Choosing Calm in a Loud, Fearful World
This past week has felt heavy.
If you’ve been on the internet, on social media, or simply paying attention, you’ve probably felt it too. The energy feels loud, tense, and oppressive. Fear, panic, and reaction are moving quickly through the collective, and many people are living in a constant state of alarm.
This isn’t a political post. I’m not here to dissect sides or decisions. What I want to talk about is the energy in the air, because whether we acknowledge it or not, everything begins there.
Everything is frequency.
When fear, anger, grief, and anxiety dominate the collective field, bodies respond. Nervous systems overload. People get sick. Sleep gets disrupted. We move into survival mode, reacting instead of responding.
And I can’t participate in that anymore.
I’m choosing my nervous system as top priority…
A few years ago, I was diagnosed with a chronic connective tissue disorder, a progressive condition with no cure. One of the most important aspects of managing my health is keeping my nervous system regulated and my stress levels as low as possible.
There was a time when I participated heavily in online discourse. From 2016 to 2020, it was part of my work and identity. I believed that constant engagement meant staying informed and impactful.
What it actually meant was that my body never felt safe.
Living in a constant state of reaction comes at a cost. My body paid it.
Now, my priority is different. Protecting my nervous system doesn’t mean I don’t care. It doesn’t mean I lack empathy. It means I refuse to drown in fear.
I’m choosing to rise above to a place where I can see more clearly…
Lately, I’ve been visualizing myself sitting in a soft and comfy, cushioned velvety chair, protected and grounded inside a bubble, rising up just enough to see things more clearly.
From that perspective, I can see the push and pull. The outrage cycles. Cruelty turning into entertainment. People losing their grounding in the noise.
I can also see something else.
We are witnessing the destabilization of systems that can no longer sustain themselves (ahem.. the patriarchy). Old structures built on fear, control, and disconnection are cracking, dying… and they are not going quietly.
That doesn’t make what’s happening less painful. There are real atrocities, real grief, and real harm being perpetrated on vulnerable populations. But staying submerged in rage and panic does not heal that harm. It multiplies it.
Fear is not a stop sign.
Fear isn’t a stop sign.
It’s a direction.
Where your attention goes, your energy flows. And what you consistently feed is what grows in your reality.
If your nervous system is soaked in anger, hatred, and doom all day, your body believes you are under constant threat. Over time, that state becomes unsustainable.
If you walk away from this post with nothing else, know this:
You don’t have to solve everything today.
You just have to be here, in this moment.
Ask yourself:
Are you safe right now?
Do you have what you need in this moment?
Most of the time, the answer is yes.
Choosing calm is an act of service.
Choosing calm is not bypassing reality. It’s choosing to respond instead of react.
Anger can be valid. Fear can be understandable. But these emotions are meant to move, not to live permanently in the body.
Transmute them. Help someone. Listen. Offer kindness. Create. Rest. Ground.
Being a keyboard warrior is not the answer. I know, because I’ve done it. It may feel satisfying for a moment, but it rarely creates change and often deepens dysregulation.
Love and presence are not passive. They are powerful.
If you want to live in your highest timeline, love is the path.
The body holds everything. Everything!
One of the most overlooked tools for nervous system regulation is the lymphatic system. It doesn’t have a pump. It relies on movement, breath, sound, and intention.
When lymphatic flow is stagnant, everything feels stuck, emotionally, energetically, physically.
This is why movement matters.
Why singing matters.
Why crying matters.
Why dancing matters.
Why breathing deeply matters.
Energy needs to move.
Just as we have tools to improve lymphatic flow using our hands, breath, and intention, we also have tools to improve other kinds of flow in our lives (cash flow, creative flow, emotional flow). But nothing flows well through a system that doesn’t feel safe.
We are a part of something bigger.
There is also something larger happening.
Look at all the recent solar flares, geomagnetic storms, earthquakes, intense earth activity! However you interpret these things — scientifically, energetically, spiritually — the message is the same.
The Earth is not separate from us.
She is moving, clearing, and recalibrating too. Everyting that happens to her affects us and vice versa.
This isn’t just about humanity’s chaos. It’s about exposure, clearing, and transformation. Energy is real, even when you can’t see it.
This is why grounding matters right now more than ever in this lifetime. Get your feet on the earth; focus on the breath in your body.
LOOK UP! Get your eyes lifted beyond the noise.
I invite you to choose something other than fear to add to the field.
This moment is uncomfortable. But it is not meaningless.
You don’t have to carry the weight of the world alone.
You don’t have to stay activated to be aware.
You don’t have to live in fear to be responsible.
You are allowed to choose lightness.
You are allowed to choose calm.
You are allowed to protect your nervous system.
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is regulate, stay present, and refuse to add more fear into the field.
You don’t have to solve everything today.
You just have to be here.
If you want to follow the exact lymphatic flow routine I personally use to regulate my nervous system, I walk through my full eight-minute morning lymphatic flow ritual over on YouTube. You’re welcome to watch, move along with me, or simply listen if that feels more supportive.
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