Lately I’ve noticed something. People I barely know will come up and start sharing deeply personal things with me. Like, “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” kind of things. And I smile because… I do know.
There was a time when that wouldn’t happen. I kept a wall up to protect myself from being hurt. I didn’t show much emotion. I didn’t want to be perceived as too open, too soft, too vulnerable. But the tradeoff for that safety was connection. And when I started doing deeper spiritual work especially while being tucked away in this isolated corner of Alaska I began clearing out those protective layers.
That energy shift was real. The more I healed, the more I softened. And that softness has become its own signal. I don’t have to explain that I’m a safe space people feel it. That’s what energy does. It communicates who we are before we ever speak.
It’s why that provider I barely met felt like she could unload a week’s worth of emotional weight to me. It’s why strangers in the grocery store start telling me about their lives. It’s not random. It’s resonance. It’s alignment.
And I’m grateful. Because this isn’t just about being someone others can talk to. It’s about finally being someone I feel safe being with myself.
That is the real shift. Not becoming softer for the world, but becoming someone who no longer has to guard their heart from it.
