"Unashamed Letting Go" - The Final Release

This morning at the altar, two cards came with the EXACT message for Week 4 - the final week of Reclaiming Your Closet.

 Card 1: "Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now."

Card 2: "Regardless of what language you speak, your intent will manifest through the word. What you dream, what you feel, and what you really are will all be manifested through the word." The message: Let go of the past. Be alive NOW. Enjoy the dream RIGHT NOW. And speak your truth out loud - your words have POWER.

IN THIS EPISODE The Journey (Where We've Been):

• Week 1: Identified three types of clothes
• Week 2: The feeling audit (released based on feeling)
• Week 3: Pressure to possibility (visioned who we're becoming)
• Week 4: FINAL release - UNASHAMED

Card 1 Breakdown:

• "Whatever life takes, let it go" - Life takes things, we must release our grip
• "Surrender the past to be alive NOW" - Can't be fully present while living in past
• "Enjoy the dream happening RIGHT NOW" - Not what was, not what you thought, but what IS

Card 2 Breakdown:

• "Your intent manifests through the word" - Your words create your reality
• "What you dream, feel, really are = manifested through word" - Must SPEAK it out loud
• You must DECLARE your truth, not just think it

What "Unashamed Letting Go" Means:

1. No apologies for how long it took (growth is a spiral)
2. No guilt about money spent (it's gone already, can't get it back)
3. No shame about the chapters (they were part of your journey)
4. No embarrassment about starting over (quality over quantity = power)
5. No fear of being "too much" (be unashamed)

The Final Release (What to Let Go):

• The last physical items (anything still held from fear/guilt/shame)
• The old stories ("I'm someone who can't let go" → "I surrender, I'm alive NOW")
• The pressure to be perfect (let go of "should")
• The need for external validation (this is FOR you)
• The fear of the unknown (trust the NOW)

Enjoy the Dream Happening RIGHT NOW: Not the dream you wanted or planned - the dream you're LIVING. Nyomi's example: Amazing family, business she loves, health returning, partner who respects her, Goddess era, reclaimed & unashamed Your Words Manifest Your Reality: SPEAK out loud:

• "I surrender the past"
• "I let go so I can be fully alive NOW"
• "I enjoy the dream happening RIGHT NOW"
• "I release UNASHAMED"
• "I am reclaimed. I am unashamed. I am alive."

5 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

1. What am I STILL holding onto out of fear, guilt, or shame?
2. What OLD story am I ready to release? What NEW story am I speaking into existence?
3. What's the dream happening RIGHT NOW in my life? Can I enjoy it fully?
4. What does "unashamed letting go" mean for ME specifically?
5. What will I SPEAK out loud this week to manifest my reality?

CLOSING AFFIRMATION: Whatever life has taken from me, I let it go. I surrender the past so I can be fully alive NOW. I enjoy the dream that is happening RIGHT NOW. My words have power. What I speak, I manifest. I release UNASHAMED. No apologies. No guilt. No shame. No fear. I am alive NOW. I am reclaimed. I am unashamed. I am free. NEXT: Action Wednesday - The Final Release Ritual

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Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

This morning I went to my altar. Like I do every morning, and there was two cars that came.

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Two cars that came to me, two messages. And yeah, they said everything. Everything about where we are right now and where we're going. This week, um, this is week four, the final week of Reclaiming Your Closet, the final release in these cars. They were not just about closets, they were about life. They were about surrender, they're about being alive now. So let me read to you what one of the cards is. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. And let me read the second card. Regardless of what language you speak, your intent will manifest through the word. What you dream, what you feel, and what you really are will be manifested through the word. And y'all, this is the message for week four. Let go of the past, be alive now, and enjoy the dream that is happening right now. And then speak your truth into existence because your words have power. This is unashamed and letting go. This is the final release. So let me welcome you properly to the show. Welcome to the Season of Self Love Podcast. I am your host, Naomi Bangks and I am so glad that you are here. As we continue to transform in life, so does this podcast. In season five, we're moving differently. More intentional. More action. Less learning. More doing. Less waiting. And more living. This is a space where we don't just talk about something.

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We practice it. We don't just discuss transformation. We live it. Every episode is a limitation to do what we live in.

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So today we are surrendering releasing letting go of the past to be fully alive now. So wherever you are right now, please close your eyes if you can. Be comfortable. And place both hands on your heart. Take a deep breath in.

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Now slowly release. And visualize. Visualize whatever life has taken away from you. You're letting it go. Inhale. Exhale. I surrender the past. Inhale. Exhale. Let go so I can fully be alive. Inhale. Exhale.

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I enjoy the dream that is happening.

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Inhale. Exhale. My words have power. When I speak, I manifest.

