Over Christmas, I had a really cool intuitive drawing done. The drawing illustrated black snakes swimming at me…. In fact 46 of them. Initially, I believed them to be good. I’m spiritual, snakes represent transformation. But the longer I reflected on the drawing the more apparent it became that these snakes represented my inner-critic(s). First I heard the critique from my husband; then my kids and ultimately I began to realize how much I was internalizing any feedback I got. The more “critiquing” I experienced the more I realized just how much I was tolerating negative feedback in my world. But the crazy thing is, I also realized that I was motivated by all of this negative feedback — and it was serving as a source of “go-get-it-done”! How backwards is that? Sometimes we don’t realize that we’re in a very backwards way using negative words/experiences to propel us forward. It’s not the critics that need to change. It’s how we internalize language — and regurgitate it or transform it into something positive. How much extra effort am I exerting in my life — by taking negative and using it as a motivator? It’s incredible when we stop to reflect, all the little places we can make improvements. That’s what I love about feminine energy — sometimes whether we want it or not, we get these opportunities to see things from an “inside-out” perspective. And ultimately make the big change!

Saraswati teaches us this week to slow our words and our thoughts down. Be concise and precise and because no matter what we speak, good or bad, we are creating our own realities.