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What's Your Superpower?

Marilyn Young

What is Your Superpower?


How are you doing since the Solstice? Did the longest and brightest day of the year have any

impact on you? Or have you been experiencing changes in yourself for a while now outside of the time of Solstice? How is your body? Are you having unusual persistent physical symptoms - such as headache, fatigue, brain fog, muscle aches - that you are not sure where they have come from? How are you doing emotionally? Do you have increased emotional intensity such as heightened anxiety or constantly being close to tears? Some of us who are Empaths may feel that our Empathic abilities are simply growing and that we are feeling others more. That may be true as the shifting energy of our time is rapidly opening up and growing spiritual gifts across the planet. However, many Empaths are getting a “yes” when asking Spirit if these sensations are theirs. They are experiencing these shifts just as many non-Empaths are. So, what is happening??


A Time for Transformation

 

Over the last two weeks since Solstice I, and several of my friends, have been experiencing the symptoms mentioned above and more. In discussion with one another, we have discovered that we are also experiencing foundational changes in who we are. Some of the group are confronting the confusion of new physical and emotional sensations, some are grappling with a loss of identity, and then still others are energized in awaking a new direction in their life. Whatever stage we are at, we are all “turning a corner” into that new direction.

 

On reflection, these changes make sense as the Solstice is a time when the powerful energy of the Universe is supporting our spiritual growth. Solstice begins a time of transformation where we have the opportunity to align our emotions with our aspirations to accomplish our goals. At the same time, the intense energy of Solstice combined with the concurrence of a full moon, both in a powerful eight year of abundance manifestation and Divine Feminine energy, brings us into transformation. Transformation into what you might ask? Transformation into our fully embodied true selves aligned with our purpose. But how, do we gracefully get through this transformation?

 

Listening to the Body

 

When we remember that our body is a messenger, we can look at the physical and emotional symptoms from a different perspective:

  1. First, rule out any physical cause for the symptoms you are having. This might be a quick process such as looking for a traumatic event that caused the symptoms, or it may be a lengthy process involving reviewing family and personal medical history, recent events that potentially could be a cause, and perhaps even a visit to a physician. In the end, if you come up with a blank for an answer as to the cause of what you are experiencing, the cause then is likely energetic/in the spiritual realm.

  2. Explore any emotional trauma that could have created the current symptoms – recent trauma or a history of trauma that has recently been triggered. If you find that trauma, work to release it. Often that work involves forgiveness of yourself and others and/or working with your inner child. You may need the support of a professional or spiritual practitioner to release the hold the trauma has on your body.

  3. Explore past lives for a root to the symptoms. You may discover your body or emotions are carrying the energetic memory of a traumatic event from a different lifetime. Once you resolve that event, you can release it from the effect it is having on you. You may need assistance with this step as well.

  4. Explore your deep-seated core beliefs. Somewhere in early childhood did you develop a belief that supports your current experience? Discovering the belief and when it took hold can help you change or release it. You may need assistance with this step also.

When you have successfully addressed the cause of your symptoms, they will diminish. Being grateful, confident and trusting that you have addressed the issue is important. Being fearful or anxious that an issue will return will likely cause it to reappear. Trust in your innate ability to heal your body and benefit form the spiritual progress you make along the way.

 


Who Am I?

 

As we move into a more Divine feminine energy, we focus more on who we are versus what we do. This can cause a real loss of identity for us if we have always defined our entire being in terms of roles or our social position. For example, “I am a retired RN, an Intuitive Counsellor, a wife, daughter, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother, friend, colleague, and neighbour.” When I think about who I am, I don’t often think of myself in terms of “I am a loving, intelligent, spiritual, talented, creative human being.” How do you identify yourself? Are you currently struggling to redefine yourself?

