The First Step to Reclaiming Your Voice and Vision

Cyndi Thomsen • September 28, 2025

How slowing down helps you realign with what matters most.

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Life has a way of pulling us in a hundred different directions. Family. Work. Community. The needs of others. Somewhere along the way, we start to lose touch with ourselves — our voice, our vision, our sense of what truly matters.


I know this feeling well. There was a season in my life when I was doing all the “right” things — showing up for everyone around me, checking all the boxes of responsibility — but inside, I felt disconnected. I couldn’t remember the last time I paused long enough to hear my own voice.

That’s when I began to understand the quiet but profound power of presence.


🌸 What is Presence?

Presence is more than sitting on a meditation cushion or adding another task to your to-do list. It’s a posture of attention and intention — the act of fully arriving in this moment, without needing to fix or prove anything.


When you are present, you begin to notice the subtle “heart chatter” that shapes your choices. You feel the signals your body sends — often long before your mind catches up. You hear the quiet truth of what matters most.


Presence isn’t about doing more.


It’s about remembering who you are — the part of you that’s been there all along, waiting to be heard.


πŸ’œ Why Mindfulness Matters for Voice & Vision

When we live on autopilot, it’s easy to drift into default patterns — rushing, proving, over-giving. We lose the thread of our own story.

But when we slow down — even for a moment — clarity begins to return.


Mindfulness invites us to listen inwardly, to pay attention to what’s alive right now. It opens the doorway to:

✨ Clarity — seeing what’s truly important in this season of life.
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Courage — stepping forward without apology.
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Compassion — releasing the pressure to perform or prove.


From this place of presence, you begin to reclaim your voice — the authentic expression of who you are — and your vision — the creative direction that lights your way forward.


On this weeks episode of The Creative Connection - my podcast - I shares some simple practices to begin this process of mindfulness.


🌿 A Simple Practice to Begin

Here’s something you can try right now:

  1. Pause whatever you’re doing.
  2. Take three deep, steady breaths.
  3. Ask yourself: “What truly matters in this moment?”


No judgment. No pressure to fix or figure it out. Just noticing.


Even sixty seconds of presence can shift your entire day — and start to shift your life.


Want to learn about other ways to move toward reclaiming your voice, reigniting your vision and aligning your life with what matters most - to you. Join me for future episodes on


πŸŽ™ Coming Up on The Creative Connection

This week’s episode lays the foundation for a new series on reclaiming your voice and vision through mindfulness and presence.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be joined by incredible guests who will deepen this journey:

πŸ’« Vicky Garrett – Heart Chatter: Listening Beneath the Outside Noise
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Priya Sudarsanam – 4 Steps to Finding Your Voice in Relationships (and the Wisdom of the Throat Chakra)
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Dr. Jeni Wahlig – Creating Powerful Love: Why It Begins with the Relationship You Have with Yourself
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Dan Thomsen – The Power of Presence in Partnership: Finding Joy in Conflict
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Jacob Nordby – The Healing Journey of Creativity: Courage to Be Seen and Share Your Story


Each conversation builds on this first step: presence — the foundation of every authentic voice, meaningful relationship, and courageous creative act. To catch up and listen to the upcoming podcasts on The Creative Connection - follow this link πŸŽ™οΈThe Creative Connection Podcast


Or maybe you have heard enough and you are looking for ways to go deeper and move from light practice to full scale strength training for personal development...

✨ An Invitation to Go Deeper

If you’re ready to reconnect with your inner wisdom, I invite you to join me for the Rooted In You Winter Circle — a 6-week journey designed to help you:

🌿 Pause and breathe.
πŸ’œ Realign with what truly matters.
✨ Reclaim your voice, vision, and sense of self.

This is an intimate space for women who are ready to live with more clarity, courage, and connection.

Details:
πŸ—“ Begins January 3, 2026
πŸ’« Early Bird: $297 (until November 15 - afterwards it goes up to full price, $497)
🎁 Bonus: This training offers you 4 1:1 coaching calls with me, by taking part in the early bird registration you will get two additional 1:1 coaching calls with me
🌸 Limited to 12 participants

πŸ‘‰ More details and to save your spot, click this link


Come home to yourself — with presence, clarity, and courage.


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