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Self Care Newsletter Vol#94 Week #2 "Trust is built in very small moments." Brené Brown
Published about 18 hours ago • 9 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive
NURTURE YOUR ESSENCE
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Focus:
"Rebuilding Trust with Yourself"
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
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Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter
Volume #94
"Rebuilding Trust with Yourself"
"When was the last time you asked yourself, “How are you, really?” and then stayed long enough to hear the answer? We begin by asking ourselves first, and then we wait for the answer. Rebuilding trust with yourself is the sacred practice of listening to your own internal communication. It means embracing yourself and sitting with yourself, without judging, without fixing, and without needing to do something. This is how we remember the way home to you. This is an inside job, and your inner voice has been patiently waiting for you to make the space to listen.
Rebuilding trust begins with honoring your words, taking loving action toward yourself, and being honest about what you are truly feeling. Think about how tenderly you take care of everyone else. You reach into your core essence for the people you love, and you pour your energy into them freely. That same love, and that same energy, is what we are remembering to bring back to ourselves first.
But how do you look in the mirror after years of self-abandonment, broken promises to your own boundaries, and people-pleasing, and say, “I’ve got you,” when your soul knows you have broken your own word a hundred times before? Trust is not rebuilt through grand gestures, overnight transformations, or sweeping declarations.
As your strategist, I am here to show you that self-trust is restored in micro-moments. It is built by honoring small needs and keeping simple, quiet promises to yourself. Stillness is not another task to complete on your checklist. It is the quiet presence where you stop judging your past and start honoring your present. This Great Day, we lay the first brick of a new foundation: keeping our word to ourselves."
Chakra Activation: Solar Plexus (Manipura) Integrity & Self-Trust
To rebuild trust with yourself, you must anchor back into your center of personal power and integrity. The Solar Plexus Chakra, located at your upper abdomen, is the seat of self-discipline, inner authority, and the energetic bank where your self-trust is stored.
The Physical Anchor: Sit tall, drop your shoulders away from your ears, and place both palms flat on your upper stomach, right below your ribcage.
The Visualization: Imagine a warm, radiant golden-yellow light glowing behind your hands, knitting together any cracks in your confidence and restoring your personal integrity.
The Breath: Inhale deeply for 4 counts, pulling that golden warmth through your center. Exhale slowly for 6 counts, whispering internally: “I keep my word to myself.”
The Affirmation: Whisper or think: “Every small promise I keep rebuilds my trust in my own soul.”
The Seal: Press your hands gently into your center, locking in your commitment for this Great Day.
The Strategist’s View:
As a strategist, I look at broken self-promises as Internal Default. Strategic shifts for this Beautiful Rising:
The Power of Micro-Commitments: You cannot rebuild trust with yourself by promising to overhaul your entire life overnight. That is like a bankrupt bank trying to hand out million-dollar loans. You rebuild trust by making micro-promises and keeping them. Drink the glass of water. Take the five-minute breather. Close your laptop at 6 PM.
Decoding Physical Tension and Discomfort: Physical tension, exhaustion, restlessness, and discomfort are not personal failings. They are communication deserving your attention. Your body stays tense when it doesn’t trust you to protect it. When you start honoring your small needs, your physical body finally exhales.
Stillness as Presence, Not Performance: Stillness is not another task to complete on your checklist. You don’t practice stillness to check a box. Stillness is the quiet room where you make eye contact with your own soul and say, “I’m here, and I’m not leaving you anymore.”
The “Micro-Promise” Protocol:
Let’s start rebuilding your internal credit score right now. Grab your phone or a notebook.
Identify the Breach: Write down one area where you have repeatedly let yourself down or ignored your own limits.
The Micro-Promise: Choose one tiny, undeniably achievable promise you will keep to yourself today (for example, “I will take three conscious breaths before I answer my first email,” or “I will say no to one non-essential request”).
The Seal: Write down your micro-promise and sign your name to it like a legal contract with your soul.
The Commitment: Write: “My word to myself is sacred.”
