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Have you ever felt inexplicably drained after spending time with certain people? Or found yourself replaying conversations over and over long after they've ended? The heaviness you're carrying might not even be yours.

Soul ties represent emotional or spiritual entanglements that can profoundly impact our wellbeing. These connections can form through love, shared trauma, or even survival instincts. While soul ties can be positive, energetic cords—the invisible tethers that drain us—are inherently negative. They emerge from unhealed emotions and unhealthy attachments, often attaching to specific areas of our bodies like the gut (affecting identity), heart (emotional dependency), or brain (obsessive thoughts).

Freedom doesn't require cutting people off. Instead, it comes from untangling what was never yours to carry. The release process begins with awareness—asking what's draining you that you've mistaken for love or loyalty. Then comes intention—consciously severing these connections through affirmations that reclaim what's yours. Finally, seal the release by replacing broken ties with peace. For parents and caregivers, this understanding is particularly powerful. The "apron strings" necessary when our children or loved ones need our care shouldn't become invisible leashes as they (or we) grow.

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello, my friend, and welcome back to the podcast.
Today I want to step into aconversation that might feel a
little bit tender but also superdeeply freeing, and I call it a
holy release.
I was first introduced to theconcept of soul ties years ago
through a Stacey Eldridge book.

(00:25):
She's the author of Captivatingand Becoming Myself.
These are two books that Ihonestly think every woman
should read, if not dive intothe study of it.
Stacey's words crackedsomething open in me.
It was an awareness thatsometimes the heaviness I was
carrying wasn't mine.

(00:46):
And then later, as I trained inthe body code, I started to
understand this on an evendeeper energetic level, and I
want you to hear this Freedomdoesn't come from cutting people
off.
You do not have to cut peopleoff.
Freedom comes from untanglingwhat was never yours to carry in

(01:07):
the first place.
Welcome to the Lemon BalmCoaching Podcast.
I'm Melissa, your coach,cheerleader and maybe even a
little bit like that mom whoalways has a warm hug and the
best advice waiting for you.
If you're a woman over 40feeling like life's left you a
little lost, aimless ordownright stuck, you're in the
right place.

(01:27):
This is where your joy, yourfreedom and your purpose come
back into focus.
So grab a cup of something warm, settle in and let's start
creating the next most beautifulchapter of your life together.
Okay, so are you ready for this?
I want to try and make this asplain as I possibly can during
this episode.
Let's first talk about a soultie.

(01:49):
A soul tie is an emotional orspiritual entanglement with
another person.
This is when two lives getknotted together in a jumbled up
ball of twine in a way.
That's not healthy or holy, butsometimes it's born out of love
.
You can create a soul tie outof love.

(02:12):
Sometimes these ties arecreated around trauma, shared
trauma, and sometimes these tiesare created just because of
survival.
Right, we are designed for love, safety and belonging, so
sometimes our soul ties can comefrom that belonging.
Now, a cord, on the other hand,is an energetic version of that

(02:35):
soul tie.
We're talking about energy allthe way around, but a cord is
like a tether running betweenyou and another person.
It's invisible, right, we can'tsee this.
It's not like you can look attwo people and see that they're
corded together.
But it's energetic and it'sspiritual.
It is there.

(02:56):
But here's the kicker aboutcords Cords are inherently
negative.
A soul tie can be born out oflove.
But a chord is inherentlynegative.
It's not neutral, it's notpositive, they're not sacred.
They form chords form fromunhealed emotions, from unhealed

(03:21):
trauma, from unhealthyattachments, from unhealed
trauma, from unhealthyattachments, even from good
intentions that have gonesideways.
So God's kind of connectionalways respects boundaries.
Good connections, soul ties,good positive soul ties these
respect boundaries but cords donot.

(03:43):
But how do you know if you arecarrying around soul ties or if
you are corded with someone else?
Let me see if I can paint somepictures.
I like visuals, I like stories.
They help make sense of things.
Have you ever had an encounterwith someone and after that

(04:04):
encounter you're replaying theconversations over and over and
over and over again, replayingthe conversations long after
that person has left the room,long after that person has left
your life?
You keep coming back.
You keep coming back over andover and over.

