Mikala Jean Vandenbroucke

Something I do consistently, across every cut, color, and extension install, is working with clean partings.

It was drilled into me very early on in my hair career that this is the way.

Coming up as a platform artist and educator for a hair cutting company, it was not just the standard, but an expectation.

After nearly 19 years behind the chair, I still approach my work this way today. Because it matters.

It’s not because I’m worried that someone is watching. It’s simply about not skipping the small stuff because these little details are what makes the work actually come to life.

The conversation that already happened. The one that hasn’t happened yet. The version where you said exactly the right thing.

Running through it again and again doesn’t finish it. It just keeps it alive.

Reset Circuitry is a 6-step somatic journaling tool that you can move through in 30 minutes or less. It’s designed for the moment you catch yourself stuck in the story, and you’re ready to put a stop to it.

I created this tool because I needed it. And now it is available to support you.

My first digital product, live ✅
Reel filmed in one take ✅
Finalized on this Capricorn full moon — my natal moon ✅

If that’s not alignment, I don’t know what is.

Reset Circuitry is available now.

$27 | PDF + Notion template | Link in bio.

I’ve witnessed moments in my life where I’ve treated self-love as a permission slip for passivity, and accountability like a heavy burden. I identify those moments as being in the shadow frequencies of self-love and accountability.

While this can be a very human thing to experience, think or feel, spending too much time in that shadow frequency interrupts my ability to step fully into my own power.

Here’s a breakdown of what the shadow frequencies look like:

Under-Accountability (Avoiding it):

This is a classic ego defense. It’s pretending I don’t have a part in the mess, blaming the external circumstances, or spiritual-bypassing the problem to protect myself from discomfort.

This doesn’t present as self-love or accountability because it keeps me completely powerless and stuck in a victim loop.

Over-Accountability (Taking on too much):

This is the shadow side that I’ve defaulted to as a high-performer and people pleaser, particularly as someone who is in a service based line of work. It can look like stepping in to fix a company’s broken automation, taking blame for someone else’s explicit lies, or holding the weight of a situation that isn’t mine to carry.

This isn’t coming from a place of love either. This is a boundary leak masquerading as responsibility, and it completely exhausts me.

How do I get myself out of this place?

By plugging my own practices into the framework of the Transformation Arch, created by my teacher 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗙𝗲𝗲 , I built a Somatic Journal designed to be used in moments like this.

It’s called the Reset Circuitry.

My own answers. My own wisdom. My own medicine.

The Reset Circuitry will be available for you to use in early July.

Recently, two heavy calendar anniversaries overlapped with some exhausting real-world messiness.

I caught my mind naturally trying to create a sense of safety and control by fixating on the details, replaying events, and trying to predict outcomes.

Being in the practice of noticing, I realized that when I find myself in this space, I am unable to move forward until I let that s**t go. This is actually an energy leak. It is also very human of me, and I love that about me 🫶🏼

So how do you stop it? How do you actually restore that sense of safety, or regulation in your nervous system? How do you let that s**t go?!?

Instead of collapsing into the frustration or forcing a positive mindset, I chose to be an alchemist. I decided to create from this space, turning my experience into gold.

By leaning into six years of integrated training, I’ve begun building a digital tool for people who find themselves in these exact moments, providing the framework of HOW to move through them.

This is something that can be accessed easily and will simply offer the guidance and support needed for you to become your own medicine. The most powerful kind there is!

I’m curious; where are you currently replaying a story or a timeline in your head just to try and feel safe?
What would change if you simply decided to close that loop today?