EP 10: The Art of Showing Up: Choosing Vulnerability When You Want to Run

In this honest and grounding episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate explores what it means to show up when everything in us wants to withdraw. Whether it’s in relationships, spiritual practice, or the daily challenges of life, the human tendency to run, into busyness, into numbing, into avoidance, is strong. Yet the art of showing up, not with perfection but with presence, is one of the most essential spiritual practices we can embrace.

Heléna shares her own journey of learning to face vulnerability instead of hiding behind performance or pseudo-strength, and how the smallest acts of presence—breathing before a hard conversation, lighting a candle, choosing honesty over withdrawal—become radical gateways to growth, resilience, and love.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• The human instinct to withdraw (fight, flight, freeze) and how to work with it
• Why avoidance creates loops of numbness and distraction
• How showing up builds energetic resilience and breaks the spell of avoidance
• The difference between genuine rest and avoidance disguised as self-care
• Why readiness is a myth and how growth begins in the “not ready” moments
• How showing up in relationships requires honesty, boundaries, and presence
• Why willingness, not perfection, is what deepens our spiritual path

Reflection Invitation: ✨ Where in your life are you avoiding showing up? ✨ What small act of presence could you offer yourself today? ✨ Where have you mistaken perfection for love and what would it mean to love imperfectly instead?

Mentioned in this episode: 🌿 The tendency to hide behind busyness, numbing, or spiritual performance 🌿 Anchoring practices like journaling, breath, and ritual to stay present 🌿 Boundaries as a form of vulnerability and respect 🌿 How showing up inspires others to take their own risks 🌿 The reminder that “I’m not ready” is often another way of saying “I’m scared”

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