Ever notice how the more you try to stop a negative thought⌠the louder it gets? Thereâs a really great saying in the Tantric tradition that Iâve heard Christopher Wallis share: thoughts are not truths, theyâre just tools. And yet, we tend to take them very seriously. We believe them, fight them, or try to get rid of them altogether, and thatâs often what pulls us out of our power. A lot of people say, âWhy would I invite a thought that tells me Iâm not good enough into conversation with other parts of me? I want it gone.â But has trying to get rid of it ever worked? For most people, it hasnât. What Iâve found is that a shift happens when you stop pushing those thoughts away and instead bring them in. You allow them into the home of your body, into the throne of your heart. You let them have a voice, and then you let them pass. Because the more you fight a voice, the more power you give it. And the more you ignore it, the more it becomes a shadow part of you. But when you acknowledge it when you say, âYouâre welcome here,â it stops running the show. It becomes just one part of you, rather than the authority. We all have different voices inside of us. Some are supportive and expansive, telling us weâre capable and aligned. Others are critical and limiting, telling us weâre not enough or that weâll fail. In somatic integration experiences, we donât eliminate these voices; we change our relationship to them. When you stop going to war with yourself, your whole system shifts. You feel more grounded, more connected, and more in your power. Over time, the critical voices lose their intensity because they no longer hold the same authority. Even the harshest voice you have likely developed for a reason. At some point, it was trying to protect you, help you belong, or keep you safe in an environment where that mattered. When you begin to see it this way, thereâs less need to fight it and more space to meet it with understanding. This is how you start to reclaim your wholeness. Not by becoming only the âpositiveâ parts of yourself, but by making space for all of you and choosing, again and again, to come back to your power.