The standard you keep eventually becomes your normal. If you tolerate chaos, chaos feels familiar. If you tolerate inconsistency, inconsistency feels expected. But when you choose steadiness, clarity, respect — over and over — your nervous system recalibrates. Better stops feeling intimidating. It starts feeling baseline. You don’t have to make a scene to raise the standard. You just stop entertaining what falls below it. What would feel different if “better” became your new normal?

Before anyone else meets your standard, you meet it. In the way you show up when no one is watching. In the tone you use with yourself when you fall short. In the way you honor your own word. Standards aren’t about controlling other people. They’re about alignment. When you hold yourself to what feels true, you stop asking others to compensate for what you’re not enforcing. It’s quieter than it sounds. But it changes everything. Where can you hold yourself to the standard you expect from others?

The energy of this week's perspective check was absolutely amazing 🔥 (so fire we just couldn't record this one) Thank you for joining me, ladies! . . . Monday's Recap: Card 1/Collective Message of where we are currently: The Huntress (Soul Awakening) Affirm: "I lovingly release the past and make way for the future." Card 2/The Perspective Shift Breakthrough (Lizard Brain) Surpassing prehistoric programming to evolve into who we know we can be Closed with a few pulls from my favorite affirmation deck: The seeds I plant grow with patience and sunshine. My energy is a currency. I choose to spend it wisely. . . . Take what hits, leave the rest. See you next week ✌️🤍

It’s easy to set a standard when you’re inspired. The real shift happens when it’s inconvenient. When it would be easier to reply. Easier to explain yourself. Easier to lower the bar just to keep the peace. Standards aren’t loud. They’re steady. They show up in the moment you choose alignment over approval. You don’t need to announce that you’re holding the line. You just… hold it. And over time, your life adjusts to meet you there. Where are you tempted to lower your standard — and what would it look like to keep it instead?

Last week was about embodiment. Now we hold it. Standards aren’t rules you announce. They’re the quiet decisions you repeat. They show up in the way you speak to yourself when you make a mistake. In what you respond to. In what you continue entertaining. In what you finally let fall away. A standard isn’t about being demanding. It's about being clear. Clear about what feels aligned. Clear about what drains you. Clear about how you expect to be treated — including by yourself. You don’t need to argue your standards. You just live them. Where could you raise the standard — even slightly — this week?