Have you ever been through an existential crisis? There are so many questions that might run through your mind. Why can't I just let this go? Why can't I just be? This episode will teach you how to appreciate spiritual growth as well as physical growth.

In this episode you will learn:

• How do you keep yourself grounded?
• Can there be a balance between honoring our spiritual connection and honoring our physical body?

6 Key Takeaways:

• Some people use spiritual growth to not feel good.
• It is human nature to want to share things.
• Don't dwell on people not being on the same page as you.
• Calm can be mastered.
• This world can be enjoyed if we have a connection to the spirit.
• Enjoy the simple things.

Action Steps:

• Have respect for where everyone is on their path.
• Just love that you don't need to change someone.
• Hit the pause button once in a while.
• Get firmly re-grounded on the physical.

If you had been listening for the last few weeks, you might have noticed that there have been some gaps in the number of episodes released. I love hearing from you! Please send me an email, or share your comments, I read each and every one of them, and I would love to hear from you!

Thank you for listening!

Quotes:

"We find reasons not to feel happy."

"Take time to withdraw a little bit."

Past episodes mentioned:

314ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 1

319ACIM: Depression, Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul – Part 2

324ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 3

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What has your spiritual awakening been like for you? Spiritual awakening is different for everyone and there are levels of intensity. There is a darker side to it, too. And sometimes, it can be messy. Join me as I talk about what this journey and process of spiritual awakening could be like and help you get to an understanding of what it means to you.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is spiritual awakening?
• Why do some of us get into a slump as we go through the process of spiritual awakening?
• Why are some of us so driven to find the truth of existence?

3 Key Takeaways:

• Spiritual awakening is basically about having a new level of awareness and understanding about who you are, about purpose, about a connection to God, about existence, about things that can bring us a lot of joy and love.
• While you may have these moments in the process of spiritual awakening where you lose clarity, where you are assimilating some new information and may get off-kilter, it's okay.
• If we are really understanding who we are, our power and our God connection, that should be a joyful moment and there should be more ease coming into life.

Action Steps:

• Do things in spirit.
• If you find yourself in a worse state as a result of truth-seeking, reconsider that and think, "If I were really lining up with the truth of who I am, wouldn't that mean that life got easier and better?"

Quotes:

"Always at my root, always at my foundation is my love for people, is my love for life, is my love for myself."

"Spiritual awakenings are, in my opinion, a messy, messy work."

You might have noticed that there's a been a temporary shift in the release of podcast episodes. I hope that you guys will tune in whenever one is released. I will do my best to produce as many episodes as possible during this time. I also would love to hear from you, so please feel free to reach out to me.

Thank you for listening!

Resource Mentioned:

Playing the Matrix: A Program for Living Deliberately and Creating Consciously by Mike Dooley

Past Episodes Mentioned:

314ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 1

319ACIM: Depression, Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul – Part 2

324ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 3

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Have you had a spiritual awakening and had thoughts and feelings that were less than positive? This is the last of a three-part series on a somewhat heavy, but worthwhile topic. Last Wednesday, we left off with depression. Today, we're going to dive deeper into the topic. This episode is powerful and will let you know that you're not alone.

7 Key Takeaways

1. When you get into the state where you tap into your presence, and that presence is something that you identify as something that is not a part of your ego, your eyes start to open a bit to how the way we are as humans is different from the truth of who we are.
2. When you are spiritually awakened, you stop defining things as "good" and "bad." Everything is just "is." There's nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nowhere to be. When you start to absorb that, doing other things can become less meaningful. That's when some of the depression can come in.
3. We know intuitively that there is love, joy, and meaning.
4. If you find yourself wondering what's the point of anything, simply give this to God and align yourself to Him.
5. Ego would have us believe we are a body and a personal story. But if you have a spiritual awakening, you understand there is God and you understand that you are vast and pure awareness.
6. The difficulty with going and functioning in this world when we are spiritually awakened is sometimes where the depression comes in.
7. ACIM says that Jesus refers to us as having a special function and a purpose to fulfill.

Quotes

"Everyone who has a spiritual awakening knows there is much more than our normal everyday reality. There is God. I, as vast and pure awareness continues long after body and personal story in this life comes to an end." - Bruce Davis, PhD, The Challenge of Depression After a Spiritual Awakening

"We are love. That is the truth of who were are."

Action Step

• We have a function and purpose in this world. We are love. Let this be your focal point during your meditation practice, prayers, and interaction with others.

Thank you for listening!

Resource Mentioned

The Challenge of Depression After a Spiritual Awakening (Huffington Post article)

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Last week, I talked about how the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles surprised me and what it says about reality, the ego, and separation from God. Today, I'm going to talk about the dark nights of the soul and depression, two things that usually don't cross your mind when you think about spiritual awakening. I invite you to join me in this thought-provoking three-part series.

