Unburdening
- Red
- Jan 1
- 6 min read
What is confession about?
Over the course of our lives, we accumulate stories, secrets, and shadows, things we are ashamed of, things that hurt us, and things that hurt others. These experiences don’t vanish simply because we choose not to think about them. They live within us, shaping how we see ourselves and how we move through the world, often in ways we are not consciously aware of.
People often say, ‘It’s all in the past.’ But that’s not true if it’s still affecting you today.
If you haven’t consciously processed what happened, there’s a significant likelihood that it’s still active in your system. Experiences don’t just vanish, they leave imprints. They live in your mind, your body, and your energy field.
Until those imprints are cleared, they echo through your present and shape your future. That’s why healing isn’t just about time passing, it’s about intentional release and integration.
What does it involve?
Confession is not about punishment or shame. It is about truth-telling to the self, bringing what is hidden into the light so it no longer controls us from the shadows.
It is a deep internal reckoning – which can feel very scary – the word reckoning alone can feel frightening, so let’s break down what that means.
You acknowledge what you’ve hidden - the guilt, shame, regrets, and unspoken truths without denial or avoidance.
You recognise their influence - how they shape your choices, relationships, and sense of self.
You stop outsourcing healing - no longer trying to fix the outer world, or other people, to soothe inner wounds.
You choose radical honesty - with yourself first - before anyone else.
Why Does It Matter?
The truth is that your secrets shape your reality. They distort and they influence how you see yourself and what you believe is possible for you. They can stop you from trying, erode your confidence, and undermine your efforts over time.
When these hidden truths remain buried, they silently dictate your choices.
You may find yourself striving for success not out of joy, but as a way to compensate, to atone, to prove something to yourself or others.
This is exhausting, and it keeps you trapped in cycles of guilt and overcompensation. You may find they cause illness, accidents and misfortune, because we are unconsciously sabotaging ourselves.
Speaking these truths aloud, in a safe, intentional space, held by someone who has walked through their own darkness and been initiated for this purpose, does not offer punishment or mere atonement.
It offers transformation. It brings what was hidden into the light, not only to release it but to reclaim your energy and rewrite your story.
This is the alchemy of confession: turning pain into power, shame into sovereignty.
Why is it important
Your secrets don’t just sit quietly in the background; they hold your life force hostage. This is energy that could be used intentionally for your growth, your joy, and your purpose.
When energy is tied up in guilt, shame, or hidden truths, it fragments your power.
Manifestation and Energy
People talk about manifestation like it’s a quick fix, vision boards, affirmations, a formula straight out of The Secret.
But the truth? That’s incomplete. Manifestation isn’t magic without substance. It requires more than pretty pictures and positive words.
Real manifestation demands intention, clear, unwavering and undivided energy. If your energy is scattered, conflicted, or weighed down by unresolved patterns, your vision can’t fully materialise.
This is why healing matters. You can’t manifest from a fractured state. You manifest from sovereignty, when your mind, body, and energy are aligned with what you desire.
What you’ll see and experience:
Success in one area, only for it to collapse elsewhere.
One step forward, three steps back.
Manifesting on the surface while degrading underneath.
Misalignment and inauthenticity.
Confession is the missing piece. It asks you to take pause and question:
What am I hiding?
How is it shaping my life?
Where is my energy leaking?
When you bring these truths into the light, you reclaim the energy that was locked away. That energy becomes available for true manifestation - not fleeting wins, but lasting transformation.
Conscious Death
Why We Need to Talk About Death, and What Conscious Dying Really Means
Many people actively avoid talking or even thinking about death and dying. Yet this is a huge topic, one that deserves its own space.
Dying consciously begins long before we take our last breath.
So, what is it?
Conscious dying is about awareness, acceptance, and intentional engagement with the process.
You cannot expect to die with grace and awareness if you have not lived that way.
So why is confession important for dying well?
Confession, whether religious, spiritual, or deeply personal, is about clearing unresolved burdens before death.
