3 Things To Avoid In Our Current World.
2026 is all about claiming our individual energy and that is looking a little differently than we expected.
I found myself saying something in a session today that I never thought I’d actually voice out loud.
We are currently in a vibrational war.
I swear I want to backspace that. It sounds so dramatic.
I mean, the battle of light and dark, good and evil, these are the structures for a powerful fairy tale but could it actually feels like a day in the life?
The thing is, I’m noticing in my own life and in the lives of my clients that there’s a heaviness that can creep in and it wasn’t as readily available before.
It shows up in mild irritation, as annoyance, even bursts of rage or upset.
My son was setting up something yesterday and, the usual cool and steady go with the flow guy, grew tense and stormed out.
Natural for a 16 year old? Of course. But not necessarily for him.
The conversations around the table seem slightly more complain-y at my house and I’ve even heard the odd comment that felt resentful.
But we can’t be happy all the time.
I hear this often. No, of course we can’t be happy all the time and of course it’s important to have the freedom to be mad.
“Face the shadow self”
“Life can’t be all love and light” and the phrase toxic positivity give space for human experience rather than pushing for some constantly connected, spiritual fakery that leads to a mask too heavy to wear.
It’s true, of course it’s true.
We have to be able to be angry at injustice and push back against the dark.
But here’s what I’ve become painfully aware of.
The heaviness gets heavier when we rage against it.
That’s a vibrational War.
If where attention goes, energy flows, then the more angry we get about the dark, the more the anger adds to that.
Let’s not talk dark or light, ok?
It seems to always put this big dark overlord in my mind… I think the one from the My Little Pony movie from the 80s, where the force of light is a little rainbow kept in Megan’s necklace. It is so small and easily swallowed up by the sticky sense of darkness, until “The Rainbow Fights Back” and transmutes the muck.
Actually, maybe that’s not such a bad image.
But let’s talk about Heavy and Light.
Right now, there’s a lot of heavy things in the world. Hold up everything from certain files to war, to cost of living, to…some things we don’t even want to give attention to because they can’t become normalised.
Where attention goes, energy flows after all.
There’s a lot to be angry about.
There’s a lot to be sad about.
I heard a woman speak the other day that we are collectively grieving a world that feels like it is slipping away.
I’m not going to start to tell you to stick your head in the sand and pretend you are in 1998.
However, today I want to talk about how it’s vital to not get in the heaviness so far that you add to it, rather than build momentum around the light.
We have to start to claim our energy back from the heaviness of the world.
At the same time, we can’t entirely turn away from it, as we risk losing our empathy and compassion.
These are 3 things to avoid right now.
Resentment.
Resentment is buried anger. It is poison we take ourselves.
Get mad, sure. But face it, acknowledge it, release it, move through it.
Over the years I’ve worked hard to release resentment in my life.
If you are resenting anyone or anything right now, consider choosing to find lighter stories. Work on loosening the knot that resentment ties up in your heart and belly. You’ll find freedom on the other end.
Fear.
Oh right,I know, that sounds like a tall order some days. But it’s vital to find the faith and trust in a deeper flow of life. Fear is the opposite of Love.When in doubt look for the most loving story.
When in fear, connect to the Source of Love you feel within you.
Learn to regulate your nervous system. Talk with others and find wholeness.
Apathy.
I was surprised when this one came up during my meditation on this article.
The antidote to Apathy is Creation.
Bake a cake, write a poem, plant a garden. Write a Substack. Bring life energy into the world and you will feed it within yourself.
When 2026 started I felt it was the year of the individual choice and that is showing up now more than ever.
Of course your anger and sadness can be justified and of course there will be days you’ll find yourself in the soup with the heaviness of the world.
But every day we have a choice.
A choice to release, rather than hold on to.
A choice to love rather than fear.
Little by little… we can create a better world.
Negative energy is sticky.
Join me this coming Saturday for a free masterclass on how to Release Negative Energy From Your Body. I’m sharing the exact tools I use regularly to keep myself feeling free and clear.