Transforming Trauma into Soul Power

When we’ve gone through

something really painful

and we do not feel seen,

heard or witnessed

in that hurt,

we tend to subconsciously

hold vigil for it,

by clinging tightly

— like a way of honouring

our inner child and saying,

this thing wasn’t right

and it mattered to me.

But as we do the healing work…

as we offer ourselves love

and acceptance in that pain…

and eventually others do too,

through the sharing of our pain,

we no longer need to hold on to it…

Because that experience

has received what it needed

in order to mend.

Perhaps not by the perpetrator

or the person we desired it from,

but by someone — be it ourself, God or another.

At that point,

we’re left with the lessons

and the love.

We no longer need to sit

by the grave site of our suffering

clinging tightly to the death experience

Instead, we can carry the experience

in our heart with compassion

and move forward.

If you could use some extra support transforming your trauma into soul power, I offer these Soulcare Journalling Reflections:

• What pain, hurt and anger is asking for you to witness it with love?

• Where are you in this sacred cycle of healing and liberation of that experience?

• How can you be present and intentional with it today?