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Latitude's avatar

“I will love the hell out of you, see you in your fullest value, and call you to greater expansion by my healing essence. But, damn, I will not put up with manipulative bullshit.”

I've been practicing this and it's new for me. I love the outcomes! Respect is rising and ignoring my requests diminishing. I knew I had been clear in communication before, now I am living that knowing.

Thank you for this reassurance, I'm grateful to know of others walking this path as well.

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Katie Ford's avatar

This may have been my favorite line of my whole piece!! Isn't that where our true power lies! It feels scary as hell at first. The fierce no bullshit feminine, overlayed with this soft, enduring love. Being vulnerable in our love without allowing the world to determine our path . We've been conditioned so long to either play nice and people please or drive hard as the hustling masculine. I'm deep in the daily practice of it myself. Embodying the safety of living here is the work! Keep on, Love!

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Jodi Oliver's avatar

Wonderful post, Katie! I continue to return to the "felt sense" and embodiment ideals you discussed. Women feel; we sense. We intuit, and we have knowing. Trusting that part of us and listening to that voice matters for us, for the decisions we have to make, and for the world around us. May we learn to listen to our gut, moving toward what we know, even when we cannot quite define the outcomes.

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Sarah Dent's avatar

I love this. Thank you for sharing. I needed to be reminded of point 3. ‘She removes herself from relationships and situations that make her feel unheard, devalued, and disempowered.’

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Katie Ford's avatar

I learned this the hard way! (Don't we all) but I'm grateful for the lesson because it offered me a new no BS baseline to live by. Thank you for sharing, Sarah!

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Cooper's avatar

Thank you for this powerful truth. Deeply resonates. 🙌🏼❤️

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Katie Ford's avatar

May we keep reminding and calling each other into these truths! I'm so glad you're here, Cooper.

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Cooper's avatar

Thank you, the feeling is mutual! ❤️

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