Blog | Dawn Petalino

acceptance, Choices, confidence, depression, finding peace, Guidance, inner truth, letting go, listening, Miracles, overwhelm, relationships, sadness, Self-Care, Self-love, Trust

You Can Only Receive in This Moment
Her mind had been ruminating over some big questions lately, regarding a new home and career. The future loomed large, but instead of researching answers, she found herself spending a few hours googling beach retreats. Guilt ridden, she said, “Maybe I’m just trying to run away from my problems and my family. Everyone is getting […]
anxiety, change, Choices, confidence, finding peace, Guidance, Higher Self, letting go, listening, Miracles, overwhelm, Trust

Finding Clarity in the Moment
It doesn’t take much. I have my plans for the day, and then something unexpected comes up and all my little “plans” go out the window. This used to throw me into a tailspin, depending on how big the change. And nothing hit harder than when it came to my pocketbook. A client would cancel […]
acceptance, change, depression, finding peace, Guidance, inner truth, letting go, Love, overwhelm, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, the void, Trust

How to Overcome and Heal Depression
Depression can be a four letter words these days. In a world where positivity, intention, and manifestation are seen as the gateway to heaven, depression appears as the grim reaper, ready to take us down. No one wants to admit they’re depressed. When friends or family call, we say, “we’re in a funk”, or […]
acceptance, confidence, depression, finding peace, Guidance, Happiness, inner truth, letting go, Love, Miracles, planning, Self-Worth, Trust, uncertainty, Worthiness

Good is Your Inheritance
How often do we wonder what our next step should be, if we’re doing the right thing, or what the best decision to make at this time is? If you’re like me, a lot. It’s a rare moment we just relax with life, trusting the next step will be there as we go about our […]
acceptance, anxiety, change, confidence, finding peace, Guidance, inner truth, letting go, Love, Miracles, Trust, uncertainty, Worthiness

Trust Life is Leading You to Your Good
Life is leading you to your good. It’s hard to say that at times. I mean, when someone leaves you, something breaks down in your home, or your dream falls apart, you feel the pain of those things leaving and question what you’re doing wrong. But here’s the thing. Life is always leading […]
acceptance, anxiety, Awareness, change, confidence, depression, finding peace, Higher Self, inner truth, letting go, listening, Miracles, planning, Self-Care, Self-love, the void, Trust

How To Handle the Time In-Between
You know the drill. Life goes on as usual, in it’s predictable manner, then something arises that jolts you out of the ordinary – and that something may be coming from inside your soul. After you’ve gotten past the initial panic and disbelief, a part of you wants to drag back the old habits and […]
acceptance, anxiety, Awareness, change, confidence, depression, finding peace, Guidance, letting go, listening, Miracles, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, the void, Trust

Stop Resisting Your Life; the Spiritual Process of Change
It was just a feeling, but one I’ve had before. The feeling your life is too tight. Like a jacket, you wish to discard, only there’s nothing else to wear. This is it. This stage used to scare me a lot until I understand a little bit more of the spiritual process of […]
acceptance, anxiety, Awareness, confidence, depression, finding peace, Forgiveness, inner truth, letting go, listening, Love, overwhelm, sadness, Self-Care, Self-love, Trust

How To Hold Sadness as Part of Your Awakening
In the land of Facebook where, for the most part, everything is seen as “light, happy, and all is well in the world”, admitting any kind of sadness or depression feels like failure. So instead, we mask it, deny it, push it away, or pull ourselves up from our bootstraps, and move on. […]
acceptance, Awareness, change, Choices, finding peace, Forgiveness, letting go, Love, Miracles, relationships, Self-love, Self-Worth

Freeing Yourself From Guilt and Resentment
I wish I could say I always took the high road, but I’d be lying. When someone says something that I feel is an attack, or tries to make me feel less than, my impulse is to educate them (loudly) about all the ways they’re screwing up. Needless to say, they don’t hear me, and […]
acceptance, Awareness, Choices, finding peace, Happiness, letting go, Love, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, Self-Worth, Trust, Worthiness

4 Steps to “Letting” Happiness In
“Joy is truly the greatest threat to the separated self, for it comes from union.” A Course of Love “I just want you to be happy.” Isn’t that what we tell those we love? Isn’t that what we tell ourselves? That we just want to be happy? And yet, when circumstances conform to our liking, […]