7 Key Takeaways

1. God is love and we are love. This is a simple concept that we can return to when we find ourselves having fear-based thoughts.
2. According to ACIM, we are living in a world of illusion. Our perception of reality is distorted.
3. All the things that make up the individual that you are (your body, your personality, etc.) is not the truth of who you are. We are not separate from God. We are all one.
4. ACIM says the world was made as an attack on God. I grappled with this idea for some time. While I'm grateful for the spiritual path and I know that there's peace on the other side of it, it took some time for me to process this idea.
5. Consciousness affects what we see on a scientific level. This is called the observer effect in the scientific world.
6. When you go through spiritual awakening, it's not uncommon to have feelings of depression or disorientation.
7. Dark nights of the soul is when you're going through a transition in your life and you experience difficult emotions such as despair, anger, doubt, guilt, or sadness. On the other side of it, you re-emerge clearer, sharper, more peaceful, and elevated in some way.

Quotes

"If you begin to explore that the here and now is not what you think it is, it can be upsetting to the peace of your own mind."

"It's hard to describe when everything you think you know is shifting."

If you have not heard last week's episode, please go back and listen to it. You can find it here. The episode is the foundation for this three-part conversation. Be sure to tune in next week, April 25th, for the third installment of this discussion on spiritual awakening, depression, and dark nights of the soul.

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How are you making choices that are aligned with your higher self? Today, I'm announcing some short-term changes in the structure of this podcast, and talk about how this relates to mindfulness. I also share how you can use the lessons that I'm learning to be more uplifted and present in your life. Listen and be inspired!

5 Key Takeaways

1. We have the ability to be present and choose how we respond to life. It can be true in any situation that you can imagine.
2. When we are present with our children without the need to do something else, we tend to feel relaxed.
3. Mindfulness is a practice where I am blocking out time. This is time where I focus solely on my children and not anything else.
4. We must check in with ourselves; otherwise, we'll do things merely out of obligation or to meet the expectations of others around us.
5. When everything has to get done and everything is equally important, something happens that can take you out of that game. None of those things are going to get done.

Quotes

"It's 100% possible to craft a lifestyle that you would love."

"You can't stop the waves from coming, but you can learn to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn

"I think that there is room in this world for us to be successful entrepreneurs and to gently balance the other commitments, passions, joys, responsibilities that we have."

Action Steps

• Make conscious choices on how you want to design your life. Ask yourself, "What do I want my day to look like?"
• I invite you to check in with yourself and reflect on the same questions that I now ask:

1. Is my life currently reflecting all the values that I hold?
2. Am I putting my time, attention, and energy in all the places that I want to do so?
3. Is there enough time and energy in reserves to carry me into additional projects that are so meaningful to me?

Thank you for listening!

Resource Mentioned

Full Catastrophe Living

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What is the accumulation effect and how can it ultimately lead to success? Today, I want to share with you that there is a beautiful thing that happens when you focus on one thing and consistently put energy into it. Listen, enjoy, and be inspired!

6 Key Takeaways

1. According to Tony Robbins, most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year, but underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.
2. What happens to a lot of us is we let our energy get dispersed by focusing on too many things at once.
3. When you're staying on a particular course and you continue to put energy and momentum into it, even when the initial enthusiasm wanes, something magical happens. There is a cumulative effect of your work.
4. When you single-mindedly pursue an endeavor, you will accumulate knowledge, skills, contacts, networks, etc. over time. You will also gain a level of confidence from doing so.
5. When you're running a content-based business, Gary Vaynerchuk says that you must document what you're doing because people will be drawn to you, your story, brand, and message. Over time, it's going to build and people will come. It's a winning formula.
6. When you persistently and consistently put valuable content on your website, it's going to add up to your site. However, Google is forgiving if you put less content on your site.

Quotes

"There is a beautiful that happens when you do the same thing repeatedly. "

"If you keep doing what you're doing, magic is going to happen."

Action Step

• If you're in a business right now, and you're not seeing the accumulation effect, pause and think back on when you first started this business. Ask yourself, "What did I know then and what do I know now?"

Thank you for listening!

Resources Mentioned

Inside Building a Business with a Blog: My Personal Story and How to do it from scratch The Tipping Point (podcast episode)

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Join Bridgett today in this parenting episode where she discussed ways to be consciously making choices in how we show up in ways for our children, that allow them to feel 100% accepted for who they are - not for their interests, their achievements, their outcomes. Unattached parenting is a style of parenting that Bridgett describes as letting go of the need for your child to do a certain thing or be a certain way. How do you show up as a parent, and could this philosophy serve you?

7 Key Takeaways

1. When you tightly hold on to something, the thing that you want doesn't come, takes a long time to come, or comes with a lot of struggle.
2. When we're attached to outcomes, what's happening is we are not allowing space. We don't allow God or the Universe to provide for us in the way that would best serve us.
3. If you're visualizing something that you want to bring into your life, step back a little and visualize yourself happy. Trust that the thing that you want or something better will come to you.
4. When you're strongly attached to something, it's usually coming from a place of uncertainty, lack, fearfulness, and mistrust.
5. Being attached to an outcome can pigeonhole you into a particular thing that when you get it, you may not even be really happy with it.
6. A lot of what goes on with us as adults is a result of our beliefs about ourselves which we acquired as children. These beliefs are based on how our elders treated us, behaved around us, and responded to us.
7. Conscious parenting means being aware and making mindful choices based on thought and intentions rather than reacting, going on autopilot, and allowing your old beliefs systems and habits to run your life.

