Breaking the "Poppy Spell" Trap: Waking Up in Your Everyday Life

Life has a subtle way of blurring your edges. It's a slow, sleepy trick where your light gets hidden under routines, expectations, and the endless to-do list.

Sometimes it’s like living in a cozy fog. Comforting, but a little numbing.

If you’ve ever felt you’re on autopilot, only half-awake to your own spark, you’ve met what I call the “Poppy Spell.”

(Yes, just like Dorothy in Oz, drifting off when she’s so close to home.)

To be honest, I have days where I can almost sense the invisible poppies in the air. Deadlines, news headlines, laundry piles. Take your pick!

As a healer or lightworker, it’s so easy to slip into this fog. You self-tend, you hold space, you care for others, sometimes until your own needs feel like an afterthought.

That sneaky poppy spell comes in quietly.

Maybe you feel a little stretched thin, or your days start to blend together. You haven’t lost yourself, not really.

But the gap between who you are and what you’re living? It starts to grow.

I’m reminded (over and over!) that forgetting yourself in this world isn’t a sign that you’re failing. It’s just what happens.

You’re part galactic being, part regular human wrapped up in time crunches.

The forgetting is normal. The coming home again is sacred. 

Let's get into it...

Let's Go Home

What’s sneaky about the poppy spell is that it likes to keep you in patterns.

The old stories about being safe, needed, or liked.

It whispers that fitting in matters more than feeling alive. You start chasing approval, checking boxes, or living out a script that never quite feels like it fits.

At some point, when the color has drained out of your day or week, you wake up a little and wonder if there isn't more than this.
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Here’s what I’ve found: You don’t have to try hard to snap out of it. You don’t need a weekend away in the mountains or a silent retreat (though, if you get one, please take me with you).

You can come home to yourself in a single breath, right where you are.

​If you've been feeling a little foggy, try this brief exercise right now...

Press pause.
Let the outside world keep spinning for a moment. Sit or stand, whatever works.

Place a hand over your heart.
Your other hand can land on your belly. Close your eyes if it feels safe to do so.

Take a slow breath in.
Draw it down deep. Imagine you’re breathing in the warmth of every wise person who ever loved you (your future selves, your own best self).

Picture their love as light filling your heart.

Exhale long and slow.
Feel your body settle. Imagine that you're sending roots down into the earth, anchoring deep into its center.

Say, inside or out loud, “I’m here. I remember. I am more than the story I’ve been living.”

Notice what shifts.
Even a little calm or clarity is a win here. If you get a feeling, a word, or a new thought, honor it. If all you notice is the quiet, that’s enough too.

You may not shift instantly from fog to full sunshine, but you will begin to feel your edges again.

The poppy spell will thin. Your real energy will begin to come back.

​And you may feel that energetic shift in the room you're in.

I'm here. I remember. I am more than the story I've been living.

What are You Forgetting
Right Now?

​(And what might you remember if you pause, even for a breath?)

Most days, what I forget is simple: I’m not here to play by someone else’s rules. I’m not here to prove, hide, perform, or blend in.

I came here, as Dr. Sue Morter says, “to awaken to the greatness of my being and the truth of who I am as a conscious creator.”

You did, too. You are a multidimensional being in a very lifelike disguise.

If you’re reading this, you’re already remembering.
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What Story are You Living?

This is one of my favorite prompts, and it goes straight to the poppy field problem.

Are you living a story you chose, or one you inherited?

Sit with that. If the current script feels tight, stale, or a little gray, you can always write a fresh page. Ask yourself...

What would it look like to write a story that feels like me?

​Sometimes it’s as simple as finishing your cup of tea before answering another request. Sometimes it’s letting yourself dream, or saying no instead of yes.
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Even Ordinary Moments
Can Be Magical

You don’t have to wait another minute to remember your wholeness.

You don’t need incense, mantras, or a crystal grid.

The real reset happens in the smallest moments, with a breath, a pause, a hand on your heart. Every time you do this, you change the channel.

You find yourself, right here, right now, in the only place your power ever truly lives.

We’re all just remembering, one deep breath at a time.

So keep coming home. You are never as far from yourself as you might feel.

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine