By Bethany Theulen

One of the fundamental laws of mindset is that our vibration directly influences the outer world we’ve either already created—or the one we’re trying to create. Leslie teaches that vibration is a “medium for transferring signals,” but what does that really mean?

Love and gratitude exist in the higher vibrational frequencies. Emotions like anger, sadness, and fear tend to land in the lower frequencies. So if answers, clarity, and inspiration are found at those higher levels... does that mean we’re supposed to suppress the “lower” feelings altogether?

This question has been a major source of confusion and pain for me. For years, I believed I had to force myself to stay positive, and I’d suppress all the "negative" emotions to avoid dropping into a lower frequency. But inevitably, those buried feelings would bubble up—eventually sending me into a full-on depression.

Recently, I decided to test a new approach:
What if the emotions themselves weren’t the problem?
What if it was actually the thinking that tends to come along with them?

So, during a particularly rough season, I gave myself permission to feel. I didn’t try to pretend things were fine. The truth was—it hurt. A lot. Emotionally, physically... it was heavy. But this time, I let myself feel the sadness, the grief, the frustration, without letting those emotions hijack my thoughts.

When I felt sad, I let myself be sad. But I didn’t let that sadness spiral into, “Nothing ever works out for me.” When anger surfaced, I let it come—but I didn’t feed it thoughts like, “People are always out to hurt me.”
The pain was real, but I refused to let my thoughts fall into victimhood.

And here’s what surprised me:
Even in the depths of that emotional storm, I still held onto my vision.
I still believed my dreams were waiting for me on the other side of it.
I allowed myself to be present in the hard, and still chose to believe.

What came next confirmed that I was onto something.

Day by day, little miracles started falling into place. One by one, pieces began lining up—quiet evidence that my dreams were coming closer. And through it all, I could feel my frequency rising—not because I denied the hard feelings, but because I stayed anchored to truth, vision, and belief while feeling them.

This experience changed the way I view emotional alignment.
I no longer believe that “high vibration” means being happy all the time.

Now I see that even in deep pain, I can stay in alignment with truth.
That by fully feeling my emotions—without the destructive thoughts that often accompany them—I actually make space for healing, clarity, and forward movement.

I’ve come to see the truth in the Law of Polarity: without experiencing the lows, I wouldn’t be able to recognize or fully appreciate the highs.
Joy and peace feel more real now—because I’ve tasted their contrast.
And that contrast, I’ve learned, is not a threat to my alignment... it’s part of what makes it possible.