I was on a crazy long hibernation phase the past few months, it was the longest break I’ve ever taken. That was my orange phase. It was great and I’m here to tell you what you can learn from a strong orange presence in your life and if orange is knocking your door – open it.
Since my challenging 2014, I’ve been running after everything, I was surviving and I was coping but I was completely numb. My feelings were locked up; I would have bursts from time to time but I was not present with myself. One day I decided to just STOP and I always imagined that at the moment orange was in the background it would be clapping and doing it’s joy dance.
I decided to shutdown, stop being ambitious, entrepreneurial and whatever the word success meant to me as I was growing up. No more running, just stop Walaa. I needed to get in touch with my orange.
When orange shows up in our lives it’s a calling for getting in touch with feelings, with your inner feminine side, your maternal relationship and finding your strength and joy with being in touch with your feelings. It’s a great color to let go of anger, resentment and that pain you feel in your lower abdomen. It is also a strong calling from the feminine energy which in the physical life represents the maternal relationship. For many this relationship is quite the challenge, and looking at your maternal relationship (with your mother) is one of the toughest and greatest things to do. You will have to see the repetitive patterns, and the ideas that are not yours.
Like many I struggle with my maternal link, it’s been an interesting pattern from the moment I was born; my mother and I were blessed with polar opposite personalities that neither of us has seen as a gift but a curse until my orange phase. I did what I had to do to heal this line of energy.
I sat with orange and discussed my feelings, faced what I adored about my mother and what I felt were the most toxic aspects of her. I let myself come to terms with it until I was able to let go of my expectations of her and let myself be my own stability and my own soul. This was such a great time for me, cause I meditated for me, I wrote for myself, I went to work and listened to myself until I resigned cause I deserve better (thats coming up in another blog post I promise) and I listened to me, all of me.
I emerged with a bigger respect for my inner desires, feelings and my inner wisdom. I came back and found doors opening for me that I could never have imagined. Here is what I want you to know about orange showing up in your life:
1. The Maternal must always heal.
You can heal the maternal energy by letting yourself feel it, let go of the contract that you made with your mother, whatever expectations you have of her and how she should be, let go of that for her sake and yours. We are all human. Also notice the beliefs that she projected on you, see how these beliefs are showing up in your life and learn from them. One that showed up for me is “that people are all bad and they will step on you as soon as they see a chance†or “No one is trust worthy, everyone leaves you in the endâ€.
2. Feelings are not a bad thing, they have a strong message.
My emotions were so strong yet so bottled up. They scared me and I didn’t want people to see me as this emotional little girl that I completely locked up but when I listened to her she told me I missed having the security of a mother and that I was running after the wrong things. I forgot my purpose and that I deserve better and I must give myself that. It’s great what daily color journaling can do for you.
3. Joy is not scary either
We are always afraid to express happiness or joy because we think it’s temporary. We are always switched onto survival mode that we are too scared of this unknown happiness feeling. Next time something good comes along, force yourself to celebrate it, enjoy it and really be with it without expectations. This will open beautiful doors for you, the universe opens up to us when we are happy, it’ll multiply it.
4. Pay attention to your energy levels – they are right.
When you wakeup every morning completely dreading where you are going to, STOP this place is not good for you, it’s sucking the life out of you. No matter what people or your mind tells you about the obstacles and CAN’Ts ask yourself what colors are your solutions. There is always a solution and the universe will support your happy colors if you let it.
5. There is no shame in having desires and giving them colors too.
We grow up thinking having desires is selfish and desire leads us to sin. We feel guilty when we want something. Big or small it makes us guilty. During my hibernation I found that my desire for freedom was green and it lead me to my happiness. When I was free of bosses and people telling me what I should do, and that I am too emotional for work, I blossom and I the happiest I’ve ever been and guess what? Much more productive. So get in touch with that desire that makes you smile give it a color and let that color be your guide. When you’re about to make a decision – ask yourself – what color represents your desire? I swear it works and I love it.
My orange phase taught me a lot and I hope it can shine some colorful light on your life adding more sparkle.
Love and Color,
I just wanted to say: this article opened my eyes. I noticed I started liking orange for no reason, and when I read this I knew why.
