Your words create your world 🗣🌎

I had a client who used the word RADICAL often.

Anytime I have a connection to a word, I study the word, its origins and its definitions to help it create even more meaning for me.

Then I keep the parts I love and leave out the parts I don’t, to change and deepen the meaning.

For example, when I looked up RADICAL, part of the etymology that I loved and kept was: Of having roots.

So RADICAL HONESTY would mean: Having roots in honesty.

The part that I left out was: Reformist.

So RADICAL HONESTY in this case would mean: Reforming/redefining honesty. (Although now that I write that, I kind of like it, too 😆)

Anytime a word has a negative charge for me, I study it, as well.

For example, for a long time, the word EXTRAVAGANT carried a negative charge for me. It felt like ‘extravagance’ was over the top and excessive.

When I looked up the root, I kept: Originally a word in Canon Law for uncodified papal decrees, present participle of extravagari, “wander outside or beyond.”

And I left out: Extended sense of “excessive, extreme, exceeding reasonable limits” first recorded 1590s, probably via French; that of “wasteful, lavish, exceeding prudence in expenditure” is from 1711.

So EXTRAVAGANT became, to me: To wander outside and beyond.

And for an aspiring astrocoach like me, this was perfect.

I became extravagant.

Your words create your world. Change the meaning of the words that consume your energy and you have more power to create 🖤

Now it’s your turn! 👉🏼 Choose a word that has a negative charge for you. Look up the etymology / definition. Keep the parts you love and let the rest fall away.

Then comment below or email me at vanessa@vanessabroerscoaching.com and share with me how the meaning changed for you 🙏🏼