What If Stillness Is the Most Powerful Action You Can Take?
- Courtney Hess
- May 21
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 22
Okay, let’s talk about this.
We hear it everywhere: “Take inspired action.”
And yes, sometimes that means going for it.
Sending the email, launching the thing, making the call.
But what if sometimes… the inspired action is doing absolutely nothing?
Just sitting your radiant self down and receiving.
Like, actually receiving.
Like: Thank you, Universe, just give it to me already!
I’ve been feeling this in my bones lately, maybe you too?
This deep, cellular knowing that… maybe I don’t have to hustle for it.
Maybe my frequency is the work.
But here’s the part I had to confront.
There’s a part of me, "the doer", that panics at stillness.
Like silence might swallow the momentum.
Like rest is a threat to my to-do list.
Not just in my career.
In my whole life, as a wife, a mother, a friend, a daughter.
I’m constantly walking the tightrope between creating and caretaking.
So I’ve been asking myself:
What if the real action is stillness?
What if calibrating my field is the most powerful move I can make?
What if I let go of the pressure to keep everything spinning and just trust that the energy I hold is more than enough?
So here’s the question I’m living into:
Can I actually just align, feel it, trust it, and let it show up?
Let’s get into it.

Inspired action doesn’t always mean movement.
Sometimes it's a complete vibrational pivot, a timeline jump through inner alignment. Sometimes it’s a soft whisper to record a voice memo, rearrange your altar, take a bath, say no to a client, or not post that offer.
And sometimes… it is doing absolutely nothing.
But doing it on purpose, from alignment, not avoidance.
When you're truly in alignment, action feels inevitable, like brushing your teeth.
It’s just the next thing. If it’s not coming? That’s not wrong. It might mean you’re still mid-transmission. You're receiving the blueprint before building the structure.
Can you just sit back, feel it, and receive it?
Yes… and no.
Yes, because your frequency is your first currency.
You have to tune to the reality you want to live in.
That’s law. That’s resonance. That’s physics.
No, because you’re not actually here to do nothing.
You’re a creator, not just a consumer of timelines.
So receiving doesn’t always look like sitting still.
It can, but only if that stillness is vibrationally potent.
If your "just receiving" moment is actually secretly filled with doubt, hesitation, or passivity masked as surrender? It stalls out.
Here’s the key:

Real Talk: I’m Grateful… And I’m Ready for More
I have so much gratitude for the work that’s held me.
Truly, it’s been a blessing. A bridge.
If I have to "work", I’d choose this.
But if I’m honest?
I don’t want to work in the old way anymore.
Not the clock-in, clock-out, keep a schedule, staff meetings, energy-drain-for-dollars model. Not the “earn your rest” version of life.
I want to create on my own time.
In my own rhythm.
With long pauses between the output.
And I want to be fully supported as I do it.
Financially. Emotionally. Spiritually.
Can I have that?
Yes.
But it doesn’t come from pushing.
It comes from resonance.
Here’s what that really looks like.
If You Want the New Reality, You Have to Exit the Old System Energetically
You can’t keep worshipping struggle and expect ease.
You can’t feel guilty for resting and expect overflow.
You can’t half-believe in abundance and expect full support.
To live in a new frequency of provision, you have to become the version of you who’s already there.
It’s not about earning it.
It’s about tuning to it.

Here’s the Plan
Daily Calibration: Don’t make it a chore. Make it a vibe. Light a candle. Say the thing. Feel the feeling. Show your nervous system what “safe and supported” feels like.
Open the Money Doors: It might not come through a paycheck. Maybe it’s a refund. A gift. A stranger’s generosity. A sale while you sleep. Stay open.
Follow the Threads: That tiny nudge? That “random” thought? That deep rest impulse? Follow it. That’s the new map.
Make Your Job Sacred: If it’s your bridge to the next timeline, bless it like it’s your temple. You’re not staying, you’re passing through. With integrity.
Embody the Identity: I am someone who is supported, trusted, and free. Live it now. Talk like her. Dress like her. Choose like her. Let the field mirror it back.
The Truth in One Breath
Receiving can be the inspired action.
But only when it’s alive, intentional, and aligned, not a loophole out of participation.
You’re not here to wait around.
You’re here to remember who you are, and let life rise up to meet her.
And if you're feeling the call to claim this… start here.
5-Minute Reset: The Receiving Calibration
Close your eyes.
Breathe into your belly.
Say out loud:
I am open.
I am worthy.
I am ready.
I receive with ease.
It is safe to be supported.
It is safe to be free.
Then… wait.
Not because you’re stuck
Because you’re aligned.



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