Can I really be lost? What detoured me from my path? How can I get back on track? Findng yourself is an ongoing journey of self-discovery that can ultimately lead to self-mastery. It takes a great deal of self-trust, self-discipline, self-confidence and courage to follow your own path. The voices of others influence how we think, what to believe, and how to behave. Some of those voices, established very early in life, may be positive and negative. The negative ones derail us and are often remembered most. Unfortunately, the struggle to conform, based on fear of being ridiculed, rejected and alienated, inevitably takes priority over our heartfelt desires. Abandoning ourselves, we become frustrated with self-imposed limitations. Furthermore, on the human plane, we lose connection with our true self.

As you endeavor on your life's journey, alone time is necessary to get to know yourself. The adventure of self-discovery can be challenging. However, it is an opportunity to experience a deeper spiritual connection as we forge ahead. Self-mastery keeps us from being steered off course by becoming more confident, courageous and resilient. We can find ourselves by living from the heart, fulfilling your passion and potential, practicing silence and stillness, learning from relationships, and attuning to nature. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is to reflect and journal on the roads less traveled and what you discovered about yourself along the way. Also, reflect on experiences staying in the comfort zone walking the same path. What are your beliefs that keep you from branching out. Think of something you would like to do that speaks to your heart. Take small steps to make this a reality.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on 'Self-Discipline' and 'Labryinth of Life'.

What does it feel like when you celebrate yourself? What dreams have you realized? How do you rejoice in your accomplishments?

We often celebrate after reaching significant milestones at particular points in time or waiting until we achieve some distant future goal, without realizing the small steps taken that move us forward on our life's journey. The marks of celebration can be at any time and every day for any good reason in the process of self-discovery. Through transitional phases of our lives such as health challenge, relationship changes, or geographic moves, we may become so immersed in the challenge without recognizing how much we have overcome. Feel into the energy of celebration and triumph in your victory of personal growth, resilience and fulfillment.

Celebrate by appreciating your uniqueness, acknowledging your goodness, nurturing yourself, and rewarding yourself. Dr. Jean Marie hightlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is two-fold. Reflect and journal on stuggles, obstacles and challenges overcome. What did you discover about yourself? How have you become more resilient and even better. Next, Think of ways to celebrate and reward yourself everyday. Even during hard times, reflect on your accomplishments and be uplifted. Also, celebrate small steps toward achieving your dreams and heart's desires.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on Self-Belonging and Self-Celebration.

Our lives emcompass all kinds of adaptations, adjustments and accommodations. Influenced by social networks and illusive standards of success and happiness, our identity and behavior can be ever changing. The need for approval, to fit in and be accepted, can be exhausting by the diffent roles played in various settings. Living up to external expectations such as maintaining a suitable image and being excessively ambitious, can result in losing yourself. Ambition ignites creativity and innovation, but in excess, can be detrimental. Healthy ambition helps us maintain balance and allow natural unfoldment.

Life is experienced through the lens of core beliefs, which are assumptions about ourselves, others, and outlook on life. These beliefs, some formed during early childhood, may be limiting and do not reflect the truth of who we really are. Our true self is obscured by external identities and limiting beliefs that should be exposed, acknowledged and transformed. Our true, authentic self, is unchanging and the moral compass that guides our thoughts, feelings and behaviors resulting in satisfactory outcomes. Being tue to yourself is living by your own standards and not compromising your moral values nor worrying about what others think. Do what really matters and what is really important. You can be true to yourself by knowing your worth, acknowledging your feelings, nurturing your inner child and developing your support system. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice focuses on knowing your worth and being in integrity with yourself. Pay attention to what makes you feel comfortable and uncomfortable. Our true feelings can be guiding forces. For example, if you are given a task that compromises your integrity, how does it make you feel? Explore your feelings. Do you feel conflict or strife? Do you move forward making a decision to honor the request even though you have doubts or do you honor your truth? Take time to give thought before responding. Conside rappropriate responses and reflect on the possible outcomes. What response makes you feel good about yourself?

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpt on "Inner Truth".

What will happen to me as I age? Who will care for me? How can I not be a burden to others? How can I get the most out of my life each day?

It is our personal responsibility to love and care for ourselves. As we love and care for ourselves, we gracefully reciprocate to others. Our human society is interdependent and as humans, we cannot live and act in isolation. Healthy and complementary relationships help us thrive and enhance the quality of our lives. Life circumstances are unpredictable, and we never know when we may need the support of others or be in a position to give support to others. Caregiving can be stressful due to emotional, mental, and physical srain. If we complain and regard ourselves as a burden, it causes difficulty and hardship. If we are neglectful of our own self-care, we set up a challenge for those who have to care for us in the event we cannot care for ourselves.