Here’s why it matters:
• Release of guilt and shame: Unspoken truths weigh heavily on the psyche. Confession allows emotional and spiritual cleansing.
• Restoring harmony: It can repair relationships or bring closure, reducing fear and regret.
• Energetic liberation: Many traditions believe unresolved energy binds the soul. Confession helps free it for transition.
• Peace of mind: Facing truth brings calm, making the dying process less fearful and more conscious.
Dying well is not about perfection—it’s about presence, truth, and liberation.
The importance of being witnessed
It is important to be witnessed, when someone truly sees and hears you, your experience is affirmed. What was buried or denied becomes real, and that acknowledgment alone can dissolve layers of isolation and shame.
Secrets hold energy. They fragment your sense of self because part of you is always hiding.
Speaking your truth in the presence of a compassionate witness releases that energy and restores coherence.
Being witnessed is not just psychological, it’s somatic and spiritual. When your story is held without judgment, your nervous system relaxes, your body lets go, and your spirit feels safe to expand. This is why confession or sharing in sacred space can feel profoundly healing.
Sovereignty requires wholeness. When you are witnessed, you reclaim the parts of yourself that were hidden. You stand more fully in your power because nothing is left in the shadows.
In spiritual traditions, being witnessed itself is an act of alchemy: turning pain into wisdom, shame into strength. The witness becomes a mirror, reflecting your truth back to you so you can see it clearly and choose differently.
Observation theory says that the act of observing changes what is observed. In quantum physics, particles behave differently when measured. In human experience, the same principle applies, when your truth is witnessed, it transforms.
Why Talking About It Is Not Enough
Talking about what happened is important and is certainly the hardest part to do! However, more is required.
Why?
Because we are multidimensional beings.
We carry experiences on multiple layers of our existence.
When something happens to us - or because of us - it doesn’t just stay in the past. It echoes through the present and the future because the energy hasn’t been cleared from your timelines and it is woven into the fabric of your body.
You develop habits and actions that try to purge that energy, these can become the very symptoms of what’s really ailing you, psychologically and/or physically.
True liberation means clearing it from your mind, your body, and your bio-energetic field.
The Invitation
Confession is not weakness - it is liberation. It is the first step toward authenticity, toward living without the weight of what we’ve buried.
When we confess, we reclaim our energy from the past and redirect it toward the life we truly want and who we truly are.
It is one of the most vital parts of the alchemical process.
It is the breaking down, stripping away if anything that you don’t want to take with you into your future and the reshaping of how you see yourself.
Who Is Nairobi Red?
Sovereignty: The Essence of My Journey
Sovereignty is the state of being whole, undivided, and fully in command of your own life force. My path has been a lifelong initiation into that truth. Born into a lineage that bridges two worlds, Egyptian and English, I inherited wisdom from both traditions. From early spiritual alignment to deep immersion in esoteric studies, Hermetics, yoga, and the teachings of the Ascended Masters, my journey has been one of integration.
I have explored the seen and unseen, through tarot, runes, astrology, numerology, plant medicines, and alchemical practices. I trained in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and complementary therapies, learning to heal both mind and body. And I have walked through the fire of my own struggles: a lifelong eating disorder and addiction, with over twenty years in recovery. That journey taught me resilience, humility, and the layered nature of healing.
Through Red Medicine, I unite what is above and what is below, what is buried in the mind and what is buried in the body, bringing coherence to the present moment.
Sovereignty is not just freedom, it is integration.
It is reclaiming every fragment of yourself so you can stand fully in your power and create from a place of wholeness.
Why do you need this?
The times we are living in require those of us who carry a mantle, a calling, to take it up fully. To clear the blocks, the patterns, and the pain that are holding us back.
Why? Because it’s urgent.
The world needs people who are awake, aligned, and sovereign.
This isn’t about perfection, it’s about readiness.
It’s about stepping into your power without the weight of what no longer serves you.
This is the Great Work of our time: clearing the old, reclaiming your energy, and walking forward with intention.
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