Last week, I woke up mad. Not annoyed. Mad. The kind of mad that catches you off guard because you thought you had healed past that point. And in a way, I had. But I’m also human.
It had been a hard week. Workplace drama. Other people’s emotions leaking onto me. As a highly sensitive person, I don’t just witness energy. I absorb it. And this week, it got heavy.
One morning I skipped my workout. The next, I woke up full of heat. I felt disrespected. Angry. Off. And my first instinct was to match the energy I’d received the day before.
But I didn’t. I stopped. I grounded. I reminded myself: “That’s not who I’m becoming.” And from that space, I chose peace. I chose softness. I chose to respond in alignment, not reaction.
I had the conversation. She apologized. She acknowledged the way her energy had landed. And none of that would’ve happened if I had matched her fire with more fire.
When anger visits, it doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It’s a flag. A signal. An invitation to center, not combust. You can feel it without feeding it.
When I felt that fire rise in my chest, I leaned on what I know helps me reconnect. If you’re in a similar space, I’ve put together the exact steps I used to help myself recenter and come back to a grounded state.
