Sort Yourself Out

Do you ever feel that the people around you just don't get you anymore, as you travel your path of personal growth?

This dynamic can happen on many levels. They see us changing, and unless they’re jumping up and down saying “At last!”, then we’re probably making them somewhat uncomfortable, as we upset the apple cart and bring all sorts of unknowns into the relationship.

Significant Others may even feel threatened by this new person they’re now living with.

And from YOUR side, you may feel that you're no longer on the same wavelength, or that you're leaving them behind.

It's a complex issue that snags most of us who are into personal and spiritual growth: how do we deal with the people in our lives who don’t understand our journey.

In this week's podcast episode I offer my tips, ideas and insights to help you make the best of it and achieve harmony, as you navigate this new terrain.

In this episode:

• How to counter the perverse side-effect that often kicks in as we grow and raise our consciousness.
• Attitudes to foster balance in yourself and harmony in your relationships.
• The one thing to definitely give up doing!
• What many complacent-seeming peeps already know.
• How to understand the deeper significance of conflict.

Resources:

• Get on the wait list for The Inner Circle Membership
• Visualisation Essentials Guide

Is it just me, or does it seem like the world has gone mad?!

We're on lockdown here in France, and for the first few days Steve (my hubby) and I were feeling a little discombobulated as we got to grips with the changes going on in the world. 

So rather than publish my intended podcast for the week, I went live on Facebook to share my tips for not only getting through the lockdown and the isolation with sanity intact, but for making the best of it. 

In this week's episode taken from the FB live:

• How to cope with being cooped up together without our normal routines.
• Ways to combat loneliness and avoid going stir-crazy.
• How to make lemonade from the lemons the world is throwing at us at the moment!
• A quick technique to boost your immune system and overall health.
• Ways to boost morale and manage worry and fear.
• How to increase your sense of connectedness during isolation.

Resources:

• How To Stop Worrying Cheat Sheet

Links:

• Donna Eden's Daily Energy Routine

Have you got a hell-chore? I sure have! In fact I've got several, but one of them winds me up waaaay more than the others.

For me it's the vacuuming. Maybe for you it’s the laundry, the dusting or the hundreds of other thankless tasks we do to stop our homes from becoming a pig-sty!

This week on the podcast we’re discussing the ages old problem of all that household drudgery. This topic comes up with alarming frequency among all my female friends and is probably one of the biggest sources of disharmony and conflict in family life.

In this episode I’m offering my top tips for how to get through those life-sucking household chores from hell, including one very helpful practice that will help you to reframe the whole damn thang!

Plus, I tell the story of how my vacuum got me back! 

Whatever your hell-chore is, I hope my suggestions will go some way to lighten your load, and make it, well, if not exactly enjoyable, at least more bearable, and not quite so sh*tty!

Resources:

• Get on the wait list for The Inner Circle Membership
• Inner Smile Meditation

This is something I find fascinating to think about: how would we, humanity, act, if we all believed in karma and reincarnation?

I think it would be very differently from how we act now. The world would be a totally different place!

The Karma-Fest wraps up this week with the final episode in my 3 part series on Karma, as we ask "What would the world look like if we all believed in karma and reincarnation?

We'll be looking at the stuff we learned in parts 1 and 2, and giving it a more practical spin.

As always, we’ll be looking at the bigger picture, and we’ll also be taking it down to the individual level to look at things you can do, or NOT DO, to have a big influence on your karmic load.

I’ll be sharing ways to really walk the talk of believing in karma, so that you can begin to free yourself of your karmic bonds and obligations, and lighten the world karmic load as well. NICE!

In this episode:

• The perspective we need to foster to begin to wrap our heads around karma.
• The one principle that underpins the law of karma.
• The 3 types of karma that affect humanity.
• The nature of thought as a force of creation.
• A fun trick to keep your thoughts harmless.
• How to pay attention to karmic slaps in the face.
• The attitude we need to cultivate in order to start living more consciously.

If you missed parts 1 and 2, you might want to check them out before you listen to this one, as they each build on the one before.

Resources:

• Get on the wait list for The Inner Circle Membership
• Janine’s Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation

Links mentioned in this episode:

• SYO13 Karma 101 -  Part 1     
• SYO14 How To Work Off Your Karma  - Part 2    
• Alice Bailey books
• Questioning Traveller and Karma by Torkom Saraydarian
• Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

The Karma-Fest continues! In part 2 of our 3 part series on karma, we’re discussing how to work off your karma.

We’ll be getting into some deeper karmic principles so we can appreciate how we’re generating our karma, and delving into some qualities that we need to cultivate, in order to work it off. And I’ll be sharing a really quick and easy practice that has a big impact on reducing the karmic implications of all the stuff you get up to!

