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My Journey To Angels

As a child, I knew I was intuitive, but I chose to turn away from it.  I wanted to fit in, and I was desperate for approval.  I wanted to be liked and  to belong.  I always had a deep sense of spirituality.  Without question, I have always believed in God, source, energy love and angels, but I found that talking about any of these subjects at any depth was intimidating for people and I felt I was labeled as “odd.”  I already had enough that made me different (or so I perceived), I chose the path of fear.  It’s Ironic really, I wanted to experience love so much that I was willing to go anywhere outside myself to get it.  The funny thing is – love must exist within first.  Nothing “out there” ie: other people, status, recognition. promotion, relationships or other things outside can “fill up” what we feel may be lacking in our lives.

 Angels This brings me to my connection with angels.  I’ve already mentioned that I chose to turn away from my intuitive abilities.  After several years of looking outside myself in virtually every area of my life – I was deeply lost, depressed and disconnected from spirit.  I had reached an all time low in terms of how I felt about myself.  My higher self knew that my destiny was to be of service to comfort and uplift, teach , speak, and consult but I was so desolate I couldn’t con-sieve of how I would find my calling.  All I knew at the time was that I was determined to heal the parts of mt life that had brought me to such a breaking point.  I had been “diagnosed” with a form of anxiety disorder,  and at the time felt that everything I knew to be true in my life was crumbling around me.  I knew in that moment that this current reality I was living was not my truth. I remember sitting on my couch filled with so much emotional pain that my body ached.   I didn’t know it then, but my extreme sensitivity to energies had caused my to carry other people’s pain and suffering as well as my own.  With tears blurring my vision I began to ask heaven for help.  My intuition was screaming at me that there had to be a better way than this.  My higher self was right – there was.  Today, every value I once held has shifted.  I now know the value that coping with extreme anxiety has taught me, and that I can shift my own perception of anything with the help of the angels, spirit, and the inner voice of love we all share. Spirit intervened for me and I was guided to take to the internet.  I was guided literally to Gabrielle Bernstein’s website and she has become one of my greatest spiritual teachers and mentors.   Just a side note about being guided – I had absolutely no idea where the guidance was taking me.  I just knew it felt 100% right for me.  That’s the way guidance works for all of us.  We all have an inner voice that speaks truth, and we have an intuitive knowing when we follow the path that is meant for us.  When I was lead to Gabby’s work, I knew I was home.  I began a daily meditation practice even though I had never really meditated before.I changed my diet, began taking yoga  I knew the key to my health and happiness was change.  With meditation. and exposure to the uplifting spiritual teachings of Gabrielle Bernstein, Abraham Hicks, Marianne Williamson and Louis Hay I have been set on a life long process of creating  genuine inner peace and happiness in my life. After two months of learning to listen to the voice of my guidance, studying the incredible work of Gabrielle Bernstein and A Course In Miracles; and continuing with my meditation process, one day I was listening to Gabrielle’s weekly radio show Spirit Junkie on Hay House Radio featuring an angel communicator. I instantly resonated with the gentleman being interviewed on the show, and my intuition was once again loudly speaking to me to continue investigating the connection I have felt with angels since childhood.  Anytime I was investigating anything involving angels and spiritual teaching,  I felt alive and incredibly calm and peaceful.  The more I learned, the more I felt that my life purpose.  I booked a session for myself with that same angel communicator from the radio show. During the session, I received confirmation of my natural intuitive ability, my connection to angels and that my life purpose involved spiritual counseling and using my gifts to support, uplift. motivate and serve others.  I was vigilant in my meditation practice and spiritual learning.  I asked the angels to continue guiding me along my path.

I asked for miracles, and the more I asked, the more they materialized.  With the help of the angels I was blessed to receive certified Holistic Angel Coach™ training with Monick Halm & Nina Jasmine from Life Alchemy School.  My life as a result of this training and other influences Spirit and the angels have infused as blessings have completely transformed me from the inside out.  I am now using my intuitive gifts and natural talents as a leader speaker and teacher, and equally a student to help others progress in their lives.  This is my life purpose, my calling, and a genuine blessing I will always be thankful for.

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The Power Of Affirmations

worthySelf help literature and medical science alike have been linking mind, body and spirit together for decades.  I believe every human on the planet would benefit from allowing affirmations into their daily life.

Carol Bernette was once quoted as saying: “Only I can change my life, no one else can do it for me.” 

 

This is such a powerful statement  I needed to be a darkly place, before I was willing to allow affirmative prayers and affirmative statements into .my daily spiritual practice.  Not that I never used affirmations, mind you, but I wasn’t consistent about it by any stretch.  Many times, I would say the words, but energetically underneath the phrases, I really didn’t believe what I was saying.  Therefore, I was resisting the love and the true essence behind the words. Furthermore, if my affirmations were not achieving the results I wanted in the time frame I had predetermined in my mind; I would use that as evidence that things were not working, and I would proceed to beat myself up over it.  This is all an ego trip, and I can fall into it even today if I am not vigilant in creating my thoughts.  Yes, you read right, I said creating my thoughts. When I talk to others about how they are doing with their affirmation work, I’m comforted in the knowledge that as humans we all struggle with the idea that we have the power to create out thoughts, that we are not simply passive participants in our lives.  This can be a hard concept to grasp, especially when you consider that we all are equally capable of creating situations that we clearly do not want, yet  on an unconscious level and we live with these circumstances because they stem from a base belief we have carried since childhood or picked  elsewhere up along the way.  We all want to believe we would never create an unwanted desire, unconscious or not.desires

