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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, 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 […]
acceptance, anxiety, change, confidence, depression, finding peace, Forgiveness, Happiness, inner truth, letting go, Love, Miracles, overwhelm, rebuilding trust, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-love, Self-Worth, the void, Trust, uncertainty, Worthiness

Miracles Are Not Dependent on Your Worthiness
It was 2006. I knew it was time to leave my husband because of the peace I felt. To have left any earlier would have put my body and mind in more stress. But I had no idea where to go. I repeat, I HAD NO IDEA. I didn’t know what I needed or […]
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 […]
abundance, acceptance, confidence, finding peace, Higher Self, letting go, listening, Love, Miracles, overwhelm, planning, Trust, uncertainty

Birthing the Idea of Benevolence;Trusting the Universe
The difficult times we’ve lived through are not there to represent how hard life can be, but to show us the truth of our strength and our ability to know, “I’ll be okay.” Memories still surface of my own two by four experience on this path 14 years ago. My marriage was falling apart and […]
acceptance, Awareness, confidence, Guidance, inner truth, listening, purpose, Self-Acceptance, Self-Worth, Trust, Worthiness

Finding Your Purpose; Owning Your Gifts
I’d often thought, why couldn’t I have been satisfied with being a third-grade teacher? Why did I have to go upsetting the apple cart and venture down this road of entrepreneurship as a coach and healer? Life would have been a lot easier had I just stayed in Pennsylvania. But would it? When I […]
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 […]
acceptance, anxiety, change, depression, finding peace, grief, Love, Miracles, sadness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-love, Trust

You’re Not Going Crazy, You’re Being Healed
At first, it can seem like your world’s been turned upside-down. Everyone and everything annoys you. At the same same time, you’re trying to reassure yourself there’s nothing really wrong and why can’t you be nicer? Or maybe you’re trying very hard to get yourself out of the funk you’re in by being grateful for […]
anxiety, change, finding peace, Guidance, letting go, listening, Miracles, overwhelm, the void, Trust, uncertainty

Space is Necessary for the New to Enter
I know, I know. In a world that values action, inaction can seem like self-sabotage. At the very least, it feels incredibly wrong and indicative of losing out in some way. Inaction is uncomfortable. It makes us squirm and worry over what we’re not doing or should be doing or are doing wrong. Oh, […]

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