This Week Has Been a Mirror: Boundaries, Old Patterns & the Descent Into Winter
There are weeks that feel soft and spacious…
And then there are weeks like this one —
weeks that arrive like a truth serum.
A week of cosmic intensity.
A week of emotional wobbling.
A week where everything you thought you’d “sorted out” pops back up like:
“Hey babe… you ready to meet this again?”
If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, emotional, stretched, or “not yourself,” I want you to know:
You’re not broken.
You’re not failing.
You’re not going backwards.
You’re simply becoming aware — and awareness always comes before change.
This is exactly what I’ve been moving through too.
The Energies Have Been Real (and Really Intense)
We’ve had major solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and a New Moon all at once.
Tech glitches, miscommunication, physical exhaustion, heightened sensitivity — it’s all part of it.
When these energies hit the Earth, they hit our nervous system.
And the feminine body?
She feels EVERYTHING.
This week felt like being turned into a tuning fork — vibrating with emotion, truth, old wounds, and unprocessed debris rising to the surface.
The Old Patterns Returned — Loudly
I watched myself slip into behaviours I thought I’d grown out of:
• collapsing my boundaries
• saying yes when I meant no
• overthinking interactions
• wanting to make everything OK for everyone
• overgiving, overexplaining, oversharing
• hiding how I really felt
• feeling responsible for other people’s emotions
• ignoring what my body was telling me
And it stung.
Because healing doesn’t mean the patterns disappear.
Healing means you notice them quicker.
You hear them louder.
You respond differently.
This week brought awareness.
Deep, uncomfortable, necessary awareness.
Where I Noticed I Was Hiding From Myself
I realised how often I still abandon myself for peace.
How quickly I slip back into “I can manage,” even when I'm overwhelmed.
How often I avoid setting boundaries because I don’t want to disappoint anyone.
How easily I minimise my needs.
Sound familiar?
This is the sister wound.
The good girl wound.
The witch wound.
The mother wound.
All rising at once.
This week was a reminder that these wounds don’t magically disappear —
they resurface when we’re tired, stretched, or evolving.
Winter Is Calling Us Inward
And here’s the truth:
You cannot take these patterns into winter.
Winter is where the feminine retreats, replenishes, reclaims.
It’s where the roots strengthen.
It’s where the truth sits quietly, waiting for you to hear it.
Winter is not the season to leak energy.
Winter is not the season to fix everyone else.
Winter is not the season to abandon yourself.
Winter is the season of boundaries.
And this is the medicine many of us are being asked to take right now.
The Boundaries I’m Setting (And You Might Need Too)
Boundaries aren’t about shutting people out.
They’re about returning home to yourself.
Here are the ones rising for me right now:
1. Energy Boundaries
If my body says no — it’s no.
No convincing, no explaining, no negotiating.
2. Emotional Boundaries
I will not fix what isn’t mine.
I will not carry what someone else dropped at my feet.
I can love deeply without abandoning myself.
3. Time Boundaries
I’m shifting into winter pace.
More space, more slowness, more breath.
Less rushing, less forcing.
4. Creative Boundaries
Only creating from alignment, not urgency.
From truth, not performance.
From soul, not survival.
5. Relationship Boundaries
Leaning into what nourishes.
Stepping back from what drains.
Honouring cycles — some connections are for seasons.
A Moment for You (Pause + Reflect)
Take a breath with me.
Where in your life have you been leaking energy?
Where have you been saying yes when your whole body was saying no?
Where have the old patterns resurfaced?
Where have you been hiding from yourself?
What boundary does your winter self need most?
Winter is the descent —
and descent is sacred.
You don’t have to be strong right now.
You don’t have to figure everything out.
You don’t have to hold what isn’t yours.
You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to reset.
You’re allowed to reclaim your energy.
You’re Not Alone In This Season
If this week felt like one long cosmic lesson…
if your old wounds were activated…
if your boundaries slipped…
if your emotions rose to the surface…
You’re in the right place.
You’re in the work.
You’re in the becoming.
And you don’t have to journey through winter alone.
Inside Sacred Sister Sanctuary, this is the exact work we are doing together — slow, real, grounded, supportive.
We are spending the darker months deepening into boundaries, connection, listening, and the healing of the sister wound.
Doors close on Winter Solstice.
And this is the last chance to step in as a founding member for £333 for life.
If this season is speaking to you…
you’re so welcome to join us.
You deserve a winter that heals you.
If anything here resonates with you, then consider joining our Wintering Journey, The Sacred Pause. You would be so welcome sister.
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