(04:24):
This can be an indicator thatthere's an unhealthy soul tie or
even a cord with that person.
Have you ever had obsessivethoughts about what you should
have said, could have said,should have done, could have
done differently?
This is another indicator thatthere could be soul ties or

(04:46):
cords.
Have you ever felt your moodlike instantaneously shift when
another person is mentioned, orwalks in the room Like
everything's fine, and then youhear that person's name, or you
see them out of the corner ofyour eye and everything inside
of you flips.
You feel drained, you feelheavy, you might even feel angry

(05:11):
or even small, just becausethat person's name was spoken,
or they walk in the roominstantaneously.
You feel this way.
That is a good indicator thatthere could be a cord or a soul
tie.
Have you ever felt stuck tosomeone that you're no longer

(05:33):
physically connected to?
I've had that happen.
Long after this person has leftmy life, I feel like I'm still
stuck to them.
It could be maybe an ex, maybea parent, maybe even a friend.
They've left your life, they'reno longer inside your
relational intelligence circle,and yet you still feel stuck to

(05:56):
them, like you can't shake themoff.
Or maybe it's the oppositeYou're still in the relationship
, but you feel emotionallystrangled, like there's no room
for you to breathe.
All of these things can beindicators that there's a soul
tie or a cord that needs to bereleased.
I want you to hear me, friendyou can deeply love someone and

(06:21):
still need to untangle healthyties.
You could have a relationshipwith someone Maybe it's a
sibling, maybe it's a parent andyou deeply love them and you
don't want to cut them off right, we don't want to cut people
off but you know that there'ssomething unhealthy in that
relationship.
You can still untangleunhealthy ties and remain

(06:46):
connected to that person.
Now this is where I want tomake something really, really
clear.
Not all ties are holy.
Not every bond is a good bond.
The cords that I've talkedabout.
These are survival-based.
They are subconscious, they'redraining.
Cords are not about love.

(07:07):
They're about fear and controland unfinished business.
And even the relationships thatbegan in love can become
limiting if they're fueled byfear or control or unresolved
grief.
Through the body code work, I'veseen where cords often attach
in the body.
This is a really cool thingabout the body code.

(07:29):
Once we've decoded a trappedenergy, we can actually ask the
subconscious, can actually askthe subconscious where in the
body is that energy stuck?
Or, in the case of a cord,where in the body is that cord
attached?
So I've seen the cords attachedto different areas in the body.

(07:54):
One of the places that a cordcan become attached is in the
gut, right at your belly button,and this is where your sense of
identity, your sense of controlgets tangled up with the other
person.
You'll hear that your sense ofidentity gets tangled up with
that other person.
We can see cords attached atthe heart.

(08:17):
This is like where thatemotional dependency comes in,
right, codependency.
I can't function, I can't livewithout them.
Sometimes a cord can getconnected at the brain.
This is where you find yourselfreplaying those conversations
over and over again.
These are those mental loops,obsessive thoughts and even

(08:39):
confusion.
I want you to hear that If youare corded with someone else at
the brain, there can beconfusion happening whenever
that person is around.
Sometimes a cord can getattached at the neck and for
those of us who feel like wecan't speak, that our words

(09:01):
don't matter, that we're beingsilenced or oppressed, there
could be a cord attached at theneck and cords can even get
attached at the genitals, right?
This can happen during sexualtrauma or unhealed sexual
relationships.
Holy connections respectboundaries, but cords invade

(09:24):
them.
So how do you release theseties?
How do you let go of these soulties or these cords?
So there's a process I'll justwalk you through real quick, and
it's the process I guide myclients through as well.
Step one is always aroundawareness.
Step one is always aboutclarity and figuring it out

(09:45):
right.
If we don't know what the issueis, how can we address the
issue?
So step one is to ask.
Ask for revelation, ask God toshow you what is going on, like
when you're feeling a certainway like.
Ask you know God, show me whereI'm entangled, reveal what's
draining me that I've mistakenfor love and loyalty or holiness

(10:08):
, because awareness iseverything.
I'll say it again If you don'tknow, there is a problem, how
can you fix it?
So become aware, ask.
The scriptures say we have notbecause we ask not.
I tell my clients all the timeask, ask, ask, ask.

(10:28):
Step two is all about intention.
We want to magnify ourintention to release this soul
tie, release this cord.
First, you ask God what is it?
Second, you pray, I sever everyunhealthy soul tie or cord
between myself and name theperson.

(10:50):
Name the person that you havethis soul tie with or this cord
with, so you might know who theperson is that you've got this
cord or this soul tie with.
But there may be other peoplethat you have cords or soul ties
with that haven't been revealedto you yet.
So name the person that youknow that you have this cord or

(11:13):
soul tie with.
I sever every unhealthy soultie or cord between myself and
name the person and I reclaimwhat's mine and release what
isn't.
Say it out, loud Words havepower, the words that we speak
have power.

