Cool Relief.
In today's episode of Shannon's Mind...
"...just scrolling along their pages, looking for videos I watched back in October or November, I feel strong relief. It's an undeniable sensation. I watched a couple of them two days ago and thought, 'Yes, this is part of the path I'm meant to be on'."
When debating with myself about possibly even writing this post, I thought of something said in the Breakfast All Day review of the 2026 movie Forbidden Fruits. If you watch the review, then please know that I'm referencing 6:15 specifically. The man has had his social experience and the woman has had another. Combine what she said in that part of the video about interactions and maturity with what Shaman Durek himself said about maturity in this video that I referenced in the "Amethyst Afternoon" post, and it's an uncomfortable truth, an opportunity I am seizing to move forward. I am not willing to continue having underdeveloped intuitive abilities. I'm not willing to be vulnerable and unsafe.
Last year, my Higher Self made sure that I came across two particular YouTubers who each have a distinctive, welcoming, reassuring presence in their videos, providing really beneficial intuitive readings, and now, in June '26, I think it was my Higher Self who reintroduced me, and even just scrolling along their pages, looking for videos I watched back in October or November, I feel strong relief. It's an undeniable sensation. I watched a couple of them two days ago and thought, 'Yes, this is part of the path I'm meant to be on'. Disregard much of the messaging I received for roughly six months, and instead, I'm intent to be open only to suggestions that are clearly good for me, ones that boost my intellect and personal growth and safety and my relationship with the aforementioned Higher Self. I need to ignore messages that are all about distraction or dwelling on any memories that are remotely shameful. It feels good to see and hear encouragement from Natija Cave, knowing that she was and perhaps will be one of the voices I can rely on at just the right time in my life. One of the issues I had for months was pushing my spirit team to guide me in ways I didn't need. It makes me look bad to say this, but I was trying to get them to make a lot of decisions for me, believing that that was the way to pursue my highest good each day, but in fact, it meant choosing to not explore. It meant having less fun. Just because you're accustomed to not being joyful, doesn't mean that's a healthy way to live, and considering my goals, it wasn't sustainable, either. I was frustrated by the lack of answers, and that certainly had to make me more susceptible to dark entities stepping in with their ideas. Generally speaking, your soul and your spirit guides don't want you to overdo it on carbs and wine. They want you to have what's best for you. Blockages, distraction, frustration, inflammation and anger are for the dark, and if you're on this blog, making those things a lifestyle is not the choice. After all that has been achieved in the month of June as far as clarity, legitimate self-care and increased physical health, I'm in a phase where listening to some Natija Cave and Becoming Cate has truly been refreshing. There's a sense of, 'I'm refocused, I'm having a reunion with myself'. Is that too much? 'Cause that's how it feels. Nothing could possibly overwhelm me to the point where I downgrade my goals, dreams or sense of self. This is too important.
If you reached a point where you're like, 'I've been too distracted from laughter, from alignment, from my best-fitting career moves and personal growth. That stops now', then maybe you could take a few minutes to reassess what you've been watching and reading and choose again. I don't mean to make it sound as if I worship Durek Verrett, Christine Pavlina, Natija Cave or anyone else, 'cause that's not the case, but I do appreciate so much of what they've shared with the world, and the first two of those people have contributed a lot of positivity, a lot of absolute truth, a lot of clarity to my life for almost a decade now. Have you found people like that, be they in media or your personal life?
My point is that one of my goals today is to choose what feels like a big relief after recent months of distraction, because of how often the relief means alignment. It feels so good to be paying more attention to my wellbeing again. Now I'm gonna go have dinner and watch a marathon of Powerpuff Girls.
