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Life Changes-Making Transitions with Ease!
When you are in the beginning, middle or end of a transition, it can be tough to keep your balance. As I know many of you are in the midst of a change (and I’m in the middle of one too), I thought it might be helpful to get some insight on how to do it with ease.
I asked for some Divine input and the metaphor I was shown is below:
I am standing on slate that begins to crack and shift beneath my feet. I struggle not to fall. I hear: “What do you wish to be standing on? Choose that and it will be so. There is no need to stand on something that is at an end. Choose instead to stand solidly on your new truth. It will support you with ease.” I look down at my feet and see that I’m now standing on soft, thick grass with small blue flowers all around me.
Using this image and some additional guidance I’ve been receiving, here are three simple steps to help you move forward with ease through your own transition.
1. Stay clear on your intention. Where are you going? Spend time imagining yourself in the life you are moving into. Even if you don’t know the particulars, you can still immerse yourself in how you want to feel. In doing this, you are setting a clear intention for what you want to experience. Make note of what qualities or experiences are important for you to incorporate into your new situation. You are choosing how you want this new life to look. Make sure it is in alignment with your needs, not the “thou shalts” of those around you.
2. Keep it simple. When we get out of balance, our emotions can confuse the process. This is the step where we invoke all the love and support we can receive to get through the transition and achieve our intention in the simplest way possible. Ask your highest self and your Spiritual Support Team of Angels, Archangels, Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters to provide you with simple, clear steps to reach your intention. Ask them to motivate you to do whatever is needed to reach your goal. Then pay attention to what you feel drawn to. Listen to and respect your feelings as they are guideposts pointing you in the right direction.
3. Make a commitment. To feel safe and comfortable during a transition, we need to be able to trust ourselves. What do you need to get through this change with ease? I’ve found using an affirmation beginning with “I promise myself…” can be a very powerful tool for me to really feel my own dedication to nurturing myself while moving into a new situation. For example, if you are transitioning into a new career, you might find the following affirmation helpful: “I promise myself that I will release the old and move into the new in my life with ease and grace.” If you are moving to a new home, you might try the affirmation: “I promise myself that I will easily and effortlessly create an amazing new home that I absolutely love!” If you are leaving a relationship, you might find the following helpful: “I promise myself that I will accept new loving relationships in my life with those who adore me and who I adore.” Also, promise yourself that you will create the space to honor that which is ending in your life. Take the time to recognize the people, experiences and emotions about the experience that has ended. Bless all of it with love (even the parts that have been painful), and promise yourself that you will take what you’ve learned and let go of the rest as you move forward.
Wishing you gentle and joyous transitions and a life you love!
Nancy
PS. Energetically we are constantly making transitions. This Sunday, I’ll be doing a free call to introduce my new Spiritual Parenting Club. The club (and the call) will help parents and those who work with children energetically and spiritually support those in their care. If you are interested in learning more or participating in the call, send me an email! The call is on 5/20 at 7PM Eastern Standard Time. For club details: SPIRITUAL PARENTING CLUB
Aligning Your Beliefs with Your Truth
One of the themes that have been coming up lately for my clients (and me too!) centers around examining our foundational beliefs. What is it that you really believe? Are you living by “codes” or “laws” that don’t really align with your core truths?
I’ve been doing some work with this concept and a few techniques came through to work with this idea. Check them out below!
1. Ask yourself, “Am I standing on fear or love?” A good way to determine if you are operating on a belief system that is in alignment with your soul is to uncover what you are using to make a decision. Are you choosing out of fear of the consequences of your choice or are you making the choice based on love for what you are choosing? For example, think about a time when you are trying to decide what to eat. Do you make the food choice because you LOVE what you are going to eat? Do you feel it is life giving and that it will really nourish you? Or are you making the choice out of fear that you must eat something healthy to avoid disease and illness? By making sure that we are aligning with the vibration of love in our choices, we are standing on the foundation that is in sync with our soul.
2. Check in with your feelings. Pay close attention to your physical reactions as you think different thoughts. For instance, if you are thinking about taking an action, notice if you feel light and peaceful or tense. If you feel tense, ask yourself what is the foundational belief that is leading me to take this action? Next, ask yourself if this is something you personally think is true, or simply something you’ve been told is true. As we evolve, we must determine what truths we stand on. It is no longer possible to blindly accept the “thou shalts” of our elders or colleagues. We need to KNOW that what we are using as the framework to make our choices is based on truths in alignment with our own soul. Only then will our choices align with our life purpose.
