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I Am Worthy: Break the Spell of Unworthiness, Reclaim Your Divinity, and Unearth Your True Power - Hardcover

Gutierrez, Christine

 
9780593543399: I Am Worthy: Break the Spell of Unworthiness, Reclaim Your Divinity, and Unearth Your True Power
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0593543394 ISBN 13: 9780593543399
Verlag: TarcherPerigee, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Join the Worthy Revolution with this guide to loving and embodying your truest self

"Timely, delightful, and inspirational"—Yung Pueblo

You are loved and worthy simply because you exist. You need not do anything to earn it—you were simply born worthy. Pause and breathe that in. If the dominant culture has you people-pleasing, playing it small, and repressing the wild woman within, it’s time to stop hiding your light and start to shine. In I Am Worthy, licensed therapist Christine Gutierrez blends modern psychology with ancient wisdom to help you untangle the web of unworthiness.

As you read, you’ll explore pivotal areas of your life like rest, abundance, and community, decolonizing your spirituality and embracing pleasure in revolutionary new ways. You’ll also put these concepts into action with the rituals, ceremonies, and reflection prompts in each chapter, which include affirmations, manifestations, and healing meditations. Unearth the buried truth that lives within you, waiting for your rediscovery: You are worthy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christine Gutierrez, MA, LMHC is a Latina licensed psychotherapist, self-worth expert, and spiritual thought leader. Through her work, she offers group coaching, transformational retreats like her annual Diosa Retreat in Puerto Rico, and soul-based business mentorship via the Madre Legacy Council. She is the author of the books I Am Diosa and I Am Worthy and the affirmation deck Wisdom del Alma, as well as the founder of the forthcoming app Diosa, a global community where like-hearted women gather to meet soul sisters. Gutierrez’s work has been featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Latina magazine, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among many others. Subscribe to her free newsletter at christineg.tv and follow her on Instagram at @cosmicchristine.

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1

You Are Worthy of Worthiness

I am learning that this body is not a battlefield but a home to
a heart that is worthy of the tenderness it aches for.
—Cailin Hargreaves

A few months into my sobriety journey, I walked into a small basement full of strangers for my Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and noticed a sign on the wall that said "Let us love you until you can love yourself." Something immediately lifted for me when I read those words. It was like the sign hanging on the wall knew my secret: I didn't feel worthy of love, and I was terrified of being supported. I tried to mask the feelings of unworthiness with a variety of methods: perfectionism, control, bouncing from one relationship to the next, pretending to have it all together, and addiction, to name a few. I wanted so badly to feel worthy of good things, but I didn't. It was in admitting to myself that I didn't feel worthy that I finally went on a journey to reclaim my worth in all the ways.

In that room, I felt that I could take off my armor, that I didn't have to be so strong, and that I didn't have to lie or try to cover up my imperfect human parts. For the first time, it was okay that I didn't love myself, because they would love me until I could.

As someone who had always prided herself on being a type A person, this was a huge lesson for me. We as a society are compensated for thriving. There is little room for breakdowns, for reflection, for healing, for the often long and arduous process it takes to go from Point A to Point B, and the even longer process to get to Point Z. We're obsessed with results, and we go so fast we can barely breathe. We disconnect from our bodies, trying to optimize our performance and hack our efficiency. Even if we have the semblance of being put-together and strong, on the inside, we're crumbling.

We are often taught that when we have x, y, and z (the relationship, the dream job, the perfect house), then we'll finally be worthy. The problem is, it doesn't work that way. There is always something we will never have, a next level to reach, another set of Joneses exhorting us to keep up and look good as we do it. As most spiritual traditions have told us for eons, worth isn't something that comes from the outside. It's an inside job. Worth is intrinsic, and it's soul work to dig deep and recognize this. Our sense of worth cannot stop at an intellectual knowing; it is the pearl that has to emerge from the oyster of our core self.

When I stepped into that meeting room, I'd been teaching other women the principles of self-love for years already, and while I believed in my message wholeheartedly, I didn't feel worthy of love. I didn't feel worthy of peace. I didn't feel worthy of happiness. I didn't even feel worthy of feeling worthy, which is the subject of this chapter. It took breaking down in front of people I didn't know to recognize I needed time and space to break down and work on myself.

