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Self Care Newsletter Vol#77 Week #2 "Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion." Steve Jobs
Published 12 days ago • 9 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive
NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE
Focus:
The Inner Voice That Never Stopped Speaking
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."
Rumi
Your Weekly
Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter
Volume #77
The Inner Voice That Never Stopped Speaking
"We have so much stimuli coming at us in our daily lives—what I call the pillars of life: family, friends, work, business, religion, social media, and more. All of these have a purpose: to occupy your attention and keep you present in external life so you don't have time to listen, connect, and trust your inner voice that has been patiently waiting for you to sit long enough to hear it. Some people don't feel comfortable sitting in their stillness. Think about it—in the 24 hours of a day, and not including sleep, how much intentional time do you actually sit with yourself? Or do you find yourself filling that quiet time with something else? I remember being around people and still feeling lonely. I realized that I didn't like being alone because I would turn on the television, the radio, or get on my phone to avoid having a peaceful moment with myself.
Recognizing that I was affected by being alone helped me understand an important distinction: being alone is a physical state of being by yourself, whereas being lonely is an emotional state characterized by feelings of sadness or disconnection, regardless of how many people are around. Understanding this difference and observing the patterns allowed me to make the necessary changes for my sense of well-being. This is what assisted me in connecting to and trusting my inner voice that never stopped speaking to me. We are often so busy trying to learn how to be "well" from gurus, books, and blueprints that we forget we are already equipped with a sophisticated navigation system. It hasn't been silent; you've just been tuned to a different station. Today, we are turning the dial back to the frequency of you.
Have you ever had a decision to make, and while you were polling your friends, Googling advice, and reading "how-to" articles, there was a quiet, insistent "nudge" in the back of your mind that you ignored? That nudge is your inner voice. It doesn't shout; it doesn't need to—it knows it's the truth. We've spent a lifetime drowning it out with "expert" opinions. Today, we re-establish the connection."
"Chakra Activation: Throat (Vishuddha) Resonance The inner voice must be allowed to travel from your gut to your tongue. The Throat Chakra is the gateway of authentic expression. When it is blocked, we can't hear ourselves think.
The Physical Anchor: Sit tall. Gently place your fingertips on the hollow of your throat. Feel the vibration of your own breath.
The Visualization: Imagine a vibrant blue light pulsing in your throat. It is the color of truth and clear communication.
The Breath: Inhale deeply. As you exhale, make a low, humming sound ("Hmmmm") for as long as your breath lasts. Feel the vibration beneath your fingers.
The Affirmation: Whisper or think: "My inner voice is the highest authority in my life."
The Seal: Let the hum settle into silence and keep your chin level for this day.
The Strategist's View: As a strategist, I look at intuition as internal data processing. Strategic shifts for this beautiful rising:
The Volume Control: External noise (media, opinions, social pressure) acts as a muffler for your inner voice. You don't need more wisdom; you need less noise.
The "Gut-Check" Audit: Start small. Before you make a purchase, ask your gut. Before you agree to a meeting, ask your gut. Trust the response even if it defies logic.
The Evidence of Truth: The inner voice is usually calm and neutral. The voice of fear is frantic, urgent, and emotional. Learn the difference. Your truth rarely needs to shout.
The "Signal Strengthening" Practice:
The Question: Write down one decision you are currently stalling on.
The Silence: Set a timer for three minutes. Close your eyes and do nothing but follow your breath.
The Signal: When the timer goes off, write down the very first word or feeling that pops into your head regarding your decision. Do not analyze it. Do not judge it.
The Commitment: Write: "I honor the signal."
Food for Thought: If you are waiting for a sign, a permission slip, or a perfect plan from the outside world to tell you who you are, you have already given away your power. What if the sign you are looking for is actually a voice you've been ignoring?
Wisdom Insight: You have never truly been lost; you have only been disconnected. The wisdom you seek is not a destination you arrive at, but a conversation you are finally willing to have with yourself. This day, start the dialogue."
Be Blissful,
Dr. MoJo: Self-Care Strategist
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There is a voice inside you that has never abandoned you. Not when the noise of life got deafening. Not when you were too busy, too exhausted, too overwhelmed to listen. Not when you made choices that took you far from yourself, or when others told you—in words or in silence—that your inner knowing was not to be trusted. Through all of it, she stayed. She spoke. She waited.
You may have called her anxiety, overthinking, or irrational feeling. You may have dismissed her as inconvenient, silenced her to keep the peace, or simply lost her beneath the avalanche of everyone else’s needs and opinions. This week is her week. This volume is an invitation to stop, to get quiet, and to finally hear what she has been trying to tell you.
