The Power of Returning Home: Finding Strength in Stillness

There is a quiet place within us.A place unshaken by the noise of the world, untouched by the metrics of productivity or the narratives of not-enoughness.

It doesn’t clamor for attention—but it waits, faithfully.It is the place of rest at the center of your being.

And here’s what’s often forgotten in the rush to be more, do more, serve more:

"Our greatest strength and power are in the place of our deepest connection to ourselves and our alignment with our deepest center and internal place of rest."

We are taught to associate strength with striving.

To push harder and suppress our needs for the sake of responsibility.

But what if that version of power is incomplete? 

What if real power doesn't come from how much we hold, but from how deeply we are aligned?

The deepest forms of power are when we return to ourselves.They radiate—from within.From coherence.From alignment.

When you are attuned to your internal resting point—what I call your true center—you move differently. 

You speak from clarity, not from compulsion.You act from alignment, not from proving.And perhaps most importantly, you receive from wholeness, not from lack.

In this world, rest is often framed as what we do after effort. In truth, rest is what makes real power possible.

When you return to your internal center regularly—through breath, through ritual, through silence—you reclaim your sovereignty.You no longer outsource your value. 

You remember:

“I do not need to reach outward to access power. I need only to return inward.”

What if you started every decision, every client call, every ask from this place?What would shift?

 

This month, I invite you to practice this:Begin within.Feel the breath drop into your belly.Let your thoughts slow into waves.And from that stillness, choose.

Then, ask yourself:

• What does alignment feel like in your body?

• What might change if rest was your starting point instead of your reward?

• Where have you been performing strength instead of embodying it?

These are not just questions. They are keys.Use them to unlock the door back to your center.

Not to escape the world.But to lead with presence.To serve from overflow.To radiate rather than reach.

In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing tools and reflections to help you embody this principle—in your work, your relationships, and your sacred path.

Because when we live from our deepest center, we don’t burn out.

We blossom.

With grounded power,Adria

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*This blog post was co-created with the support of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and thoughtfully edited by Adria Kitchens to reflect personal voice, values, and lived experience. 

Lead image designed by Sarah Kitchens. View more of their work at www.getoutthebed.co.

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Adria Kitchens (she/her) is an extraordinary coach, generous mentor and inspiring leader. She has coached thousands of leaders in over 100 countries in all areas of self-actualization. From empowering women leaders one-on-one, to convening conferences for thousands, with projects such as Equitable Dinners that has mobilized thousands of Atlantans into courageous conversations about race, equity and inclusion. Adria is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She received her bachelor’s degree in natural sciences from Johns Hopkins University and holds a Master of Business Administration and a Masters of Accounting and Financial Management from Keller Graduate School of Management.