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Stella Walsh

Stella Walsh

I fill a variety of roles as I move through life. But none defines me completely. I strive to rest in the gray area while avoiding the black and white walls.

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Start the Ripple Effect You Want to Experience

Don’t let negativity use you as a launchpad

3 min readNov 3, 2026

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I’m sitting watching coverage of the midterm elections in the United States, and I’m appalled at the lowest level of the rhetoric of some of the people involved in these races.

The language has become so aggressive and violent. And sadly, it appears this is becoming more and more normalized.

Is that where we want to go as a world?

Is that the ripple effect we want to start and send out?

It’s no secret that the negative drag created by political battles is powerful, even for the most conscious people. But we must find a better way to protect democracy before this level of vitriol becomes too “normal” to dissolve.

And unfortunately, this doesn’t just apply to the political arena. It has become far too prevalent in everyday society, too.

Is a Negative Ripple Effect a Real Thing?

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The easiest way to answer whether ripple effects are a real thing is to move away from the idea of vibrational energies and mystical events.

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Stella Walsh
Stella Walsh

Written by Stella Walsh

I fill a variety of roles as I move through life. But none defines me completely. I strive to rest in the gray area while avoiding the black and white walls.