Self Sovereign Insights
Blog By Bethany Russell, MA, LPC
For the deeply feeling and highly ambitious - insights on reclaiming your power from within.
SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
I've been thinking about this pattern I keep seeing with my clients.
They've built incredible things. Successful businesses, impressive careers, the kind of life that looks amazing from the outside. And they come to me saying some version of the same thing:
"I should be happy. I have everything I thought I wanted. But I feel... empty."
The part that gets me is how guilty they feel about it. Like they're ungrateful or broken for not feeling fulfilled by their success.
But here's what I've learned: achievement doesn't automatically heal your inner world.
What Does It Mean to Be Self Sovereign?
Self-sovereign: The lived capacity to lead from your authentic Self, even when trauma, emotional triggers, inherited burdens, or relational patterns arise. To be self-sovereign is to sit in the driver’s seat of your inner world—where your choices, boundaries, and responses are directed not by wounded parts or fear, but by clarity, compassion, and conscious intent. By Bethany Russell, LPC.
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