“I Am Ready To…” — The Power of Declaring Your Next Chapter

Four of the most powerful words you can declare are:

“I am ready to…”

These words are a doorway; a declaration; both a signal to your soul — and to Life itself — that you are moving into a new chapter of deeper alignment.

Life is listening to you.

When you say these words with sincerity — from a soul-deep knowing, a grounded desire, and/or a longing to serve others more fully — Life listens to you and begins to rearrange itself around that intention in energetic and practical ways.

But it all begins with you setting that intention with those four words.

Why “I Am Ready To…” Is a Powerful Somatic + Spiritual Intention

When you declare, “I am ready to…,” you are planting a seed.

An intention is an energetic seed that you plant into the soil of your life.

Intentions, like literal seeds, carry their own innate intelligence. Just as a seed innately knows how to blossom and bloom, your intention already knows the path it is intended to take.

Your job?
Pay attention.

Pay attention to your body.
Pay attention to your life.
Pay attention to the people, feelings, synchronicities, and insights that start to rise.

Once you declare your intention, spiritual experiences begin to occur:

  • Synchronicities happen

  • Divine directives come to you and through you

  • Inner guidance becomes clearer

  • Mentors and resources appear

  • Next right action steps reveal themselves

These are some practical ways the Universe partners with you in your daily life to assist you with bringing your intention into form.

The Seen and Unseen Forces That Activate Your Intention

Just like a seed needs both visible and invisible supports to grow, your intentions become real through:

Seen forces

These are the tangible, practical helpers:
• People
• Conversations
• Opportunities
• Resources
• Action steps
• Physical shifts in your environment or routines

These are the things you can see moving around your life as a direct response to your intention.

Unseen forces

These are the energetic currents guiding you from within and beyond:
• Insights
• Downloads
• Intuition
• Creative sparks
• Quiet inner knowing
• Support from your the Universe and your angels, guides, and spirit team

These subtle, sacred nudges happen for all of us — but the easiest to miss when you’re distracted, overwhelmed, or rushing through life.

This is why somatic connection is essential: Your body is often the first place your intention takes root.

Why We May Dismiss Our Own Progress

We have more distractions available to us than ever before. We have more information coming at us than ever before. We have more options to consume content that ever before. And I sense this might be connected to why we can dismiss the seen and unseen forces working with us, and also connected to why we may dismiss our own progress:

You can dismiss your own progress because you’re just…distracted.

You can get swept up in urgency, comparison, pressure, or the belief that transformation must be loud and dramatic to be real.

But the truth is this:

Progress is mostly steady…and sometimes big.

Most transformation is subtle, gentle, and gradual. It happens over time.

Which is why your intention — once planted — requires steady attention.

Not perfection.
Not control.
Not micromanaging your healing.
Just presence.

You can’t miss your progress. But you can dismiss it. And when you are practicing presence, you will see it. You’ll see it everywhere. You’ll see it in the small moments and bigger ones.

Life Is Listening.

Your intention is working behind the scenes even when you don’t feel it.

The Universe is guiding and supporting you, even when you doubt it.

Source is always there. Here. Waiting for you.

Life is listening.
Life is responding.
Life is rearranging itself around your readiness.

When can you slow down, pause, soften into your body, and stay present with the subtle shifts, you will feel more connected to Life, to your intention, and clarity can make its way in.

What is Your “I am ready to…?”

So, right here…right now…in this season of your life…

What is your “I am ready to…”?

That is your seed.
Declare it.
And once you declare it, Life will respond.
Life is listening.
Listen to your life.
Pay attention.
Notice the seen and unseen forces
working with you and alongside you
as you grow, evolve, and get free.

You are never, ever alone.
Life is listening.

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Heather Waxman

Heather Waxman is a therapist, spiritual life coach, breathwork facilitator, and author of the Your True Nature Oracle deck. She delivers a truly holistic therapeutic experience by sharing spiritual, somatic, and relational practices to help clients achieve their personal goals and come home to their true nature.

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