Years ago, I asked a question that really helped me to move forward in my awakening:

“If I do all this spiritual work and become so loving and so liberated, will I still be recognizable as Jennifer?”

Maybe you’ve wondered something similar. Many of us do.

If I release all my defenses, all my personality quirks, all the things that make me “me” – who will I be?

It can be scary to think about. We’ve spent years meticulously constructing and cultivating our personalities. We wear that personality as a defense against God, as a defense against the world.

But here’s what I realized when I was contemplating that question: The answer came through clear as day.

“Are you okay with letting go of that identification? Will that be okay with you?”

And I realized – ”yes, in fact, I sense that I’ll be able to be more myself, my true self, and I’d like that.”

Because the actual “me”, the REAL me, is not that constructed personality. I am not that. I am not a body and I am not a personality.  I have a body to care for and I have a personality to retrain.  I am so much more than either of those things.

We all wonder: If we let go of all this stuff, who will we be?

And it scares us to let go of the identification of a personality we’ve spent so much time building.

But here’s what that defense against the world actually gets us:

• Misery
• Loneliness
• Illness

That’s it.

And yet every single one of those things – the misery, the loneliness, the illness – it’s all simply a path of learning and returning to our true identity.

Here’s what helped me see it correctly: What I’m interested in is saving time.

I’m interested in freedom. I’m interested in liberation. I’m interested in great, great love. Not romantic love, not family love, not friendship love, but the love that is what we actually are.

When we become truly loving, we don’t disappear.
We release the blocks to Love – the false beliefs, the inauthentic self.
And then we “become” more ourselves than we’ve ever been.

We drop the masks. We release the defenses. We let go of the need to prove ourselves or protect ourselves.

And what’s left is pure radiance.

Ready to discover who you really are beneath all the defenses? Join me on Saturday for a FREE Forgiveness Workshop to start releasing what’s not really you.

You won’t lose yourself when you become more loving.

You’ll finally find your true Self.

And that’s truly wonderful!

FREE Forgiveness Workshop on Saturday, January 31 – register now to join me.  Forgiveness offers everything we want!

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE:  What to Do When You’re Afraid What do you do when you can feel the pain of the whole world?

In this episode, I share what happened when I sat down to read the news and found myself crying — not from despair, but from feeling the collective fear, worry, and anxiety so many people are experiencing right now. This led me to one of the most powerful sections in A Course in Miracles: the Special Principles for Miracle Workers.

I explore the difference between “pushing density” (trying to fix things in form) and “working in the invisible” (shifting consciousness at the level of the mind). I unpack why responding to error with anything except a desire to heal keeps us trapped in confusion. And I share the one prayer that changed everything for me — the prayer I now call my life’s purpose.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by what’s happening in the world, come join me. There’s a different way through.