This is a raw, in-the-moment reflection on what happens when you decide to step into greater authority, visibility and impact and your nervous system immediately brings up every reason it feels unsafe. We explore the shadow side of expansion, subconscious associations with power and how to consciously redefine leadership so you can step forward without abandoning your integrity.

What We Cover:

• Expansion will activate the parts of you that don’t yet feel safe holding your next level.

• Resistance is protection not proof you’re on the wrong path.

• Authority, money, and power are neutral; your consciousness behind them is what matters.

• If authority once felt unsafe, your body may still equate leadership with danger.

• Your mind will look for proof that growth isn’t safe unless you intentionally redirect it.

• The fear of harming others can actually be a sign of integrity and self-awareness.

• Both fear of failure and fear of success can surface when you expand.

• You cannot control projection visibility requires nervous system capacity.

• The work isn’t rejecting power; it’s redefining it on your own terms.

• We don’t need fewer leaders we need more conscious ones.

• Activation is initiation if it’s coming up, it’s ready to be transformed.

Additional Resources:

1. Grounded Membership
2. 1:1 Hypnotherapy + Subconscious Coaching Containers
3. Join Bloom Group Container: March 30th 2026
4. The Nervous System Reset Kit

Connect with Maddison at Bloomin Within:

• Instagram: @bloominwithin_ + @seedyoursubconscious_

• TikTok: @bloominwithin_

• Website: www.bloominwithin.com.au

• Podcast: Seed Your Subconscious

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