Queer Women Rising® with The Luxury Lesbian™ Matchmaker, Sophia Spallino

Have you always been afraid to ask deep questions about the spiritual tools we have been told are dark? Maybe it's not so sac-relig! Let's explore tarot, oracle cards, & all things taboo in the "woowoo" world of Rev. Sydney Finn & grow in wisdom together!

Ooooh, you Enlightened Friends are in for an unexpected treat! My newest guest is here to explore the “dark,” mysterious tools in the spiritual realm that society deems taboo! Meet ordained Reverend Sydney Finn, a California based intuitive counselor who runs a nonprofit organization which offers a wide range of healing services, collective prayer, classes, and free content to support people on their healing journey. Her goal is to help people realize their own healing potential, and supply them with the right tools for them to become the highest expression of themselves.

So how did Sydney jump into the “woowoo” world of spirituality? Sydney’s gifts were forged in the pain, darkness and trauma of her childhood as she had to navigate abuse, neglect, addicts, and her own mental and spiritual pain. These gifts were refined in young adulthood as she healed her own wounds and fully committed to doing her healing work in this lifetime. After getting her B.S. in psychology, she changed direction and became an ordained minister to pursue her purpose as an intuitive counselor, hold space for others, and help them fill in the gaps in their own healing process through offering supportive guidance and reflecting clarity to each soul she works with.

Today’s show covers topics like:

How can spirituality fits in all lives and every background 

Can wisdom marry evolution and biology? 

Can duality be spiritually bypassed?

What is the shadow side?

How can we learn to accept our shadow?

Why is society and religion afraid of tarot?

What are tarot cards and how do oracle decks “work”?

How to avoid the draining of life force energy as a spiritual influencer

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Reverend Sydney Finn:

Find out how to work with her! onyxhealing.com

Grab her Manifestation master class: https://onyx-healing.teachable.com 

Listen to her podcast, Sunday Messages http://www.buzzsprout.com/278779

Watch her tarot card readings on YouTube: Onyx Healing

Follow Sydney on Instagram: @OnyxHealing 

Follow for advice videos on TikTok: @OnyxHealing

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

Have you always been afraid to ask deep questions about the spiritual tools we have been told are dark? Maybe it's not so sac-relig! Let's explore tarot, oracle cards, & all things taboo in the "woowoo" world of Rev. Sydney Finn & grow in wisdom together!

Ooooh, you Enlightened Friends are in for an unexpected treat! My newest guest is here to explore the “dark,” mysterious tools in the spiritual realm that society deems taboo! Meet ordained Reverend Sydney Finn, a California based intuitive counselor who runs a nonprofit organization which offers a wide range of healing services, collective prayer, classes, and free content to support people on their healing journey. Her goal is to help people realize their own healing potential, and supply them with the right tools for them to become the highest expression of themselves.

So how did Sydney jump into the “woowoo” world of spirituality? Sydney’s gifts were forged in the pain, darkness and trauma of her childhood as she had to navigate abuse, neglect, addicts, and her own mental and spiritual pain. These gifts were refined in young adulthood as she healed her own wounds and fully committed to doing her healing work in this lifetime. After getting her B.S. in psychology, she changed direction and became an ordained minister to pursue her purpose as an intuitive counselor, hold space for others, and help them fill in the gaps in their own healing process through offering supportive guidance and reflecting clarity to each soul she works with.

Today’s show covers topics like:

How can spirituality fits in all lives and every background 

Can wisdom marry evolution and biology? 

Can duality be spiritually bypassed?

What is the shadow side?

How can we learn to accept our shadow?

Why is society and religion afraid of tarot?

What are tarot cards and how do oracle decks “work”?

How to avoid the draining of life force energy as a spiritual influencer

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Reverend Sydney Finn:

Find out how to work with her! onyxhealing.com

Grab her Manifestation master class: https://onyx-healing.teachable.com 

Listen to her podcast, Sunday Messages http://www.buzzsprout.com/278779

Watch her tarot card readings on YouTube: Onyx Healing

Follow Sydney on Instagram: @OnyxHealing 

Follow for advice videos on TikTok: @OnyxHealing

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

We all need to remember to never be ashamed of our anxiety or trauma, but instead talk it through and dance it out!