3. Write out your truths. Think of this as your personal Code of Honor. These are the truths you live by. Spend some time with each item and make sure you really feel each belief is true for you. When I did this for a client, Spirit brought through ten different metaphors for these truths. Since the Bible provided Ten Commandments, maybe ten is a good number of truths to aim for!
4. Understand yourself better. By doing deep inner work, we are able to get a broader understanding of who we are and what makes us tick. There are lots of books, spiritual advisers, counselors and programs available to help you do this. You may also find a personality test helpful. I recently completed a Myers-BriggsPersonality Test and found the results to be deeply insightful. It helped me to see some patterns in my psyche that resulted in me investing in truths that I no longer believe in. If you’d like to try this test, check out the link at the end of the article.
5. Choose what you want! What if you could decide to make certain truths “givens” in your life? For example, what if you chose to have safety be a foundational truth? Imagine if being safe was something you could count on as surely as you expect to be able to take your next breath. You wouldn’t have to worry about it or figure out how to make it happen. It would just be true! You could actually just rest in the knowledge that you are safe. And what about doing the same thing with financial security, loving relationships, and fulfilling work? The good news is that you CAN choose this! Make the decision that having your needs met be a foundational truth for you. Ask the Divine to make it so! Then spend some time living in that reality. Feel how wonderful you feel resting in the truth that you are safe, loved, and fulfilled as part of the basic foundational truths in your life. The Universe wants you to be in alignment with the Divine and your highest truth, so that you can be most fully yourself.
What is the most important truth you live by? Feel free to share in the comment section or send me an email about your thoughts.
Blessings to you!
Nancy
PS. If you’d like to try the Myers- Briggs Personality test, it is available at this link: http://digitalcitizen.ca/2011/02/20/free-personality-assessment/
Additional information exploring your results can be found at this link:
New Article and Intuitive Message!
WordPress had a little glitch this morning and none of my posts made it out by email. If you missed them, the links and an excerpt are below!
From Letting Go of “Doing”
As the energies shift and we all evolve into more clear expressions of our true nature, we are called to let go of old approaches. Using the caterpillar/butterfly metaphor, sometimes it is difficult to switch from the focus of getting things done (for example, finishing off the leaves on the branch you are on) to focusing fully on creating and appreciating the beauty around us. Have you ever found yourself feeling pulled in a thousand directions at the same time? Sometimes the drive to “do” can throw us into a state of confusion and exhaustion. We lose our focus on looking for the beautiful and get caught in accomplishing tasks. As I’ve been experiencing this lately myself, I asked for some guidance. Here is what came through…
To read the rest, visit this link…
I write a weekly intuitive message for my Soul Friends’ Community. I decided to share this week’s message with everyone, so check out the link below to read what came through!
Intuitive Message for this week
And a little bonus…
A quote from Answered Prayers: Love Letters from the Divine by Julia Cameron
“Allow me to come close to you. Let me into your life. Allow me to enter your heart. I come with respect. I bring the gifts of gentleness and wisdom. I am for you wise counsel. Share with me your hurried heart. Slow down and speak with me. I bring you joy.”
Wishing you a joyous evening!
Nancy
Letting Go of “Doing”
As the energies shift and we all evolve into more clear expressions of our true nature, we are called to let go of old approaches. Using the caterpillar/butterfly metaphor, sometimes it is difficult to switch from the focus of getting things done (for example, finishing off the leaves on the branch you are on) to focusing fully on creating and appreciating the beauty around us.
Have you ever found yourself feeling pulled in a thousand directions at the same time? Sometimes the drive to “do” can throw us into a state of confusion and exhaustion. We lose our focus on looking for the beautiful and get caught in accomplishing tasks.
As I’ve been experiencing this lately myself, I asked for some guidance. Here is what came through…
I saw myself standing in a room with doors all around me. The room was round. The doors were all open and I was looking from one to another in confusion. When I stopped and gathered myself, I asked the Angels to close the doors. I could feel my system relax and I saw an image of myself sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. I turned my attention into the core of my being and asked, what do I really want to know right now?
The answer I heard was that I want to know which door to open first. They all were appealing and I felt the need to get to work. But what I heard was that the doors are all illusion. There aren’t really any doors to be opened or closed. Instead there is only love.
Spirit asked, “What do you love? What would you love to create? What would you love to do?”
