Building Blocks of Reclaiming Your Space: Sovereignty
Today, I want to chat with you a little bit about sovereignty because the concept of sovereignty is one of the primary building blocks of reclaiming your space (not to mention your life).
Basically, it goes like this: you are the sovereign ruler of your space. And this means that when it comes to your space, 'you get to choose'. While this is simple, it is not easy.
For one, there are outside forces that affect our access to our own sovereignty: family, societal and relational expectations, social media, advertising, and more. Because of the strong influence of these outside forces, we can find ourselves acting on desires that aren't even authentically ours. It requires mindfulness and digging deeper to excavate what is truly our own desire for our home.
In this way, being the sovereign of your space extends beyond the physical realm, into the realm of your mind, your body, your beliefs, and more. For example, if you haven't established sovereignty in the realm of your mind, you may notice that you are creating challenges for yourself in your home that are not authentic to you. Or you may feel a mismatch between the energy, look or feel of your home and what actually feels good to you or what you enjoy.
In Reclaim Your Space, my goal is always to point you back to yourself. I will never impose a style, system, or solution on you. What I will do is ask questions, help you dig deeper, to find what really works for you, what brings you joy, what is aligned with your desire. And as you begin access these parts of yourself and act on what you find, you will naturally begin to regain sovereignty in places you might have lost it (or never claimed it in the first place). My goal is always to support you in creating a positive relationship with your home and to create a home that reflects your values, priorities, pleasures, and desires.
One more note before I wrap up: I want to address what exactly qualifies as 'your space'. I know that, like many of us, you may be sharing a home with others - partner, family, roommates, etc. If this is the case, notice that you will need to be very intentional to choose spaces within your home that can be fully your own. In fact, I strongly recommend having conversations with those who share your home to identify which spaces those are and to set out your guidelines and boundaries for those spaces. As you do, you will notice that this opens up energy and clarity as you establish places to rest, recenter, and reconnect with yourself (like I wrote about yesterday).
I will dive deeper into teaching on the topic of sovereignty at our event on Friday, so if this sparks thoughts, ideas, or questions for you, please join us! It is going to be a great group of people and as always, I will hold a shame-free, judgement-free container for each of us to feel safe to explore what is possible.
