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acceptance, Choices, confidence, finding peace, Guidance, Happiness, Higher Self, letting go, listening, Miracles, overwhelm, planning, purpose, sacrificing, Trust, Trusting the Universe, uncertainty, Worthiness

Does Surrender Require Sacrifice?
There have been several times in my life when I questioned God, how long until… I knew about the law of attraction. I knew about visualization. I knew about feeling as if the thing you wanted were already here. And I did those things. I went through the exercises and followed the rules, only to […]
acceptance, Choices, finding peace, Forgiveness, guilt, Happiness, letting go, Love, Miracles, relationships, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, Self-Worth, Uncategorized, Worthiness

Forgiveness – the Toughest Act You’ll Ever Do
As spiritual as you try to be, unless you understand self-forgiveness, you’ll never allow your true worth. But here’s how to start.
acceptance, anxiety, Awareness, Choices, confidence, Guidance, listening, overwhelm, Trust, uncertainty

Regaining Sanity, Joy, and Freedom
A lot of times, we think of freedom as getting away from it all, going to the beach or mountains for a week and doing nothing. But that’s not really freedom, that’s called a break. Real freedom is when we can break free from our conditional habits and thoughts. Think about it, if we were […]
acceptance, Awareness, change, Choices, confidence, depression, Forgiveness, guilt, Happiness, inner truth, letting go, Love, Miracles, overwhelm, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, Self-Worth, Trust, Trusting the Universe, Worthiness

No Longer Waiting for Self-Approval
As I slumped in my meditation chair, I asked, “How long, God? How long?” I’ve thrown this question out to the Universe many a times when discouragement, weariness, or the desire to run away has overtaken me. The “how long” meant how long till this vision of mine comes to fruition? How long do […]
acceptance, anxiety, Awareness, change, Choices, finding peace, Forgiveness, guilt, Happiness, inner truth, listening, Love, relationships, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-love, Trust, Worthiness

Rewiring the Brain, Building New Tracks
We tend to be creatures of habit, and no where does that show up more than in our thinking. Waking up to a rainy Tuesday wasn’t bad after a previous late night. With coffee and meditation, I felt energized enough to hit the elliptical and shower, and even inspired to do some afternoon […]
acceptance, anxiety, change, Choices, confidence, depression, finding peace, Guidance, letting go, Love, Miracles, overwhelm, rebuilding trust, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, Trust, uncertainty

Relax and Let Go
Don’t you love the words, “let go”? They bring to mind that old commercial in the 80’s of the Nestle Tea plunge, where the guy falls backward into a pool of water with eyes closed and a big grin on his face. Totally trusting, totally carefree. And isn’t it interesting that we could all live […]
anxiety, Awareness, Choices, confidence, finding peace, Guidance, inner truth, letting go, listening, Miracles, overwhelm, Trust, uncertainty

Relax into the Unknowing
When I first had the inspiration to start a tutoring business, and later, a spiritual coaching business, I had no idea where to begin. As I learned more, I became overwhelmed by all the hoops I’d need to jump through in order to make this thing happen. After which, I’d run for the nearest […]
acceptance, anxiety, change, Choices, finding peace, grief, letting go, Miracles, overwhelm, relationships, Trust, uncertainty

The One Thought to Bring About Miracles
It was one of the most difficult times in my life, relocating to South Carolina, feeling estranged from my husband, and working 14-hour days in a new school. Every day was a practice in faith. Small gifts of unexpected joy came from a cup of coffee, laughter with my students, and having a Unity […]
anxiety, Awareness, Choices, confidence, Higher Self, inner truth, letting go, Love, Miracles, overwhelm, relationships, Self-love, Self-Worth, Trust, uncertainty, Worthiness

Withdraw from the Battle
When we acknowledge there is ONLY one Power in the Universe – God, the Good, the Omnipotent. Nothing and no one can take away our good or our inheritance of grace. There is only one way that anything could have power over the Higher Consciousness of Love, and that is if we give it power […]
anxiety, change, Choices, confidence, finding peace, Guidance, Higher Self, inner truth, letting go, Miracles, overwhelm, planning, the void, Trust, uncertainty

You Will Know Your Truth When You Feel Peace
Back in 2005, I was teaching my first year at low income school in South Carolina. Every day felt like one more step into my own prison. I had loved teaching in Pennsylvania for the last 12 years, but here, there was too much stress, too much demand, and too little time. I was […]