In winter, I wear layers. I’m known to even wear scarves, cowls, and shawls around the house. Admittedly, I knit and have an extensive shawl collection at this point but… it’s mostly because I’m cold.

As I sat bundled under blankets, wrapped in a shawl, and wearing layers my husband casually said, “You do know you can just turn up the heat, right?”

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could control the temperature in my own home. I was still under the original programming I had been taught growing up — adults control the thermometer in the house. Don’t mess with it or you’ll get in trouble. Leave it alone. It’s set that way for a reason.

Now that I am a grown up… I can control the thermometer in my own home.

Life changing.

Sometimes, all it takes is for someone to remind us that we have permission to do what we want and ask for what we need.

If you need more support with giving yourself permission to make changes in your life, schedule a healing session to step into more alignment with yourself and what you want.