I saw myself taken out of the room with all the doors and I was sitting on a wind-swept mountain. I could see for miles and the sun felt warm. There was a forest before me. I stood up and walked along the path, taking my time and enjoying the sensations and scents. As I stepped beneath the trees, I breathed in the fresh pine scent and felt my whole body relax. There was a hush beneath the trees, a deep stillness. I let myself soak it up for a moment. But only a moment…soon I was back to looking at all the choices around me. Should I sit beneath a tree? Go back to the path? Return to the clearing? I felt the swirling chaos again, and then I heard Spirit ask. What do you want to do?
I found myself answering that I want to do it all (again, a caterpillar with too many yummy leaves to be eaten)! I heard…
Then do what you want to do the most first, and then do the next thing. There is no time limit. There is no chance that you won’t get to what you truly feel drawn to do. There is no “have to’s” for you to reach your goals and dreams. Be a butterfly, not a caterpillar. Follow the flowers! Look for bright colors! Daydream…
I find that it helps to use a metaphor when incorporating new wisdom. Here are a few simple steps to follow using the butterfly metaphor.
Butterfly Wisdom
1. Gather yourself. Be still and listen to the beat of your own rhythm and song.
2. Soak in the sun with wings open to receive all the love and support available to you.
3. Lift off. Take that leap of faith and trust.
4. Let the wind support you. There is no need to struggle or strive. The Universe is on your side. Let it lift you and gently guide you to where you really want to go.
5. Land only on what is beautiful. Seek the most beautiful flowers in the garden of your life. They are there, simply waiting for you to find them.
And a final thought from Spirit…
Ask not what should I do, but instead where should I love?
With love and blessings to all of you!
Nancy
www.EmpoweringLightworkers.com
Taking Ownership: Discover Your True Essence (And Release the Rest)
If you were a house, what would you be like? According to some dream experts, dreaming about a house often means that we are dreaming about ourselves. The condition of the house indicates the state of our own inner world. I’ve had a series of recurring dreams about a house. Each time, the house feels so familiar. I absolutely love it, but up until recently, I wasn’t yet the owner of it. It was also always filled with other people and their belongings. After a wonderful elemental reflexology session, it finally occurred to me that it was time to ask my Spiritual Support Team to clear it out. Once I did that, it was time to finally claim ownership.
The word “claim” is very important with this process. We need to be willing to claim ourselves, all of ourselves. I spent a lot of time over the last several years digging through all the forgotten or hidden aspects of my psyche and coming to terms with what I found there. In my Soul Friends’ book, I talk about the Soul Friends’ preferred method of dealing with skeletons in the closet…bring them out to dance! I’ve found that in truth, most of the parts of ourselves we are afraid to admit to or face our usually much more positive than we realize. Shadows on the walls are bigger then when you look at them directly. We also need to stop claiming that which is not us. I find that many people are claiming “facts” about their personality which are really just emotional responses to experience they have had.
We talk of shielding and boundaries frequently when I am working with clients. It feels to me as if shielding is actually better termed as being unwavering in our own essence. When we know who we are and feel the truth of our Divine Self, our essence cannot be altered by others energies or emotions. We are free to invite the world to visit, knowing that we won’t be adjusting what they find when they come. All the Universe asks of us is to be truest expression of ourselves.
So where are you in this process? Have you emptied out your closets and discovered your true self? Are you ready to see how all of that self fit together?
For March’s Empowerment Call, we’ll be asking our Spiritual Support Team to help us see the house of ourselves and to get a feel for what is going on inside of us. By understanding ourselves better, we will be better able to stay centered in our truth. We will claim that which is us, and release that which is not! To join me, check out the call details below:
Taking Ownership: Discover your true essence and release the rest!
3/11/2012 at 7-8 PM Eastern Standard Time
Cost: Free to Soul Friends’ Community Members (Not a member yet? You can learn more here: SOUL FRIENDS’ COMMUNITY ); Non-Members-$15
Non-Members can register here (and you can also read some FAQ’s about the empowerment calls that I just added!): EMPOWERMENT CALLS
Blessings to you and yours!
Nancy
PS. For those who live in Northeast Ohio, the elemental reflexology session was with my friend and colleague, Judy Tancinco. You can learn more about Judy and the work she does here: JUDY
Releasing Unhealthy Emotional Patterns
“But if you bring your attention to tension, won’t you get lost in it? This is the fear that leads people into escapist positive thinking practices. The logic of positive thinking is rather appealing, because this doctrine claims that you should give more energy to positive thoughts, and less energy to negative thoughts. Unfortunately, that is rather like choosing not to notice the moldy smell of decaying food in the kitchen. It becomes more and more difficult to enjoy the bouquet of roses when the stink of moldy cheese becomes stronger and stronger.”
