Your Intentional Life Podcast

Episode 27 - Split Energy & What To Do About It

Kima-Shai Starr Season 3 Episode 4

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Have you ever wanted something so deeply you could feel it — and then, in the same breath, heard that quiet voice that said “but not for you”? 

That’s split energy. And in this episode, we’re naming it, tracing it back to where it came from, and learning how to stop letting doubt make our decisions.

For so many of us, the wanting has never been the problem. We know how to dream. What we were never taught is that we’re allowed to receive. This episode gets into the roots of that fracture — generational messaging, cultural double-binds, survivorship conditioning — and why sitting at the threshold of the thing you want can feel more terrifying than never trying at all.

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of what split energy is costing you, how to start healing the divide between desire and deserving, and three incredible affirmations to carry with you when the doubt gets loud.


You want it. That wanting is not a mistake. Let’s talk about what to do with it.