Food For Thought:
Nourishment for Your Soul:
The Inner Voice That Never Stopped Speaking
The inner voice—more than almost any other aspect of your inner life—cannot be accessed through effort or urgency. You cannot force your way into hearing it. You can only create the conditions in which it becomes audible: stillness, safety, and a genuine willingness to receive what arises without immediately editing it into something more manageable. So this is your moment to stop reaching outward and begin moving inward.
Find a quiet moment this week—even five minutes—and sit with this question without rushing to answer it: What has your inner voice been trying to tell you that you have been too afraid, too busy, or too uncertain to fully hear?
You do not have to act on the answer today. You do not have to be ready for what it reveals. Simply be willing to hear it. That willingness—the simple, courageous act of turning toward your own truth—is the beginning of everything that comes next.
Inner Voice Access
Your inner voice has access to something no outside source can replicate: the full context of your life, your body, your history, your values, and your deepest longings. It processes information that your conscious mind cannot fully articulate. It feels the misalignment in a situation before your logic catches up. It senses the rightness of a direction before you have a single piece of evidence to justify it. That is not irrationality. That is wisdom—embodied, integrated, and exquisitely personal.
The inner voice speaks in many ways. Sometimes it is a literal voice—a clear, quiet thought that arrives with unusual certainty. Sometimes it is a physical sensation: a contraction in the chest when something is wrong, an expansion and lightness when something is right. Sometimes it is a recurring thought or image that keeps returning no matter how many times you dismiss it. Sometimes it is the emotion that does not match the story you are telling yourself—the grief beneath the “I’m fine,” the joy beneath the dutiful yes, the rage beneath the patient smile.
Learning to hear your inner voice is not about achieving some mystical state of perfect clarity. It is about slowing down enough to notice what is already there. She never stopped speaking. This week, we stop long enough to finally hear her.
"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice."
Steve Jobs
"Trust your inner voice, for it holds the wisdom of the universe within."
Unknown
WISDOM FROM SPIRITUAL MOTHERS & FATHERS
Louise Hay
"I trust my inner wisdom. I know that all the answers to all the questions I shall ever ask are within me."
Maya Angelou
"I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity, is daring to dare."
Iyanla Vanzant
"What do you know that you are pretending not to know?"
Closing: Heart-to-Heart
Dearest one, here is what I want you to hold as you move through this week and beyond: your inner voice is not a mystical phenomenon available only to certain women. It is not reserved for the spiritually advanced or the naturally intuitive. It is yours. It has always been yours. It came with you when you arrived in this world, and it has been faithfully accompanying you through every single experience of your life since—even the ones where you could not hear it, even the ones where you actively turned away from it.
You are exactly where you need to be, and the wisest guide you will ever have is already speaking. She has never stopped. She never will.
With deep reverence for the wisdom you carry,
Your Self-Care Strategist 💕
P.S. Sweet soul, if this week’s volume landed somewhere tender—if reading about the inner voice stirred a grief or a longing in you, a quiet recognition of how long it has been since you truly listened to yourself—please let that feeling be information, not indictment. You did not silence your inner voice because you were weak or broken or spiritually deficient. You silenced it because that is what you were taught to do, because the cost of listening felt too high, because you were doing the best you could with the tools and the understanding you had at the time. That is not a failure. That is a human life. And the beautiful, humbling, miraculous truth is that it is never too late to begin again. Your inner voice has not lost faith in you. She has been holding your truth steady all this time, waiting for you to be ready to receive it. You are ready. Even if you are afraid. Even if you are not yet sure you can trust what you hear. Begin with one quiet rising. Begin with one honest journal entry. Begin with one moment of asking: what do I actually know? And then listen—not for perfection, not for certainty, but for the quiet, faithful, unshakeable voice that has been yours from the very beginning. She is there. She has always been there. And she has something important to say.
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
Lao Tzu
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Call-to-Action: "Don’t wait to start your journey. Click below to join Ignite Your Inner You Community!!!
"Your Healthy MoJo~Self-Care Strategist: The Chakra Series."This essential collection, created by Dr. MoJo, guides you through a profound journey of self-discovery and energetic alignment, spanning from the grounding Earth Star and Root to the divine connection of the Crown Chakra.
Each of the eight energy centers (Earth Star, Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, and Crown) is addressed with its own dedicated, transformative recording paired with an in-depth eBook to solidify your understanding and practice. Individually, each Chakra recording and eBook bundle is available for $25.00, offering a powerful, focused self-care strategy.
However, when you purchase two or more Chakra bundles, the price drops to just $20.00 each. Start your personalized healing journey today and feel the difference of a balanced, vibrant self.
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