Hey Golden Child!
As we navigate life's twists and turns, it's essential to understand the intricacies of our emotions and their impact on our well-being. Today, I want to share my personal journey with high blood pressure and how I've come to realize the profound connection between emotions and physical health. By exploring the emotions wheel, emotions in our organs, emotions vs. feelings, and emotional and non-emotional energy types in Human Design, I've gained a deeper understanding of the root of all emotions: fear and love.
My Journey with High Blood Pressure
Over the past five months, I've been working to manage high blood pressure naturally, despite the initial skepticism from my doctor. I've been using supplements like magnesium, beet root, celery seed extract, and black seed oil, in addition to regular workouts, hypnotherapy, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)/Tapping. While natural remedies take time to show their effects, I've been committed to this journey, even in the face of uncertainty.
One of the most significant breakthroughs came during a tapping meditation, where I learned from Louise Hay that an underlying cause of high blood pressure is "longstanding emotional problems not solved." This realization sparked a deep emotional release, as I confronted unresolved experiences from my past and present. I had been unwilling to accept my reality, feeling like I was doing everything "right" yet still facing this challenge. However, I've come to understand that healing is not a linear process, and just because we have healthy habits, it doesn't mean we'll always have the desired outcomes.
The Emotions Wheel and Understanding Emotions
The emotions wheel is a powerful tool for understanding the interconnectedness of our emotions. By recognizing the different emotions and their relationships, we can begin to address the root causes of our emotional pain. I've come to realize that emotions are energy in motion, and by acknowledging and releasing them, we can restore balance to our bodies and minds.
Emotions in Our Organs
In traditional Chinese medicine, each organ is associated with specific emotions. For example, the heart is linked to joy and love, while the liver is connected to anger and frustration. By understanding these connections, we can better navigate our emotional experiences and address any imbalances in our bodies.
Emotions vs. Feelings
Emotions and feelings are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct meanings. Emotions are intense, short-term experiences, while feelings are longer-term, more subtle sensations. By recognizing the difference, we can better navigate our emotional landscapes and respond to challenging situations.
Emotional and Non-Emotional Energy Types in Human Design
In Human Design, there are two primary energy types: emotional and non-emotional. Emotional energy types are deeply connected to their emotions because they are internally generated, while non-emotional energy types are more detached because they are heavily influenced by the emotions of those around them. By understanding our energy type, we can better navigate our emotional experiences and respond to challenging situations. If you're interested in learning whether you're an emotional or non-emotional energy type, go to my website www.jalisahardy.com to get your Human Design Chart for free.
The Root of All Emotions: Fear and Love
At the core of all emotions lies fear and love. Fear is the root of many negative emotions, while love is the foundation of positive emotions. By acknowledging and addressing our deep-seated fears and cultivating love and compassion, we can transform our emotional experiences and restore balance to our bodies and minds.
Practical Tips for Emotional Healing
- Practice self-awareness: Recognize your emotions and their impact on your body and mind.
- Use energetic practices: Engage in practices like meditation, yoga, or sound healing to shift your energy and perspective.
- Address emotional blockages: Use techniques like EFT/Tapping or journaling to release emotional pain and restore balance.
- Cultivate love and compassion: Focus on cultivating love and compassion for yourself and others, and acknowledge the interconnectedness of all emotions.
As I continue on my journey with high blood pressure, I'm reminded that healing is not just about physical health, but also about emotional well-being. By understanding the intricacies of emotions and their impact on our bodies, we can take the first steps towards transformative healing. Suppose you're ready to dive deeper into your emotional journey and explore the connections between emotions and physical health. In that case, I invite you to book a Self-Discovery & Alignment Call with me. Together, we can explore your unique challenges and empower you to transform them into stepping stones toward your best self.
Visit this link to schedule your session: Self-Discovery & Alignment Call and use the code DISCOVER15 to receive 15% off your session.
Wishing you resilience, growth, and emotional healing as you navigate your journey!
🧘🏽♀️ How are you really preparing for birth?
It’s one thing to pack a hospital bag or attend a birthing class—but preparing your spirit is something else entirely. Birth is a sacred rite of passage. It requires more than physical readiness; it asks you to go inward, to connect with your power, and to release fear so you can welcome your baby from a place of peace, strength, and alignment.
As a doula, I support clients in nurturing their whole selves—body, mind, and soul—because you’re not just birthing a baby… you’re birthing a new you.
1. How to Spiritually Ground Before Labor
Here are gentle but powerful ways to connect to your core:
- Daily Quiet Time – Begin or end your day with a few minutes of silence. Journal, pray, or sit in gratitude. Ask, “What does my body need today?”