 

When we think of ourselves in terms of roles, we bring the many things that we do into our identity. The recent energy of the Solstice encourages us to release some of those roles and

what we do that no longer serve us in the new direction we are going to align more closely with our soul’s direction. These last few weeks I feel my identity shifting. Some of the deeply ingrained things I do that I have pondered off and on over the years are again coming up for examination. This time, it is hitting me in a more intense way and Spirit is asking me to share with you as some of you may have the same or similar life lesson. I call it a life lesson because, as many of you know, we all come to the planet with a few things we have chosen to learn. How we conduct our lives brings that lesson to light over and over again until we have successfully completed the learning. Here is a bit of my learning journey…


Life Lesson or Superpower

 

Have you ever been told “You do so much!” Or “You’re so busy!” or “I don’t know how you do it!” or “You have so much on your plate – when do you sleep?” I have. I have repeatedly received those comments as far back as I can remember but until recent years, I had always shrugged them off embarrassingly without much thought. My days were always full, and I always had lots to do. As the oldest of five children, I had many responsibilities at home once my school day was over – help with supper prep and the dishes, help my younger siblings with their homework, perhaps finish a project for a Girl Guide badge, and then ending the night reading in bed to the dim light from the hallway because I couldn’t simply lie still until I fell asleep. At 13 years of age, I was an entrepreneur, delivering flyers to neighbour’s mailboxes offering my babysitting services for a reasonable fifty cents per hour. At 15, I secured a “real job” as a server in a local restaurant to fill my weekends. While attending university fulltime, I held down three parttime jobs, and chaired a few committees at school. When my children were young, I continued to work as an RN, participated on school committees, and tried to do all the things I somehow learned or thought I should do to support my children and my husband at home. It was just a normal part of my life to have at least three of the four children in tow when shopping for groceries, staying up late to sew Christmas outfits, and getting up early to attend hockey games or practices or drive to soccer tournaments. Towards the end of my career when I left a position, I was replaced by two to three others.

 

This was a normal life for me. I was always busy organizing the list of things to do to ensure they got done and multitasking often came in handy. When I was tired but there were still things to be done, I just “dug deeper” and did it. I didn’t sleep much though, and I rarely thought of asking for help – it just wasn’t part of my repertoire. When people asked if they could help, I most often declined saying I was OK – truly believing that I was! I was often the one reaching out to help family or friends and often took on an extra load at work to help out my colleagues. This is how I show my love and caring for people – acts of service – so I was happy to do all these things. Completing things also gave me a sense of accomplishment. Can you relate to any of this, or do you see this in someone you know?


As I got older (but still not wiser), in my last few years of work with my children grown, I got

tired of going full speed all of the time. I had some moments of resentment and sometimes wondered to myself “Why do I have to always be the one to …?” I got grumpy with those in my life I love the most. My body tried to tell me to slow down when I developed health problems. But did I stop? Did I say “no” to things requested of me? Did I ask for help? No. I began to feel as if I was being chastised for doing something wrong when people said, “You do so much!” so I tried harder. I felt I was being criticized when people said, “You’re so busy!” so I hid my business. Working at life as hard as I had for so long was part of who I was, not just something I did, so I was starting to feel personally attacked by those statements. Taking those things to heart, I responded by not liking myself, by blaming myself for doing things that caused people not to like me. Does that sound like a crazy spiral of thought? Maybe, but it didn’t feel crazy at the time. It felt unhappy. Can you relate to any of this or recognize it in someone you love?


As I began to explore the spiritual side of my life more, I started to look at why I was a self defined workaholic in all aspects of my life. I didn’t want to be unhappy, and I certainly didn’t want to make others unhappy. I looked at my behaviour from many different perspectives:

  • This is just who I am: I acknowledged in my early adulthood I thought that being so “busy” and having such a full life was just who I was. I had strategies to keep all the balls in the air and I was content.

  • Power and Control (life lesson): As I got older and continued to take on more and more “to just get things done” I questioned whether I had a lesson in power and control. Did I need to do so much because I wanted to have full control over a situation or project? Because I have a strong affinity for leadership, I wondered if I was being controlling despite always making my best efforts to be collaborative, inclusive, and mentoring the growth of others.

  • Judgement (life lesson): Because others often did not seem to see the big picture and how to navigate through the tasks needed to complete a project, again, I often “just did it.” Was my judgement of others stopping me from asking for help or letting go of tasks?

  • Responsibility (life lesson): I began to wonder if I was in a lesson of responsibility and needing to establish better boundaries in my life. Saying “no” to requests has always been difficult but by always taking things on for others was I robbing them of the chance to learn how to do those things for themselves? Was I actually causing them harm rather than helping? Was I delaying their learning on their path?

