I talk with so many people who feel like I used to feel. I was so discouraged, but I didn’t tell anyone because I thought they would judge me. I had so much self-judgment I just assumed others would judge me too. I didn’t realize how many of my spiritual friends felt the same way I did and were keeping it to themselves. And that’s why I talk about it now.

I was ashamed that I wasn’t more loving in my heart.

For a very long time I felt stuck in my spiritual growth. I couldn’t seem to advance and I was repeating the same painful patterns EVEN THOUGH I knew better. UGH!!!

It was infuriating.

I knew I was in my own way.

I was in a quagmire of false beliefs that kept me cycling around in mental and emotional patterns that were very distracting, limiting and painful.

I SO wanted to break free.

I believed spiritual practice would help me.

Just couldn’t seem to find the right thing to unlock the mystery of WHY IS IT SO HARD?

Then, things got a whole lot MORE challenging. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was a gift.

That’s right, it was a gift to be so intensely challenged.

There came a point in my spiritual unfoldment where it seemed like I was being challenged to my core. The challenges were coming in all directions.

My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

My spiritual community profoundly let me down.

My best friend cheated me.

My sweetheart … oh, don’t even get me started on that one.

Anyway, there was more, but that’s enough – it was an ego lollapalooza of betrayals, upsets and freak outs.

It felt like the challenges were on all levels and in all areas of my life – except that I had my health. Thank GOD for that!

Seriously – it was truly a blessing to me because I became aware that ALL of my challenges and all of my upsets were in how I was holding things in my awareness and that I could have Peace if I could let go of my perspective.

“Pain is a wrong perspective.” A Course in Miracles

Sometimes we have to be shaken hard, and long in order to finally let go of the grip we have on our false beliefs. That was me. And now I can see that it was SO GOOD for me because it forced me to focus. And that brought my Freedom.

I had the sense that I was being “tested.” I was being tested not in the way that an unkind teacher would prepare a grueling test in order to put you through the wringer, but rather I was being tested in the sense of being offered an opportunity to rise above all past precedent and break through to a new level of awareness, understanding, strength and willingness.

And that’s the kind of test we get from Spirit – the kind that forces us to choose which way we’ll go.

If we’re willing to receive it.

If we’re willing to give up the attachments to the past, we can have a whole new future.
We all know that willingness is the key to transformation. Spiritual practice is EVERYTHING in our awakening. Willingness to be loving and to choose that loving connection over everything else IS a spiritual practice.

We can leverage our willingness to choose love and cultivate an awareness that we CAN actually leave the past behind and release the future also. This gives us the experience of being present to the now which is the only place our transformation can happen.

The challenges become the motivation for real change.

If you feel you’re being tested, be grateful. The tipping point is at hand. Let’s go for it and let our reluctance and resistance be the reminder that we ARE doing it and we’re not stuck anymore.

The only way to change your ENTIRE LIFE is to make one choice at a time, and keep making another, and another. And we have that ability. There is profound support for us in the invisible – and we can tap into it. Life can be easier, relationships can heal, our minds can liberate.

And that’s what we’re able to share with all life.

We can share our healing and that is a gift that we give to all.

Our healing is our legacy – and it’s never too late – we’re never too far gone.

We’re blessed, now and forever!

Open to inspiration and then get going. Take action. Do something to move forward in a loving way. Be aggressive about working with your mind and turning away from lack and limitation thinking.

DO NOT DELAY. If you’re waiting, if you’re not getting the results you’d like, what are you waiting for?

TODAY I know for a fact that mental and emotional Freedom returns when we choose forgiveness. Forgiveness leads to all kinds of good, including physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relationship and financial healing – and so much more. (Free Forgiveness Workshop TODAY Sunday, August 25. Register now and invite your friends!)

Also, TODAY – Sundays With Spirit – I’m speaking and I’m feeling inspired! Join me and we’ll rise together!

If you’d like support in finding freedom in your heart and mind, in letting go of ALL guilt, shame, blame, regret, resentment, jealousy and anything else you’ve been hanging onto, please consider taking my Finding Freedom From Fear spiritual bootcamp and joining with other like-minded souls who are doing the same work. I find that when we do the work together we get there faster and we laugh a lot more. It’s so much easier when we peel the layers of painful patterns together. Easier, faster, more Love, more Light, more fun, that’s the way for me! You’re invited!

Let’s make a quantum leap together.  

If you’d like my help developing a spiritual practice of Self-care that clears out the old patterns of past beliefs in order to move out of the unconscious guilt and punishing yourself, blaming others, living like a victim or a martyr, feeling guilty and ashamed, and into feeling more connected with Spirit, please check out my Finding Freedom From Fear Spiritual Bootcamp class– it’s designed to be a rocket booster for your spiritual journey.Starts September 9. Follow your intuition – only you know if this is right for you right now.

If you feel you’ve been holding yourself back and letting fear decide, this might be your answered prayer!If it’s right for you, you’ll know.  Trust your intuition!

Not sure if one of my programs is right for you? You’re invited to schedule a free Exploratory Call with one of our certified spiritual counselors to get your questions answered and see if this program can bring you the results YOU would like!

There are times to be still, and times to take action.  Trust your intuition!  Let that Higher Intelligence be your guide and everything in your life will be aligned with Love!