When The Heart Thinks And Thoughts Feel
Elevation

When The Heart Thinks And Thoughts Feel

N. Steele ~ Green Man
N. Steele ~ Green Man

Sometimes I forget that wholeness isnโ€™t a concept โ€” itโ€™s a practice.

And in this season, Iโ€™m re-learning how to live from the place where my thoughts feel and my heart thinks.

Thereโ€™s a soft knowing that arises when I stop trying to separate strategy from soul โ€” when I allow coherence to come from within, not just from whatโ€™s expected around me.

That coherence isnโ€™t always clean.
Itโ€™s not always celebrated.
And it certainly isnโ€™t always easy to hold in a world that rewards speed, certainty, and performative clarity.

But itโ€™s my kind of coherence.

A few whispers Iโ€™m listening to this week:

  • Feel truth, then build from there.
  • Let tenderness inform decisions, not delay them.
  • Donโ€™t amputate your intuition to fit in a sharper room.
  • Let the yes come from your center โ€” not your survival mode.
  • If it doesn't hold soul, it wonโ€™t hold long-term success either.

This morning, I caught myself trying to make a decision that seemed purely tactical.
I felt my chest tighten.

I realized I hadnโ€™t asked what my heart wanted.
Not the sentimental heart โ€” the knowing one.
The one that sees patterns no data can map.

And hereโ€™s the truth:

Some days, my mind still rolls its eyes at my tenderness.
Some days, I wonder if systems built to scale can also make space for soul.
But Iโ€™m listening anyway.

Not perfectly.
Not always in harmony.
But with enough trust to stay with both.

Because Iโ€™m no longer willing to silence part of myself to make another part appear more successful.

I want to be whole while doing it.

Not perfect.
Not finished.
But finallyโ€ฆ fused.

With Warmth,

N. Steele ~ Green Man