One of the ways we get to show up for each other is in our grief. But how? Grief is heavy, grief is unpredictable, and grief is UNCOMFY. What does Team Universe teach us about showing up in our relationships when someone is feeling deep pain?

It's LOVE MONTH! In exploring different ways we give and receive love, we take a deeper look at some of the reasons we resist and even block our own ability to give and receive love. Starting with the ways we view another's opportunities, how do we get around the sometimes gut reactions of discouragement we feel and express when helping others with their dreams?

Once upon a time I went to Denver to meet with 3 mediums for an unrelated podcast. There we got to unravel a seriously cool mystery and help two spirits break free of a toxic relationship cycle they'd become trapped in. Sound weird? It was! But the best part was the layers of lessons Team Universe taught us about love, forgiveness, acceptance, and good-old-fashioned connection. Alive or dead, we MATTER to each other and we MATTER to Team Universe. They don't hold anything back, they'll do anything for us. They'll even bring 4 carefully selected people into Denver just to help you. Even if you're dead.

What is the role of our fear when developing our faith? Can we use it? How? What does fear teach us about our own personal process?

The faith to ask for a dream or a miracle in our lives can sometimes be difficult, and even a little scary. The faith to act requires even more stamina. How do we continue to take steps toward our goals and dreams, and how do we recognize Team Universe's presence out there on the water?

What happens when we ask for something big, Team universe says "sure," and we have to walk a scary path? I mean scary like walking on water with wind and waves threatening to swallow our belief whole? How do we acknowledge that kind of fear without it overtaking us?

Peter did it. And Team Universe taught him exactly which questions to ask in order to do it.

So, trials, huh? Don't love 'em? Yeah, me either. We all know there's no progress without them. No forward momentum on the ocean without the winds and waves. But how to learn to see challenges, storms, and trials as the bonus--the blessing--they are? 

Mary and Zacharias both got visits from an angel, both got good news, and both asked the question, but how, though? Then, they were each handed a trial that would test them, show them just how personally Team Universe knows us, and through them, bless the world. Huge promises were made to both individuals, and in order to get there, they had to go through their individual storms.

Does giving thanks in all things mean we ignore the hard stuff in order to pretend we only see the positive side of things? Is gratitude required just to make me a polite, pleasant type of person? Why gratitude as a commandment, then? And how do I use it when mustering gratitude in difficult circumstances seems, at times, impossible? Let's dive deep into this unique and healing tool given by Team Universe, not for their benefit, but for ours.

Forgiveness is divine. And Friggin' hard. Here's what Team Universe taught me about my own heart so I could finally feel the freedom and peace of ACTUAL forgiveness. Turns out I had it all wrong.