Joel Bruce Wallach
Boy can I relate to this quote! I am a firm believer in positive thoughts and positive affirmations. I can tell how my physical self changes, opens, and becomes more relaxed when I think thoughts that make me feel good. I know these things work, and work well. I also am realizing that sometimes no matter how much you want the moldy cheese to smell like roses, it still smells like moldy cheese.
My understanding of what Joel Bruce Wallach (founder of Cosmic-Consciousness and the creator of the Powerforms), suggest that we can change our experience of the moldy cheese by expanding our awareness…by looking at the situation from the more expansive view of our higher self. As we shift our perspective, we release the energies trapped in the experience, and the experience changes.
I decided to ask for some additional insight on this topic. Here is what came through…
I’m hearing that in using this metaphor, the moldy cheese is a psychological/emotional pattern that is no longer serving. We continue the pattern over and over with the same result, but we feel unable to change this perspective. In the case of the cheese in the refrigerator, we would simply throw it out. I am hearing the same principle applies.
How do we throw out an ingrained emotional pattern?
First, you need to recognize the pattern. If you are unable to see how you are responding to the situation, you are unable to let the pattern be released. To discover what is going on, look to your emotional self. What are you feeling? What words, experiences, impressions bring forth a strong emotional response? These are the clues that will help you discover the pattern that is stuck.
Once the pattern has been identified, it is time to put the emotions aside. Look at the reaction or experience as if you were studying a fly on the wall. You would not be thinking of the fly’s emotions. Instead, you would be focused on what it looks like, what you are observing of its actions, etc. Do this with the situation. See it through the eyes of logic. Sometimes it helps to imagine someone else who is non-emotional. How would they view the situation? What would they do in your shoes?
After you have clearly noted the logical observations about the situation, it is time to ask yourself a few questions.
Is this reaction serving me in some way? If so, in what way is it providing something you think you need?
Are you projecting your own inner child or wounded self into the situation? What does it look like without this projection?
If you didn’t know the people involved or even yourself, what would you observe about the dynamic?
What is the healthiest response to the situation you can imagine (if you were not involved in any way)?
I know when I applied these steps to a situation I was facing, I discovered that I was projecting how I would react in the situation instead of really observing the person who was directly involved. I also realized that I was trying to “protect” someone which was preventing them from learning the lesson they needed to in order to grow. During a session with a client recently, the image came through of a young sapling growing on a mountain hillside. There were dark storm clouds coming and strong winds. I could feel the sapling as it held tightly to the Earth in the face of the winds and storm. I heard Spirit say that learning to hold on is how the tree grows the strong roots it needs. It was clear that trying to shelter the sapling in some way would not serve it in the long run, as it wouldn’t have the strength to grow into its full potential.
Finally, ask your team of Angels and Spirit Guides to clear away any ties to past experiences or emotions. Ask them to cut all cords that bind you to the unhealthy pattern. See them sweeping away the fear and confusion and transforming it into pure love. Affirm, “It is safe for me to allow others to grow in the soil of their choosing. It is safe for me to remain uninvolved. All is well, all is well, and all will be well. And so it is.”
Blessings to you and yours!
Nancy
www.EmpoweringLightworkers.com
PS. To read the full article written by Joel Bruce Wallach, visit his website: Cosmic Consciousness
An Intuitive Message for the day!
I asked for an image to help you make the most of your day. Here’s what came through:
The image I’m seeing is of an orange still on the tree. It looks very plump and round. There is still some green on the top where it attached to the branch. I’m hearing that the orange represents the sweet goodness and warm sunshine of life. It’s almost ready to be picked! I’m hearing that you are free to start imagining just how awesome it is going to taste when it finishes ripening!
Have a sunshine-filled day!
Nancy
www.EmpoweringLightworkers.com
PS Did you see my husband’s Valentine’s comic panel? You can check it out on the Soul Friends’ website: Valentine’s Humor
Aura Pulsing-Balance Your Energy!
Check out a simple technique I just learned to help you balance your Auric Field! It is really simple and gentle, but very powerful…
I hope you find it helpful!
Have a great day!
Nancy
Expect, Deserve, Experience!
