What if the hardest thing about creating change isn't learning something new, but removing what's in the way of what already wants to happen?

Today I want to share a perspective that shifted everything in my practice:

Change is effortless when we stop fighting it.

Think about a flower bud, and how it doesn't strain to bloom. When conditions are right, bursting open is inevitable. Or consider a seed underground - weeks of invisible work happen beneath the surface until suddenly, breakthrough.

Your clients are this way too. The capacity for peace, confidence, and healing exists within them already. Rather than installing something foreign, it's our job to clear what's preventing their natural wisdom from expressing itself.

The Power of Re-Minding (Not Just Reminding)

I've noticed that when clients experience profound shifts, they often say "I remember this feeling," rather than "this is brand new."

That's because we're not teaching their brain something unfamiliar. We're re-minding it of states it's accessed before.

Your body remembers how to feel at peace, and some part of you has always known this inner calm exists. We're simply creating the right conditions for you to access what's already available to you under the conditioning and noise.

This changes everything about how we approach sessions. Instead of "let me teach you to be confident," or "you're learning how to be confident," we might say "your confidence is returning," or "you're remembering what your natural state feels like."

Do you feel the difference here? Recognition and remembrance feels true in the body. Learning something entirely new can trigger resistance.

Two Natural Rhythms of Change

I've observed that transformation follows two distinct patterns, and both are completely normal:

The Bursting:

Some of our clients experience sudden, complete shifts, like that flower bud ready to bloom. One session, and the anxiety that's plagued them for years simply lifts. They've been preparing beneath conscious awareness, and our work provides permission for the changes that were already ready to happen.

The Slow Growth:

Others follow the underground seed pattern. Subtle shifts happen for weeks beneath the surface. They might not even notice change occurring until suddenly - breakthrough. They discover how foundation was building all along.

Both rhythms are natural. Both are valid. When we normalize this for clients, they stop judging their process and start trusting it. 

Reflection for your practice: Which clients might need permission for sudden change? Which ones need permission for gradual unfolding?

They Are Already More Than They Realize

This might be the most important shift I can share: your clients aren’t broken people who need fixing. What's far more true is that they’re whole people wearing protective armor they no longer need.

When someone carries shame, anxiety, or limiting beliefs, these weren’t character flaws that developed randomly - they were intelligent responses to experiences that felt overwhelming. The same mechanism that learned to protect can learn to trust again.

Instead of “you can become confident,” we might offer “you’re more powerful than you’ve been letting yourself remember.”

Instead of “let’s build your self-worth,” perhaps “you’re recognizing what’s always been true about your value.”

Beyond positive thinking, this is recognition-based healing. When clients feel into their inherent capability, their body knows it’s real.

The Natural Arc of Relief

Every profound transformation I’ve witnessed follows a similar sequence:

The Weight of Life Begins to Lift --> Energy Returns --> Inspiration Emerges, and New Life Unfolds. 

Notice we're not creating energy from nothing. We're freeing up energy and inspiration that was always there, just bound up by protective patterns that no longer serve.

As emotional baggage and limiting beliefs release, clients very consistently report feeling “like myself again,” or “lighter than I’ve been in years.”

The energy they thought they didn't have anymore was just being redirected toward vigilance and protection. When that energy becomes available again, inspiration naturally follows.

There's nothing new added here. We've just removed what was covering up their natural curiosity and creative spark.

Takeaways for Your Practice

• Frame change as accessing previous peaceful states rather than learning something entirely new.

• Normalize both sudden breakthrough and gradual unfolding as natural change rhythms.

• Recognize protective patterns as intelligent responses, not character defects.

• Trust that when the weight is lifted, energy and inspiration are naturally restored.

• Remember: you’re facilitating recognition of their inherent capability, not trying to replace personality or teach something unfamiliar.

What patterns of natural change have you noticed in your own practice?

I’d love to hear your observations.

Warmly,

Erika Flint