Transforming Triggers, Elevating Consciousness: Living in the Energy of the New Era
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotional triggers—or wondered why your nervous system responds so intensely to everyday moments—you’re not alone. And you’re not broken.
In a recent teaching at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community, Michele Rae reframes these moments as sacred invitations. Not annoyances. Not failures. But portals into transformation.
💫 “We’re in a birthquake,” she said. “And birth is messy.”
This “birthquake,” as Michele calls it, is our collective leap into a new era—one that demands more mindfulness, more connection, and more courage to live in alignment with our higher consciousness.
🌱 Triggers as Teachers
Rather than resist discomfort or numb our reactions, Michele encourages us to get curious:
- What sensations show up in your body when you’re triggered?
- What stories or emotions surface in your mind?
- What old wounds or memories might be asking to be healed?
Instead of defaulting to “fight or flight,” we can pause—become the compassionate witness—and choose a different response.
💬 “When you transform your triggers, every relationship in your life up-levels.”
🧠 What’s Really Happening in Your Brain?
As both a spiritual teacher and a trained pharmacist, Michele bridges intuition with neuroscience. She explains how sensory input is filtered through the limbic system, triggering memories that determine whether we feel safe or unsafe. If our brain decides we’re in danger (even when we’re not), it shuts down our executive functioning and flips us into reaction mode.
The solution? Practice. Breathwork. Movement. Journaling. Witnessing. Cultivating body awareness. These tools help us shift from reactivity to choice—so we can respond with clarity instead of defensiveness.
🌀 New Era, New Operating System
Michele shares that humanity is experiencing a simultaneous upgrade in both our “hardware” (energetic bodies, DNA, nervous systems) and “software” (beliefs, values, mindset). This is an invitation to release old programming—fear, scarcity, othering—and choose expansion, inclusivity, and authenticity.
✨ What kind of person do you want to become?
✨ What kind of world do you want to help co-create?
You get to decide.
🗣️ Conversations That Heal
Language matters. Michele reminds us that every conversation either expands or contracts the field. Practicing “conversational intelligence” means listening to understand rather than waiting to be understood, validating another’s lived experience, and creating spaces where differences are honored, not erased.
🙏 “Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” — David Augsburger
🔥 Your Why for Transforming Triggers
So why do this work?
Some say: to live in peace.
Some say: to reveal truth.
Others: to reclaim their power and embody love.
For Michele, the “why” is simple and profound:
To live in alignment with her soul.
To serve as a peaceful, intuitive, conscious leader.
To co-create a world where compassion and wholeness are the norm—not the exception.
🌟 Your Invitation
Take a moment today to reflect:
- What triggers you—and what is it trying to teach you?
- What’s one way you can practice pausing before reacting?
- What is your “why” for doing this inner work?
Transformation begins within—and you are not alone on this path.