A bright golden spiral of warm, flowing energy glows against a dark backdrop, forming a soft ring that moves like breath. Light trails ripple outward with a gentle heat, capturing the feeling of a steady inner flame rising from the solar plexus.

Embracing the Flame Within

Embracing the Flame Within I wake up with a warm, steady pressure sitting in my center. It’s the kind of feeling that lets me know something in me is paying attention to a sign. I’m listening to a Clubhouse room while easing into the morning, not expecting anything, just letting the words move around me. Then a few phrases land in the exact place where that warmth sits, and my whole body responds. I pause and notice it. My breath shifts. My awareness sharpens. I let myself feel the spark as it is without forcing meaning on it. That small pull in my solar plexus tells the truth. Something in me wants to open. Something in me wants to speak. I sit with the moment…

A Black woman with locs sits cross-legged on a woven mat in meditation, bathed in golden sunlight streaming through large windows. She wears an orange outfit that glows in the warm light, her face serene with eyes closed. The atmosphere radiates peace, clarity, and spiritual grounding, symbolizing inner wisdom and renewal.

Spiritual Support for Starting Over

Spiritual Support for Starting Over Starting over has never felt simple for me. At times it comes with excitement, other times with fear, and often with both at once. I have walked through new jobs, relationship shifts, moves, and complete reinventions of myself. Each time I discover how much easier it becomes when I lean into spiritual support. It is what steadies me when the ground feels uncertain, what reminds me of who I am when my mind wants to spiral. As a full-time program analyst, spiritual practitioner, mother of three, and a neurodistinct being, my life has been a constant rhythm of transition. My way of experiencing the world does not always follow the paths laid out by traditional systems, and for a long…