Something in the collective is stirring. Beneath the noise of polarization, burnout, and distraction, many are sensing a call—a quiet, persistent invitation to remember something we've forgotten.
We are at a threshold moment. The systems that once promised security and success are crumbling. The planet is aching. Our inner lives are filled with continuous anxiety, disconnection, and a hunger for meaning. And yet, amid all this, there is also a rising: people seeking truth, embodiment, healing, and reconnection.
In my work with clients—whether that be through trauma-informed coaching, speaking, energy integration, or cuddle therapy—I see first-hand how important it is for us to get back into our bodies, trust our own intuition, and be in community.
Higher consciousness is not about ascension or escape. It’s about seeing clearly, remembering our interconnectedness, reclaiming our wholeness, and choosing to live from love rather than fear.
The Present Human Condition
We live in a paradox: we are more connected than ever and yet we feel more alone. Depression, anxiety, and worry have become our cultural norms, especially here in the US. Many of us have lost our sense of belonging—not only to each other, but to the Earth, to time itself, and to the bodies we inhabit.
Technology has outpaced our spiritual evolution. We move fast, scroll endlessly, optimize every corner of life—and still, we ache. Something is missing. This moment of dislocation is not just a personal issue; it's a spiritual one. What we’re experiencing is a collective symptom of being cut off from the sacred.
Patriarchy and the Fear of the Feminine
Much of our present suffering is rooted in a centuries-old imbalance called patriarchy. But patriarchy is not simply about men versus women. At its core, it's a survival structure built on fear—specifically, fear of the unknown (mystery), the chaotic (creativity), the intuitive (wisdom), the cyclical (nature). In other words: fear of the feminine.
The feminine principle—present in all genders—is the energy of genesis, receptivity, interdependence, and enigma. Over time, it was cast as dangerous, irrational, or weak. Think about the Salem Witch Trials. Or Hypatia of Alexandria who was unalived by a Christian mob for being an intellectual woman in a time of rising religious orthodoxy. Or midwives silenced during the European Inquisitions for utilizing intuitive birthing practices and herbalism.
Patriarchal fear has always tried to erase women who held generational wisdom outside church or state control. Egoic men implemented systems of control designed to keep them in power: hierarchy, dominance, linear progress, and binary thinking.
When you start to understand this, you can see why queer and transgender people have been a longtime target—but are especially confronting right now because of the threat we pose to these structures. Our very existence is rooted in self-expression, and for some of us, lives entirely outside of the binary of cisgender man or woman. The embodiment of our queerness, the gender-fuckery of our fashion, and the fluidity of our intimate relationships makes us impossible to put into boxes or to control. If you were wondering what all the anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has been about lately, it’s a last-ditch attempt to erase the wisdom of our bodies and the radiant light we bring to this world.
Religious institutions demonize the body. Capitalism monetizes time. Colonialism displaces indigenous wisdom; it disrupts cultural systems where women were leaders and embodiments of balance. What was once sacred has been either commodified or silenced.
And yet the energy of the feminine has never disappeared. It has always lived on because that which is elemental cannot be destroyed, only pushed down into the shadows. Now it is rising again—not to dominate—but to rebalance. The feminine is fully present:
In the Earth itself:
The land continues to cycle through birth, death, decay, and rebirth—quietly honoring rhythms that defy industrial time. The Earth’s seasons, tides, and fertility are all expressions of feminine energy: cyclical, regenerative, deeply embodied.In art and creativity:
Even in the harshest regimes, people have danced, sung, painted, written. Creative expression is a feminine act—bringing the unseen into form. It’s messy, intuitive, and resistant to control.In oral traditions and ancestral stories:
Across cultures, women have passed down stories, songs, recipes, and medicine that hold ancestral memory—often in kitchens, over fires, or in childbirth. These are acts of spiritual survival.In the body:
Even when shamed or medicalized, the body retains its wisdom—especially womb wisdom, erotic energy, and emotional intelligence. The body remembers what the mind forgets.In birth, breastfeeding, and caregiving:
The act of nurturing life—both literally and emotionally—is a sacred expression of the feminine. Though undervalued economically, it is the foundation of every society.In mysticism and intuitive practices:
Feminine energy has lived on in the mystical—dreams, visions, tarot, astrology, herbalism, and moon rituals. Practices dismissed as “woo” are often repositories of suppressed feminine knowledge.In the wild and untamed:
Forests, oceans, wolves, rivers, deserts—nature has always been an expression of the sacred feminine. Patriarchy has tried to tame the wild, but the wild keeps returning.In resistance movements:
The feminine shows up in liberation struggles, often led or sustained by women, femmes, and queer folks whose leadership emerges from care, intuition, and fierce love.
“She has always been here—beneath the concrete, inside the poem, in the songs sung to a lover or a sleeping baby, in the way water finds its way home.”
What Does Higher Consciousness Look Like?
To usher in higher consciousness is to return to balance—within ourselves and our cultures. It’s not about rejecting the masculine, but about healing its wounded form and reuniting it with the feminine.
This consciousness embraces both logic and intuition, action and rest, light and shadow. It’s the capacity to hold paradox, to honor mystery, to live from the heart without abandoning the mind.
We begin to feel instead of numb, listen instead of defend, collaborate instead of compete, and trust instead of control. This is the consciousness of integration. Of remembering. Of coming home.
Practical Pathways to Raise Consciousness
Awakening isn’t abstract—it’s deeply embodied, relational, and practical. Here are some paths we can walk:
Inner Work
Practice mindfulness, breathwork, and nervous system regulation.
Explore your shadow—where you fear the unknown in yourself.
Reconnect with creativity, intuition, and the body’s wisdom.
Relational Work
Engage in honest, platonic intimacy and touch healing.
Practice boundaries and consent as forms of deep respect.
Notice how you relate to power, vulnerability, and emotional expression.
Collective & Cultural Work
Join or build communities of care, ritual, and shared healing.
Learn from indigenous, queer, and feminist wisdom traditions.
Participate in mutual aid or sacred activism—doing so with love, not from saviorism.
Lifestyle Shifts
Embrace slowness. Live in rhythm with nature’s cycles.
Detox from hyper-productivity and reclaim sacred rest.
Choose presence over performance.
Where Could All of This Lead Us?
This is not just a self-help journey—it’s a reimagining of humanity’s future.
Imagine cultures centered around compassion and care. Governance that honors life rather than profit. Education that nourishes the soul as well as the mind. Work that integrates joy, embodiment, and contribution.
A trauma-informed, heart-centered world is what I envisioned during a plant medicine ceremony in 2022. From above, I saw a completely new Earth, one where we worked in collaboration and communication with the land. We used technology as a tool to aid Indigenous practices. We bartered. We thrived in communities. Leaders were chosen based on their knowledge and experience for projects or initiatives, not to hold power over groups. It was beautiful and felt possible.
This isn’t just a soft whisper of awakening. It’s a rupture. A reckoning. A chance to radically remember who we are and why we’re here. We’ve tried the path of control, extraction, and disconnection—and it’s led us to the brink. What comes next is not guaranteed, but there is another way.
We can choose to meet this moment with clarity, with courage, with fire in our hearts and soil under our nails. We can reclaim the sacred. We can live like all life matters.
This isn’t about becoming perfect. It’s about remembering wholeness—one breath, one truth, one brave step at a time.
The old world is cracking.
Let’s not patch it up.
Let’s build something ancient and new.
Something fierce with love.
Something that sings with soul.
Something that remembers.
The future doesn’t need more people to fall in line or fall asleep.
It needs you—awake, embodied, and unafraid to begin.
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