Ready to start 2021 off right? Here’s one of my MUSTS for starting a new year with intention, guidance and inquiry - vision boards.
But this year I have a twist!
I created a new thing- a Soul Vision Board!!!!!
Wanna know more?
Hope you had a love-filled Valentine’s Day even if you were on your own! Remember, Love is always here… because you are here.
So how can you deepen into that ever-abiding love?
One way is to understand how your ego takes you away from experiencing that love which is your true and essential nature.
This is why I wanted to devote the next few weeks to exploring the ways we can consciously and unconsciously get taken out. Specifically, by diving into the seven (I call them veils) of the ego, that Meggan Watterson outlines in her book, Mary Magdalene Revealed.
Lately I’ve been doing some reflecting. It naturally occurred as a follow up from all the visioning we’ve been doing lately.
The inventory I’ve been conducting is about examining my decisions more closely and looking at my underlying motivations.
In other words, did I make a significant decision because I was adhering to a set of unconscious rules passed down from family or society? Or because it was truly something I felt called to do for my own self growth? Take a moment to look back at your life and ask yourself the same questions.
It turns out we make loads of decisions based on things like: pleasing others, fulfilling expectations, because it’s the "right" thing to do, or it’s what we’re “supposed” to do.
Happy New Year!
Feeling ready for 2026?
It’s still pretty new which is why I like to incorporate some anchoring practices as a way to create clarity going forward as well as to feel more grounded into the year.
So, for the next few weeks, as I do EVERY year 😉 I’ll post my personal faves. Things I do each year to set me up for the BEST possible year. These practices will assist you to get clear and dream into your future, so you can move with confidence and ease into the days and months ahead.
As we move into the holiday season and a time of gift giving, it’s also the ideal time to explore what it means to receive and how to do this with more intentionality.
With that in mind, I’m going to dive deeply into the concept of receiving and how- especially for those of us (givers) for whom that is difficult- we can allow ourselves to experience even more of it!
If you’re wondering why this is important, let me clarify.
In truth, receiving IS the entire game. What I mean is that God/the universe/universal mind/conscious awareness- or however you think about higher self/spirit is ALWAYS trying to give us more love, goodness, support and help.
I don’t need to tell you that the world situation is, to quote Tom Robbins, “desperate as usual.”
In truth, it feels even worse than usual as systems and structures collapse all around us.
Not to be morbid…but the rate of change is too fast! None of us can keep up, not with technology, with AI, with the news cycle, none of it.
Our nervous systems are simply unequipped to manage this level of change/ chaos/however you define it.
Part of why the rate of change continues to increase, is because we’re in what mystics are calling a “celestial speedup.”
Recently I had a conversation with someone that left me feeling uncomfortable, like I hadn’t succeeded in getting my point across well. As the afternoon ticked by, I felt my emotions shift, and I did my best to ignore and push away that internal roiling.
It wasn’t until the next day that I realized I’d fallen into an old story about myself. One that I’d probably decided to believe when I was a girl. It went something like this: “I’m bad at living in this world and asserting myself. Everyone else is so much better at it than I am.”
Do you sometimes have that nagging thought, the one that hounds you and tells you there's something wrong with you?
The thought that says if you were somehow different, life would be easier. You'd get the perfect soul mate, be abundantly wealthy, in great shape, have your perfect career...
Yes, that thought.
You have it too?
But what if it wasn't true?
Wondering where you might be on your spiritual journey?
I recently stumbled on an insightful tool called The 4- Stages of Spiritual Development. It was created by Michael Beckwith. I love his work. He is a profound spiritual presence, thinker and speaker and runs the mega-ministry of Agape in Los Angeles.
The Covid-19 crisis and the Black Lives Matter protests, are showing us - up close- that we need to see and acknowledge the pain and suffering people have been experiencing.
And take a stand.
One way we can do this is by making the unconscious conscious.
We can do this both within our own selves, as well as within the larger society, by shedding light on the ways hurt, favoritism, racism and bigotry have been institutionalized.
All of us are experiencing a form of collective grief from this corona virus, mourning the way we once lived – leaving the house without a thought to donning a mask, attending events, visiting friends, traveling, going into the office...
In addition to the weight of this collective grief, many of us have personal tragedies on top of that. Loss of a loved one, a job, financial security, etc.
And whatever happens next, we know it will be different.
You know when you get a song stuck in your head?
Well, these days instead of a tune, it’s a prayer:
Maybe you’re familiar with it, from a yoga class?
When we chant these sounds we are saying:
May all beings be happy.
May all beings know peace.
May all beings be free from suffering.
And that includes us.
We cannot wish something for another without receiving it for ourselves as well.
How’s your resilience?
Given the level of uncertainty we are living in, perhaps you are feeling challenged.
Resilience, like most things, is a muscle, and it benefits from strengthening.
If you feel like you want to fortify your resilience, here is my top 5 list:
This is the theme of a Van Morrison song off the album Magic Time. In it, Van rants about the hypocrisies of the world , but also reminds us to carry on to “satisfy your soul.”