My radiant guest, ChelseaHorton, is a former fundamentalist Christian turned pole dancer. She is married to an incredibly loving and goofy agnostic, Matt, who gives her all the cuddles and laughter. Chelsea graduated from a private bible college in Florida in 2013 with a degree in counseling and went on a painful and enlightening journey that led her to pursue her Master's degree in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling at Columbia College Chicago. It was through this program that she began to understand that her mind and her beliefs were her prison, holding her back from love and living authentically. She learned to intimately connect with the wisdom of her own body and finally felt free to choose the life and love she truly wanted. After receiving her degree, she went on to work in a psychiatric hospital, where she helped hundreds of others learn how to get out of their minds and into their bodies. This was the pathway to healing anxiety in herself and SO many others that she worked with. Chelsea now has her own embodiment coaching business where she helps women who experience relationship anxiety and OCD to stop doubting their love for their partners so that they can embrace love, commitment, joy, and pleasure!

Today’s show covers topics like:

what embodiment actually is

feeling freedom within the container of a relationship

what are signs of relationship anxiety

why anxiety manifests in good relationships

why we are afraid to feel happiness

how to know if it's your intuition to leave or just relationship anxiety

unhealthy codependency vs. healthy interdependency

feeling valid disconnection vs. fear and past beliefs surrounding “the one”

feeling a "yes" and "no" in our bodies

how we can heal our bodies to feel and not fear love

the miraculous nervous system and mind body spirit connection 

celebrating the body's ancient wisdom through pole dancing

releasing expectation and fear to find your authentic self

dating someone of a different faith or no faith

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Chelsea Horton:

Stay in touch with Chelsea Horton on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healing.embodied

Curious about coaching with Chelsea? https://www.healingembodied.com

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

We all need to remember to never be ashamed of our anxiety or trauma, but instead talk it through and dance it out!

My radiant guest, ChelseaHorton, is a former fundamentalist Christian turned pole dancer. She is married to an incredibly loving and goofy agnostic, Matt, who gives her all the cuddles and laughter. Chelsea graduated from a private bible college in Florida in 2013 with a degree in counseling and went on a painful and enlightening journey that led her to pursue her Master's degree in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling at Columbia College Chicago. It was through this program that she began to understand that her mind and her beliefs were her prison, holding her back from love and living authentically. She learned to intimately connect with the wisdom of her own body and finally felt free to choose the life and love she truly wanted. After receiving her degree, she went on to work in a psychiatric hospital, where she helped hundreds of others learn how to get out of their minds and into their bodies. This was the pathway to healing anxiety in herself and SO many others that she worked with. Chelsea now has her own embodiment coaching business where she helps women who experience relationship anxiety and OCD to stop doubting their love for their partners so that they can embrace love, commitment, joy, and pleasure!

Today’s show covers topics like:

what embodiment actually is

feeling freedom within the container of a relationship

what are signs of relationship anxiety

why anxiety manifests in good relationships

why we are afraid to feel happiness

how to know if it's your intuition to leave or just relationship anxiety

unhealthy codependency vs. healthy interdependency

feeling valid disconnection vs. fear and past beliefs surrounding “the one”

feeling a "yes" and "no" in our bodies

how we can heal our bodies to feel and not fear love

the miraculous nervous system and mind body spirit connection 

celebrating the body's ancient wisdom through pole dancing

releasing expectation and fear to find your authentic self

dating someone of a different faith or no faith

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Chelsea Horton:

Stay in touch with Chelsea Horton on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healing.embodied

Curious about coaching with Chelsea? https://www.healingembodied.com

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

Hello my enlightened friends! This raw and real show will encourage your heart and leave you feeling in touch with your soul because shame and pain subside when shadowed taboo stories are shared and truth is revealed. I think it all helps us feel less alone, am I right? We all need to remember to never be ashamed of our most hidden truths...because they are a powerful part of us.

My radiant guest, Madelyn Moon, is literally my favorite podcast host on the planet! I was fan-girling a tad bit because "The Mind Body Musings Podcast" is my all-time favorite personal development show. Beyond her own podcast, Madelyn is a powerful embodiment coach and you will be sure to "drop in" and relax as soon as you listen to her speak.

Madelyn Moon is the queen of polarity work (aka the art of embodying masculine and feminine energy)! I know you are going to love this casual, raw chat all about...

Quarantining in Brooklyn, New York

Feminine embodiment, surrender, and energetic flow

Alpha and omega energy

Handling this new and forced COVID 19 lifestyle

Cultivating masculine and feminine polarity

What relationship dynamics result in the steamiest sex

How can we embody grief

What is a masculine container and how can we create it

Cultivating "sacred helplessness"

Age gap relationships and older man energy

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Madelyn Moon:

Stay in touch with Madelyn Moon on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madelynmoon

Curious about coaching with Madelyn? https://www.MaddyMoon.com

Get Madelyn's FREE GIFTS! https://maddymoon.com/freegift

Listen to her PODCAST, MIND BODY MUSINGS

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

Hello my enlightened friends! This raw and real show will encourage your heart and leave you feeling in touch with your soul because shame and pain subside when shadowed taboo stories are shared and truth is revealed. I think it all helps us feel less alone, am I right? We all need to remember to never be ashamed of our most hidden truths...because they are a powerful part of us.

