Using conscious compassionate communication (CCC) helps you express yourself from a heart-centered place rather than from an ego driven place. It connects us, heart and soul, and promotes a deepening of trust, understanding, and intimacy in our relationships. The poet, Amma once said, “There are two types of language in the world: the language of the intellect and the language of the heart.” Yet, the one most universally shared is that of the heart. Ultimately when we engage in conscious communication, we are exchanging divine energy with another. It takes only the love-light in our eyes or the elevated vibration of our voice to create a … [Read more...]
Trust the Signs by Creating a Divine Validation List
Opening your heart in trust is one of the keys to living a soul-hearted life. One of the best ways to build your trust muscles is notice the divine signs all around you. Even if you don’t always recognize them in the moment, these divine signs are there for you all the time. All you have to do is open your heart and come into present awareness. You may never know why you make a wrong turn, get behind a slow driver, or have a strong desire to call a friend whom you have not seen in a while, and suddenly your friend phones you Yet, you have to trust yourself and accept that everything is unfolding optimally. You must always trust your first … [Read more...]
4 Sacred Practices to Move You from Fear to Freedom
Trust is the energetic space between your fear and everything working out for your highest and best. For example, imagine crossing a deep chasm with no bridge to get to the other side. On the side you are standing is fear and on the other side is what you want to create in your life. When you step out into thin air, you are stepping in the space of trust. By being bold-hearted, you co-create the invisible trust bridge that gets you to the other side of fear. When you open your heart and let go of fear, uncertainty, and self-doubt, you create the energetic space for the universe to assist you. Trust kicks in and opens you to all the … [Read more...]
Create a Divine Validation List to Stretch Your Trust Muscles
One of the best ways to build and stretch our trust muscles is to notice the divine signs all around us. Even if we don’t always recognize them in the moment, these divine signs are there guiding us all the time. You may never know why you make a wrong turn, get behind a slow driver, or pick up the phone and say to a friend something that comes from out of the blue. Yet, you have to trust yourself and accept that everything is unfolding optimally. You must always trust your first gut instinct. When you sense or feel something’s right at that moment, it usually is. If you have a doubt, then there is no doubt. Your spirit acts in … [Read more...]
Come Home to Your Heart: The Seat of Trust, Truth, and Tranquility
“What is not love is always fear, and nothing else.” A Course in Miracles. Come home to your heart, the seat of trust, spiritual truth, and tranquility. This is where trust in yourself and your divine source live. In fact, the lower vibration of fear cannot co-exist with the high vibe energy of trust in the space of your heart. Opening your heart allows you to access your spiritual guidance system and develop a deep trust of yourself. Moreover, the quality of your life improves because you wake up each day with positive energy, inspiration, and greater joy. Over the years, many of my clients have asked me, “How do I distinguish the voice … [Read more...]
Trust Lives in You as Your Divine Touchstone
Trust lives in you as a divine energy source, your divine touchstone. Opening your heart in trust is one of the secrets to living a soul-hearted life. To nurture this seed of trust, become aware that you are the powerful source of this energy that flows through you—also referred to as light, God, higher power, universal energy, or divine intelligence. When you trust yourself, you are connected to your heart, the space of your true being and your divine energy source. It requires more than deep breaths and saying positive mantras; it takes an unwavering sense of inner security, like having a safety net while walking on a high wire. Even if … [Read more...]
Tapping into Trust and Allowing Life to Unfold
I believe you’ll agree that it’s easy to trust when things are going as we planned or envisioned. But, what about the times when things are challenging or plans ‘seem’ to be going completely off track? Trusting and allowing things to unfold as they are meant to without trying to control it becomes harder then, doesn’t it? We’ve all been there and I’ve just come through it over the last few weeks. For over two decades, I’ve been teaching and living the principles of the soul-hearted living path and one of the cornerstones of that path is TRUST. As you’ve probably discovered in your own life, … [Read more...]
How to Tap into Your Courage Using the Leaps of Trust Process
"A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. (She's) about absolute vulnerability. That's the only true courage." ~ Peaceful Warrior Trust is a real and powerful energy that lives in your present awareness. It helps you move beyond fear and anxiety especially in these uncertain times. Trust is activated in moments when you experience fear, anxiety, or doubt, move toward what you fear, and make a choice anyway. When you tap into this heart-centered energy and make courageous choices, you build trust moments. These moments of courage when you shift from fear to faith are “Leaps of Trust.” Trust isn’t developed in one … [Read more...]
