Living with passion and purpose is key to creating the life we want and drawing spiritual meaning from it. It even helps us live a longer and healthier life. Yet, for many of us, life's most persistent and urgent question, "What is my passion and purpose?" eludes us. Discovering our passion and purpose can be an overwhelming, often confusing and even daunting process. Because we have so many mindsets that dictate what we should do, it makes it difficult to discover what truly aligns with our heart.We are so afraid we'll make a mistake, or lose what we already have that we avoid taking time with ourselves to find the answers. And, we wonder … [Read more...]
Practicing Healthy Detachment
As I walked into my favorite Starbucks, contemplating what I wanted to write about this week, I noticed a new sign on the door. It read: "It's not about you or us. It's about change. Change for the better." The sign also informed its customers that the store would be closing for a week for remodeling. Tuning in to myself, the message spoke to me about practicing healthy detachment. Practicing healthy detachment calls us to trust and accept any situation no matter how painful or difficult as an opportunity for transformation. It means moving with the constant flow of change no matter what it may look like, when it may happen, or where it may … [Read more...]
Finding Balance in Your Life
Finding balance in our life is key to enhancing our health, relationships and wellbeing. Many of us are experiencing a particularly intense period of healing, self-discovery, and personal transformation. During this tremendous shift, we have to find balance by trusting ourselves and moving through these times with lightness, love and an inner knowing that we are prepared. It is essential that we balance our energies by taking precious care of ourselves and letting go of more in our lives then ever before. When our physical realities shift, we can feel off center, ungrounded, and begin to question who we are and what we really want. If we … [Read more...]
Sustaining a Positive Flow of Energy
When we sustain a positive flow of energy, we openly create a sense of well-being and happiness. We hold steady and remain balanced in the midst of the natural twists and turns of life. There will always be external circumstances that challenge us in ways beyond what we think we are capable. Yet, when we pause, open our hearts, and release all reactivity, we realize these moments are divine opportunities to transform our lives. To sustain a state of well-being, we breathe, let go of our fear-based thoughts and let things be. Remember that you are the source of the inner and outer landscape of your life. The quality of it is determined by … [Read more...]
Riding the Turbulent Waves of Transformation
What a wild summer it has been as we continue to experience the tremendous shifts on a global and personal level. Whether we view it as mercury retrograde or a full moon, this transformational shift feels like a surfer on his board riding a huge wave. On the global level, we are experiencing computer glitches, weather pattern changes, stock market ups and downs and political turmoil. On a personal basis, many of us are struggling with work, career, finances, health and relationships feeling fatigue, energy drains and deep disappointments. However, the good news is that this time is one of unprecedented transformation. How we perceive these … [Read more...]
Establishing Healthy Energetic Boundaries
Establishing healthy energetic boundaries is key to keeping a harmonious flow of energy through our relationships and in our lives. This can be especially challenging with our most intimate relationships as we are highly sensitive to the energetic pull that they have on our hearts. We often want their happiness and well-being even more than they want it for themselves and get overly involved in trying to create it for them. This energetic drain can block our heart center which often results in feelings of compassion fatigue.Keeping healthy energetic boundaries between ourselves and another person isn't always easy especially with those we … [Read more...]
Flowing Gracefully Through Life’s Challenges
Life presents us with the opportunity to flow gracefully through life-altering challenges everyday. In such moments, we can feel anxious, unprepared, and even a sense of futility when faced with an unexpected situation. This is when we are challenged to let go of our expectations and "go with the flow." By trusting ourselves and our connection with a higher source, we can remain open to this positive flow of energy.It's important that we accept any situation no matter how painful or difficult as an opportunity for personal transformation. The following story exemplifies how we can flow gracefully through any challenge. Over the weekend, I … [Read more...]
Creating a Flow of Abundance
Creating a flow of abundance in our lives requires a harmonious balance of giving and receiving without expectations or conditions. When we practice the mutual exchange of giving and receiving, we become the energetic conduit for directing this flow of energy. This mutual exchange of light energy is governed by the spiritual law of circulation. We sustain loving, positive energy in circulation by what we think, feel, say and do. And, when we transmit energy in this way from our heart, we affect everyone and everything in the universe.Many of us think that we can create a flow of abundance by forcing something to happen or giving with an … [Read more...]
Celebrating Our Freedom of Spirit
"We have the opportunity in every moment to "be the blessing"-to be the positive, emanating and clear presence of light." - Deb RebleWe can celebrate our freedom of spirit by making the choice to love, create, express and live beyond condition in every moment. Our freedom of spirit inspires us to break out of our comfort zone, to make discerning choices and to expand beyond our perceived limits. As we celebrate this weekend, we are honoring our own independent spirit that knows no boundaries, sees no limits, and guides us to listen to and follow our hearts.Having recently been in Egypt, I witnessed the freedom of the human spirit where … [Read more...]
Traveling as an Energetic Ambassador
Whether we travel abroad or down the street, we can move through life as an energetic ambassador emitting light and love wherever we go and with whomever we meet. We have this opportunity in every moment not only to bless the space but to also "be the blessing"-to be the positive, emanating and clear presence of light.Traveling even the shortest distances takes us outside of our daily routines, transports us beyond our usual patterns of behavior and inspires new experiences. For example, I had the recent opportunity to be an energetic ambassador to Egypt. From the moment I made the choice to go, I opened to a positive flow of energy that … [Read more...]
