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Writer's pictureDr. Vanetta Rather

Guarding Your Heart: A Vital Practice for Empowered Women

Updated: Mar 5

Hello, beautiful souls,


Today, we delve into a topic close to my heart, one that resonates deeply with the journey of embracing our true selves and tapping into our divine feminine essence. As we navigate love and relationships, the importance of guarding our hearts cannot be overstated. This act is not one of closing ourselves off, but rather, it's about protecting our innermost being, ensuring we remain whole, healed, healthy, and happy. Let's explore why guarding your heart is crucial and how to effectively do so.




Why Guarding Your Heart is Important


In love and relationships, your heart is not just an organ that beats within you; it's the center of your emotional and spiritual well-being. Guarding it means protecting your emotional energy, your peace, and your spiritual space from negativity and harm. It's about ensuring that as you open yourself to the possibility of love, you do so with wisdom, discernment, and strength. This practice empowers you to maintain your integrity, your sense of self, and your emotional health.


5 Tips for Guarding Your Heart

  1. Know Your Worth: Before stepping into the world of love and relationships, anchor yourself in the knowledge of your inherent value. Understand that you are deserving of love, respect, and kindness. When you know your worth, you're less likely to settle for less than you deserve.

  2. Set Boundaries: Establish clear boundaries that honor your needs, wants, and desires. Communicate these boundaries with confidence and grace. Boundaries are a testament to your self-respect and a key to maintaining your emotional well-being.

  3. Listen to Your Intuition: Your intuition is a powerful guide. It whispers truths about the situations and people you encounter. When entertaining potential love, tune into this inner voice. If something feels off, pay attention. Your intuition is protecting you, guiding you towards what is right and away from what is wrong.

  4. Take Your Time: There's no rush. Allow relationships to unfold naturally, giving yourself the space to observe, reflect, and understand the person you're entertaining. Time reveals truths and intentions, enabling you to make decisions from a place of wisdom.

  5. Cultivate a Supportive Circle: Surround yourself with friends and loved ones who uplift and support you. A strong, positive circle provides perspective, advice, and a listening ear. They can help you stay grounded and remind you of your worth.

5 Consequences of Not Guarding Your Heart

  1. Emotional Exhaustion: Without boundaries, you may find yourself drained, having given too much of yourself too soon.

  2. Loss of Self: It's easy to lose sight of who you are and your values when you're not guarding your heart. You might find yourself compromising on things that are fundamentally important to you.

  3. Repeated Heartbreak: Failing to guard your heart can lead to a pattern of heartbreak, as you may repeatedly find yourself in situations that don't serve your highest good.

  4. Cynicism Towards Love: Continuous disappointment can lead to a hardened heart, making you cynical and closed off to the possibilities of love.

  5. Spiritual Disconnection: Not guarding your heart can lead to a disconnect from your divine feminine essence, as you may find yourself entangled in situations that drain your spiritual energy.

In conclusion, guarding your heart as you seek connection, love, and relationships, is an act of profound self-love and wisdom. It's about knowing your worth, setting healthy boundaries, listening to your intuition, taking your time, and cultivating a supportive circle. By doing so, you protect your whole, healed, healthy, and happy self, ensuring that when love comes, it's true, respectful, and enriching.


As we journey through the intricate landscapes of love and relationships, let us do so with courage, wisdom, and an unwavering commitment to our divine feminine essence. Here's to empowered women empowering women, creating lives we love, filled with love that honors us.


Until next time,


Vanetta Rather



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