- Rooting Practices – Walk barefoot on the earth, sit near trees, or place your hands over your womb and breathe deeply.
- Energy Clearing – Smudge your space with sage or palo santo, use essential oils like lavender or frankincense, or take a cleansing bath with sea salt.
2. Affirmations + Meditations I Share with My Clients
Simple affirmations spoken daily can shift your mindset and energy:
- “My body was made for this.”
- “I release fear and trust the process.”
- “My baby and I are working together in harmony.”
✨ Try this 5-minute womb connection meditation:
Sit comfortably, close your eyes, place your hands on your belly, and repeat: “I am safe. I am strong. I am ready.” Visualize golden light surrounding you and your baby.
Sit comfortably, close your eyes, place your hands on your belly, and repeat: “I am safe. I am strong. I am ready.” Visualize golden light surrounding you and your baby.
3. What to Do When Fear or Anxiety Shows Up
Fear is a natural part of this journey, but it doesn’t have to control you. Here’s how to move through it:
- Name It – Say what you're feeling out loud or journal it. Naming the fear reduces its power.
- Talk to Your Baby – Speak words of love and confidence. This builds trust and connection.
- Create a Ritual – Light a candle, play music, or say a prayer whenever anxiety rises. This signals your brain that you're safe and supported
4. Spiritual Birth Prep Ideas
- Create a birth altar with meaningful objects: crystals, scripture cards, ultrasound photos, or letters to your baby.
- Write a birth vision prayer or letter declaring how you want to feel during birth.
- Set up a “labor playlist” with songs that make you feel empowered, relaxed, or joyful
💛 Final Thoughts
Birth is more than a medical event—it’s a spiritual transformation. When you take time to prepare your spirit, you birth with more clarity, confidence, and connection.
Whether this is your first baby or your fourth, you deserve to feel deeply supported, emotionally grounded, and spiritually aligned.
And if you're ready for real support, let’s talk about how I can walk this journey with you as your doula. I offer two ways to connect:
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Your birth, your body, your power. Let’s make it sacred, supported, and stress-free.
What if the money story you’ve been carrying isn’t yours at all? What if the shame, fear, and silence you feel around money were planted generations ago, and you’ve simply been repeating a pattern that was never meant to serve you?
In my recent conversation with bebo mia on the Hot + Brave podcast, we went deep into this exact question. We talked about money wounds, scarcity, and what it looks like to finally heal the stories that keep us small. We also talked about how doulas, caregivers, and healers can begin to step into financial freedom without apology.
This episode is close to my heart because it reflects not just my professional work through the Healed Money Movement, but also my personal journey. If you’ve ever wondered whether you deserve more, whether you’re allowed to want abundance, or whether healing your money story is even possible… this conversation is for you.
For so many of us, money is not just about numbers. It’s about the stories we’ve been told, the wounds we’ve inherited, and the silence that has shaped how we see our own worth.
I know this because I’ve lived it. As a single mother and survivor, I carried generations of money shame and scarcity with me. I watched how it played out in my own life, undercharging for my services, doubting my worth, and shrinking whenever conversations about money came up. Those patterns weren’t mine alone. They were passed down. They were the echoes of silence in my family, the weight of systemic oppression, and the cultural belief that women and caregivers should simply give without expecting to receive.
But here’s what I’ve learned: healing your money story is not just about financial stability… it’s about liberation.
Scarcity Isn’t Personal
When I sat down with my bebo mia family on the Hot + Brave podcast, we talked about how often birth workers and caregivers feel guilty for charging sustainable fees. We carry the belief that asking for more is selfish. But this is not just a personal issue. Scarcity is not an individual failing, it’s a system designed to keep people small.
When we see scarcity for what it is, manufactured, systemic, and intentional, we can stop blaming ourselves. We can start to imagine something different.
As I shared in the conversation, healing looks like noticing those moments when fear would have taken over in the past, and responding differently now. It’s a shift in how you hold yourself, how you claim your value, and how you show up when life throws challenges your way.
The Silence Around Money
One of the biggest wounds I see is silence. Growing up, many of us were told that money is not something we talk about. That silence leaves us afraid to ask questions. It turns curiosity into fear. And when we inherit fear instead of knowledge, we inherit cycles of struggle.
Breaking that silence is one of the first steps in the Healed Money Movement. When we speak openly about money, about shame, about fear, about possibility, we create space for healing. Scarcity thrives in isolation. Abundance grows in connection.
