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Why You Want to Learn from Life Experiences through Journaling

You may find yourself wondering what you can do to feel a deeper connection to yourself, others, the universe, and higher energy. Or, that a deeper connection is showing up as a simple inquiry you have around life challenges. I’m beginning a series of posts around the benefits of creating a morning awakening practice, such […]

From Auto-Pilot and Non-Awareness to Creating Inner Peace

This is the first in a series of posts to discuss the benefits of a morning awakening practice. In this blog post, Sara speaks about the challenges of contrast in our very human lives. She speaks about how allowing ourselves and others to be who and how they are is a practice of self-awareness and ultimately self-care and self-love. It’s in the most challenging moments that afford us the opportunity to love ourselves in all moments rather than “try to be better”. Inner peace might be a result of perhaps allowing ourselves and others to be.

It’s Good to Become Comfortable with Uncertainty and Mystery

There’s an art to living with uncertainty and mystery. If you can learn to be open to not knowing all the answers then you’re on your way to an exciting life that’s constantly evolving with your growth, well-being, and purpose at heart. None of us has to be an expert at living life. Questions are an expected part of our existence. Some answers we’re ready for and some we’re not. The art is allowing for what’s best and trusting that whatever shows up in your life, is best. Some life experiences may not make sense at the time but everything happens for a reason. All we have to do is show up, open to allowing for rather than forcing. If you’re alive, you’re dancing, even if it feels you have two left feet.

5 Simple Lessons To Benefit Humanity Now

Benefit Humanity Now Through 5 Simple Lessons

You’re probably experiencing the tumultuous energy in the world today. There isn’t a single person who isn’t affected. There’s a lot of humanity out there. Everyone at varying frequencies and at various points along their own path. That means everyone is dealing with the events and corresponding energy differently. You may be struggling mightily or perhaps you’re able to see the bigger picture. Either way your heart, skills, and unique gifts are needed. At least one person or many, need your light. You are already assisting humanity and are doing so in small and large ways every day. Can you see this? Can you grow it and take it to new heights?

I Didn’t Recognize My Connection To Racism

All those times I learned of something horrific happening. The story of the moment faded away and I assumed things might be getting better. I told myself people learned, and progress was made. But no progress was made. An opportunity for positive change exists more often than we may realize. And I know that I and other white people can personally make a positive difference. But it means aware of our part in creating inequality and racism. And then we take action and truly stand up for what we care about. This is where I am today…

Being Busy or Efficient Doesn’t Equal a Meaningful Life

We’re the producer, director, and actor in our daily lives. As a producer, we create our life goals. As the director, we think about how we want to come across. How we want others to see us. Not as we are, but as we want to be seen. As the actor, we work hard to ensure we achieve our goals while looking good as we achieve them. Getting our life all ship-shape. Making sure it works this way or that way. Forcing everything into place.

It’s common to force productivity on myself for the sake of, “I matter because I’m busy”. And therefore I make myself busy to matter.

Calming Your Mind, Body, and Spirit

Mankind experiences crises in all shapes and forms to varying degrees. If you’re experiencing a crisis you never thought you would see in your lifetime, you’re in good company. You may be somewhat or very shocked. But how you process experiences is as individual and as unique as you are.

The crisis will end and mankind will have evolved. And you’ll now better understand how to effect a dramatic positive shift in your life. If you can step up to looking to yourself in challenging times, you’ll definitely be able to do this on an average day. This is you learning to stand in your personal power and create light in more and more moments. Even in the tough moments. Mastering your energy in terms of your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, through your choices, patterns, and habits will serve you well. It will serve others well.

Do You Follow Blindly?

Every single human being has an opportunity to live their life according to what works best for them. That even includes all the bumps and detours we’re all entitled to experience. I will never follow anyone because I didn’t come here to follow. I came here to create.

5 Things I Learned On My Last Vacation

How I realized how good present moment living feels. We don’t need to go on a travel adventure to live more fully in the present moment. Our life is an adventure and offers us the gift of a present moment.

What I Wish I Knew When I First Considered My Spirituality

What I wish I knew is that my experiences and beliefs will evolve as my life journey evolves. There’s no right or wrong way. And that I’ll be uncovering what the more expansive picture means to me. It’s my unique experiences and life journey that inform my ideas.

Habits That Create The Best Possibilities

A sampling of ideas and tips you can practice every day. These are my ideas that work for me and I encourage you to find your own practices.

Thank you to all artists everywhere

This is a love letter to all artist everywhere. Without you, life wouldn’t be as colorful. You inspire us through sharing your humanity.