 Once we are able to accept that we create our experiences (this is a moment to moment acceptance, not just an hourly or a daily one – then we become truly empowered. I’ve been a “fix” personality most of my life.  My intuition and my sensitivity (when I I choose not to stand in my power, but rather latch on to the idea that something “out there” perceived by my ego mind  has power over me – caused me to take on the fear, pain and suffering of others without even being aware I was taking it on.  Several years before I began my coaching practice, I would have told you I felt completely alone in how I felt.  Now however, I know that many others share the same feelings a had.  I’ve also been giving the blessing of knowing that every experience I have ever had, every emotion I have ever felt can now support someone who is feeling something similar as we are all one. I spoke before of being a “fixer” my sensitivity made me acutely aware of energies, emotions and feelings even if I didn’t fully comprehend  what I was picking up on.  This also gave me an intense desire to take away pain and suffering, to fight to solve “problems” even to my own detriment.  This placed me in a position to understand what it means to have an obsessive desire to please.  This tension filled energy is all about control.  It’s about going out and getting fixing and solving.  It’s a trap so many of us can unknowingly fall into.  In our desire to get, have, achieve and make things happen, we hold on so tight we stand  in direct opposition to what we want.

The key to using affirmations is gentle willingness.  I have found it helpful to use the  word willing in my affirmations, especially if whatever it is I am holding the intention to create something I might feel is slightly out of my reach.  Willingness creates belief.  In other words, even if you don’t fully believe, but you have the will to believe coupled with trust in spirit to do the work for you, and the patience to wait for divine timing.  That is enough. This is the gentle love the beloved has for each and every one of us.  Gentle willingness allows me to relax a lot more, and has really taken the pressure off my personal spiritual practice. Here are some affirmations that have created shifts for me.  I share them with the intention that they assist you to create shifts for you as well.  I want to preface that using affirmations does not mean simply “Be positive” even in the most horrendous of situations.  This is a common misconception, and once that I didn’t understand when I began inviting spirit into my life.  No human being should expect themselves to make sunshine and rainbows out of something that feels like it sucks.  Likewise, being negative about everything isn’t authentic either.  The true essence in inner work is the individual process of being willing and receptive to uncovering the underlying lesson and the love within any situation.

abundance I am willing to receive the lessen and the love in Name specific situation. It is done. Sometimes when people begin affirmation work being specific about a desire they have feels too unbelievable for them.  If someone is wanting to create more financial abundance but to start a specific figure feels too intimidating in these situations, I have found it best to go much more general/ I am open to new and creative possibilities for abundance thank you. I am worthy of receiving abundance in all ways.  And so it is. Try it  and remember to be gentle with yourself

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Oil Pulling

Oil pulling is a simple practice that has made a big difference in my health.  I am writing this blog with the intention of sharing my experience of the benefits of this practice, as opposed to "selling" the benefits to the reader.  I leave it up to you to explore.for yourself.  I will say, however, that I would recommend oil pulling to anyone. Oil pulling is safe, simple and cost effective.  I use 1-2 spoons of organic sesame seed oil a day.  One of the most immediate positive changes that occurred for me, was vast improvement in my dental health. 

As a pre-teen  I had braces and a retainer for a few years.  Ever since then I've had highly sensitive gums to the point where they were often red and inflamed.  Before oil pulling, I would rinse with salt water (when I remembered) and it would alleviate the issue to a degree, but I found my gum issues would often come back. 

 

After two weeks of oil pulling constantly for 15-20 minutes a day, my gums were pink and healthy.  This in and of itself was enough to convince me to adopt this practice and make it a daily health choice for my lifestyle. Dental health is not the only benefit to oil pulling, from my own experience it has killed bacteria that was causing soars to appear in my gums, it has helped with head aches, teeth whitening, and detox of my entire body. 

 

Research and medical scenes have proven that oil pulling has a plethora of health benefits including: bronchitis, tooth aches and pains, soars,, thrombosis, eczema, ulcers and diseases of stomach, intestines, heart, blood, kidney, liver, lungs and women’s diseases. nerve diseases, and encephalitis. It prevents the growth of malignant tumors, cuts and heals them. Chronic sleeplessness.

Oil Pulling

What is Oil Pulling?

  • On an empty stomach take one tablespoon of oil in your mouth without swallowing it.
  • Move the oil slowly around the mouth, swish, suck and pull the oil between the teeth without swallowing for 15-20 minutes
  • Swishing activates enzymes and these enzymes draw toxins out of the blood.
  • This is why it is so important not to swallow the oil. as it is now contaminated with toxins and bacteria
  • As the process continues the oil thins and loses colour from saliva.
  • Thoroughly rinse your mouth  with water and rinse the sink as they will both be full of toxins

Every person is different as we all have different things going on in our bodies, so if you intend to try oil pulling for yourself I encourage you to give ample time and daily exposure to the process before expecting results