Healthy caregiving is a loving, energetic exchange in which we are the conduits for light force energy. This exchange results in a positive energy flow first to ourselves and then to others through the heart center. As a true caregiver, we can open our heart compassionately in healthy detachment and maintain a positive flow of energy with the other person without suffering with them. This compassionate detachment keeps us from taking things “to heart” which can stress the heart center, resulting in physical and emotional distress or depression. The pattern of caretaking, on the other hand, takes its toll on us physically, emotionally, … [Read more...]
Transmuting Pain (Trauma) into Transformation
“To live is to be willing to die over and over again. From the awakened point of view, that’s life.” ~ Pema Chödrön Sometimes a crisis such as a serious illness, trauma, or loss gives us the opportunity for soul level transformation. In some ways, change—even the hard change of healing old wounds—is easier when the alternative is unthinkable. But for many of us, daily life isn’t enough to trigger that kind of soul level transformation. Instead, we allow the emotional pain to build for years, even decades, because it’s easier to ignore it than to lean in and let go. Without full release, however, these old traumas can create chronic distress … [Read more...]
Love Is Always the Answer
Love is what connects us to other human beings and all of life. Even though we are not separate from the spiritual consciousness that permeates our physical universe, many of us feel disconnected when people do not understand us, do not feel the way we feel, or do not see things the way we see them. Even communicating with others can be difficult when they seem to have totally different perspectives. Yet, despite these challenges, we still have a strong, innate need to connect with others and feel a sense of belonging. Interestingly, science supports the widely accepted premise that we love instinctually. Brené Brown, in The Gifts of … [Read more...]
Transmute Your Pain into Transformation
Spiritual alchemy is burning away the “dross” of an ordinary material and transforming it into a refined substance such as gold. When you render this material, you strip away the layers, exposing what’s underneath. This is the process you go through when you transmute the layers of your pain into your refined essence---the gold of your true being. Sometimes a crisis such as a serious illness, trauma, or loss forces us to lean into our vulnerabilities and open to intense transformation. In some ways, change—even the hard change of healing old wounds—is easier when the alternative is unthinkable. But for many of us, daily life isn’t enough to … [Read more...]
Trusting Your Connection to Source
One of the cornerstones of living a soul-hearted life is trusting your connection to your divine source. As you’ve probably discovered in your own life, it’s easy to trust in the divine when things are going as you’ve planned or envisioned. But, what about the times when you are challenged, or your best laid plans go completely off track? It’s harder in these moments to trust and allow things to unfold without trying to control them. This is when you have to shift from the fear you are powerless over your life to the affirmation that you are the co-creator of your reality. Source means the origin of pure energy that flows through you—also … [Read more...]
Shine Your Light as an Evolutionary of Love
“Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.” ~ Roy T. Bennett Women, as a powerful energy source, must take the lead to transform our world to a consciousness of love, harmony, and peace. As conscious evolutionaries of love, we can step into our feminine power, shine our light―and, in the process, elevate our consciousness to love. The chaos of our times is the result of a profound and intense time of transformation. Marianne Williamson writes about this intense time of transformation, “The chaos of our times is a reflection of a profound and inexorable … [Read more...]
Blessing and Releasing as a Spiritual Practice for Life
The spiritual practice of blessing and releasing helps you constantly clear your energy field and sustain a high vibration of energy. It has considerable physical and mental health benefits and promotes well-being because it encourages the consistent release of negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and toxic energy. The act of blessing and releasing any person or situation also helps you let go of the past, appreciate the present, and create the future you truly want. When you learn to bless and release any negative thoughts, reactions, or energies it clears potential energy blocks and frees up new energy for manifesting what you want. When … [Read more...]
Forgiveness: A Daily Practice for the Ultimate Release of Energy
Forgiveness is the ultimate release; the greatest gift you can give yourself and others. By forgiving and releasing any negative energy, you transform judgment into acceptance and make the past powerless over your life. It brings you fully into the present moment, free of anything that holds you back from living a soul-hearted life. Ultimately, there is no hurt that cannot be transformed by forgiveness. Above all, the more you forgive yourself the easier it is to forgive others. To forgive takes an open heart, loving-compassion, and a healthy detachment from any outcome. The greater outcome is that forgiveness severs the flow of negative … [Read more...]
Embracing Your Imperfections to See Your Divine Perfection
To discover your divine perfection, you have to courageously embrace all of your imperfections. To see who you truly are, you have to excavate all that inhibits your full self-expression. To step into your light, you must allow yourself to make mistakes, experience disappointments, acknowledge our failures, and create messes. As Anne Lamott writes in Bird by Bird, “Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist’s true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.” Your greatest mistakes, biggest messes, … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Express Appreciation in Your Relationships
Appreciation is one of our languages of love. Studies show that feeling appreciated is one of our deepest emotional needs as well. Japanese scientist Dr. Masaru Emoto is widely known for his work on how positive and negative energies affect the shapes of crystals formed by water. He states in his book, The Hidden Messages of Water, “The vibration of good words has a positive effect on our world, whereas the vibration from negative words has the power to destroy.” Research has specifically demonstrated the effect of the vibrational frequency of love on our physical world and substantiates our ability to transform the world through radiating … [Read more...]