A Doula’s Perspective
My own healing work was shaped in part by my doula training through bebo mia’s Maternal Support Practitioner (MSP) program. That program didn’t just prepare me to support families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum… it gave me the tools to stand in my worth as a care provider.
What I love about bebo mia’s training is that it’s not just about learning comfort measures or birth physiology. It’s about looking at the bigger systems, the inequalities, and the ways birth workers can create sustainable businesses that actually support them. That holistic, justice-centered approach is part of why I’ve been able to weave money healing into my own work today.
So many doulas and educators struggle with charging for their time. Some underprice themselves until burnout pushes them out of the field. Others never get started because they can’t imagine a path that feels financially viable. This is why doula training that addresses both care and sustainability is so important.
Writing a New Story
Healing your money story doesn’t mean pretending money doesn’t matter. It means writing a new story — one where you are worthy of being resourced, where your work is valued, and where abundance is possible.
This isn’t about quick fixes or financial hacks. It’s about shifting from fear to freedom. It’s about remembering that whatever you need to truly heal is already inside you.
As I often say: “Whatever you need to truly heal, it’s all in you.” That mantra is the foundation of the Healed Money Movement.
Community Is Key
We cannot do this alone. Healing requires community. When we come together, share our stories, and challenge the systems that keep us small, we begin to step into something powerful. We begin to lead lives filled with purpose, pleasure, and peace.
That is the vision of the Healed Money Movement, not just financial freedom, but emotional, spiritual, and communal liberation. And it’s the vision that aligned me with bebo mia and their MSP program in the first place. Both are about seeing the whole person, holding space for healing, and imagining liberation together.
Your Invitation
If you’ve been wrestling with your money story, know this: you are not alone. Your wounds are real, but they are not permanent. You can write a new story. And when you do, you don’t just heal yourself — you heal generations after you.
I invite you to join me in this work. Explore the Healed Money Movement, dive into my book It’s All in Me! or the 30-Day C.A.L.M. Life Planner, and take the first step toward healing your money story.
And if you feel called to support families as a doula, look into the Maternal Support Practitioner training with bebo mia. It changed my life, and it could be the beginning of your own journey toward freedom, healing, and abundance.
Because when you heal your relationship with money, you step into freedom. And when you step into freedom, you light the way for others to do the same.
Hey Golden Child!
Happy October! (Can someone tell me where September went? PLEASE! It's already Q4 of the year....)
As we enjoy this day of rest and reflection, let’s take a moment to explore a transformative journey: overcoming obstacles. Life is a series of challenges, and often, it’s these very challenges that lead us to discover our true strength and resilience. Today, I want to share my personal experiences and insights with you, hoping to inspire you as you navigate your own hurdles.
In recent months, I’ve faced several significant obstacles: managing high blood pressure, co-parenting with a narcissist, dealing with a truck that’s been out of commission for a month, and grappling with financial challenges in my business that have made me question whether I should continue. But through all of this, I’ve learned invaluable lessons and discovered powerful strategies to overcome these obstacles. Let’s dive into four key aspects of overcoming obstacles that can help you on your own path.
1. Leaning into Your Support System
When life gets tough, one of the most powerful tools we have is our support system. I’ve found that leaning into my friends, family, and community has been crucial in navigating my challenges. There were days when I felt overwhelmed, particularly while managing co-parenting with a narcissist, which can be emotionally draining. But by reaching out to those who understand me, sharing my struggles, and allowing them to support me, I’ve felt less alone in my journey.
Practical Tip: Make a list of supportive people in your life. Reach out to them when you’re feeling the weight of your challenges. Whether it’s a phone call, coffee date, or simply sharing your thoughts over text, don’t hesitate to lean on those who uplift you.
2. The Healing Power of Energetic Work
As a spiritual person who believes in God as the Creator and orchestrator of everything, I’ve turned to energetic healing work to help me navigate my obstacles. This has included practices such as meditation, visualization, and energy clearing. During difficult moments, especially when faced with high blood pressure, I’ve found solace in grounding myself and tapping into divine energy for healing. It’s remarkable how shifting my energy can shift my perspective.
Practical Tip: Consider incorporating energetic practices into your routine. Whether it’s through meditation, yoga, or sound healing, find what resonates with you and commit to it regularly. These practices can help you regain balance and clarity as you face challenges.
3. Journaling as a Tool for Clarity
Journaling has become my sanctuary, a safe space where I can express my thoughts and emotions without judgment. I often find myself writing about my frustrations with my truck being down and the financial strain it has caused. Through journaling, I’ve been able to articulate my feelings, confront my fears, and brainstorm solutions. The act of putting pen to paper has been cathartic, allowing me to gain clarity and perspective. (If you're a digital person, then do what works for you.)
