For the sacred one who escapes emotions through food, substances, distraction, or constant movement.

Perhaps you are familiar with the part of you that desires escape when feelings rise too quickly. The part that delves into the pleasure of food, the lovely numbing effect of alcohol, the soothing rhythm of smoking, or the way working, exercising, shopping and scrolling or just tuning out infront of the tv create an effective escape from any emotional heaviness in life.

This is a very intelligent protection response form a nervous system whose sole job is to protect your life.

We call it the Flight Guardian.

Without the ability to process certain emotions in the moment they rise, overwhelm ensues, and your Flight Guardian learned that the fastest way to avoid overwhelm was to outrun it. So, it keeps you safe by keeping you moving, distracting, or tuning you out from the world in the easiest, fastest and most soothing way possible. 

It is so dedicated to shielding you from emotions that feel too much, that it will allow serious side effects of these distractions - because to your Flight Guardian, the risk of emotional overwhelm far outweighs the risk of that 3rd slice of cake, the second bottle of wine, the cigarettes or the hustle and grind overworking may create. 

Your Flight Guardian has never existed to sabotage you. It has always been doing its best, both desperately and creatively, to help you survive. This part learned to pull you toward distraction the moment life felt too overwhelming, believing escape was the only path to safety.

But now, you are developing the inner capacity to meet these emotional risings with steadiness and confidence. As your system learns new ways of responding, something the True Self Quest™ teaches with clarity and gentleness, your Flight Guardian begins to receive the evidence it has always needed. And the moment it recognises that you can stay present without being engulfed, it naturally shifts into its secure form, becoming a True Self supporter that guides you not toward avoidance, but toward focused forward movement and spacious, empowered choice.

Now, we meet this protector with grace instead of shame, and begin the quest of providing it the evidence needed to convince your Flight Guardian it is safe now for it to rise as one of your greatest True Self allies. 

Elemental Invocation

Air, slow my racing thoughts and soften the edges of my overwhelm.
Water, cool the rising emotion and help it move through me with gentleness.
Earth, anchor my body so I no longer need to run from what I feel.
Fire, warm my centre and remind me that I am strong enough to stay.
Spirit, gather these elements within me and guide me back to presence, one breath at a time.

The Spell 

Flight within me,
Swift guardian of my overwhelm,
I see how tirelessly you have worked.
You ran so I would not drown,
You numbed so I would not break,
You carried emotions too heavy for my younger heart.

But hear me now.
I am not that younger self anymore.
I have grown strong enough to stay.
I can meet my feelings without being consumed by them.

Come home, protector.
Rest.
Let me lead.

You do not need to run on my behalf.
You do not need to silence my fear with food or drink.
You do not need to fill the empty spaces.

Let us try a new rhythm:
I feel.
I stay.
I breathe.
And together we rise with truth instead of escape.

Stand beside me as an ally,
Not a runner.
Let us learn safety through presence,
And freedom through staying.

This is my Truth, so mote it be.

True Self Realisations

Close your eyes. Place your hand on your belly. Notice its rise and fall.

Ask yourself softly:

• What emotion does my Flight Protector work so hard to outrun.
• Can I understand why it learned to escape.
• What would happen if this part knew it could feel and still stay safe.
• Where can I offer myself softness instead of judgment.
• What becomes possible when I remain present with myself.

If you are ready to transform this protector from a source of sabotage into a trusted supporter of your highest good, begin your True Self Quest.