Episode 060 of Living in Response is a lot wrapped up into one - spiritual activism, embracing my tone, and letting it all be enough.
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Topics Covered in This Episode:
Summarized (mostly) with AI
1️⃣ Accepting My “Too Much” Voice
I open up about my lifelong struggle with being told my voice is “too sharp,” “too intense,” or “too direct.” I share how I tried softening it, lightening it, even “spiritualizing” it—but ultimately, this is the voice Life gave me. And it’s time I stop apologizing for the clarity and conviction that come through when I speak from the heart.
2️⃣ Unity Doesn’t Mean Sameness
I reflect on a powerful teaching from my leadership journey: unity isn’t uniformity. We’re not meant to care about or speak about the same things. Life evolved into complexity for a reason. So why do we expect people to be replicas of each other? We need different voices. We need different callings.
3️⃣ The Shame of Not Doing Enough
I share the quiet shame I’ve carried about not doing “more”—not volunteering, not protesting, not being on the front lines. I’ve judged myself for offering energy activism instead. But the truth is: this is my offering. And it counts.
4️⃣ When You Don’t Have the Capacity, That Is the Work
I talk about the backlash I received for saying that it’s okay to focus on yourself when you don’t have capacity. But I still stand by it. A resourced person becomes a more responsive, compassionate, and powerful one. That’s not avoidance—that’s intelligent evolution.
5️⃣ Maslow, Self-Transcendence & the Wisdom That Got Lost
Maslow’s hierarchy was inspired by Indigenous teachings—but most versions leave out the final layer: self-transcendence. I explore how serving something beyond ourselves naturally arises when we are well-resourced, not when we’re burnt out.
6️⃣ Why So Many People Aren’t “Activated” Yet
It’s not that people don’t care—it’s that they’re tired. Anxious. Under-resourced. I explore how emotional, physical, and spiritual depletion is the real barrier to activism—and why shaming people doesn’t help.
7️⃣ Energetic Activism Is Not Spiritual Bypassing
I clarify that energetic activism isn’t about pretending everything is fine. It’s about feeling fully—grief, rage, fear—and then transmuting that energy into coherence, care, and contribution.
8️⃣ “Now Is the Time” — The Moment the Vision Landed
It happened in a simple moment—watching a movie on my couch. I paused Allegiant and just knew: now is the time to stop minimizing this calling. Energy activism is not just valid—it’s necessary.
9️⃣ What Is Energy Activism?
I finally define it: energy activism is the intentional act of generating coherence in your own system and contributing that energy to the planetary field. It’s not a concept—it’s a practice. A way of living. A way of serving.
🔟 HeartMath Science + Spiritual Intuition
I break down how the HeartMath Institute’s Global Coherence research supports what many spiritual traditions have always known: we live in an energetic field, and our emotions—especially love, care, and compassion—are broadcast into it in measurable ways.
1️⃣1️⃣ Information Is the Root
I share a major shift in my understanding of reality: energy isn’t the base layer—information is. Like the binary code of a video game, information informs energy, which informs matter. This is the level Tao Hands works on (a new spiritual modality I’m learning), and it changes everything.
1️⃣2️⃣ From Personal Grief to Planetary Shift
I tell the story of how processing my grandmother’s death through tapping shifted my emotional frequency—and how I now understand that as an act of service. Healing myself literally helped shift the field.
1️⃣3️⃣ The Futility of Doing It All
I get honest about the overwhelm I’ve felt trying to “do more.” There are so many causes I care about. So much wrong in the world. But I’ve realized that I can’t be everywhere. Instead, I ask: what’s the root cause? What’s the most powerful lever I can touch with what I have?
1️⃣4️⃣ Why Science + Spirit Need Each Other
I talk about how spiritual truths become more accessible and grounded when paired with science—and how science regains its soul when it includes the invisible, felt world. Energy activism lives in this bridge.
1️⃣5️⃣ The Vision: One Million Energy Activists
I describe the vision that dropped in: a legion of people generating coherent energy together on purpose. Feeding the field. Raising the vibration of the planet. And using HeartMath’s Global Coherence app to see it happening in real time.
🌀 The Bottom Line:
You don’t have to show up like anyone else to make a difference.
Your presence—when it’s coherent, loving, aligned—matters.
You are not “too late” or “not enough.”
If your love is alive, you’re right on time.
This is your permission slip to contribute your way.
Mentions & Inspirations:
📘 The Science of Interconnectivity – HeartMath Institute
📘 The Cosmic Hologram – Jude Currivan
📘 Maslow's Hierarchy & Blackfoot Wisdom
📖 Tao Science – Master Sha & Rulin Xiu
🌀 HeartMath Global Coherence App
🎥 Allegiant – Divergent film series
🧘♀️ EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
🌱 Composting, Bees, and Building Capacity
❤️ Core Message:
Your care is enough.
Your energy makes a difference.
Your voice—even if “too much”—is sacred.
And this moment? This is the one we were born for.
Hopeful Monsters unite. We’re doing this.
There’s not enough ways for me to express gratitude and love for my ancestors and for Source/God/Life/The Universe/Great Mystery/Creator/All That Is/Etc.
Mystically,
Belle
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