08/31/2025
Navigating Conflict with an Open Heart Space 🧘🏾♀️🪞💭🔥🌊✨
Conflict shows up in every part of life. It can rise between family members, friends, colleagues, or even within ourselves. Sometimes it feels like an eruption, sudden and consuming. Other times it simmers quietly beneath the surface.
I know the feeling of being swallowed by conflict, of shrinking into silence or exploding in ways that left me empty. I used to fear it with every part of my being, because my body remembered what my mind wanted to forget. My past experiences and the weight of generational trauma taught me that conflict was unsafe, that it meant rejection, punishment, or abandonment. Carrying that fear, I tried to avoid it at all costs, even when avoiding it meant losing parts of myself.
With time, practice, and devotion to my own healing, I began to see conflict differently. It is not only a threat. It is a threshold. When I meet it with breath, radical acceptance, and an open heart space, it becomes an invitation to growth, to deeper understanding, and to genuine connection. This does not mean the process feels easy. It means I trust myself to walk through it without losing myself.
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