I came across a new technique that I’m really finding so powerful. I thought I’d share it with all of you! One of the Louise Hay affirmations on the I Can Do It! Calendar said, “I expect and deserve perfect health.” As everyone in my family is in some stage of a cold at the moment, I found myself saying the affirmation. When I saw how my sore throat and stuffy nose started to clear up, I decided to expand it. I started substituting perfect health for other things I “expect and deserve.” Wow! I could really feel my energy shifting and my whole system relaxing.
I added a little more to the affirmation in case you want to try my version. Here’s what I’m using…
I expect and deserve (loving relationships, prosperity, perfect health, a fulfilling career, etc). Angels (or Jesus, God, Higher Self or whatever Divine force you feel called to) make it so, and so it is!
Give it a try!
What do you “expect and deserve?”
Have a great day!
Nancy
Our Divine Nature
“When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
I was shown a metaphor for our Divine Nature and I thought I’d share it.
The first image was of a beautiful blue lake and I was told that the lake represents the soul. One drop of that lake comes into the physical self for this incarnation. The lake is connected by a vast river to the ocean. The river represents the Angels, Archangels, and Ascended Masters who help us connect to the Divine. God by whatever name you call him/her is represented by the ocean. When we come into human form, we bring with us a miniature of this representation into our experience. A drop of God comes and surrounds us. We are able to connect to God through the Angels, Archangels and Ascended Masters through a river that connects and travels through each of the chakra areas. We are also able to connect directly with God through the thinning of the veil at our head and feet. Within us is a drop from the lake that is our soul. Our Spirit Guides were shown as souls in canoes helping our consciousness navigate the waters.
I felt the river travel through the side of my body from right to left and then circle around. When we are in a state of love, we allow this “water” to flow smoothly and effortlessly through our system. We are “in love.” Do you remember what it feels like when you “fall in love?” Colors are brighter, the air is sweeter, and all that matters is the object of your affection. In those moments, we too see the truth of who we are. We are able to love ourselves as they love us. While in this state, love flows through all the pathways and channels opening us to bliss.
It is my belief that spiritual enlightenment comes when we begin to experience this same intense love for the Divine and are able to see our true reflection from this source. Over and over, Spirit has told me that the answer to any question is love. This is something which seems so simple in theory, and yet so hard in practice. How do we love when we feel misunderstood or hurt? How do we love when the person we feel this love for does not return our affection? How do we love when we are afraid? Loving the Divine allows us to love free of ego attachments, misunderstandings and fear. It allows us to love cleanly and purely. It is a love that needs nothing more than to be given and received.
Imagine if each of us brought into this life a spark of God that is here for us alone. This spark would still be of the same Essence as the Great Divine…the source of all…and yet able to be in a form that we can relate to and understand. Just as the drop that has formed who we are in this lifetime is still of the same substance of the vastness of our soul, so too is the drop of God still of the same essence of the Divine, the source of all. And all of these aspects are made of the same basic material, of water in this metaphor. We are God and God is us because we are of the same essence and we come from the same source. Our conscious experience doesn’t allow us to experience this fully while living in a human body, but we can have moments of feeling that inexplicable connection to something much vaster than ourselves. And if we are all of the same essence, of water, then so too are all those we meet. The essence of our lake/soul may be slightly different, but at our core we are all from the same source.
From a spiritual point of view, this makes perfect sense to me. Yet, how does one explain how there can be such cruelty and violence in a world in which we are all incarnations of God? I asked this question, and this is what I was shown.
I saw construction workers building walls. Some of the walls were made of steel and some brick. Some were mud and unstable. The workers were building these walls where the river flows connected to the chakras. At the top of the head, I saw steel covers like you’d find on a submarine with thick locks. The feet were wearing thick-soled shoes, so thick that the ground couldn’t be felt beneath them. I heard them say that some souls come into this experience expecting to be able to live separately from God. They want to be “independent” and beholden to none. I hear “How can you be beholden to yourself?” This question doesn’t occur to them because they don’t see themselves as Divine. Others come in with deep wounding. They feel that the only way to be safe is to keep themselves separate from all. In doing so, they keep themselves sectioned off into aspects of their psyche, only allowing part of whom they are full expression. They limit the love they give and/or the love they receive. Through this incarnation, they will be faced with challenges that encourage them to take down the walled up spaces, and open themselves to love. Some will remove all the walls, and some will only remove a few. The process requires courage. I hear them say, “You all have enough courage for the task.”
I hear, “Let life be simple. Love, be loved, forgive, laugh, dance, and be. You are perfect just as you are. Be at peace. All is well.”
Blessings to you and yours!
Nancy
www.EmpoweringLightworkers.com
