Wellness Wednesday Reflection — May 6
What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love

This Wellness Wednesday began softly, it really did…

Not with rushing.
Not with noise.
But with music moving gently through the room as I made my bed, sat at spirit table, and allowed myself to simply be for a moment after a very full and expansive few days.

Yesterday, we launched Season 1 of Roots & Branches.
And if I am being honest, expansion can feel both beautiful and uncomfortable at the very same time…oh so uncomfortable!

There is a vulnerability in being seen…doing the scary thing.

A vulnerability in allowing your voice, your face, your story, your vision, and your heart to exist openly in the world for others to witness. We often think confidence means fear disappears, and it couldn’t be more opposite. But, I am learning that true growth is allowing yourself to move forward even while your nervous system is still catching up to the expansion; it takes a minute.

This morning, through music, journaling, reflection, cards, tears, laughter, and quiet moments with God and spirit, the instrumental version of this song came on my playlist, and stopped me…

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” That Song…I hear you singing it! I did!

That song by Burt Bacharach rings true today in all ways; it is a timeless notion. Yet, perhaps that tune rings more true to how we love ourselves through the uncomfortable moments of becoming. I sang it out loud this morning, with some tears and laughter as accompaniment…it must have been a vision!

The truth is, many of us long to be fully seen while simultaneously fearing the judgment that visibility may bring. We want connection, tenderness, understanding, and support, yet old wounds sometimes whisper that visibility is unsafe.

But healing teaches us something different.

Healing teaches us that we do not have to abandon ourselves in order to be loved.
That softness is not weakness.
That vulnerability is not failure.
And that expansion often asks us to walk through uncomfortable doors in order to discover new parts of ourselves waiting on the other side.

This morning, I reflected deeply on the idea that joy itself may actually be part of the assignment.

Creating.
Writing.
Speaking.
Building.
Connecting.
Loving.
Allowing ourselves to receive.
Allowing ourselves to be supported.
Allowing ourselves to be witnessed.

Not because we are perfect, but because we are human.

I also reflected on commitment and focus. On removing the distractions, habits, fears, and old identities that no longer align with the life we are consciously creating. Sometimes the greatest shift is not found in forcing more, but in releasing what quietly drains our spirit and blocks our growth.

And perhaps that is where true wellness begins:
not in perfection,
but in presence.

In the willingness to sit with ourselves honestly.
To regulate in real time.
To breathe deeply.
To soften.
To trust.
To continue becoming.

This season of my life is very much a new era unfolding in real time. One that is asking me to be both grounded and open, structured and soft, continue to be the visionary, and be vulnerable, ALL AT ONCE. What?!

But, maybe, just maybe, that is the invitation for all of us today.

To lead with more love.
To extend more grace.
To celebrate one another more openly.
To stop shrinking ourselves out of fear of judgment.
To trust that even in the discomfort of growth, something beautiful is taking root beneath the surface.

Roots first.
Then branches.

And wherever this reflection meets you today, may you remember this:

You are allowed to grow.
You are allowed to be seen.
You are allowed to receive love.
You are allowed to begin again.
And you do not have to walk through your becoming alone.

I love ya lots!, and Always Stay Bloomin’. 🌸

If you’re finding yourself in a moment where the tides are shifting, where the noise feels a little louder than your own inner knowing… this is exactly where we begin.

The Journey to Bloom Compass Session is a 90-minute space to gently return to your center—to clear what isn’t yours to carry, reconnect with your “I AM,” and gain clarity on where your energy is asking to flow next.

Begin with a complimentary 30-minute Discovery Bloom Chat—a soft place to land, connect, and feel into your next aligned step.

If you feel called, I’d be honored to sit with you.

Schedule your Complimentary 30-minute Bloom Chat with Christine