This is the first of a seven-part series called Survive to Thrive. A little bit of background on why I chose to take us on this specific journey: In 2022, I launched my new school program called the Soul Institute. As I was gathering ideas to put together for course programs, I was going through my book, Detox Nourish Activate, and one section in the Adrenal area — the Personal Evolution Triad — stood out to me to be expounded upon. Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, it takes us along the journey of self mastery.
The main idea of the Personal Evolution Triad is that when struggle is constant, then disease is constant. Disease can take form, or manifest, either physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually. So how do we move to the top of this pyramid?
This first step focuses on looking into our life and any places of struggle within us — patterns, emotions, thoughts, belief systems, constructs, patterns of being — and transforming them from a place of surviving to a place of thriving.
Essential Oil Alchemy: Carrot Seed
Carrot Seed medicine assists in opening our earth connection to receive the richness of energy, life force, and abundance that’s held there. It activates the meridian points and chakras to receive more energy and light. It is one of the most nutrient-rich essential oils and has a powerful supportive action on the adrenal glands — exactly where we feel the depletion of chronic survival mode most acutely.
Crystal Alchemy: Epidote
Epidote is a powerful amplifying stone that can help us get out of stasis — out of the stuck, repeating patterns of survival consciousness — and begin moving again with vitality and direction. It amplifies whatever energy you bring to it, so it’s important to work with it alongside a clear positive intention.
The Survival to Thriving Meditation
Find a comfortable seated or lying position. Place one drop of Carrot Seed on the left palm and breathe in deeply. Hold your Epidote in your left hand or place it on your root chakra at the base of the spine.
Take three deep grounding breaths. With each exhale, feel the weight of struggle releasing into the earth beneath you. The earth can hold it. She is vast enough. You don’t need to carry it anymore.
Now ask yourself honestly: Where in my life am I in survival mode? What patterns of struggle have become so familiar they feel like home?
Breathe in Carrot Seed again and imagine its nutrient-rich frequency infusing your adrenal glands, your energy centers, your cells with the vitality and life force you need to begin the journey from surviving to thriving.
Affirmation: “I release the frequency of survival. I am moving into the frequency of thriving — in my body, my mind, my heart, my relationships, my finances, my creative expression. I deserve a life of abundance and ease. And so it is.”
