There are things we carry that don't belong to us.

Other people's grief. Other people's expectations. Other people's fears, handed down through families across generations, until we mistake them for our own. Other people's opinions of who we are, what we're worth, and how much space we're allowed to take up.

We carry these things. Often without knowing it. Often for years.

Today, we put them down.

In this episode we work through a releasing affirmation prayer — letting go of inherited shame, old stories about our worth, the exhausting habit of making ourselves small, and the versions of ourselves we had to become just to survive situations we have now left.

This is not about blame. It is about reclamation. Because beneath everything that was put on you, there is something that was always yours. Your joy. Your creativity. Your voice. Your wholeness. It was never taken — it was just hidden.

Today we bring it back.

Seven minutes. One deep breath. Let's release.

A Moment of Calm is the podcast from Our Healing Space — short, sacred pauses for a busy life. New episodes every two weeks. Find us on Insight Timer at insighttimer.com/ourhealingspace