If you’ve been reading along with me these past months, you’ve become familiar with the recurring refrain of “sovereign”. It’s been a refrain in my life since growing up in Alaska, observing the “personal is political” of Betty Friedan, noting the difference in mineral rights between Native Alaskans and the tribes in the lower 48 (the States), the difference between the Judges and the Kings in the Old Testament, how I’ve been navigating the world of homeschooling in New York State, and most recently, the online gathering I’ve been inviting you to join for our growing in and with The Sovereign Way.
It’s all related.
What is the big deal?!
To be Sovereign is to take full responsibility for your inner and outer life — not as an act of isolation or pride, or as a deflective strategy to cover up your wounds, but as a sacred return to your divine authority.
Why does it matter?
In a world overflowing with noise — opinions, systems, influencers, institutions — the idea of being sovereign can feel like another bull&&it slogan.
But Sovereignty isn’t about domination or isolation.
It’s not about standing alone against the world.
It’s about standing with your soul — firmly, gracefully, clearly. It’s about returning to your center.
🌿 What Is Sovereignty, Really?
Sovereignty is not the loudest voice in the room.
It’s an integration of your many voices arguing inside of you. Call them good angel/bad angel, temptation/higher nature, inner child/scarred adult. Whatever you’ve named them, it’s learning to listen and navigate through the chatter.
It’s your inner compass, built on growing awareness of your spiritual mission, one that doesn't melt into formlessness with every new headline, trend, threat, or temptation.
It's knowing who you are — not because someone else told you what they perceive of you and your choices, but because you've listened to your soul, evaluated your choices in the backdrop of available options, found forgiveness for what you now can acknowledge as f&*%-ups, felt your self finding wholeness, and stepped out into the primordial chaos, faithfully relying on a voice that speaks only to you.
It’s you fortifying your integrity. It’s forging your continuity.
To be Sovereign is to live in alignment with your inner authority — where your values are not in constant swirl and scrambled conflict, but integrated into the reality of what it is to live this one life of yours. It means knowing your quirks, struggles, strengths — and loving your whole self so that you can reflect that being-ness into the world, as a full truth, with your own charisma, come what may.
It means…
You can pause, even when the world wants freak-out.
You can say no, even when you’re expected, pressured or threatened, to say yes.
You can choose truth over comfort.
You can respond from love, not react and loose yourself in fears.
🔥 Why Does It Matter?
Because the world doesn’t need more people running on autopilot.
It needs people who are awake.
People who can discern essence from structure.
People who carry peace in a stormy world.
People who know how to listen to the “I AM”
People who can recognize truth from lies. Your own or the world’s.
1. Because no one else can live your life for you.
Others can guide, inspire, or warn you — but only you can walk your path. Only you can decide what your job is to be. You will be judged for the role you accept, regardless. Sovereignty means you stop outsourcing your truth to headlines, systems, trends, or people who do not know your soul’s calling. You face the task that lies before you. Confident or not.
2. Because Sovereignty honors your divine design.
Each soul is uniquely shaped. Sovereignty allows you to align with the original blueprint — not by force, but by deep listening and your own authentic response to your life, your options, your crossways on the path you are traveling. It’s Choose Your Own Adventure.
3. Because true love requires freedom.
Without sovereignty, you’re reacting — not relating. In Sovereignty, you can love freely because you’re not clinging to others to define you. You choose connection from fullness, not fear.
4. Because without it, you're easily manipulated.
A person without Sovereignty is a pawn in other people's games. Sovereignty provides you discernment — the power to feel when something is off, twisted, or false, and choose another way. (The topic of this weeks Oasis session: We'll gain a lens for sharpening our discernment of Truth and Falsehood.)
5. Because it's how you become a vessel for grace.
When you are Sovereign, you're open — not rigid, but grounded. That’s when Spirit can move through you. That’s when miracles happen, or the world as you once knew it reorders into something more glorious.
A form that you can’t perceive until you can. Because Sovereignty is not about control.
It’s alignment with the Eternal — a state where your soul leads, your mind serves, and your life becomes a living oasis in the desert.
Join me in The Oasis
If this all tickles your fancy, join us this Monday, 12p Eastern time, for my leading of the second chapter of Elizabeth’s The Sovereign Way, Recognizing, (top menu, “Join the Oasis”).
For more on the topic, check out 10 Principles in Being Sovereign
10 Principles in Being Sovereign
What is it to be a Soveriegn in today’s times? Is it only for a few select special people?