Awakening to your spiritual journey? How much time do you have? I’m giggling because it’s one of my favorite topics, but I’ll keep it short. So, for me, I can laugh now and say that my spirit guides, my higher self, were like, “Girl, enough is enough. Let’s get this party started!”
What usually kickstarts an awakening can be a number of things like major life changes, the loss of a loved one, etc. It’s very personal because it’s your journey and yours alone, pushing you into questioning your purpose, your why, your choices... How do you know? Your intuition, for one. It’s like someone just flips a switch, and that inner voice starts shouting from the rooftops to trust your instincts and somehow you’re now tuned into a different frequency. You start experiencing synchronicities and wanting to connect with a higher purpose, and that’s just the beginning. My spirit guides shared a message that I’ve kept with me for years: “Your awakening, my love, does not come but once. This is the path of many roads, many mountains. What you seek has never been lost, but the length of your journey to discover this, my dear, is completely up to you.
Love Never Dies. In memory of.
This morning, I woke up to some sad news that reminded me of how fragile life is. It’s often within moments of grief that we start to reflect on what truly matters. Grief reminds us that we opened our hearts; I guess in many ways you could say it is the price we pay for love, but as difficult as it may feel to have lost, it is even more of a reminder that we have loved. That someone came into our lives and made a profound impact, no matter how long we’ve known them, how fleeting or small. The beautiful thing is, we take with us a piece of that memory, the essence of their soul, and it lives on within us. It is in honoring the privilege of experiencing knowing them that we continue to move forward, to seize the day if you will, to embrace life to its fullest, and to let our love shine bright because at the end of the day, it will always be about the love that we give and the love that we receive in return.
For Linda. Your light lives on dear beautiful cousin. Rest in Peace.
They're just words. Step into your power.
Have you ever felt thrown off by just a few words someone said, unable to shake off their impact? It’s incredible, isn’t it, how much power words have over us? When you really think about it, it seems almost absurd that mere words have the ability to knock us down. Yesterday, I found myself caught up in the words “body frame” in the context of someone judging another by how they looked and struck a chord within me, triggering a boatload of emotions, mixed in with my own bucket of insecurities. But, it’s funny how much significance we attach to words, isn’t it?
In moments like this, it’s a great reminder to first and foremost remember that those words belong to someone else; they don’t define you. Take a moment to pause, to breathe, and try not to get caught up in someone else’s narrative. Tune into your feelings and reclaim your power. Step back into your own light and shine brightly, knowing that your worth is beyond any words spoken. Period.
Ch Ch Ch Changes
You know that feeling you get when you accomplish something that you really didn’t want to do, but you totally forced yourself to do it anyway because you knew afterwards you’d feel AMAZING and so glad you did? It doesn’t matter what it is—THAT, my dear friend, is the energy you want to pull in—the memory and the feeling of how great you’ll feel after every time you doubt or procrastinate. Just watch how things start to positively change in your life. Remember, change cannot happen without creating changes.
Those pesky thoughts!
Which voice in your head are you listening to? When I find myself in the space of negative thinking, I have a little chat with myself. Sometimes it’s a middle finger in the mirror, followed by ‘we’re not going there today’—I’m so not kidding. I usually always laugh after, which is needed. We all have days when we are a little harder on ourselves. So, give yourself a breather and acknowledge that you’re just having an off day without being overly critical. Treat yourself with the same kindness and understanding that you would offer to a friend, and maybe try challenging yourself by redirecting your thoughts to your strengths and accomplishments, not on what’s not going your way or working in the moment. Everything will be okay. You’ve got this!