22/02/2026
'Redwoods Forest'
I was having a cuppa and scrolling through my phone. I came across a post of someone I admire who had shared their latest magical get together ❤️ I smiled, I ❤️ it and then my monkey mind started up.
Now my hormones are wreaking havoc at the moment and energetically there is alot going on. So straight away I relax into the chaos and let the monkey 🐒 go for it...
"Why am I not doing more?"
"Why don't you do that"?
"Why do you let yourself settle"?
"Why, Why, Why"
"Should, Should, Should"
YAWN YAWN YAWN 😂
This is the shadow side of me ~ thinking I'm not enough and not doing enough.
Now spiritual bypassing would look a little like this....
Do something to avoid, suppress or basically run away from the thoughts and feelings it's bringing up.
So in the past it would be quickly watch an episode of something or a movie.
You may start mindlessly playing a game on your phone or whatever contraption you have (I used to do that)
Drink something, Smoke something, mine would be EAT something 😆
You get my drift and there are so many different ways to push things down we're not ready to or wanting to work through.
I find going and doing something with my hands like washing dishes, watering the garden, some sort of activity (even a good walk) that keeps me physically pottering about but my mind 'free' the perfect way to work through the shadows.
This is where spirit shows up for me cause they ask the good questions, which will literally just sound like I'm talking to myself in my head but it's just different cause it's not mean, it nudges me and can be quite annoying because they're straight to the point.
"Carrie, you don't even like doing that stuff" 😆.
This is true, I don't 😂
"How do you feel with the thought of doing that kind of stuff"?
TIRED (just yawning at the thought of it) 😂
"Didn't you do alot of things today and you have a big week ahead of you"?
Ummm yeah, true and it's things I want to do, that I'm happy to do. 😆❤️
"You know you could do any of those things you see IF you truly wanted to"
yeah for the most part (I already do things I had only dreamed of)
"Sooooo, what's this really about".
I just felt like I wasn't doing enough and I am not putting myself out there enough.
"What tools could you do to help you here, to remind you that your life is to live your way, not how someone else is living theirs"
I guess I could finish my vision board, see someone to help me work through that stuff, meditation, affirmations, or I could write a post about it and share it as a reminder to myself I am doing life my way and maybe it will help someone else that needs that nudge.