  • Karma: When looking deeper for the “why” I was doing what I was doing, I found that in past lives I had neglected some of the things I was addressing in this life. For example, in one past life I was so devoted to my work, I neglected my family putting them on hold until I retired. Unfortunately, I died before I retired so never got the chance to give my family the time I had planned to. This time I am still a “workaholic”, but I am also putting in way more time devoted to my family trying to make up for that past life.

 

So, considering those perspectives (mostly at work), I let go of some things and tried to mentor others to do them, I started asking for help or delegated to others refraining from judging them, I tried saying “no” to some requests for more work when I was already overburdened. I revisited that past life and worked to release the guilt from not putting family first.

 

Most recently, I am looking even deeper into this behaviour, because despite being retired, I am still “taking on too much.” I see now that lessons in power & control, judgement, and responsibility are all rooted in lessons of self worth and self love. Did I have the need to be “an over achiever” so people would give me some recognition that I was “good” at something? Did I take so much on because I believed I was not worth having any leisure time or that I was not worth any time for myself? Did I get embarrassed, and decline offers of help because I felt I wasn’t worthy of the help? Was I trying to get love from others by doing so much because I don’t give myself love? Was I resentful because I was not giving myself any time, any love? Was I doing so much for others because that is how I show my love for them, yet I couldn’t take time or do for myself to show love for myself? Why am I not hearing all the good friends and family who keep telling me to take time for myself, to say “no” to some things?  It looks as if I have a way to go yet in addressing those life lessons! What do you think?

 

Superpower!


But wait! These last two weeks a dear friend brought in yet another perspective from Spirit.

What if being the “project manager”, multitasker, leader, and organizer was my “Superpower” and not something to be fixed or changed? What if the lesson is learning who I truly am, learning what gifts and talents are tethered to my soul? That suggestion felt a whole lot better and reassuring that there was nothing wrong with me that I needed to release or fix. I pondered that for a bit then doubt crept in. What if I liked that suggestion because it just took me full circle and I wouldn’t have to do the hard work of delving into a life lesson? Confusing? You bet! So, what now?

 

Spirit is not letting me off the hook. Emotions are running high every time I think of this dilemma, I am being given many opportunities to say “no, and even as recent as today another friend encouraged me to take time for myself. So here is the plan going forward… The key I believe is BALANCE.

  1. First, I acknowledge that I DO have a superpower in some of those leadership skills such as organizing, delegating, seeing the big picture, and mentoring others. Those qualities are tethered to my soul. They are part of who I am.

  2. How I choose to use my superpowers needs to be rooted in a sense of self worth and self love, so I am not “overachieving” or “doing so much.” That will take a little more work as I still need to find all of the origins of that lack of self worth and self love and release them.

  3. In the meantime, I have promised myself to start acting with self love until I feel it more fully – to say “no” more often and to take time for some self care.

  4. How will I know I am getting the right balance for me? As usual, the answer from Spirit is a simple one. I will use joy and happiness as my barometer. When something brings me joy in the moment, I will know I am on the right track. If somethings brings in feelings of guilt, resentment, anxiety, or fear, I will be off path and will need to make a course adjustment.

  5. I will continue to live from the heart:

  • seeing my world and those in it, including myself, through the eyes of love and compassion

  • remembering it is not my place to judge others but also not to judge myself

  • finding a positive perspective for every challenge

  • expressing gratitude daily


So, what do you think of the plan? Is it helpful for you or someone you know? What are your superpowers? What life lessons are they tied to? Are your body and emotions telling you it is

time to take the next step? Are you ready? Many of use are making this journey together. Not only am I so grateful for the support of my friends and family but also for the support of my spiritual team. My Guides and Angels have stepped it up lately in giving me signs that they are around, so I am confident that I am ready to turn the corner into a new direction. Your team is with you too to support your plan. They never leave you. The energy of the planet and the Divine feminine are supporting us as well. Spiritual experts tell us we will be working with the Solstice energy for the next three months so let’s do it. It’s time to go super nova with all your superpowers!

 

Sending you love and light,

Marilyn

 

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