It was there that I realized that no matter what, I needed to heal and learn to feel worthy-because if I didn't, I would keep replaying negative patterns that pushed me down further, robbed me of my power, and kept me in a cycle of unworthiness. I recognized the ripple effects this would have for me and the people I cared about, as well as the women I dreamed of someday touching with the uplifting message that screamed to me from my soul.

I was here to help other women do their Worthy Work, but first I had to come to terms with just how unworthy I felt. A variety of accolades had come and gone, but they didn't change the despair I woke up to every morning and went to sleep with every night. I had come to the realization that so many spiritual seekers finally do, a swift kick to the gut that moves them into meaningful action: I knew that even if I did manage to get the things I wanted, it would be only a fleeting sense of external validation rather than a reflection of my deep self-acceptance and worth.

That's when I went on a quest to heal and reclaim my worth.

This Thing Called Worthiness

The word worth has compelled me for so long. Intuitively, I have always known that it's the key to unlocking the doors to a life that truly feels good. But . . . what even is it? What is it not? How can we unpack it so that we see how it's actually operating in our own life-not as a concept, but as a reality? How do we reclaim it?

Worthiness is defined as "being good enough," and we as human beings, especially women, often struggle with feeling good enough. Being a good enough child, a good enough friend, a good enough caregiver, a good enough partner, a good enough worker or business owner, a good enough artist or creator. At its core, a sense of worthiness is the belief that we are valuable and deserving of love and respect. It is the understanding that we are enough, simply because we exist. Worthiness is not something that can be earned or achieved through external accomplishments or validation. It is an inherent aspect of our being that can't be taken away or diminished by external circumstances.

Your sense of self-worth impacts whether you believe you are a good person who deserves good things or a bad person who deserves bad things. Beloved researcher and author Brené Brown has noted that our self-worth isn't some mysterious thing that exists separate from who we are in the world; it can be located inside the stories we've learned to tell ourselves. It also exists in our willingness to be vulnerable and to live in what Brown calls a "wholehearted" way. When we are living wholeheartedly, we have faith in our ability to deal with situations, challenges, and relationships. This doesn't mean we expect that everything will work out; it just means we believe our feelings, goals, and desires have value. We believe we are worthy of showing up as our wholehearted self in every moment.

This means we risk being vulnerable. A feeling of unworthiness is often connected with a fear of being vulnerable, as we believe negative outcomes might mean something negative about our core self. But worthiness is connected with the willingness to live in a full-out way. Even if our heart breaks, it breaks us open to our most authentic self. We may risk embarrassment or judgment (and sometimes, let's be real, worse), but if we don't live wholeheartedly, we risk never having our needs for intimacy and connection-with our true self, and with others' true selves-met.

Self-worth is key for so many reasons. For starters, if we don't feel worthy, we will constantly attempt to validate our worth in external things-other people, opportunities, accomplishments, possessions, substances. We won't feel worthy of good things, because deep inside, we don't value ourselves. If we don't value ourselves, either we won't be able to cultivate a life that we love, or we'll live feeling like an imposter for receiving our desires and having our needs met. It is imperative to build this relationship to our worthiness so that we can live a life grounded in an internal relationship to self that is solid and feels deserving of a beautiful life.

Ultimately, worthiness is important because it shapes our beliefs about ourselves and our place in the world. By cultivating a sense of worthiness, we can live more fulfilling and meaningful lives, and contribute positively to the world around us.

Worthiness isn't optional. When we believe that we are worthy, we are more likely to take risks, pursue our goals, and assert our boundaries. We are less likely to be swayed by validation or criticism, and more likely to trust our own intuition and inner wisdom. Conversely, when we struggle with unworthiness, we are more prone to self-doubt, anxiety, and depression. We struggle to assert our boundaries or pursue our goals, fearing that...

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TarcherPerigee
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
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Englisch
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0593543394
ISBN 13 
9780593543399
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