Quotes

"When you're attached to an outcome, you may limit what can show up in your life, and when you get it, you may actually be unhappy with what comes about."

"Our own attachments to how we want to show up in the world, we put those on our children."

Action step

• Is there a circumstance in your life where you may have been attached to your child having, doing, or being something? Gently bring this into awareness and see what it would look like to be more unattached in your parenting style. If let go a little bit of the need for them to do a particular thing or be a particular way, notice what happens with your child and how they feel and respond when you do that.

Resource mentioned

Free course in gratitude

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Have you ever questioned why we are here and wondered about the nature of our reality? Today, I begin the first part of the lengthy topic of spiritual awakening by discussing what it is, what A Course in Miracles says about the ego and separation from God, and why some people seem to lose their minds when they are awakened. Join me as I explore the nature of reality and the truth of who we are.

6 Key Takeaways

1. When you awaken to the truth of who you are, you realize there's a dichotomy of nothing means anything and yet everything means something. There's a dichotomy of meaning and lack of meaning.
2. The ego is the part of us that would have us believe that we're separate from God. ACIM says this supposed separation from God that our ego would have us believe never really occurred because we could never be separate from God.
3. When you become right-minded, a miracle is occurring because you are being your true self and leaving the ego behind. You are operating from the state of your truth.
4. The ego is everything you've identified with and what you think you are. When you stop identifying with the ego, then you wonder what is left. You get in the stillness sometimes. The stillness can be beautiful but it can also be frightening.
5. We sometimes shift back into ego because we don't know how to function in this other way.
6. When you are fully in the present, that is you being in the state of who you truly are. That's when you're not operating from ego.

Quotes

"Spirit is invisible and it's creating that which is visible...Consciousness is making the world before you."

"We could never really be separate from God."

I invite you to listen again next week, April 18th. I'll be talking about some tough issues that we encounter when we explore spirituality and the nature of reality.

My first meditation album, Calm & Center, has just been released. There are a lot of beautiful things in this album for you, so I invite you to get your copy at TheTruthAboutLiving.com/Meditations. To get a 50% discount, use this coupon code: LOVEIT.

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Is there anything going on in your life that has led you to feel despair or overwhelm? Do you feel as if nothing is going right? If you find yourself in any of those states, I hope that my message for today will bring you comfort and inspiration. Listen and be inspired!

3 Key Takeaways

1. When things feel tough, sometimes, it's enough to do what you can do with what you've got from where you are. When you put one foot in front of the other, the energy is going to shift and you're going to be lifted up again.
2. According to Abraham Hicks, when there's contrast or when there's something going on in your life that's the opposite of what you want, you have a good idea of when it's helpful for you to sleep. Sometimes, we need to do the minimum in that short period.
3. Have faith that the energy will shift again. Have faith that you're like a cork that is naturally light and that you will rise again to the surface.

Quotes

"There are times in life when you simply need to continue to put one foot in front of the other."

"You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn

Action Step

• When life gets difficult, have faith, trust, surrender, and sleep.

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It's an exciting Monday for me! As I've been telling everyone these past few weeks, it's the release date of my first meditation album, Calm & Center. Today, I'd like to share my thoughts on meditation and talk a little bit about this album. Also, as promised, I'm giving you a coupon code that entitles you to a 50% discount on your purchase of the album. Listen and stick around until the end!

5 Key Takeaways

1. Meditation is a practice of renewing that gives us a center of calm and clarity by creating a space within us. It nourishes our bodies, minds, and spirits. It makes us more aligned with our true selves.
2. Sticking to a meditation practice may mean waking up earlier than usual or giving up something we may do out of habit. But we know that when we take the time to meditate, our actions become more effective and focused afterwards.
3. Meditation can have an overarching effect in your life. I've found that my daily interactions and the choices I make stem from this state that I have cultivated in meditation.
4. For many people, meditation is a spiritual practice. It's about finding that presence within us and knowing our true selves.
5. Meditation affects us in different ways. We can meditate to calm anxiety, soothe our souls, help ourselves rest, and provide ourselves with a sense of serenity, among other things.

Quotes

"This quiet practice of meditation allows you to come from a really grounded place. It gives you a sense of (resilience) in life..."

"The more you practice meditation, the more you have this ability to really sink into these spaces of true stillness."

One of the hardest things about meditation is simply staying in the meditation. When we sit alone, we have this tendency to feel that we should do something else. This album will guide you back into the beautiful silent space in meditation.

The Calm & Center meditation album is designed to support you through feelings of stress, unease, anger, fatigue, and disconnection. The album includes the following tracks:

• A Five-Minute Meditation on One Conscious Breath
• Calm and Well-Being
• Releasing Anger
• From Fatigue to Energy
• Silent Personal Retreat

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This beautiful meditation album comes with a money back guarantee if you find that it's not the right fit for you. It also includes a bonus -- a free email coaching session from me. To get the bonus after purchasing the album, simply send me an email at [email protected] or use the contact form on my website. Please be sure to let me know the date of your purchase.

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