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Release. And when you are ready, gently open your eyes and let's begin. All right. All right, y'all. So let's talk about where we've been. You know, four weeks ago, we started reclaiming your closet series. And in week one, we identify the three types of clothes: clothes that no longer fit your life, clothes from older chapters, um, clothes from a version that you never arrived. And then in week two, we did the finding, the filling, the audit, right? We asked, how does it make me feel for every piece? And we released based on the feeling alone. And then last week in week three, we shifted from pressure to possibility. We visioned who we were becoming and what that version needs to be. And now in week five, this is the final release and the final letting go. And this is all about unashamed completely and no holding back. So this morning at my altar, two cards came to me. And I want to break them down because they're the framework for this entire week. And so I'm going to read card one again, and it's all letting go to be alive now. So whatever life takes away from you, you let it go. So when you surrender and you let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. I mean, letting go of the past, it means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. So let me break that down line by line because this is truly powerful. So whatever life takes away from me, let it go. Life takes things from us. Relationship ends, job changes, body change, season shifts, and people leave as well as dreams die. And life takes things and we hold on. We hold on to what was. We hold on to who we were. We hold on to the version of life that we thought we have. But the car says, let go. Not try to get it back, not mourn it forever, and not to stay stuck there, but let it go. So the next line, when you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. So here's the truth. You can't be fully alive in the now if you're not, if you're living in the past. You can't enjoy your present if you're holding on to what's gone. So when you surrender, when you release your grip on what was, you free yourself to be here, now, and alive. That's what these past four weeks have been about. Releasing the clothes from old chapters, that's surrendering the past. Releasing the fantasy version of the clothes that's surrendering what never was, releasing what no longer fits, that surrender to what's no longer true. You see, we've been learning to let go so we can be alive now. And the next line, letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. Enjoy the dream that is happening right now. Not the dream that you had, not the dream that you thought you have, but the dream that is happening right now.

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Your current life, your present reality, your now. That's your dream. And you can't enjoy it until you let go.

SPEAKER_03 8:41

You can't enjoy it if you're still holding on to what's gone, right? So let's talk about the next card. Your words have power. Regardless of what language you speak, your intent will manifest through the word. What you dream, what you feel, and what you really are will be manifested through the words. Now, this card, this is the bridge. And let me tell you why this matters. Because your intent will manifest through the words. That's what it says. Your words create your reality, your words create your reality. So what you speak about yourself, it becomes true about yourself. So if you keep saying I'm stuck and I can't let go, I'll never move forward, that manifests. But if you say I'm releasing, I'm surrendering, and I'm alive now, well, guess what?

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That manifests too. So your words have power.

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The next line: what you dream, what you feel, and what you really are will be manifested through your words.

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So what you dream, that means your vision, your future, what you're becoming, what you feel, your truth, your intuition, your inner knowing, and what you really are, your essence, your power, yourself.

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All of that manifests through your words. So when you're doing the final release, when you're letting go of unashamed, you need to speak it. Not just think it, not just feel it, you need to speak it out loud. Like I release this and I let this go. And I'm alive now. I am alive now, and I enjoy the dream that is happening right now.

SPEAKER_04 11:01

Your words make it real. Your words make it real.

SPEAKER_03 11:10

So let me tell you what these two words are teaching us this week. What card one is teaching us to surrender the past that you can be alive now. Surrender the past so you can be alive now and enjoy the dream that is happening right now. And what card two does is speak your truth out loud because your words manifest your reality. So together they're saying, let go, unashamed, and declare who you are now.

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Declare who you are now. That's powerful.

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That is what we claim to do in this year of 2026 is reclaim and be unashamed. So, what unashamed and let it go means for the past three weeks you've been releasing, clearing, creating space. But maybe you've been doing it with a little bit of shame, right? Shame that you've held on to things so long, shame that you've spent money on things that you never wore, and shame that you kept clothes from chapters you said that you've moved past.

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But this week, we're releasing the shame too. Unashamed and letting go. And what that means. It means one, no apologies for how long it took.

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You held on to those clothes for years, and that's okay. You cleaned out your closet six times and still has stuff to release, that's okay. Growth is a spiral. You come back to the same lesson on deeper levels. That's okay. No apologies for that timeline. Because you're here now, and that's what matters.

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You see, this is my store.

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I've cleaned out my closet over and over again, but I knew somewhere somehow that there are more things that needs need to be done. And the next one is no guilt about the money spent. You spent hundreds and thousands of on clothes that you barely wore. That's okay. That's okay. That money is gone already. Whether it's in your closet or at the goodwill, it's gone. And you can't get it back by keeping clothes that make you feel bad.

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So let's let go. No guilt. And then number three, the shame about the chapters.

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So you had the clothes from your adult industry chapter, from your corporate chapters, from you trying to be someone else's chapters. You know, those chapters were a part of your journey. You honoring them doesn't mean living in them.

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So you release them. No shame.

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And then number four, no embarrassment about starting over. All of these releasings, all of this releases you that you're left with 10 pieces or five pieces. That's what you might be left with, and that's okay, and that's good because now you start to build intentionally quality over quantity, pieces that support you, no embarrassment.

