Dear Beautiful One,
We often think that to receive more—love, money, support, ease—we have to do more.
Push harder. Prove ourselves. Earn it.
But the truth is, becoming receptive is not about effort.
It’s about permission.
It's about learning to feel safe with receiving.
To let in what you’ve prayed for, without bracing. Without guilt. Without apology.
Because receiving requires openness.
And openness requires trust.
Not necessarily in other people—but in yourself. In life. In your worth.
Receiving is a Loop
You are always giving and receiving—it’s just that most of us are more practiced in the giving part.
Giving feels productive. Praiseworthy. In control.
But when you cut yourself off from receiving, you interrupt the flow.
Giving and receiving are not opposites. They are part of the same loop.
Like breathing: the inhale and the exhale.
Like tides: coming in, going out.
If you give constantly, but don’t let life give to you, you are exhaling without inhaling.
Eventually you will feel depleted, resentful, tight.
And here's what’s tender: many of us block receiving because somewhere along the line, we learned it wasn’t safe. Or we were told we had to earn it. Or that wanting more made us selfish.
But the truth is—receiving is your birthright. And becoming receptive doesn’t make you weak. It makes you whole.
The Baby Inside You Still Knows
Think of a baby.
She doesn't apologize for needing.
She doesn't feel guilty when she’s comforted.
She receives fully, instinctively, without shame.
She doesn’t question whether she’s taken too much.
She simply exists in a pure relationship with life:
I ask, and it comes. I need, and I am held.
That part of you—the one who came into this world soft, open, and fully deserving—is still there.
She’s just been covered in layers of protection and proving.
This is your invitation to let her lead again.
So this is a love letter to your inner Baby.
The one who knew how to be held.
The one who trusted life to meet her.
The one who never questioned her worth.
She’s still here.
And she’s ready for you to open the door.
A Mantra for Receiving:
“I allow myself to receive with ease.
What I give returns to me in beautiful ways.
It is safe to open. I am held.”
Repeat it slowly—when guilt rises, when you feel the urge to overgive, or when you receive something and want to shrink. Let this be your nervous system's new song.
Journal Prompt:
Where in my life am I still bracing instead of opening?
What might I be ready to receive if I softened just a little more?
Let your truth spill onto the page. Even a whisper counts.
With open arms,
Em 💜⚡️🌟
You are not here to earn your worth.
You are here to remember it—
and receive every good thing that was always meant for you.
👉 Hit reply and tell me—what are you learning to receive right now?
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