💌 WITH LOVE, DOMINIQUE

Bringing meditation, mindset, and spirituality down-to-earth to empower your authenticity & greatest potential.

 📚️ VOL 28/ 🕖️ READ TIME: 2 m 35 s

IN TODAY’S ISSUE:

• 💭 WE’RE DIVING INTO / DETACHMENT ISN’T DISCONNECTION — IT’S FREEDOM

• ✏️ QUESTION FOR REFLECTION + GUIDING TIP/ TIPS FOR DETACHMENT ISN’T DISCONNECTION — IT’S FREEDOM

•  📞🧘 WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER / CURRENT OPENINGS & OFFERINGS

DIVING INTO: DETACHMENT ISN’T DISCONNECTION — IT’S FREEDOM

Hi love,

Let’s talk about detachment — one of the most misunderstood (and powerful) spiritual practices.

Most people hear “detachment” and think it means indifference — not caring, not feeling, or disconnecting completely. But true detachment is the opposite. It’s the art of staying connected to your truth without losing yourself in controlling the outcome. 

Because every time we try to manage, fix, or force something outside of us — a person, a timeline, a result — we give our peace away.

When things don’t go as planned, it’s tempting to believe the problem is “out there.” But both neuroscience and spirituality teach us the same truth: our external world mirrors our internal one.

So when frustration or disconnection shows up in your outer world, it’s often pointing toward a belief, emotion, or pattern inside of you that’s ready to be seen.

THE REFRAME: FROM CONTROL TO CLARITY

In those moments, instead of rushing to fix or manipulate the situation, pause.

Ask yourself: What part of me feels unsafe if I don’t control this? What story am I telling myself about what this means?

You might discover that what’s really beneath the urge to control is a deeper fear — of rejection, failure, or not being enough.

When you name it, you interrupt the cycle.
You stop reacting from the pattern, and instead start responding from awareness.

That’s the power of detachment: it’s not apathy — it’s anchored self-trust.

It’s saying, “I can stay grounded even if things don’t go my way.”

THE PRACTICE OF DETACHMENT

Here’s a process you can return to anytime you feel the pull to control:

1️⃣ Slow down. Notice when anxiety, frustration, or overthinking arise.
2️⃣ Ask: “Why am I trying to control this? What am I afraid will happen if I don’t?”
3️⃣ Define it: “If I don’t fix this, I’ll feel ________.” (Unsafe, unworthy, unsupported, etc.)
4️⃣ Reimagine: What if that story didn’t exist? What if I already knew I was safe, enough, and supported?
5️⃣ Act from that space. Choose the next aligned step from calm, not chaos.

When you practice this consistently, you start to notice something beautiful: life begins to flow again.

Not because everything becomes perfect — but because the moment you stop outsourcing your worth to external circumstances, you tap back into the power and self-worth that have always existed within you. And from that place, every action you take carries a different kind of strength.

A FINAL NOTE

Detachment is presence without pressure.

It’s what allows you to experience love, success, and change without needing to grip them to feel whole.

The moment you stop fighting the present moment, you stop fighting the entire universe.

You can still desire growth, expansion, and more — but the doorway to it opens when you stop demanding that life move on your timeline.

You’re not meant to control every outcome. You’re meant to trust yourself enough to navigate whatever unfolds.

✏️ QUESTION FOR REFLECTION + GUIDING TIP: DETACHMENT ISN’T DISCONNECTION — IT’S FREEDOM

Question for Reflection:

Where in my life am I still trying to control outcomes — and what would it feel like to step into the version of myself that knows everything I want is on the other side of releasing that grip?

Guiding Tip:
Next time you feel the urge to fix or force something, pause.
Breathe deeply and remind yourself: “I can let go and still be safe.”
Peace comes when you stop chasing certainty and start practicing trust.

With love,
Dominique

🧘 📞 WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER: OPENINGS & OFFERINGS

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