Most people think that you have to create good karma, and this is true to an extent. However, according to the Ageless Wisdom, in order to experience liberation from the cycle of rebirth, (the law of karma and the law of rebirth or reincarnation are inextricably linked), we need to achieve neutrality of karma. This means we’re no longer creating bad karma, and no longer creating good karma either. 

So this week we look at ways that we can balance our karma, and ultimately get off of the wheel of rebirth.

We dig deep into the Ageless Wisdom teachings to make sense of this profound and mysterious law of nature.

In this episode:

• Two main ideas that humanity needs to understand at this point in our evolution.
• The perspective we need to foster to begin to wrap our heads around karma.
• The 4 D’s that will help us to balance our karma.
• The spiritual practice that will help us to cultivate the 4 D’s. 
• Why we do not want to be “glamourous”.
• The no. 1 quality to cultivate to work off your karma. 

In part 1 in our karma series we discussed what karma is, and how it operates in our lives. I recommend listening to this first if you haven’t already!

And in part 3, we’ll be answering the question, “If You Believed In Karma, How Would You Live Your Life?” so make sure to look out for the next episode too.

Resources:

• Get on the wait list for The Inner Circle Membership
• Janine’s Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation

Links mentioned in this episode:

• SYO13 Karma 101      
• Discipleship In The New Age by Alice Bailey 
• Glamour: A World Problem by Alice Bailey

Have you ever wondered about the bigger picture of life, about karma and reincarnation and how it all works?

Well, bung on your earphones, because for the next 3 episodes, we're discussing all things Karma, one of my favourite topics!

Karma is one of life's deep mysteries, but in this 3 part series, based on over a decade of study and fascination, I demystify its inner workings, and discuss how our understanding of the nature of karma can improve our lives, individually and collectively. And not just in the here and now, but in our future incarnations!

This week in part 1, Karma 101, we’ll be looking at what karma is, and how it operates in our lives. 

In this episode:

• I’ll be sharing insights on karma from the Ageless Wisdom.
• What karma is, as well as what it isn’t.
• The BIG elephant in the room when it comes to believing in karma.
• The two main principles governing the Law of Karma.
• A glimpse into the Akashic Records.
• The three types of karma that affect humanity.
• Personal and group karma.
• How karma ties in with reincarnation.
• How the ancient karma of the animal kingdom and the human kingdom is still working out today.
• What we need to do to really appreciate the nature of karma.

In part 2 in our karma series we’ll be discussing How To Work Off Your Karma.

And in part 3, we’ll be answering the question, “If You Believed In Karma, How Would You Live Your Life?” so make sure to look out for the next couple episodes too.

Resources:

• Get on the waitlist for The Inner Circle Membership
• Janine’s Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation

Links:

• Questioning Traveller and Karma by Torkom Saraydarian
• The Light Of The Soul by Alice Bailey
• Esoteric Psychology Vol. 1 by Alice Bailey

This week we’re discussing how to get other people to change. We all want this right? We’ve got these irritating people in our lives, with their irritating ways, and they drive us nuts!

Life’s irritations are countless and come at us from all angles: coworkers, family, road rage, physical health, world affairs and all manner of human discourtesy and ignorance. And if you’re a menopausal woman like me, you might be plumbing previously unknown depths of irritation! But fret ye not, my friend, as I’ve got a lot to offer on how we can get some relief!

So bung on your earphones as I am about to reveal the secret you need to know in order to get other people to change.

In this episode:

• Why you might be thinking, “Oh come on Janine, up yours!”
• The shift that deals with those perennial arguments with significant others that just won’t go away.
• How to deal with the sh*t-talking automaton inside your head!
• The game-changing realisation that allows you to interrupt old established dysfunctional patterns.
• The one quality you must cultivate in order to stand firm in your authenticity when tricky conversations arise.
• How to develop mental polarisation so that you can begin to hear the voice of the soul and up-level your relationships.

To help you with all of the above, I’ve created a free Quick Start Guide to Doable Meditation, that only takes 5 minutes of your day, and that gives you really simple, no fuss instructions on how to meditate, plus my top tips to make sure you can fit it into your day, and to help you to move past any resistance you might feel, so you can get started, and most importantly, keep going!

Resources:

Janine’s Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation

I just loooove talking about this week’s podcast topic, How To Discover Your Higher Purpose. 

We all want to find our purpose in life. The fortunate among us find their calling early in life, but for many our purpose remains elusive, and we’re still figuring things out well into mid-life.

We’re going to be bringing in the Ageless Wisdom teachings to raise our vision to the bigger picture of life, and to look at your life purpose in a much more expanded context than just your career or your job.

