Interview with Jennifer Hippensteel – February 2022
Jennifer is an author, holistic health practitioner, Reiki master and business consultant with a deep desire to help empower others to find their balance. With 25 plus years of education and experience in natural medicine and Reiki, Jennifer offers her clients insight and healing for all that ails them. Learn more about Jennifer here.
Jennifer, you recently wrote about releasing what no longer serves us… and probably never did… What do you mean by releasing what no longer serves us?
Many talk of the need to release that which no longer serves us… the need to acknowledge… embrace… and release all that has been hurting us and holding us back.
Here are some examples of things that we can hold close that do damage without release:
I find that when I need to release something, I am able to name it, maybe write it down, but then what?
For some this can be a very difficult thing to do. They might get through the first two steps but when they hit the releasing point, they flounder… perhaps a part in them doesn’t want that pain gone from memory… perhaps in a way harboring it has felt like protection… a reminder to not be hurt like that again.
Sometimes I think we need a tangible place to put that pain… that anger…. Maybe so that we can revisit it when needed….
If we do the spirit work.. find those heavy parts that have been weighing us down. Greet them like old friends…. Embrace them in their entirety… feeling it all….. then what?
Consider putting those emotions into a creation… a painting… a poem… a song… something tangible that you can see and touch…. So that when you look upon it you know you’ve given that pain a place to be that no longer resides in you. No longer capable of dragging you down and hindering your progress.
Keep in mind that this is your creation… you don’t have to be an artist to choose the colors of your pain and add it to paper…. Your writing won’t be critiqued by any but you. But if you choose to revisit these old emotions… they will be there in full color or words to remind you that you no longer need them because now you are moving forward. Your creations become your reward for doing the hard work and releasing all that holds you back from a peaceful and loving life.
Don’t be afraid to pull these heavy parts out… to hold them in your heart and head until you can release them into your hands… and then into a creation of self-love… a piece of art that perhaps only you will ever see… but as you create your masterpiece of self-awareness…. You will feel your spirit lighten as the pain leaves you and is poured into something you no longer have to carry. Together we walk this path of self-discovery and enlightenment… may we be honest with ourselves and love ourselves enough to do our own healing.
Struggling with life, with work, with being? 