Within the realm of our capacity to care for ourselves, it is essential to practice a healthy lifestyle to maximize personal well-being throughout our lives. This means reframing from destructive habits detrimental to our physical well-being, changing negative self-defeating thoughts that inhibit quality living and managing our emotions to maintain satisfying relationships. As we age, it is hoped that we become wiser and more thoughtful of ourselves and others.

When we are compassionate, considerate, and cultivate loving qualities, we become beautiful people to to aaround. Whether we are the giver or receiver of support, we must take care of ourselves in order to take care of others. Loving and caring for ourselves are mutually reciprocal and complimentary acts achieved by: Being healthy, peaceful, generous, and grateful for challenges. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our 'Love In Action' Practice is to focus on being your personal best to get the most out of life each day. Reflect on how you nurture and nourish your overall well-being. Examine each aspect of yourself including physical, mental, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Journal on things you would like to do and take action steps for each.

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Dr. Jean Marie concludes the episode with her excerpts on 'Self-Comfort' and 'Self-Talk'.

Love influences the consciousness of individuals and impacts society and the world at large. Achieving the highest level of consciousness is to live in the vibration of love, our natural state of being. As a result of our current world challenge and problems witnessed daily, we have an opportunity to enter a new era of evolution. Now, we are discerning what life is all about and what really matters. We are sorting out deep conditioned beliefs and society values that no longer reflect who we are nor serve our highest good.

Love is fundamental to human existence. However, fear-based prejudices and attitudes have shaped our worldview and perceptions of ourselves. This reality is different from the reality of love. Despite our need for human bonding and social connection, our prison of suffering is created by separation, ignorance and injustice. It's time to discard outworn beliefs, become free, and raise our consciousness to the vibration of love.

As referenced, love is the solution to our problems, but it is also our greatest challenge. Love is the light that shines in our hearts, the doorway to inner peace, path to Oneness, and the lamp that guides our way forward. Therefore, the meaning of love extends far beyond expressions of mere sentiments and objects of love. It is the ultimate driver of our lives. Conscious loving can be achieved by Loving yourself, Living your potential, Loving wholeheartedly, and Living by higher ideals. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is to explore whether or not you are living your potential and being and doing what you love. Are you staying in your comfort zone? Are you living your potential? Journal on these points. If you are moving forward, how have you managed to do so and how have you become resilient. If you have not, choose one thing that speaks to your heart and image how you would feel achieving your heart's desire. Take a small step toward your desire and see where it takes you.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpt on 'Self-Belief'.

The knowledge of truth is empowering and guides us to an ethical manner of living and being in the worldand guides us to purposeful living. Truth is the symbol of light and love. We are shaped by our values and beliefs that may be questioned as we become more self-aware and may find ourselves on a quest for truth to make sense of our mortal existence. Truth, defined in the Cambridge dictionary, is the quality of honesty and not containing or telling lies. Truth is important and frees us from ignorance, corruption and needless suffering. Loss of freedom is evident in misinformation and lack of truth that impinge on our personal freedom.

In today's time, we are confronted with the traps of untruths that infiltrate organizations, media and other establishments and influence our beliefs and interactions with others. It leads to deceit, damaged reputations and decreased trust. Many are seeking justice and human dignity worldwide because of corruption, greed and lack of compassion. Unfortunately, we witness leadership motivated by intense craving for power and greed that lead to self-destruction and harm to others. The self-centeredness and excessive longing for acquistion and material gain at any cost, may be the result of maladaptive behaviors and unresolved feelings that cannot be fulfilled outwardly. This behavior is demonstrated in all facets of socity where truth is sacrificed for personal favors and gain with no regard for human welfare.

Truth always prevail. Seek, hear, learn and love it. Truthfulness matters to society as a whole and enables us to grow and learn from life experiences. Truth can be achieved by the following five strategies: Be sincere, Adopt a critical thinking mindset, Be your own yardstick, Keep a healthy balance and Live your truth. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our 'Love In Action Practice' practice is to live your truth. Journal on your beliefs and values. How do they make you feel? How are you living? What are you saying? Are you congruent with what you say and how you act? Be the observer of yourself. Engage in healthy and gentle self-correction and see where it takes you.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on Inner Truth and Self-Discernment.

In all fractions of society, we witness those flauting privilege and entitlement with a deisre for special treatment and benefits. Being self-absorbed without regard for others and blinded by their true essence, self-worth is exaggerated with an insatiable desire for more. Often at the core, many are battling feelings of insecurity and lack of self-confidence that cannot be fillled with material possessions or recognition. This insensistivity to others magnifies injustice and breeds envy, resentment and violence with demands for equality and justice.

