As I’ve touched on the idea of being worthy of the full human experience, I feel it’s time to expound upon this concept. I often talk about recognizing our value and our worth so my dedicated readers, students, and clients are already familiar with the tools I teach to guide this work. For those new to working with me, this concept will help us lean more into the “why” of attempting such an effortful practice to begin with.

If you consider yourself to be a fully formed human being on every level, you may recognize you have physical components, mental components, emotional components, and energetic components. In theory, most of us can accept this as a basic truth. For those who struggle with this as a foundational concept, you probably aren’t following me or my work much at all anyway. For those who are with me so far, let’s continue.

While we may recognize the various elements that exist within us, many also devalue some parts of ourselves over another. For instance, we can spend all of our time and attention on what we do to or for our physical bodies such as how we eat, work out, or sleep but completely disregard our mental well-being or emotional state. Some may spend all of our energy and attention on our emotional ups and downs while ignoring the mental hamster wheel of thoughts that lead us there. And some may spend every moment of every day, going through the physical motions of one distraction over another rather than seeing ourselves and our choices clearly enough to do anything differently.

Choosing the perspective that you are worthy of the full human experience, means that you no longer overshadow any part of yourself that is trying to tell you something. If your body is asking for your attention through pain or discomfort, you have the option of looking to see what’s going on. If your heart is experiencing a shift of emotions, you can choose to create space for those feelings. If your mind is overwhelmed with repetitive thoughts or you hear yourself repeat the same complaints over and over again, you can pause long enough to respond differently than usual. And if your energy is dragging you down, making it difficult to continue on your path, you can explore what and where you could be next.

Much like the ancient concept of the tree of life which exists in many cultures, religions, and philosophies, the full human experience reminds us that there is knowledge and wisdom within us all. That there is connectedness and universality within and around us. That there exists all the ups and downs, dark and light, body and spirit inside of our complete selves. That we each have roots that ground us into the earth and a life force that expands upward and outward, connecting us all, without limits.

If you find yourself in a loop that keeps you stuck, repeating patterns of dissatisfaction, monotony, or discontent of any kind, I challenge you to consider your perspective of your own worth. I challenge you to hear yourself place the value and power of others’ actions, words, and opinions over your own. I challenge you to explore a new pattern of habits that help you practice owning your truth, owning your worth, and owning your right to live your best life in this lifetime.

If you have studied with me, read my books, and even started your own practice, remember that it’s not meant to be easy, it’s meant to be and feel effortful. Keep doing what you’re doing, adjusting and refining what and how you do it as you change and grow. Start to see that through discomfort, through pain, through loss, is how and where we strengthen our power.

Remember that change happens when it feels the hardest to do so remind yourself that you are worthy of your own attention. No one else is responsible for you discovering and living out your purpose. No one else has more power over who and where you’re meant to be than you. With a consistent, steady practice of honesty and truth, you will begin to welcome a new path towards being your possible best self, whatever that looks like. Trust the process and trust that you can.

If this post speaks to you, I encourage you to start doing the work if you haven’t already. If you need guidance and support I am available for private sessions and will also hold workshops again later this year. If you think of someone you know as you read this, I encourage you to subscribe to this blog so you receive posts by email and forward each to them to do the same. And if you haven’t read my books yet, you can always start there. Thirty Years Without You is where you will read my story of how and why I began teaching. The Healing Journey is how you can put all of this into practice for yourself, one day at a time.

You are not alone. You are never alone. And you are worthy of this effort.

With Love, V