Sacred Sunday Inhale Trust Exhale Control
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Erica: [00:00:00] You know that knot in your chest, the one that tightens when you're trying to control every outcome, every conversation, every single piece of your life, you tell yourself, if I don't hold it all together, it'll all fall apart. But here's the dark secret you don't say out loud: you're exhausted, terrified of letting go, and a part of you doesn't even know who you'd be without that constant grip on everything. This sacred Sunday, we're gonna breathe trust back into your body, and finally exhale the control that's been choking you.
Welcome to the inner sanctuary raw. The space where we strip away the polished version of healing and get real about coming home to [00:01:00] yourself.
Here's the truth. Control is the mask you wear because you don't feel safe. It's the armor you built when someone taught you early on that you couldn't trust anyone, not even yourself. So now you're micromanaging your relationships, your success, your body, your life, because if you loosen your grip, who knows what might happen, right?
But here's what nobody told you. Control is a trauma response. It's not strength, it's fear dressed up like power, and it's killing your ability to breathe, to love to rest.
Let me ask you something. When was the last time you didn't double check yourself? When was the last time you let someone see you cry, like really see you? [00:02:00] You say you're fine, but your body tells the real story. The tension in your jaw, the shallow breaths, the 3:00 AM overthinking, and maybe this lands hard, but someone once hurt you so badly, you learned to hold on for dear life.
You stopped trusting your own intuition. You started trying to fix everything, control everything. Because the alternative chaos, rejection, being left, felt unbearable. But isn't it unbearable now? The weight, the exhaustion, the way you feel like you can't even inhale without planning what comes next.
But what if there's another way?
What if control isn't safety, it's the prison. What if trust isn't weakness? [00:03:00] It's the key. Trust doesn't mean you stop caring. It means you stop living like your body is a clenched fist. It means you open, you soften, you let life meet you halfway. Let's not just talk about trust, let's feel it in our bodies right now.
Let's practice this together. Close your eyes if you can. Inhale deeply through your nose. Imagine breathing in trust. Warm, golden safe.
Now exhale through your mouth, slow like a sigh. Imagine every ounce of control, every "what if", every knot in your stomach melting out of you? Again, inhale, trust. Feel it expand your [00:04:00] ribs, your heart. Exhale, control. Release your jaw, your shoulders, your grip on life. Inhale, trust.
Exhale, control. Inhale, trust, exhale, control.
Keep breathing, and as you breathe, whisper to yourself or say in your head, I am safe enough to let go. I am safe enough to trust,
inhaling trust, exhaling, control,[00:05:00]
inhaling trust. Exhaling control
gently returning to your normal breath,
let's seal this in with a simple intention for your sacred sundae.
Let's fill this in with a simple intention for your sacred Sunday.
Today give yourself the permission to stop holding it all together just for this one breath, this one moment. Let trust be enough.
If this episode helped you loosen your grip, even a little, share it with someone who needs to hear they're not [00:06:00] alone. And if you want more support in learning to trust, breathe and come home to yourself. Check out the free trust ritual and journal in the show notes.
Or join our inner sanctuary community for deeper healing. Until next time, inhale, trust, exhale, control, and remember, you are safe enough to let go. See you tomorrow.
