Giving ourselves permission to “just be” requires letting go of our preconceived mind-sets and beliefs about how we should live, and following our hearts instead.When you give yourself permission to be, you tap into an unlimited source of positive energy and creativity, and begin to see your experiences from an expanded perspective. From this “bird’s-eye view,” you can get new information about yourself, your true desires, and your souls’ journey.Accomplishments and achievements are wonderful, but if you are to live in a fully realized and authentic state, it is the light of your being, not the work of your hands that must shine forth beyond … [Read more...]
How to Move through Transitions with Ease and Grace
We can move through transitions, intense periods of self-discovery, healing, and transformation with ease and grace.Although moving through any transition may make us feel that we are losing our bearings, they are spiritual signs that we are processing new and stored information simultaneously and expanding our conscious awareness. in preparation for the next step forward in life—just as it is necessary to spring up at the end of a diving board to gather momentum for a full twist into the pool.While moving through transitions, you may experience physical and emotional exhaustion, anxiety, and/or disorientation. At such times you might get … [Read more...]
Disengaging From Negative Energy
Establishing healthy energetic boundaries with family members, friends, associates, coworkers, and even strangers is important in disengaging from negative energy. Some highly sensitive individuals struggle to keep their energy from bleeding into the energy fields of people around them, or strive to prevent other people’s energy from infiltrating their energy field. If there are toxic people around us on a consistent basis, and we are allowing their negativity to affect us within—like a slow moving infection—this alone can bring on disease by weakening our defenses. Even if the negative energy created by others in our lives is at a very low … [Read more...]
Opening Our Hearts Awakens Us to Our Authenticity
"Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends." — AberjhaniOpening our hearts awakens us to our authentic selves. Seeing ourselves through the eyes of our hearts, we can acknowledge that we are love and, therefore, whole and complete. In this state of awareness, we become our own safe haven, free to fully express who we are, for there is nothing we need to do except be love—at one with our source of love and at peace with ourselves. Seeing ourselves as love prepares us to cultivate loving relationships and live from the perspective of universal love. Opening our hearts to awaken to our authentic selves takes … [Read more...]
Don’t Worry Be Happy: 10 Ways to Boost Your Well-Being
"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way." ~ Thich Nhat Hhan Many of us feel that the pursuit of happiness is elusive and unattainable. We think if we just had the right job, relationship, or an abundance of money that then we would be happy. Yet, contrary to this popular belief, happiness is a state of being-wellbeing that is within our grasp. And, we have always had the power to create it in our lives. We have known this internal power as children when we played in the puddles after a warm rain, chased after fireflies in the summer, or built forts or fairy alters in our yards. Sustaining a flow of happiness takes the … [Read more...]
