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The Sacred Yes (and the Power of No)

Knowing how to discern what is right for you.

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Kirsty Richards DipHomNZ RCHom
Aug 29, 2025
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One of the biggest lessons I keep circling back to - in health, in relationships, in work, in life - is this:

If it’s not a f**k yes, it’s a hell no.

I don’t mean that everything in life needs to feel easy or comfortable. Growth, healing, and love will stretch us. They will bring edges, discomfort, even resistance. But beneath that? There’s a spark of deep recognition. A knowing. A yes.

How we know something is for us

Your body knows long before your mind catches up.

  • Do you feel a lightness in your chest?

  • Do you feel a sense of excitement?

  • Is there a sense of expansion, a leaning forward?

  • Even if it’s scary, is there an inner pull that feels alive and true?

  • Do you feel so rooted in certainty that even the advice of well-meaning friends and family don’t dissuade you?

That’s a f**k yes.

It doesn’t always roar loudly - it can whisper. It can come as a gentle tug at your sleeve, a quiet excitement in your belly. But it’s there.

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