My radiant guest, Madelyn Moon, is literally my favorite podcast host on the planet! I was fan-girling a tad bit because "The Mind Body Musings Podcast" is my all-time favorite personal development show. Beyond her own podcast, Madelyn is a powerful embodiment coach and you will be sure to "drop in" and relax as soon as you listen to her speak.

Madelyn Moon is the queen of polarity work (aka the art of embodying masculine and feminine energy)! I know you are going to love this casual, raw chat all about...

Quarantining in Brooklyn, New York

Feminine embodiment, surrender, and energetic flow

Alpha and omega energy

Handling this new and forced COVID 19 lifestyle

Cultivating masculine and feminine polarity

What relationship dynamics result in the steamiest sex

How can we embody grief

What is a masculine container and how can we create it

Cultivating "sacred helplessness"

Age gap relationships and older man energy

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends.

Connect with Madelyn Moon:

Stay in touch with Madelyn Moon on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madelynmoon

Curious about coaching with Madelyn? https://www.MaddyMoon.com

Get Madelyn's FREE GIFTS! https://maddymoon.com/freegift

Listen to her PODCAST, MIND BODY MUSINGS

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

If you're getting the Corona Virus Quartantine blues, it's okay. I am too. We are all grieving something in our own way. I am not trying to spiritually bypass this epidemic, but I must bring a raw message of hope!

Let's look for the light. Let's be grateful for the little things. Let's combat loneliness with hope and prayer. Be of good courage, help is on the way! LOVE OVERCOMES FEAR. Our collective high vibration will heal our world.

When you listen to Enlightened, know You are not alone on this journey. Let’s grow together! If you like what you hear please subscribe I show is available on all podcast platforms but if you would like to leave a kind word leave a review on apple podcasts and follow me on Instagram at Sophia Spallino for more daily inspiration have a blessed day my friends and I look forward to spending more time with you on Enlight in the podcast.

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

Hello My Enlightened Friends! This raw and real show will encourage your heart and leave you feeling in touch with your soul because shame and pain subside when shadowed taboo stories are shared and truth is revealed. I think it all helps us fee less alone, am I right? We all need to remember to never be ashamed of our past, but use it as power -- to tell our story!

This episode features my friend, Victoria Racca, the queen of microblading and budding influencer inspiring other women in body art businesses. She is here to spill all of her juicy secrets about how she went from working at a strip club in college to being a wife, mother, and successful business owner today. 

Victoria was born and raised in Southern Louisiana. She and her husband, Andryw, have two small boys, Waylon and Henry. She’s smart and creative! Victoria holds a bachelors degree from the University of Louisiana as well as being licensed in esthiology and commercial body art. Since 2017, she’s been a practicing cosmetic tattoo artist and began teaching the fundamentals and art of microblading in 2019.  

Beyond her inspiring life story, my conversation with Victoria ventured into brick-and-mortar services and social media tips that you lady bosses can incorporate into your marketing plan, whatever your business may be. So grab a glass of wine, relax in a bubble bath, and enjoy this raw conversation with my local friend and boss babe, Victoria! 

Today’s show covers topics like:

being a mom and successful business owner

exotic dancing and having no shame about the past

feeling empowered as a woman looks different for everyone

the truth about being in the sex work industry

supporting other women in business as your colleagues 

choosing collaboration over competition and the benefits of kindness

tips for brick-and-mortar business and service industry growth

tips for social media growth and how important it is to get on tiktok

living proof that you can have and do it all

It's time to set yourself FREE, Lovely One! 

The love of God inside of me honors the love in you. Namaste, My Friends

Stay in touch with Victoria Racca on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoria.glam/

Follow Victoria on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@victoria.glam

Curious about Victoria's body art business? https://www.victoriaglam.com

Support my Granny on Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@youwishiwasyourgranny

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

Learn more about me and what I do: https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

Follow me on Instagram for inspiring real-life stories everyday: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaspallino/

Pledge to support my show: http://bit.ly/SupportEnlightened

If you are seeking wisdom & guidance, schedule a one-on-one virtual meeting with me: https://sophiaspallino.com/mentorship/

Story time: The other day, someone said something extremely rude and hurtful to me. And for about two hours, I wasted time being a little salty about it. I later forgave that person for not being how I wanted them to be, and forgave myself for allowing their words to effect me so much when it wasn’t necessary. Going on and on in my head wondering how someone could be so cruel or why might they dislike me so much had me spiraling...Caring about what others think really isn't my business. It isn't yours either. 

