Becoming your authentic self More and more people say the phrase – I want to become my authentic self. But what does it mean to BE your authentic self, and what must you Do? I answer the 2nd part of that question first. What you must do to become your authentic self means you learn to love yourself – unconditionally. Lacking in self-love to having self-love However, You will not go from having little to overflowing with self-love in a…..
Lacking in Self-Love When I helped three people face the end of their lives, they all had the same regret. They were of different generations and lived different lives, but they all had the same regret: They wished they loved themselves more. I, too, lacked self-love, and after years of reading and doing spiritual, metaphysical, and personal growth work, I finally decided to get to the root of the problem. – My lack of self-love. I was learning that self-love…..
SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX We all have a spiritual toolbox that we can use. The toolbox contains all the things we need to expand our sense of self-love. I have added many items to my toolbox over the last 30 years and hopefully taught you a few of them – Beginning with my book’s top three tools we all possess – Our Imagination, Our Emoti0ns, and Our Higher Self. The imagination to use in mediation. Our emotions we use to understand what…..
Spiritual CommonSense #10 Show Listen to my enlightening and entertaining conversation with author Nadia Al- Samarrie. We discuss her book Baghdad to Berkeley. She shares how she was born in Iraqi then moved to Iran, then Japan, and eventually found herself in the USA living in Berkeley. She highlights the importance of getting to know where you live and the people around you and how that kept her from holding prejudices against any group. She even imparts a particular trip…..
Calming Meditations This video is about the importance of using your imagination to find calming peaceful images during times of stress. I have given various things to use your imagination for such as meeting your emotions, your Higher Self, and your inner orphans. However just as important is to also have in your toolbox calming meditations you can call up when you need them. Imagine what you need I share how when I was overwhelmed I would step into a…..
Add Affirmations To Your ToolBox. Once you have begun to change your negative beliefs, you should add affirmations to your toolbox. Affirmations help keep your mind focused on what you want to happen and also help to lock it more into your heart. There is no quicker way to lock it into your heart than to say something every day. Too many people do affirmaito0jns before they are ready. Unfortunately, too many people like to do affirmations without doing any…..
Focus on The Positive. When working on returning to self-love you will have to add to your spiritual toolbox. One of the things you will need to add is the power to always find the positive, especially during the tough times. This can be a hard tool to get used to during difficult times. It is so easy to wallow in what is going wrong in your life. However, the reason we try to do this is, is because where…..
Spiritual CommonSense#9 Show. Hey if you missed my Spiritual CommonSense #9 show, you can listen to it now. It was by far my best show yet! I do a great interview. I do my best “This Inspires Me” segment. And my spiritual homework anyone can do to improve their lives. Interview with Steve Pieters I start out Spiritual CommonSense #9 show discussing how the universe always seems to force you to change your mind whether it was about vaccines, situations,…..
Do You Respect You? Many people complain that other people do not respect them. I ask do you have self-respect, or are you looking for it from others? Unfortunately, many are looking for it from others. Everything starts with the self -self-love, including self-compassion, self-gratitude, and, yes, self-respect. Do you honor your feelings? What about your boundaries? Do you listen to what your mind is saying to you or your heart? I had a friend who proved my point……
Reactions Charged In The Past. It is time to meet your inner orphans. The part of yourself that you have forgotten, or shoved aside, or simply ignored. These parts most often react to the present with a reaction charged in the past. We all have wounds from the past and left healed they cause great problems in our lives. I cannot tell you how many people have reactions charged in the past from wounds that happened in childhood and left…..