What Am I Being Asked to Release?
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R.O.O.T.S Method™ Reflect, Observe, Own, Tether, Set
(O = Own: Where am I ready to take accountability for what I’ve held onto that no longer serves?)
🌬️ Before We Begin: Exhale the Old Story
Find your center.
Close your eyes if that feels safe. Place your hand over the part of your body that feels the heaviest today.
Breathe in — I do not have to carry what no longer feeds me.
Breathe out — I am allowed to lay it down.
Breathe in — Release is not failure. It’s freedom.
Breathe out — I can let go without guilt.
Whisper gently to yourself:
“I release what no longer reflects my becoming. I release what I’ve outgrown.”
Now, let’s begin.
What Am I Being Asked to Release?
(O = Own)
Where am I ready to take accountability for what I’ve held onto that no longer serves?
We often speak of release like it's something external; people, jobs, relationships, systems.
But release, in its most radical form, is internal.
It’s the moment you realize:
"I've been holding onto this out of habit, not alignment."
"I’ve kept this identity, this rhythm, this belief, because it felt familiar, not because it felt right."
"I’ve been loyal to a version of myself that is no longer who I am."
And in that moment, you begin to own it.
Not in shame. Not in regret. But in sacred accountability.
Because we can’t compost what we haven’t named.
This Week’s Reflection:
Where am I clinging to old strategies that once kept me safe… but now keep me small?
Some examples:
You keep showing up for a relationship that only knows you through your trauma.
You keep the job because it validates your work ethic, even as it exhausts your joy.
You continue a pattern of saying yes before you check your body’s capacity.
You continue performing “togetherness” when you’re unraveling inside.
None of these make you broken. They make you human.
But this week, we shift. We own.
The Truth About Release:
It’s not always a loud goodbye.
It’s often a whisper:
“I’m not doing that anymore.”
Nature’s Invitation to Own & Release
Nature never clings to what is no longer life-giving.
The tree doesn't mourn its leaves when they fall.
The snake doesn’t shame itself for shedding skin.
The flower doesn’t resist wilting when it’s time to rest.
In fact, nothing in nature hoards what it’s outgrown.
So why do we?
Because empire taught us to equate letting go with loss.
But our bodies (and the earth) teach us that letting go is what makes space for the next season.
You are allowed to own what no longer aligns.
And you are allowed to release it, softly, powerfully, with grace.
What if the thing you're still carrying is the very thing keeping you from your next becoming?
What lives on the other side of release isn’t emptiness, it’s alignment.
Behind the paywall, we’re diving into:
The difference between grieving and guilt when we let go
How empire rewards our over-identification with pain
A somatic ritual to soften the grip of old strategies
Reflection prompts to name what you’re ready to stop performing
Practical steps across Self, Home, and Work to practice sacred release
And the LIBERATE™ framework to anchor it all in your liberation journey
This is your invitation to take off what’s no longer yours to carry—and finally exhale.
Come inside, sacred one.
Because healing isn’t just about feeling better—it’s about becoming more free.
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We release together. We rise together.