When My No Becomes My Yes

Activation #3 – Honoring My Yes and No

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Entry Four: When My No Becomes My Yes

This week, I was shown where my body knows the truth… and where I still hesitate to live it.

I thought I was listening, but I realized I’ve been hearing without honoring.
I’ve been collecting signals — aches, flares, flashes of clarity — but moving slower than my soul wants me to.
So I stopped. I breathed. I practiced patience.

I rescheduled coaching calls. I said no to dinner.
And even though I was a little crabby, it still felt right.
I was honoring me — not from selfishness, but from sovereignty.

I’m proud of the emotional healing happening inside me,
even when my body aches from the weight of it.
My sciatica is flaring. My nervous system is speaking.
But I’m not afraid of the pain — I know it’s a signal, not a punishment.

I’m seeing clearly how deeply guilt runs when I choose myself.
Choosing my business. My body. My joy.
It still stirs something in me — that old equation of love = pleasing.
But I know now that’s not the truth.
Love starts with alignment. Not approval.

I’m not in spaces where I say yes and don’t mean it —
but I’m still carrying more than I need to.
I’m realizing that just because I can, doesn’t mean I should.

I override my emotions, then feel like I don’t have time for what matters.
But that’s changing now.
I’m saying YES to my work.
Not because it’s easy.
Not because it feels good yet.
But because it’s right.

Harmony is coming.
Between my family, my body, and my business.
I can feel it building like a pulse under the surface.
It starts with these honest no’s… that lead to deeper yes’s.

I don’t have to carry everything.
I don’t have to earn the right to protect my energy.
I don’t need to wait until everyone else is okay to finally turn inward.

Because every time I say no to what drains me,
I say yes to what I came here to do.

I’m not walking away from others.
I’m walking with myself.

And this — this boundary, this truth, this ache, this breath —
this is what honoring feels like.