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Maybe that's power. Five, no fear of being too much.

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So releasing your clothes to make space for your goddess energy, for your powerful energy, for your bow energy, for whatever energy it is that you have named and claimed it.

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Good. You be that energy.

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You be that energy. People will say you're doing too much, that you're being extra, that you're showing off.

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But let them. You're not for them anyway. No fear. No fear. Be unashamed. So this week, the final release is what you're letting go.

SPEAKER_03 15:59

One, your last physical item. I want you to go back through your closet one more time. And is there anything that you're still holding on to out of fear, guilt, or shame? Or what ifs this week released it unashamed? Number two, the stories that you've been telling. I'm someone who can't let go.

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This is some of the things that you've been telling. Or I'm someone who's always stuck. Or I'm someone who holds on to the past. Or those old stories, let them go. Those are old stories, let them go.

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And here's your new story. I surrender, I'm alive now. I enjoy the dream that is happening right now. And speak that out loud. Your words manifest your reality. Remember that. Speak that out loud.

SPEAKER_04 17:06

Your words, they manifest your reality. And then three, the pressure to be perfect. Like my closet should look like Pinterest. What's that word? Pinterest.

SPEAKER_03 17:30

Yeah. My closet should look like Pinterest, or I should have it all figured out, or I should have done this years ago. I want you to let that go. Let go of the should. Let go of the perfect. Your closet is yours. Your journey is yours. And your timeline is yours. Number four.

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The need for external validation. Question. Will people think my closet is too minimal?

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Will people think that my closet is too minimal? Will they think that I'm wasteful for releasing so much? Will they understand? The thing is that they don't have to.

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They don't have to because this is for you, not them. So let go of the needing of approval. Be unashamed.

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And this is probably one of the most significant ones that you're releasing is the fear of the unknown. The fear of the unknown of the questions you ask yourself. What if I need those clothes someday? What if I regret this? What if I can't rebuild?

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Let go of the what ifs. Trust the now. You've done the work. You know what served you. So trust yourself. Trust yourself.

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So here's what the card is saying about letting go of the past and what it means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. So let me ask you, what's the dream that is happening right now? Not the dream that you wanted, not the dream that you planned, but the dream that you're living. What is that? What is the dream that you're living? For me, the dream that's happening right now is that I have an amazing family. I have a business and a career that I love. That I'm getting my health back. That I have a partner who loves and respects me for who I am. That I am in my goddess era. And I'm reclaimed and unashamed. That is my dream right now. And I couldn't enjoy it fully until I let go of who I was, or what I had, or what I thought that I should look like.

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Now I'm here. I'm alive.

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And I'm enjoying this dream. This dream, the season of self-love. This dream, Axe Naomi, bridging the gap. This dream being a life, a relationship with a coach. This dream, being a wife, a mother, a caregiver to my mother.

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This is my now.

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And let's talk about the words, your words that can manifest your reality. So here's what I want you to do this week. I want you to speak your truth out loud. Not just think it.

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Not just journal it, but I want you to speak it. I want you to say these words out loud.

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Say these. I surrender the past. I let go so I can be fully alive now.

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I enjoy the dream that is happening right now. I released unashamed. I am reclaimed. I am unashamed. And I am alive. Because your words have. Power and what you speak you manifest. That is very important to understand. So I want you to journal these.

SPEAKER_03 22:15

These are reflection questions for this week. Question one. What am I still holding on to out of fear, guilt, or shame? And question two. What old story am I ready to release? And what new story am I speaking into existence? And question three. What's the dream happening right now? What is the dream that is happening right now in my life? And can I enjoy it fully? Question four. What does unashamed letting go mean for me specifically?

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And the last question five.

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What will I speak out loud this week to manifest my reality?

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Those are the five reflection questions for this week, all right? Alright, so I want you to repeat after me. Whatever life has taken for me, I let go. I surrender the past so I can fully be alive now. I enjoy the dream that is happening right now. My words have power. What I speak, I manifest. I release unashamed. No apologies, no guilt, no shame, no fear. I am alive now. I am reclaimed. I am unashamed. I am free. Those are the affirmations that I would love for you to say this week.

SPEAKER_03 24:28

All right, my beautiful people. Well, this is week four, the final week, the final release, unashamed and letting go. This morning the author gave me two cards and they said everything. Let go of the past. Be alive now. Enjoy the dream right now. And speak your truth out loud. Your words manifest your reality. And on Action Wednesday, we are doing the final release ritual. We're speaking our declaration. We're committing to maintaining our possibility closet. And then, and then we're looking ahead because next month we're talking about something powerful. But this week, this week is about the final surrender, the final letting go. Being unashamed, completely, no holding back. So until Wednesday, this is your girl the goddess Naomi Banks reminding you: let go and be alive now. Enjoy the dream that is happening right now. So be fear to one another in yourselves. And always keep it sexy. Let yourself first, love yourself first so you can love others well. Remember. Follow us the season of self-love.

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