You Can’t Truly Make a Mistake

It’s not possible to make a mistake in our lifetime. It may feel like it but what we’re experiencing is growth. We take a step, sometimes we stumble, sometimes it’s a great challenge. But we’re evolving our soul no matter what. We’re in a dance with our experiences and with our self.

People Forming a Star with Their Fingers

Following Our Murmurations To Truly Live Well

Finding support sometimes is just a matter of listening to your intuition. Often we are dealing with something, wonderful or challenging, where a group may offer us confirmation or just an ear. Whatever you’re looking for there’s a community for you if you so choose.

I Know More Now About Energy

Just paying someone a compliment can light them up. When we do something positive for one another it positively transforms the moment and touches all of humanity. Our energy is a valuable gift. We have a choice and can use it for beneficial purposes.

Receiving My Loud Invitation to Enjoy

Joy is not something you have to work at but it may take practice to cultivate it in your everyday life. It’s always within you just waiting to be accessed.

The Power of Coaxing Joy Along

Joy is the key that unlocks the power of my creativity. When I’m joyful, I feel creative, new ideas are born and I feel empowered to step up to act on them, however much I’m stretched. Though joy can be elusive. It takes a bit of focus to coax joy along. One way I coax […]

Authenticity Challenges and Heals Us

If I’m to feel delighted in my life then it’s time to be myself. Learning to step up to do my inner work stretches me in exciting ways. It’s also exciting and new. I choose to stand in my power, be myself unapologetically. Yes, to work on myself but also to love myself and to grow.

Allowing the Petty Moments to Fade

Learning how to let go of insignificant moments that irk us is worth the practice. Who wants to be annoyed when a second ago they felt good? If you’re human you’re served plenty of practice at this.

Painting My Life

I love being organized and having a plan. To-do lists were my comfort zone. Efficiency my middle name. These days I’m allowing for what’s best rather than forcing things into place. The result is I am enjoying my life more because I’m allowing for what’s truly best for me to show up. Much better than what I think I want. Instead, I’m receiving what I most need.

My Sanctuary Is Wherever I Am

My sanctuary is wherever I am in nature or at home. We don’t have to manufacture our most supportive space. You’ll know it by how you feel. Do you feel relaxed, joyful, peaceful, supported? Is this a place where ideas and dreams bubble up easily for you? Go to this place when you most need it or just as a practice every day. It will serve you well. Here are some of my most special places.

The Thing that Scares the Baloney Out of Me

We’re all here to grow and evolve our soul. For me, I can stand still or choose to move forward. Procrastination is just another excuse for stalling out of fear of being imperfect. When I stretch myself to jump and just take the plunge I’m always happier for it.

Maintain Joy And Higher Vibration

First I want to say that I sometimes gossip. If someone hurts my feelings my go-to is complaining about that person to another friend. What I’m learning is that I feel awful when I do that. That constriction are my intuitive feelings coaching me to do something more supportive for myself.

If I want to create my higher vision and ideas then I will need all the assistance I can get. That means getting out of my own way and enabling something better.

When you feel yourself going gossipy just notice how you feel in your gut area/power center/solar plexus chakra. The more you notice how you feel the more you’re training yourself how not to go there the next time. It takes self-awareness to make positive habits stick. The more you take on lighter thoughts and words the more you’ll be creating lighter life experiences. It all comes down to the energy system that we are. Our natural space is to stand in our power as in light and love. When you’re in that space you should feel expansive, confident, lighthearted, and able to let things slide off of you more. When you speak up to another you’ll do so with confidence, kindness, and still be able to get your point across to state your feelings and opinions. This is you taking care of your needs from a position of true strength and power.

Bright and Shiny Loses Luster

At first, bright and shiny objects are captivating. Oooh pretty! After a while, we don’t need the shine. Turns out I’m my own bright and shiny object that I was looking for. Whatever is within me that I’m uncovering is what is bright.

Roadmap to Purposeful Work?

Discovering one’s purposeful work can take a minute. You may have come here with a plan but you will have shortly forgotten it. If we think of it as a fun game to uncover what we’re truly passionate about, it will show itself to us. Step by step we can discover what we’re meant to do. And we’ll know it by how we feel. Just as we’ll know what doesn’t feel good to us. It’s a process. We can’t mess it up. All roads lead there.

Living Intuitively Is Easy

Living intuitively sounds all woo-woo but it’s as simple as living with more self-awareness and from ourselves. The more we do this the more aware we become. We have our very own internal guidance system if we just listen to it. It will never steer us wrong. It doesn’t mean we won’t decide to take a different tact and wish we hadn’t. But we can get back on track faster by paying attention to what we’re being shown.

There’s a desperate desire for more love and peace in our world. But all it takes is deciding to be the vibe you wish to experience. Desire more love in the world? Be loving.

