Rachel Nordahl

💬 Life in Review: Persuasion vs. Coercion — A Cautionary Funnel Tale
There’s a difference between persuasion and coercion —
And this week, I felt the line get crossed.

I watched a masterclass on “money blocks” that, from the outside, looked like transformation.
What I got instead… was a lesson in what happens when storytelling is weaponized.

Let me be clear:

✨ We live in a knowledge-based ecosystem.
✨ Every one of us — whether we’re creators, coaches, artists, or healers — sells through story.
✨ And when done right, persuasion is an invitation:
A value-based exchange where someone helps solve a real problem with real insight.

But what I experienced wasn’t persuasion.
It was manipulation dressed in spiritual robes.

For 30 minutes, I was nudged along a carefully crafted path:

🌀 “Stay until the end, the answer is coming…”
🌀 “You’re blocked — but I know why…”
🌀 “You just have to finish this one more segment…”
🌀 “Almost there…”
🌀 “Now… pay $400 to unlock the gate.”

And just like that —
I was standing in front of someone who claimed to hold my answers,
Yet had offered nothing but suggestion, delay, and disorientation.

No tools.
No clarity.
Just a closed gate
and the pressure to pay for the key.

That’s not sales.
That’s gatekeeping.
That’s coercion.

And it’s why so many people are left jaded, tight-chested, and disillusioned by the very spaces that promised healing.

🖤
If you truly have answers — share something of substance.
If you truly want to help — offer value before you demand trust.
Your “funnel” should feel like a bridge — not a trap with no exits.

There is a way to sell ethically.
To persuade with power, not pressure.
To tell stories that liberate, not confuse.

I believe in that kind of selling.
That kind of storytelling.
That kind of business.

This is your Sunday Life in Review —
And my reminder to trust your body when something feels off.

Tight chest?
No turn-offs on the road?
No real answer — just more waiting?

That’s not your teacher.
That’s your signal.

#RachelNordahl #LifeInReview #SpiritualBusiness #PersuasionVsCoercion #EthicalStorytelling #GatekeepingIsNotHealing #RewriteTheStory #EmbodiedDiscernment #ValueExchangeMatters #SacredSales #TheEchoSystem

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

Rachel Nordahl

🥢 From Wearable to Edible Art: The UnTold Story 🍣

There was a time when I was known for what I could create with my hands.
Wearable Art.
I spent my twenties on fire with expression—burning through silence, screaming through design.
Art was my voice before I knew how to speak for myself.

I succeeded.
And then I fell.
Not just once, but over and over again.

And no one tells you this part:
Every fall fractures you in places that don’t heal clean.
Your heart doesn’t break—it shrinks.
A little more each time.
Until you stop trying—not out of laziness, but out of self-protection.

Because it’s a different kind of grief…
when what you're birthing is being pulled from you.
When you’ve been handed someone else’s dream to raise
and you give it everything
because you think, maybe if I give them what I never had… I’ll feel whole.

And you do rise.
You self-educate.
You breathe life into the impossible.
You build something beautiful—even in a genre you know nothing about.

But there’s a whisper inside:

“What if someone had given me this chance with what I actually loved?”
“What would I have created then?”

The truth is—
The only reason I had access to create this masterpiece was because
someone else intended to steal it once it was finished.

And when they tried… I didn’t back down.

For the first time, I stood.
Not for the art.
Not for the outcome.
But for me.

For every version of me that had ever shrunk.
For the girl who gave away her voice to be safe.
For the artist who was told she was “too much.”
For the woman who kept quiet because it was easier.

I told the universe that day:
I will not accept less than I deserve.

And I won.
I won the battle.
But in doing so—I lost something else.
A piece of my fire.
A piece of my voice.

And for the last eight years…
I’ve been slowly slipping back into silence.

Until now.

🜂

Maybe you know this feeling.
Maybe you’ve silenced yourself so many times
you barely recognize your own voice anymore.

But you still feel it…
that nagging pull toward something more.
That whisper that never leaves.

If you feel it too—
you're not alone.
And it’s not too late to remember who you are.

🜂
#rachelnordahl #mythos #originstory #edibleart #seawardsushi #transformation #selfdiscovery #redantrising #artistjourney #thefallandtherise #behindthebrand #livingproof #imaginationunleashed #nevertoolate

9 months ago | [YT] | 0

Rachel Nordahl

My Husband Comes Home Saturday.

It’s been a year now with him on the road, and this weekend I finally get him back—at least for a week.
And it feels... huge. Like everything in my system is counting down the days like a kid waiting for summer break.

When we chose this lifestyle, we didn’t walk in blind.
We knew what it meant.
We talked about the hard stuff—what it would really mean for him to be gone the majority of the time.
And we both said yes. A full, intentional yes.

But... girl brain didn’t get the memo right away.

My girl brain went there—you know where:
“Is this him trying to get away from me?”
“Is this the beginning of the end?”
“Is he no longer attracted to me?”

Classic Rachel panic mode. Meltdown included.
(Timeline: 3 hours of spiraling, 1 ugly cry, 1 nap, and finally… the truth.)

Here’s what really happened:

All it did was trigger an old story.
Not about him—but about abandonment.
About what it used to mean when people I loved pulled away.

And here’s the beautiful thing:
He let me go there.
He sat. He listened. He said nothing.
He gave me the space to say it all out loud—no matter how dramatic or irrational it sounded.

Because he knows that once I speak my fears into the room, I have to hear them too.
Not just think them, not just justify them, not call a girlfriend to get confirmation that I’m right.
No.
I say them to him—and in doing so, I hear how much they are not based in reality.
And in that moment, the story starts to lose its power.

Because the truth is:
He has never given me a reason to believe he would leave.
And if he was going to, he already would have.

That conversation ended with us deciding together that he would go.
That this was his next step, and that I would not be the one standing in the way of it.
And now? Watching him flourish has been one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.

Three promotions in one year.
Fully thriving. Fully recognized.
Leading. Shining. Becoming.

He’s vibrant in a way I’ve never seen before.
And that... that has been a gift to witness.

This past year has stretched both of us.
But in all the ways that matter, it’s brought us closer.
We’ve grown because we had to.
We’ve expanded because there was no other option.

And now, we don’t need to be in the same space to know we’re still walking the same path.

#RelationshipGrowth #RealTalkRelationships #MarriageInRealLife #TheRealWork #GirlBrainMoments #GrowthInLove #LoveHimMoreEveryDay #LetHimShine #PowerCoupleEnergy

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