I also stick my neck out in a discussion of karma, addressing the common thorny objection along the lines of "how can a poor defenseless baby be deserving of being born in a slum..." in this week’s episode.

Also in this episode:

• Why mid-life is a propitious time to discover your purpose.
• The role of karma in our purpose and relationships.
• A look at the mystery of meeting someone new, yet feeling like you’ve known them all your life.
• The bigger purpose of life on earth.
• You were once a rock!
• The basis of our interconnectedness.
• Two things we need to do in order to comprehend karma.
• Child prodigies explained!
• Crises as the pointers to your purpose.

Plus I share a free guided meditation you can download, called The Quantum Liberation Spa, where we cleanse old stuck energies and outmoded beliefs from all levels of your being, and get this… we restore the divine blueprint of optimal function, balance, harmony and wholeness. NICE! And we even create a powerful anchor that you can use to access your heightened state of well-being you’re experiencing in The Quantum Liberation Spa, whenever and wherever you want. 

You can access this download at theinspirationcloud.com/syo11.

Resources:

The Quantum Liberation Spa Guided Meditation

Links mentioned in this episode:

Jean Houston

Have you ever wished you had some way to give yourself a lift, and to clear away the harmful effects of modern life? 

Well, you won't want to miss this week's podcast where we’re discussing all things energy, like just what the heck is the energy body, and how can you tune it up, not only to have more energy to power your life, but also to improve your health and well-being on all levels? 

And get this, how to stop an illness before it manifests in your physical body.

I'll be sharing an extremely powerful top-down practice that I try to use every day, and we’ll also be looking at some other ways to manage your energy via natural health supplements, and also crystals that can protect you from the electromagnetic frequencies that abound these days, that can drain your energy and leave you feeling out of sorts.

Plus I share a free guided meditation you can download, called The Quantum Liberation Spa, where we cleanse old stuck energies and outmoded beliefs from all levels of your being, and get this… we restore the divine blueprint of optimal function, balance, harmony and wholeness. NICE! And we even create a powerful anchor that you can use to access your heightened state of well-being you’re experiencing in The Quantum Liberation Spa, whenever and wherever you want. 

You can access this download at theinspirationcloud.com/syo10.

In this episode:

• The 5 minute energy routine that cleared up in one month the shoulder tendinitis that I’d had for a year and that nothing else would shift.
• What the energy body is and how it connects us to the universal energy field.
• How to protect yourself energetically from shocking information or people that suck you dry!
• The triple-whammy of crystals that protect us from electromagnetic waves.
• 2 herbal supplements to boost your energy and help you to focus and concentrate.
• A home spa treatment to balance your energy system that also helps to relax your muscles and detox your body too.
• A little bit of fun with seagull poop!

Resources:

The Quantum Liberation Spa Guided Meditation

Links mentioned in this episode:

Donna Eden’s Daily Energy Routine

Did you know that you are omnipotent? It may not seem like it, as so many of us feel powerless, like we’re buffeted around by the seemingly random sh*t that happens. We’re all familiar with that modern-day piece of wisdom that “sh*t happens”!

And while I am not trying to say that we have ultimate control over all that shows up in our lives, there is one area where we do have control, where we are omnipotent, and that is in how we choose to think about all that is going on. And how we think about things will be reflected in how we react to people, circumstances and events. That is entirely up to us! 

For many of us, however, that will involve raising our awareness and achieving a level of mindfulness to become aware of what’s going on betwixt our ears. Without that awareness, we’re at the mercy of our programming and conditioning. And what is that? Basically, it’s how we’ve been brainwashed. It’s all the ideas about ourselves and about life that we absorbed as children and that have become a part of the operating system that is the subconscious mind. 

But it doesn’t stop there, and this is where it gets serious - because we experience in life what our brainwashing leads us to expect. So if you expect that life is hard and that there’s always a calamity around the corner just waiting to screw you over, that’s what you’re going to experience in life. Because thoughts are creative energy that attract experiences to you. 

So this week we’re discussing how to take charge of your mind so you can have greater control over what you experience in your life and achieve omnipotence!

In this episode you’ll hear:

• How to raise your awareness of what’s going on in your mind.
• How to stop your negative beliefs becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy in your life.
• Ways to disrupt your knee-jerk reactions when people push your buttons, and even defuse their button-pushing power!
• How you can clear the karmic bonds that tie you to others.
• The shift that allows you to become an agent of healing in the world.

Also this week I’m offering my free Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation, so you can get begin the practice that has the most powerful impact on your omnipotence.

Resources:

Janine's Quick Start Guide To Doable Meditation

Links mentioned in this episode:

SYO3 - The 3 Phases of Transformation and How to Activate Them in Your Life