be uncomfortable and perplexing, but with the right mindset, inner work, and clear communication, you can successfully navigate these changes and build more fulfilling relationships based on authenticity and alignment.
Give Yourself Grace While You Learn
Remember you are LEARNING and that’s okay. You may have been acting in ways that have led to people pleasing or putting other’s needs above your own your whole life. This is not a time to be hard on yourself, but a time to give yourself the grace to do things differently. To stop abandoning yourself and your needs and do the work to communicate in a more empowered way. Yourself and your relationships will thank you in the long run, no matter how awkward, uncomfortable or hard it seems right now. As you are learning, you will become better and better at communicating your needs or boundaries.
These conversations won’t be as triggering and they will become even more natural, relaxed and not a big deal. There is always a balancing out process when we step into our power and sometimes we can go a little overboard at first, or we go under-board (is that a word?) and we learn to find our happy place of balance.
If you feel the need for guidance in navigating relationship shifts after undergoing a spiritual awakening, I invite you to book a session or sign up for my upcoming course below.
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Rest assured, I've been where you are, and I understand the journey you're on. Remember, you are not crazy, and everything is not your fault – your experience (and other’s) is evolving and changing, and you have the power to align with your truth and nurture your relationships while staying true to yourself.
Deepening The Relationship - An Act of Love
It's important to note that you don't have to choose between personal growth and maintaining relationships. Sometimes, we outgrow certain relationships entirely, but in other cases, we simply outgrow specific aspects of the relationship and can move forward in a new and transformative way. Discovering how to discern between these paths and utilizing conflicts as opportunities for deeper self-connection and improved connections with others will contribute to your overall growth and fulfillment.
Actually, communication is vital for deepening relationships and an act of care for that relationship. When conflict comes up, taking the step into a relationship and speaking to this shows a desire to resolve the conflict and preserve the healthiness of the relationship. This is a courageous step and shows care and love. Don’t think that speaking up or addressing conflict is throwing the relationship out the window. It is quite the opposite and opens that relationship up to deepen when done in an effective way.
Giving the relationship the space to shift with you
Naturally when we go through an internal shift, our relationship dynamics shift also. Sometimes, all that is needed is a commitment from us to show up in the relationship in a way that is no longer out dated to us - this gives the relationship the space and chance to shift with us. You may be amazed as you see the dynamic shift seemingly on it’s own as you are no longer bringing a certain energy or aspect to the relationship, the other person has the space to meet you where you are and potentially bring other parts of themselves to the relationship also.
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