How Music Positively Transforms Us

Music is one of our most powerful and beautiful tools we can use for connection and healing. Our intuitive guidance can use it to connect with us and bring us supportive messages. Music offers us healing by transforming our mood just by listening to songs we positively resonate with. Our musical preferences are as unique and individual as we are. It can transport us to a daydreamy state and lift us to new heights. We lose track of time and go within to access its gifts.

“Adventure is not outside man; it is within”

For too long I lived a life in the way I thought others would approve. I moved to New York City and began my career in advertising. It didn’t take too long to realize that career would never fulfill me. And yet I stayed. Eventually transitioning to marketing and ending my career after being employed by several internet companies. While living in New York City felt like an adventure, my life still felt flat. I had to learn that true adventure, for me, comes from within. Now I’m pursuing my own dreams and ideas and acting on them to bring them to reality. That’s adventure to me. Taking vacations and traveling is nice but becoming more me, emotionally and spiritually, is my true adventure. Creating what I’m excited about, fulfills me more. That’s me setting off for parts unknown. And I don’t need a plane ticket.

Sparkles on My Lake

Our walk around my neighborhood lakes led me to feeling both misty and feeling a little vulnerable to what’s next. I know that change is good and it’s time for me to leave this home I’ve lived in for approximately 20 years. It’s time for my husband and me to look for a home we can both love. While I’m looking forward to this, we’re taking a walk in the natural areas near my current home to say goodbye to the benches I’ve sat on, the wildlife I’ve enjoyed, and my sparkly lake view.

Why I Love Painting and Writing

The point of life is to enjoy it. Yes, we’re evolving and learning and understanding with more clarity. However, none of that is worth it if we don’t enjoy and feel grateful.

Distancing Myself From Negative Nellies

There’s no law that says I have to figure out how to feel awesome while in the presence of negative people. What if I don’t have to expend any energy and effort on how to work at it. I can choose to remove myself from their presence and go on my merry way. There’s nothing wrong with me if I’m not able to enjoy someone’s company, particularly mean people. If it looks like an unpleasant situation then I can take myself out of it. And it takes little to no effort to do so. Done. Problem solved.

Failure?

It’s early afternoon and I’m still in my pajamas. I can’t stop sighing while I look out my window at the season’s last (let’s hope) snowstorm. My repeated sighs have nothing to do with the thought of shoveling and everything to do with a personal challenge…

What It Took For Me

I had to look within myself at the crummy experiences I had in order to learn why I felt the way I did. On my goodness was that a great idea! That work was priceless and I’m happier in my life, have a larger perspective, and realize my value. I stretched myself by taking whatever necessary steps are in my best interest.
As I learned by considering my experiences I noticed patterns in how I thought about myself, others, and even how I perceived humanity.

Museum of Inspiration and Humanity

For a while now I’ve been wanting to offer people a positive way of honoring humanity and inspiring. I thought about creating a Museum, perhaps an online version. A museum unlike any other that I’ve been to. It won’t tell the stories of the world’s greatest atrocities but instead exhibit stories of love, generosity, and […]

Stepping Up To Public Speaking

When I began looking into what my purposeful work might be, my intuitive guidance suggested I speak to small groups. What?! This to me was a huge stretch. They never steer me wrong so I did. I started to speak to meetups and I joined a Toastmaster’s group for practice. Everyone’s advice and pep talks around this fear are pretty much worthless. P.S. you are not helping by telling me how confident you are as a public speaker. Just sayin’. However, when I look at why I have this fear then I can work on limiting self-beliefs and start to kick them to the curb. In the meantime, imaging the audience naked just does not work. Nor does winging it.

No News Is Good News

Human beings like things to be easy but expect big beneficial change to be difficult. That’s we get stuck in the same old paradigm of looking to political leaders to fix things. But how’s that working out for humanity? The news aggravates and accentuates humanity’s supposed divisiveness. It isn’t helping to be that kind of informed.

For most, it’s easier to watch the news and feel disgruntled rather than creating beneficial experiences. But sitting, watching, discussing, and bitching does nothing beneficial. It just contributes more doom and gloom. And, doom and gloom isn’t a great recipe to inspire positive action. It’s a motivator for more doom and gloom.

A better motivator is realizing one’s own unique and individual personal power. It may not come with a political institution attached to it but it’s powerful nevertheless. True beneficial change happens when each of us steps us to act in peace, practice compassion, tolerance, and patience to collaborate and cooperate.

Just An Average Day

Some days and nights are not what I hope for. Just when an average day might become a headache it’s the smallest thing that brings me back to feeling grateful. It’s often the times that have the roughest edges that remind us how good we have it.

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