Raw Conversations with Corinne Blum

I sang in front of an audience this past Saturday and I want to share my personal story about my experience; which involves vulnerability, stretching ourselves beyond our comfort zone and connecting to the essence of who we truly are.

What makes all of that possible is allowing Love to be the container for our experience. Because love (self-love) said to me as I was nervous as all hell and wondering if I could really do this: “It’s ok, no matter what happens I’m here for you. I’ll support you, love you, accept you no matter what.”

Love allowed me to exhale and be me. It encouraged me to be vulnerable, stretch myself beyond my comfort zone and allow the essence of who I am to come out and play and be free.

I can’t tell you how enlivened it made me feel. It was food for my soul!

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

I want to share what came through for me as I was meditating this morning and journaling just now.

Every year a word spontaneously comes up for me as the theme of the year. Now I don’t really follow the calendar new year, but my birthday falls just after the new year so that’s probably where I draw the inspiration for this new cycle.

This year my word is Love. Which seems so obvious because I talk about it a lot but something felt very specific about it.

I want love to be the thread that weaves this year together.

In this episode I will talk about love and what keeps us from being in a state of love.

One thing I will say here as it seemed so important when I heard it in my mind (or my heart 😉) is that I know that love can be scary, and being in a state of love can also be confronting in a weird way, because it beckons us to let go of anything and everything that keeps us small and in our story of victimisation, hurt, wounding etc. But what I heard so clearly is that love requires courage and the heart is willing to be both courageous and loving. So do it! Live from love. Create from love. Be love.

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

I will refer to this New Year as the calendar new year because if we follow the rhythms of nature, the true new year would be the Spring equinox.

Based on that, I want to talk about how sometimes resolutions become more of a pressure and expectation that we end up falling short of, and which therefore leaves us feeling rather shitty, rather than setting intentions that truly support our growth.

Also, if we’re not in tune or in harmony with the rhythms of nature, we might be expecting ourselves to do something which the energy simply isn’t there to support us in, because this is a time of gestation. We are planting seeds that will emerge into the world in Spring when life rebirths itself, but for now, the attention is really on creating nourishing soil for the those seeds to eventually grow out of.

It’s an inward time. A more yin rather than yang energy.

So this podcast is an invitation to tune into yourself and really take care and pay attention to your deeper needs.

Just because something is done a certain way in society doesn’t mean it’s right for you or that it’s right in general. Listen to you! The guidance you need is there.

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

What are our associations with love?

Why do we associate love with pain?

Do we mix up attachment and love, or various feelings and emotions that we’re experiencing, with love?

In this podcast I dive into the essence of love and all the various aspects that we associate with love and how we sometimes get them all tangled up.

I also talk about how to be the source of love as well as how pain acts as a catalyst to breakdown the barriers of our heart which aren’t really protecting us but keeping us out of our own inner home.

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

In our society, December is one of the busiest months. There’s shopping, social events (that include lots of sugar and alcohol), family get-togethers (which for some are stressful) travel etc. It’s busy!

But if we look at nature, everything is slowing down. It’s the darkest time of the year and therefore a very inward time of year.

What society is doing, is in complete opposition to what nature is doing.

But we are nature. We’re not separate from it. So part of taking care of ourselves, is paying attention to what is going on in nature as a reflection of our inner nature. Or you could say it the other way around as really they are one and the same.

Taking care of ourselves is about attuning to our needs, cycles, rhythms…It’s about listening in and paying attention and ultimately giving ourselves what we need.

It’s about building a relationship with ourselves that is full of love, care, commitment and trust.

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

I wish I could give you a formula but really, to me, the practice of giving ourselves love is more of an experience.

Firstly, it’s a practice and what any practice requires is consistency.

Second, loving ourselves is an act of generosity: it’s self-giving.

We are learning how to give ourselves love by showing up consistently (so that we can build trust), accepting our entire experience and self (letting go of judgment) and through showing up consistently and accepting ourselves, we begin to naturally love ourselves.

The obstacles will be our limiting beliefs (I’m not worthy, good enough, loveable enough. I’m rejected, abandoned. I don’t belong etc) but the obstacle is the way. It’s the portal in to your deeper self and when you arrive there and recognise that all you’re really needing is your own loving attention (just like you crave from a partner or parent), loving yourself simply becomes the daily practice of being present with your experience without judgment.

If judgment arises, then get curious. Be the adult, the parent you wish you’d had, the partner you’re longing to have.

Whatever it is that you’re seeking outside of yourself, give that to yourself, first. Be the adult that will make the choice to take care of these parts of you that need your loving attention.

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Loving you from afar,

Corinne

What is the shadow? Why do we avoid it? And why does it run our lives until we make it conscious?

In this episode of Raw Conversations with Corinne Blum, we’ll look at these three questions and why doing the shadow work is so important for our happiness and well being.

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The shadow isn’t the sum of all the “negative,” bad parts of who you are and should aim to get rid of. The shadow simply represents all the parts of you that you don’t want to look at because they are the parts of you that hurt.

We don’t often want to look at our discomfort because, well, it can be painful, scary, vulnerable and often feel shameful and that’s why we avoid our shadow.

But the shadow isn’t something to push away. It is something to walk towards with curiosity and compassion for it holds the key to our transformation and happiness.

By accepting our shadow as a scared, hurt part of us that simply needs our loving attention, we have the opportunity to transmute our pain and fear into a comforting sense of true self-acceptance and love-from the inside out.

Ultimately, by embracing our shadow and accepting our entire selves, we are cultivating a healthy relationship with ourselves; creating a bond and an inner trust that runs so deep within ourselves, that we never truly feel alone or unloved again.

Loving you from afar,

Corinne

Struggle is an invitation to go deeper within ourselves. It forces us to dive beyond the surface, our coping mechanisms and habitual behaviour, down into who we truly are in our essence.

There is always a point of tension in life. Not because life, or the universe, or whatever else you may believe in, is punishing you, but because that point of tension invites us all to keep growing.

When we reframe what struggle is, it transforms our life from something that happens to us, into something that is working with us as a means to explore ourselves more fully.

And why do we explore ourselves? Because in that exploration we discover who we truly are and it is in our true essence that we find home.

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Loving you all from afar,

Corinne

Society has taught us that our worth is measured by what we do, how productive or successful we are.

If our worth is measured by what we do and not by who we inherently are, self-care becomes really hard because if you rest, you’re considered lazy or unworthy.

We’re called selfish if we take time for ourselves but rest is vital for our wellbeing.

What would it be like if you reframed everything?

If your worth wasn’t based on your productivity but that who you innately are is already good enough?

What if taking care of yourself was an act of generosity?

Can we redefine taking care of ourselves not as selfish but as self-giving or self-generous?

In this episode I explore how our worth gets mixed up in what we do and why we don’t rest or take care of ourselves when our worth seemingly hinges on our productivity.

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Loving you all from afar,

Corinne

We’ve heard a lot of language re awakening and much of it is believed to be a beautiful thing. But what about the trauma of awakening? Sometimes truth is harsh, right?

I want to start a conversation and a space to support this, at times, hugely challenging transition.

Whether you feel you don’t belong in this world, you don’t know how to be here, or are frustrated with not knowing how to make this world a more beautiful place to exist within, you’re not alone.

If this podcast resonates with you, would you be willing to drop me a line? In this way I can work on creating a support system so we can be held through the challenges of being aware (or awake) in a challenging transitional time for humanity.

With love,

Corinne