Practical Tip: Start a daily journaling practice. Set aside time each evening to reflect on your day. Write about your challenges, your feelings, and any solutions you envision. This practice will not only provide clarity but also serve as a record of your growth.
4. Shifting Your Perspective
Finally, one of the most profound lessons I’ve learned is the power of perspective. There were moments when I felt like giving up on my business, but I realized that obstacles are often opportunities in disguise. By shifting my mindset from defeat to curiosity, I’ve begun to see how these challenges can lead to growth, innovation, and resilience. I’ve started asking myself, “What can I learn from this situation?” instead of “Why is this happening to me?”
Practical Tip: Whenever you face an obstacle, consciously choose to shift your perspective. Ask yourself empowering questions that lead to growth and discovery. This simple shift can transform your experience and open doors to new possibilities.
As we conclude this blog post on overcoming obstacles, I encourage you to embrace your journey.
Remember, it’s not just about the challenges we face but how we respond to them that defines our path.
If you're ready to dive deeper into your journey of self-discovery and alignment, I invite you to book a Self-Discovery & Alignment Call with me.
Together, we can explore your unique challenges and empower you to transform them into stepping stones toward your best self.
Visit this link to schedule your session: Self-Discovery & Alignment Call and use the code DISCOVER15 to receive 15% off your session.
Wishing you resilience and growth as you navigate your obstacles!
Have you ever felt like your stress was magnified the moment you became pregnant?
If so, you are not alone. As a Doula, I’ve witnessed firsthand how the beautiful journey of pregnancy can also come with overwhelm, fear, and heightened anxiety—especially for Black and Brown mamas navigating systems that weren’t always designed with us in mind.
Stress during pregnancy isn’t just about hormones. It’s about the weight of expectations, racial bias in healthcare, generational trauma, and the need to “stay strong” even when we want to fall apart. I see you—and I want to remind you that your wellness matters just as much as your baby’s.
🌿 1. Herbal Support & Aromatherapy
Gentle herbal teas like chamomile, lavender, and lemon balm can ease tension and support your nervous system. Aromatherapy with essential oils such as frankincense, ylang ylang, or sweet orange can also help reduce anxious thoughts. Try diffusing them during your evening wind-down or placing a few drops on your pillow. (Always consult your care provider before using herbs or essential oils.)
Gentle herbal teas like chamomile, lavender, and lemon balm can ease tension and support your nervous system. Aromatherapy with essential oils such as frankincense, ylang ylang, or sweet orange can also help reduce anxious thoughts. Try diffusing them during your evening wind-down or placing a few drops on your pillow. (Always consult your care provider before using herbs or essential oils.)
🧘🏾♀️ 2. Meditation & Mindfulness
Even 5–10 minutes of intentional breathing can reset your nervous system. Meditation doesn’t have to be long or complicated. You can simply close your eyes, place your hands on your belly, and repeat an affirmation like:
“I am safe. I trust my body and my baby.”
Even 5–10 minutes of intentional breathing can reset your nervous system. Meditation doesn’t have to be long or complicated. You can simply close your eyes, place your hands on your belly, and repeat an affirmation like:
“I am safe. I trust my body and my baby.”
🛁 3. Create a Calming Ritual
You deserve moments of stillness and care. A simple nightly ritual—like a warm bath, gentle prenatal stretching, or massaging your belly with oils while listening to soft music—can help your body relax and signal that it’s safe to rest.
You deserve moments of stillness and care. A simple nightly ritual—like a warm bath, gentle prenatal stretching, or massaging your belly with oils while listening to soft music—can help your body relax and signal that it’s safe to rest.
You Deserve to Feel Held
Pregnancy isn’t just about preparing for the baby—it’s about nurturing yourself too. Your peace matters. Your calm matters.
Pregnancy isn’t just about preparing for the baby—it’s about nurturing yourself too. Your peace matters. Your calm matters.
If you’re feeling anxious, uncertain, or simply in need of support, I’m here. My Doula support is designed to provide more than just physical help—it’s emotional, spiritual, and intuitive care for the whole of who you are.
Ready to feel grounded, supported, and more at ease during pregnancy?
→ Book your appointment with me here
💛 Or grab your discounted Doula session on Groupon
Ready to feel grounded, supported, and more at ease during pregnancy?
→ Book your appointment with me here
💛 Or grab your discounted Doula session on Groupon
Let’s nurture you—mind, body, and spirit.
