Praise Her

A Goddess for Giving and Receiving Love

Call forth Oshun’s energy for self-love and abundance

Lisa Marie Rankin
Human Parts
Published in
8 min readJul 3, 2019

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Illustration: Geneva Bowers

InIn an ideal world, relationships would be easy. We would give love freely and generously, and receive love with ease. We would be upfront with our wants and desires and rationally communicate with one another if our needs aren’t being met. We would not try to coerce someone to feel a certain way — including ourselves. And, if our needs couldn’t be fulfilled, we would respectfully move on without a lot of drama.

Unfortunately, relationships are rarely that easy. We enter relationships with trauma from childhood and previous experiences, we let our ego fixate on the things we’re lacking rather than what we are receiving, and we either withhold our affections to get what we want, or provide too much affection in an attempt to prove that we are worthy. We make it difficult.

We can connect with the goddess Oshun to give love with ease, and to help us move on if our love is not being reciprocated. She reminds us that the only love we need is the love for ourselves. We can then act from a place of abundance, from which we can attract and sustain healthy relationships.

The story of Oshun

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Lisa Marie Rankin
Lisa Marie Rankin

Written by Lisa Marie Rankin

Heal your body and enliven your spirit through Divine Feminine practices and principles to thrive in all realms of life. lisamarierankin.com/waitlist-enlivened

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