The Sacred Unraveling: Remembering Who You Are Beneath the Programming
There comes a point in every awakening where life asks you to slow down, to sit still in the discomfort, and to shed everything you once thought you had to be. For me, that’s looked like a cocooning; a dying and rebirthing. A sacred unraveling of all the layers I built from survival, lack, and fear. It’s what I call my embodiment portal ; the space where I’ve cried, screamed, purged, and laid to rest every mask and identity that no longer belongs.
Because to embody something is to live it. And lately, I’ve been learning to live my truth in real time.
The Beginning of Remembering
My remembering process began back in college.
I was raised in a strict Christian household, taught that anyone who believed differently was wrong.
But as a sociology major, everything cracked open.
I studied human behavior, relationships, institutions, and spirituality across cultures—and I realized something powerful:
There isn’t one “right” path to God or truth.
There are infinite ones.
That realization planted a seed that’s been growing ever since.
The Awakening Questions
As I began peeling back layers of programming, I started asking deeper questions:
Why do I move the way I move in this world?
Where did those beliefs come from?
What experiences shaped my perception?
Our brains hold onto pain and trauma more than joy; not because we’re broken, but because our biology is wired to protect us.
But trauma isn’t just the “big stuff.”
It’s every moment you felt unsafe, unseen, too much, or not enough.
It’s all the times you learned to shrink.
When I understood this, I began the journey of healing; of learning to stop reacting from wounds and start creating from truth.
The Path of Remembering
Life is always leaving breadcrumbs, but you have to slow down enough to notice them.
We are all born worthy.
We are not our wounds.
We are not our minds.
We are infinite souls, here to remember.
And that remembering comes with stretching, with tests, with letting the old version of you fight like hell to stay; until she no longer can.
That’s the process I’ve been moving through these past few months.
It hasn’t all been love and light. There have been moments of confusion, sadness, spirals, and breakdowns.
But even in those raw spaces, I found God.
I found myself.
I remembered that healing is not about becoming someone else; it’s about remembering who you’ve always been beneath the programming.
Teaching: The Power of Belief Work
Everything we create: the way we love, lead, and show up; is rooted in our beliefs.
Your beliefs shape your nervous system.
They dictate what you think you deserve, how you relate to others, and what you allow yourself to receive.
So when we begin healing, one of the most powerful places to start is by bringing awareness to those beliefs; and rewriting them.
Reflection Practice: Rewriting Your Beliefs
Use this week to bring awareness to the inner stories that shape your reality.
1. What disempowering beliefs do I carry about myself, others, or the world; and where did those beliefs come from?
Take a moment to notice the stories you tell yourself.
Do they sound like fear, shame, or self-doubt?
Are they beliefs you inherited from childhood, culture, or past experiences?
2. Rewrite each disempowering belief into an empowering one.
Transform the story.
For every belief that limits you, write its opposite; a belief that uplifts, expands, or liberates you.
Example:
Old belief: “I have to work hard to be worthy.”
New belief: “I am inherently worthy, even when I rest.”
3. Choose one empowering belief and create one action step that enforces it this week.
Make it real through a small aligned action.
Ask yourself: How can I live this belief through my choices, habits, or conversations?
Example:
If your empowering belief is “I am worthy of ease,”
→ your action step might be “Take one full evening off without guilt to rest and recharge.”
Thank you for holding space for my remembering and for walking your own at the same time.
This journey is both deeply personal and profoundly collective.
We are all learning to peel back the layers, to come home to ourselves, and to remember that we were never broken; just in the process of remembrance.
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All the love & All the hugs,
Saniah 🌿
