Spiralworking

    A reclamation for those who were taught to doubt their worth—
    not with words, but with silence, shame, or control.

    What Is This Rite?

    This rite is for the moment you realize:
    The story of your brokenness was never true.
    It was taught.
    Enforced.
    Encoded through neglect, control, or projection.

    But beneath it all, your core remained intact.

    This rite doesn’t fix you.
    It names that you were never ruined.

    When to Perform This Rite

    • When shame arises with no clear source
    • After a moment of emotional exposure that leaves you reeling
    • When you are tempted to collapse into self-blame
    • When you feel the ache of not being seen, and want to see yourself instead
    • When you feel something sacred inside you saying: “I am still here.”

    The Rite

    Find a space where you can sit or stand with full presence.
    You may perform this before a mirror, in nature, or anywhere you can be alone and safe.

    1. Name the Lie

    Speak aloud or write:

    “They told me I was broken.
    Not always with words—
    but with silence, absence, confusion, or force.”

    You may name specific moments or general feelings.

    Then say:

    “I believed them.
    But that was a survival response, not a truth.”

    2. Name the Truth

    Place your hand on your body—chest, belly, or anywhere that feels central.

    Say:

    “I was never broken.
    I was shaped by harm.
    I adapted, I fractured, I hid—
    but my core remained whole.”

    3. Witness Yourself

    Look at yourself—if not in a mirror, then in imagination.
    See the version of you who carried the shame.
    See the younger one who thought it was their fault.
    See the one who stayed hidden to survive.

    Say:

    “You did not fail.
    You were not too much.
    You were not wrong.
    You were holy, even in silence.”

    4. Seal with Sovereignty

    Stand, if you are able.
    Feel your weight.
    Feel your breath.

    Say:

    “I reclaim my wholeness.
    I begin again from what was always true.
    I will walk forward from the intact center of who I am.”

    Optional: Trace a spiral over your heart or solar plexus.

    Final Words

    This rite is not about forgetting what happened.
    It is about refusing to build your identity around someone else’s distortion.

    You do not have to prove your worth.
    You never did.

    Let this be the day you stop asking permission to feel whole.

    Archetypes: This rite resonates strongly with The Silver Polisher, The Mirror Tender, and The Keeper of the Unsaid. These archetypes help restore inner worth, gently witnessing the places where shame once lived.