Rising From Shame

Collision Course


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What comes to mind when you hear the words collision course?

Maybe you picture two cars hurtling toward impact. Or maybe your mind drifts upward—far beyond our atmosphere—where entire star systems move through space, drawn by gravity, destined to meet. Out there in the vastness of the cosmos, collisions aren’t accidents. They are part of creation itself. When stars collide, they don’t simply destroy—they ignite. They reshape galaxies. They forge new elements. They give birth to something that did not exist before.

In this episode, “Collision Course,” Nadia explores that cosmic analogy and brings it home—into the landscape of our own hearts.

Within each of us, emotions collide. Fear meets desire. Shame meets longing. Anger crashes into vulnerability. And when those inner forces go unexamined, their aftershocks ripple outward—into our words, our actions, our relationships. Suddenly, we find ourselves on a collision course with someone else.

But what if these moments of tension, friction, and even hostility are not signs of failure?

What if they are windows of opportunity assuming we don’t create any more wreckage along the way, what if they are signals of transformation? 

Just like dense star systems drawn together by unseen forces, our internal conflicts are often guiding us toward discovery. When we widen our perspective, we begin to see that collision does not always mean catastrophe—it can mean breakthrough.

This episode invites you to pause in the heat of impact. To watch your words. To observe your actions. To retreat and reflect rather than react. To remember your true self and return home within.

From that inner home—rooted in the heart—you can rise from shame-based thoughts, whether they come from within you or are directed at you. You can choose love over fear. Compassion over judgment. Presence over reaction.

Every day, we stand at a crossroads between love and fear.

Love, as we explore it here, is not sentimental. It is the living current of the heart space—where life feels alive, where intuition speaks, where the voice of the soul can be heard. Fear and judgment are not enemies; they are master survival skills. But when the mind takes over, we can find ourselves carried away by them.

By creating a home within the heart, we gain the capacity to witness both. To observe the collision courses forming inside us and around us. To maintain hope for what is emerging.

And to remember a powerful truth: everything is impermanent. Even the impact.

This episode is a reminder that collisions can become catalysts. That friction can refine us. That what feels like destruction may actually be transformation in disguise.

Slow down. Step back. Return home within.

And rise.


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