How many of us give our power away? How many of us look to other people for the solution? How many of us let other people decide our fate? In this week’s episode, I invite you to reclaim your power and remember that words matter. What we say, how we say it, the language we use – it all matters, even when we feel it doesn’t. (See: “ceasefire”) When we speak, when we possess the power to tell our stories and write our narrative. The challenge here is: are you writing it in integrity? Are you writing it with the truth of the heart? Too many lies are being manufactured by mainstream media and if we allow for that to pass as truth, then we’re in bigger trouble than I thought. Listen in to understand the power of words and the frequency they carry and how that affects us all.

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

Oracle card: Eight of Swords
“Scratching my Back” by Hafiz

Articles mentioned:

“Klamath River Dam Removal Allows Salmon to Run Free for First Time in More Than a Century”
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/klamath-river-dam-removal-allows-salmon-to-run-free-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-century/
“The Shapes of Grief: Witnessing the Unbearable” by Cristina Sharpe
https://yalereview.org/article/christina-sharpe-shapes-of-grief

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Ep 236 - Words Matter, Language Matters