So Happy the article did that for you! so much love your way
This article is Amazing,Thank you. I find the color orange is as warm and intriguing to me , uplifting a matter of fact. I’ve been craving the color orange. For some time now didn’t quite understand why !!I needed to feel closure,emotionally.free to be me,Beautiful uplifting and strong again.I started having a interest in the color orange since my mother’s passing away.One year later still left
empty. I love too see this color it make me feel a setteness and stillness of peace and Harmony like the Rhythm have a nice soul Cries Out. When I was growing up in my young adult years I was drawn to this color orange.Happiness but I lost me along the way hurt afraid of everything and even everyone, not letting people get to close, scared of rejection. the greatness in me an artist of song,so much pain and sadness. I forget how to feel..,I just lost my mother,my best friend to cancer. I was devastated and sadness.Closing everyone and everything out.My emotions scared me to afraid to share my feelings.
I had stop feeling, because of the lost of my mom.But one day I needed to see the color orange to brighten my feeling, mood,emotions to embrace me.To fully again inside to live to breathe.Reflect on the most special part of me the light joy, peace wholeness that’s inside of me. letting it all go.To Shine,Blessed, happy, joyful and free to be me for all to see. It’s mighty funny that I came to this article inquisitive about the color orange. Now I understand why. It lets me know that I’m on the right path,I’m not alone to embracing the truth and letting somethings go and moving forward. Towards what’s the best is yet to come. Happiness 🧡 with me. IT’S SO SIMPLE OF HOW COLORS CAN CHANGE AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO UNDERSTANDING THE BEAUTY WITHIN YOU.
Someone asks me about my favorite color… Blue and yellow are my go to… suddenly orange pops into my head and my heart melts. I stumble across this article and truly it spoke volumes into me.
This article is Amazing,Thank you. I find the color orange is as warm and intriguing to me , uplifting a matter of fact. I’ve been craving the color orange. For some time now didn’t quite understand why !!I needed to feel closure,emotionally.free to be me,Beautiful uplifting and strong again.I started having a interest in the color orange since my mother’s passing away.One year later still left
empty. I love too see this color it make me feel a setteness and stillness of peace and Harmony like the Rhythm have a nice soul Cries Out. When I was growing up in my young adult years I was drawn to this color orange.Happiness but I lost me along the way hurt afraid of everything and even everyone, not letting people get to close, scared of rejection. the greatness in me an artist of song,so much pain and sadness. I forget how to feel..,I just lost my mother,my best friend to cancer. I was devastated and sadness.Closing everyone and everything out.My emotions scared me to afraid to share my feelings.
I had stop feeling, because of the lost of my mom.But one day I needed to see the color orange to brighten my feeling, mood,emotions to embrace me.To fully again inside to live to breathe.Reflect on the most special part of me the light joy, peace wholeness that’s inside of me. letting it all go.To Shine,Blessed, happy, joyful and free to be me for all to see. It’s mighty funny that I came to this article inquisitive about the color orange. Now I understand why. It lets me know that I’m on the right path,I’m not alone to embracing the truth and letting somethings go and moving forward. Towards what’s the best is yet to come. Happiness 🧡 with me. IT’S SO SIMPLE OF HOW COLORS CAN CHANGE AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO UNDERSTANDING THE BEAUTY WITHIN YOU.
I am glad that I listened to my intuition. I had a dream about a month or two ago in which everything was orange. Even a car in the dream (a Volvo or Audi) was entirely orange, including the wheels. It was a highly unusual dream and one that I have not had before. As time has passed since then, I have developed a HUGE love of orange and a visceral reaction of joy to it. When I see it, I find myself saying “I love orange!” I used to enjoy orange 20 years ago or so and then I migrated away from it. I just knew that I had to find out what the Universe was trying to tell me and that’s what lead me to looking for and finding this. Fascinating. Thank you.
I decorated my bathroom my sitting room, my bed room my family room and my kitchen with the color orange. I was drawn to this color could not understand why. Some people would laugh and say why the color orange I would laugh and say it’s my choice. Only a few liked it. It became confusing to me when I could not stop order orange items from Amazon when I ordered orange knives for my kitchen I became concerned. I simply asked God Why am I ordering so many orange items. I heard God in a still small voice say to me go and look up the color orange and see what it means. It is amazing how God waited until I decorated most of the house in the color orange before he revealed to me the purpose. It was stunning. He had set me free of all emotional baggage. He commanded to put away pain, anger, and hurt. and to walk in the new. Path he had created for me even before I was in my mothers. womb the decorations or a Reminder to embrace change. All Praise to our Mighty savior. Jeremiah 29:11 I know the plans I have for you Plans to prosper you a d not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future. On this night I finally was able to cry tears of joy.I will. continue to embrace change in my life.
Thank you so much for this article! It’s just sooooo accurate!!
I was so turned away from orange mywhole life until now 1-2 months ago. I’m just so attracted and pulled towards it. It makes just total sense 😳😳😳
Much love to you!
Thank you!! Yes it’s such a powerful color