But that’s what has inspired this guided affirmation about assumptions. So you know what, I am grateful for the experience. It taught me something. Don’t waste time being bitter. Position yourself to stay in a better mindset next time. 

Instead of being offended when someone hurts you…If at all possible, try some self-reflection and immediately forgive. That person must be pretty sad inside to do something intentionally rude or hurtful. Assume they are hurting. Only hurting people choose to hurt people. Assume they just need more fullness in their life. Pray for them.

Assuming the negative can get us into trouble, because unless you’re a master of your mind…you most likely will assume the worst. But deciding ahead of time that you shouldn’t take anything personally will help you respond better in the future. Decide ahead of time to ASSUME THE BEST.

When should you assume? When you assume the BEST. I am sure you are aware of the first definition of assume: "to suppose to the be the case, without proof.” But the second definition gives you power: “take or begin to have, the power or responsibility.” For example, “She assumed responsibility for her own life.” 

Today, let’s assume the best in others, but also assume control of our thought-patterns by putting in the work to do some affirmations now. 

You might think that these next affirmations sound crazy — and they are pretty radical because assuming the best is a simple choice, but it’s not easy to do in the moment. That’s why you should actively, daily position yourself to assume the best — to choose the best mindset regardless of any variable is assuming control of your life. 

Let’s practice assuming the BEST together. I put together some helpful affirmations with my original harp music. So let's get centered and begin.

Thank you for “reprogramming your mind” to assume the best with me today! God is for you. You are loved. So live in love, and not fear, and intention, not reaction.

If you would like to try or re-order Organifi, my go-to plant-based protein, brain food, collagen support, and green/red juices, tap here to visit Organifi. Don’t forget to use my discount code, “sophia” for 15% off your entire order every time you order.

I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

Thank you for supporting my labor of love by sharing screenshots of the podcast, subscribing, and by pledging to contribute. Because creating inspiring content demands my time, creativity, resources, and talent, I depend on generous listeners like you to support the production of my show. Kindly support Enlightened for as little as $0.99/mo by tapping here. *you may cancel at anytime.

With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

https://www.SophiaSpallino.com

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Hello there my Enlightened friends! It’s your host Sophia Spallino, and this is a preview episode meaning I am attempting to give you a short synopsis of what my entire podcast is all about…hoping you’ll tap subscribe and join me along this journey.

On the show, I'm honored to share practical, relatable, raw conversations that inspire personal growth. The recording of my personal development journey became a healing practice for me because shame and pain subside when shadowed stories and secrets are shared…I finally felt like I could live pure of heart in the revealing of the truth…the truth of my story. How can I even tell you what it’s all about if I’m constantly evolving growing more spiritual and more open-minded every day.... I guess that’s what I can guarantee — personal evolution…And as I grow, I hope you’ll grow with me!

Enlightened the Podcast exists to cultivate a safe space for me and you to bravely shed light on real-life struggles, honestly ask hard questions, and actively choose self-growth. Each episode is different, but may include encouraging words, inspiring stories, life and love advice, progressive spiritual conversations, and even guided affirmations and meditations with my original harp music. Yes, I play the harp! Some episodes feature really famous guests, or guests that are my friends, or personal development coaches. Other shows, I go solo and share my stories and my truth.

Spiritual meditation episodes are accompanied by original harp music that calls you into blissful balance. These audible experiences will help you cultivate a safe place in your everyday life for ritualizing self-care and practicing self-love, as well as inspiring your spiritual growth from an open-minded, extremely progressive perspective that loves and accepts all backgrounds. As always on Enlightened Podcast, all harp music is either classic hymns or original compositions written and performed myself.

The truth is… We are more alike than we think. We all just want to feel understood and seen. When you listen to Enlightened, know You are not alone on this journey. Let’s grow together! If you like what you hear please subscribe I show is available on all podcast platforms but if you would like to leave a kind word leave a review on apple podcasts and follow me on Instagram at Sophia Spallino for more daily inspiration have a blessed day my friends and I look forward to spending more time with you on Enlight in the podcast.

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I hope you benefit from ENLIGHTENED, the podcast by me, Sophia Spallino, an audible experience that leaves you feeling at peace, encouraged, and in touch with your soul.

If you feel comfortable to share how the show is touching your heart, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App. It will only take a minute, but genuine reviews are vital to the success of my show, so please review by tapping here.

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With infinite love and gratitude, I pray that peace be with you. xo Sophia (@SophiaSpallino on Instagram)

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