We all have the desire to live well and experience the best of life. Beyond that which is bestowed upon us by mortal beings is the spiritual privilege that is our diving birthright. Aside from the common views of society, on a higher level, spiritual privilege is endowed and inherent in each person and does not have to be sought after, earned, or approved by others. It does not come from our parents, job, or group membership but directly from Divine Source. Action springing from this identity provides real freedom, stability, and security that sustain us regardless of life circumstances.

When we feel spiritually privileged, we know who we truly are and our source of infinite supply. Being in communiom iwth our spiritual self, the realization of worthiness as our divine birthright is apparent through self-mastery, humility, service and gratitude. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is to reflect on ways to enhance self-mastery. How can you become more self-aware? How can you strengthen your divine connection - the essence of your true self? Take small steps and see how this makes a difference in your life.

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Dr. Jean closes with her excerpt on 'Spiritual Privilege'.

Life is a continual process of growth and change, learning and discovery, and an opportunity to make healthy choices to live a meaningful life. We often find ourselves struggling against forces which we have no control, and we learn to adapt in order or to survive. The world is filled with complex systems of interacting forces. We are constantly bombarded with information, false beliefs, illusions, and misconceptions that penetrate our consciousness and inhibit our capacity to live with peace, grace and ease.

To become a connoisseur of change, the connection with our inner source of divine love is essential to sustain well-being and harmony in the midst of life's most challenging situations. The capacity to flourish and achieve self-mastery is indeed an art form that is empowering. With the realization that our inner being reflects external conditions, the courage for self-introsepection enables us to take an honest inventory of ourselves, examine aspects of our lives that are out of balance, and discern what no longer serves us that blocks our personal develpment and spiritual growth.

Cultivating the art of conscious living requires becoming empowered to flourish and achieve self-mastery by embracing change, embodying love, being grateful and living with purpose. Dr. Jean Marie shares insights on each.

The Love In Action Practice is to journal on what change means to you. Do you resist or adapt? How has life transitions made you better? What did you discover about yourself? How can you incorporate lessons learned to build resilience and be a connoisseur of change?

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on 'Savor Life' and 'Restoration'.

Are you stuck in the story of who you think you are? How can you release the past and let go? How can you learn the lessons? In my book, Living in the Spirit of Love: Our Natural State of Being, I sharethe transformational Power of Sankofa that inspired me to look back, take what is valuable, and move forward to write a new chapter in my life, a new love story. A quote from the West African Translation of Sankofa speaks to our life's journey, "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; So we can understand how and why we came to be who we are".

The Sankofa is a mythical and metaphorical symbol used by the Akan people of Ghana depicted as a bird with its feet pointed forward and head turned backward taking an egg from its back. This powerful exotic symbol is an expression of the value of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bring it into the present in order to make positive progress.

It's time to let go, release fear and write a new 'Love Story' for your life. Dr. Jean Marie highlights the following precepts: Choose freedom, Dream big, Flow with Life, Live Intimately and Find beauty in everyday life. This enables you to create a new vision for your life and take inspired action to make your dreams a reality. You have the power.

The Love In Action Practice is twofold. First, journal on challenges overcome and how you have become better and more resilient. Second, journal on your dreams that you would like to manifest in your life. Write down the details. Feel good and imagine how you feel living your dream life. Revisit this daily and take small inspired steps to make your dreams a reality.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts, 'Love Story' and 'Self-Romance'.

How does it feel to be free? What does freedom mean to you? How can you truly be free?Freedom is essential to our human nature and a condition for happiness and well-being. Liberty and true happiness are paramount to moral living. Trapped in fear and abandoning feedom, we create our own prison. Whether living in bondage from the past, indulging in self-condemning thoughts or limiting self-imposed constraints and beliefs, we inhibit our capacity to be free and realize our true potential. When we are free from fear, we feel in control of ourselves and aspire to become the best we can be.

Spiritual freedom, natural freedom that does not have to be earned or sought-after, ultimately guides us toward optimum personal growth and self-discovery. A freedom mindset informs how we feel, think and respond to ourselves and the world around us. When we know what is right and true, we release struggle and move gracefully with the flow of life. Creating true happiness and liberty sustains moral freedom with rules of conduct to live in harmony and wo what is right and go beyond selfish motives for pleasure and gain. In the context of interdependence, it gives us a sense of community when we contribute to and understand how our collective and individual decisions impact humanity.

Through the lens of spiritual freedom, we can change our outlook and perspective on life. Each one of us can seek inner freedom that liberates our spirit by abiding in truth and love. Dr. Jean Marie shares '7 Keys to Spiritual Freedom': Freedom to be you, freedom of expression, freedom of choice, freedom through connection, freedom through grace, freedom through spiritual practice, and adopting a freedom mindset

The 'Love in Action Practice' is to journal on what freedom means to you, how you moved beyond self-limiting restraints, and what are current barriers to being free. Take one inspired action step to change and see how this makes you feel.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpt on 'Self-Liberation'