Robin Friedman Energy

Sometimes we can know what we want to move toward and still find ourselves circling around it.

There can be so much pressure in trying to get it right, avoid getting it wrong, or make sure we don't fail.

S. A. shared this beautiful reflection after exploring some of those patterns.

What stood out to me most was the shift toward “Will To move forward.”

Not forcing.
Not criticizing.
Not demanding more from ourselves.

Just creating a different possibility for how we move forward.

Is there something you've been circling around that you'd love to approach with a little more ease?

One of the ways I think about intention is like putting a destination into a GPS.

First, I need to know where I want to go.

Then I can look at the path.

Is it clear?

Are there things in the way?

What are the boulders?

What might need to be cleared?

This is part of what I love about the Energy Clearing Circle.

We don’t have to arrive with everything figured out.

We can start with something we genuinely want to experience differently.

Then we can become curious about what’s underneath it, what’s in the way, and what may be ready to shift.

Sometimes we know exactly what the roadblock is.

Sometimes we don’t.

And that’s okay.

Curiosity is a perfectly good place to begin.

If you’ve been doing your inner work and still feel like something is keeping you from moving forward, come join us in the Energy Clearing Circle. Everyone who wants it receives personal energy testing.

Check the link in my bio.

It's always meaningful to hear what someone notices after taking the time to pause, practice, and explore their energy.

H. shared this after the Root Chakra class, and I wanted to pass it along because personal experiences can be so different from one person to another.

There is no one way to experience an energy practice. Sometimes the most interesting part is simply becoming more aware of what we notice afterward.

Have you ever noticed a shift after an energy practice or session?

There is something meaningful about being able to come back to what matters to us when we're making choices.

Elena described her experience beautifully.

Her questions shifted from:

“What should I do?”

to:

“What’s most aligned with who I am?”

That shift can create a different kind of conversation with ourselves.

Less searching for the answer everyone else might choose.

More curiosity about what feels true and meaningful to us.

Sometimes we approach a decision looking for the answer.

We ask other people what they would do.

We think about what makes the most sense.

We consider what we should choose.

All of those things can be useful.

And we can also pause and ask:

What feels most aligned right now?

That question brings our own values into the conversation.

It gives us another place to look for clarity.

There may still be several good options.

But when we know what matters, we may have a clearer sense of which direction feels most aligned.

How often we make our own experience dependent on someone else's behavior?

We want them to understand.

We want them to change.

We want them to be more supportive.

We want them to respond differently.

And sometimes we can spend a tremendous amount of energy waiting for that to happen.

But there is another question:

How do I want to experience this situation?

That doesn't mean pretending everything is okay.

It means bringing some of our attention back to what we can choose.

Sometimes that's where our power is.

Finish that sentence.

Don't worry about whether it's realistic.

Don't worry about how.

Don't worry about what anyone else would think.

Just notice what comes up.

Maybe it's something you've wanted for years.

Maybe it's something surprisingly simple.

Maybe it's something you haven't allowed yourself to say out loud.

Sometimes giving ourselves permission to imagine what we would actually love can reveal something important.