The Integration Protocol:
True inside-out transformation requires a pause before execution. Before you attempt to fix your life or rush into new habits, integrate this rebuilding process through three distinct phases:
Tap into Awareness: Bring your focus completely into your physical body right now. Notice where you are holding tension, hesitation, or self-doubt from past broken promises. Acknowledge that history without judgment.
Sense It and Sit With It: Do not rush to overcompensate or prove yourself instantly. Sit right in the middle of your current vulnerability. Let your nervous system experience what it feels like to pause and realize that trust is rebuilt one breath at a time.
Allowing and Receiving: Stop forcing perfection or demanding instant confidence. Open your hands, drop your shoulders, and simply allow your authentic desire for self-partnership to fill the room. Receive the quiet reassurance of your own inner wisdom before you ever try to give birth to a new action, a new boundary, or a new decision.
Food for Thought:
If you treated your relationship with yourself with the exact same fierce loyalty, reliability, and respect that you demand in your most treasured friendships, how quickly would your self-doubt disappear?
Wisdom Insight:
Most self-care is taught from the outside in, but true healing only happens when you begin listening to the wisdom that has always lived within you. Self-trust isn’t given. It is practiced through honoring small needs and keeping simple promises when no one else is watching. This Great Day, stop looking for external validation and start becoming a person you can count on.
Be Blissful,
Dr. MoJo: Self-Care Strategist
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When was the last time you told yourself you would do something, and did it? Not a big goal. Something small: drink the water, go to bed on time, make the call, take the walk.
Most of us keep our promises to other people far better than the ones we make to ourselves. We say we will rest, then keep going. We say we will hold the boundary, then let it slide. Each time, a quiet message lands: I cannot count on me.
The good news is that self-trust is not a trait you either have or lack. It is rebuilt the same way it was worn down, in small moments. This week, we start there.
You do not need a new life to trust yourself again. You need one kept promise.
Food For Thought:
Nourishment for Your Soul:
"The Inner Voice That Never Stopped Speaking"
Your inner voice never stopped speaking, even during the years you stopped trusting yourself. It has been saying the small things all along: I am tired. I need quiet. I do not want to go. I am hungry for something real. This section is about the moment you begin to answer.
Answering the Small Voice
The inner voice rarely asks for dramatic changes. It speaks in small requests, and each one you answer teaches it that it is safe to keep speaking. Think of a friend who was ignored for a long time. You would not win her trust with a grand gesture. You would show up, listen, and do what you said you would do, again and again. Your inner voice responds the same way.
What Happens When YouFollow Through
Each time you honor a small need, something quiet settles in you. It may feel like relief, a small exhale, or nothing at all at first. That is fine. Trust builds underneath the feeling, before the feeling arrives. Over weeks, the voice gets clearer, because it no longer has to shout.
A Reflection to Carrywith You
What is the smallest thing your inner voice has been asking for that you can say yes to today?
You do not have to answer it perfectly. Carry it through your week, and notice what rises when you are not trying to find it. Whatever comes, let it be received as it is.
"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you are going to trust one person, let it be yourself."
Robert Tew
WISDOM FROM SPIRITUAL MOTHERS & FATHERS
Louise Hay:"I trust the process of life. I am safe.
"Maya Angelou:"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
"Queen Afua:"Impeccable listening is the roadmap of paying close attention.
"Iyanla Vanzant:"Trust is not about being comfortable."
Closing: Heart-to-Heart
Dearest one, trust is not something you demand of yourself. It is something you earn, patiently, the way you would with someone you love. This week you showed up for small things, and small things are where trust lives. Every promise kept and every need honored is a quiet vote for the woman you are becoming.
Keep the promises small and the kindness big. When you miss one, begin again. The voice inside you has been waiting a long time to be believed, and it is glad you are here.
You are exactly where you need to be, and you are already becoming someone you can count on.
With deep respect for your becoming,
Your Self-Care Strategist 💕
P.S. Sweet soul, if you broke a promise to yourself this week, you are in good company. It does not erase the ones you kept. Trust is rebuilt by returning, not by being perfect. Make tomorrow's promise a little smaller and keep it gently. If it feels strange or slow, that makes sense, because you are teaching yourself something new. Be patient with the part of you that has been waiting to believe. She is paying attention, and she notices every kept word.
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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