October Affirmations 2025

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” -Rumi

I Love when this happens (and it happens a lot)! I feel so magical when I identify a potential quote one day, and then I sit to process and write about that quote, usually weeks later, and find that the space I’m in, at that very moment, lends itself to the words. Just yesterday, I made a TikTok about how much I see myself as an outlier, in a lot of ways. I went on to make a personal voice note to myself expanding on the thought - saying that I want to continue to be intentional with the ways that I see myself as different, I want to offer an alternative to others who don’t know that one exists. I want my life to be proof that one can thrive in a lane all their own.

This has been coming to me most through just observing others, what people say the most, how people seem to feel. I find that a lot of folks, understandably so, are saying that these are the worst of times, in many ways. I know exactly what they mean, and being an empath, I see and feel it too - at the same time, however, when I’m tapped in to only the experience that is mine, I couldn’t feel more opposite.

I’m so grateful to have grown and shifted my perspective of an experience like this. A past version of me would feel shame to have any access to joy of my own while so many in the world suffer. I would stomp the feeling right out in the name of empathy. I understand, in this moment, that I can hold both - that I can use my joy, my rest, my pleasure, as a radical act against the injustice that remains in this world. I understand every way that I hold privilege and I choose to use it - not only to live a life that inspires others, but to touch others in real ways.

Spreading positivity to those I know and to strangers, supporting and uplifting people who are doing the good work, and being a really good tipper are just some ways that I intentionally choose to use my privilege and the positivity I have access to. It’s been a long time coming, and now that I have the access, I’m not just going to keep it to myself. It’s not just the big acts that will change the world, it’s the combination of all the little ones too.

I choose to believe that the way that I treat and prioritize taking the best care of myself will have ripple effects to my inner circle and beyond. The better I am to me, the better able I am to be good to others. I have even more empathy and inner-standing to offer to others. So, I can validate their experience and feelings without taking them on - making myself useless by suffering with them. I can continue to be an outlier, emitting light in a space of darkness. I can create my own story and let that story show others what’s possible in a world that can feel so limiting.

If you too are feeling called to work like this, here are some affirmations for us to tap in:

I am the master of my fate.

I create and attract a positive experience.

My life is proof of Love and light.

I have the power to raise others to my vibration.

The existence of suffering does not mean we must.

I get to choose my own narrative.

My contribution to the world starts with how I treat myself.

Sending You so much Love into this brand new month. May it be of your own making.