(11:33):
And then you want to supportthat release.
Right, we're letting things go.
When you release something,it's released, it's done, but we
can support those releases.
One of the things I like to dois diffuse some essential oils,
some grounding essential oils.
I've got one of my favoriteblends right now which is blood

(11:55):
orange and patchouli.
Patchouli is very grounding andyou can journal about it.
Right, a lot of people love tojournal, write down what ties am
I ready to release?
What ties am I ready to let goof?
Step three, you want to seal itin.
You want to seal in with peace.
I replace every broken tie withyour perfect peace.

(12:19):
We were designed for communityand connection, not negative
community and connection, notthe kind that's draining, which
is what the courting is, orunhealthy soul ties.
We want to love from freedomand not fear.
So I replace every broken tiewith your connection and your

(12:43):
perfect peace.
This is the holy part.
This is the holy part of therelease right.
It's allowing God to fill upthe space that only he can fill.
This is a conversation I've hada lot recently.
There's only one thing that canfill the void that exists in

(13:03):
your heart.
You know the void is there.
We try to fill it with manyother things a lot of times,
with soul ties and cords butthere's only one that can fill
that void that exists.
Next, I want to talkspecifically to moms and
caregivers, which I'm both.
My kids are all grown, but nowI'm a caregiver for my dad.

(13:27):
Let's talk about apron strings,literal ties, literal ties that
we have with those in our care.
Apron strings are actually abeautiful thing when our kids
are small, because our kids needour attunement.
Our kids need our co-regulation.
When they're little, they needus to teach them how to exist in

(13:50):
this world.
If we're not careful, thoseapron strings become invisible
leashes.
I don't know if you remember,but back in the late 80s, early
90s and it might still be athing today, I don't know
parents would actually putleashes on their children.
Right, they would have a littlething around their wrist and a
leash that they would hold on to.
That is an actual beautifulrepresentation of what we're

(14:14):
talking about.
When they're little, whenthey're little, little like that
, I mean, we're scared to deaththat they're going to run off,
that they're going to be taken.
So we put either a literal or afigurative leash around them.
But if we're not careful and wedon't let that leash looser as

(14:36):
they grow and untie it asthey're grown, we become chained
to them through these soul ties.
And you know, when your kidsare little, you can absolutely
guide them.
That is our job as parents.
But we do not want to bechained to them as they grow, as
they leave the nest, as theymove off into their lives and as

(15:01):
caregivers.
Right, I can love my dadwithout carrying his burdens as
my own.
You can love your parents, whomyou care for, without taking on
their burdens.
You can honor a spouse withoutliving strangled by their
expectations.
I have several clients that arecoming to mind even as I say

(15:21):
those words.
And remember, releasing theseties, releasing these cords,
isn't abandoning them, it's notthrowing our children to the
wolves, it's not leaving ourparents in their time of need.
It's actually trusting that theone who designed them is going
to care for them.
And as you release soul ties.

(15:41):
As you release courting, as youwalk through your healing
journey, you're actually givingpermission to those around you,
those who are connected to you,those who are in your circle of
influence.
You're giving them permissionto find their path toward
healing and freedom as well.
So just a final reminder youwere not designed to live

(16:08):
entangled in a ball of naughtyyarn with everyone in your life.
You were actually designed tolive an abundant and free life,
and this holy release I'll sayit again isn't about cutting
them off, it's not aboutthrowing them to the wolves.
It's really about returning tothe freedom that God designed

(16:32):
you for.
It's about untangling your soulfrom theirs so that you can
walk in peace and clarity andlove that flows from freedom,
not fear.
So take a deep breath with me.
You don't have to close youreyes or anything.
Just take a nice deep bellybreath, let your belly relax.

(16:52):
I want you to ask yourself whoor what needs to be released
today, and as you do thatreleasing, may the Spirit of God
meet you in that space andremind you that you are whole,

(17:13):
you are worthy, you are free andyou are deeply loved.
Now, if this episode resonatedwith you, share it with a friend
who needs this reminder and ifyou know you're carrying ties
that you can't untangle on yourown.
That's kind of why I'm here.
I'd love to help you, I'd loveto support you, I'd love to walk

(17:34):
with you, and you can connectwith me inside my Reignite your
Flame community on Facebook, oryou can book an emotion or body
code session and I'll share thatlink in the show notes.
Thank you so much for listeningtoday.
I am truly honored that you'vespent this time with me and I

(17:55):
hope you're walking away withsomething that brings you a
little more peace, clarity andhope.
If you wanna keep theconversation going, you can
connect with me over onInstagram at Lemon Balm Coaching
, or join our free Facebookcommunity, reignite your Flame.
It's where soul tired womengather to find support,
inspiration and real tools fortheir journey.

(18:15):
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Until next time, keep breathing, keep leaning into what matters

(18:37):
and keep choosing peace.
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