Hello gorgeous!

Today I’m sharing (with generous permission) a listener question that I wish I would have been brave enough to ask when I was really frustrated, uncomfortable, afraid and confused. I realize there are numerous resources available to guide emotional acceptance/release and awakening, so I am tickled pink that I was asked to share my perspective. This blog post accompanies the podcast episode “I WANT to feel my North Star Energy!”

The other night I saw the Alaskan perspective of the North Star for the first time in three months as it was finally dark enough! It feels like such a treat to have our stars back. While gazing at the heavens and feeling into the idea of North Star Energy,  I felt the call to record a follow up episode to last week’s podcast, with more practical, down to earth inspirations for how to align and create with your energy.

Hello dear friend!

I would love to start this blog post with an opportunity for you to pause, connect to your physical senses in this Now, and ask yourself, “What is true?” and if you would like to get particular, “What is true about creating radiant health?”

Now, how do you know that is true?

Did someone tell you? Did you read it somewhere? Did you hear it on a podcast? Is it what you have experienced in your own physical reality? Or do you feel it as a crystal clear Truth resonating through all the cells in your body?

When you see the word “aging”, what images, thoughts and stories come to mind? Explore your automatic mind responses for a moment. Is that what you desire to create as your time on the physical planet expands? If so, amazing. If not, let’s explore a new reality together. 

While this blog post accompanies the correlating podcast episode, feel free to explore the following journal questions before listening, after listening, or never at all! At the end of the questions I share what I received from my Inner Being, if you are curious. Cherry pick what resonates and ignore what doesn’t! And, as always, check in with your Inner Being/Higher Self/Source to receive your own unique guidance.  

I hope you are having a gorgeous summer, if that is your current season. I’m reaching out from the beautiful Baja Peninsula, currently enjoying the sounds and sights of the waves lapping the shore, feeling the absolute magnificence of this world. This blog post is intended as a companion to my most recent podcast episode, “Awareness & Choice in Beliefs.” 

I love it when awareness unfolds in the most delightful and profound ways. I have the itch to share with you, because these are the juicy life tidbits that I love to talk about!

My husband and I were out on a date night, having a bit of bubbly in the big city. We were chatting away when Tom described a certain woman as an “extremely remarkable physical specimen”. (Nerd code for “hot”.) I felt a jolt of discomfort in my physical body. In the past, this sort of situation might have resulted in a number of reactions: stuffing down or numbing the uncomfortable emotion, holding silent resentment for my husband and collecting evidence about why he didn’t love me “enough”, harboring jealousy and animosity towards the woman, saying something snarky to my husband to inflict discomfort in him. These mind techniques at one point in my life all served the purpose of “keeping my ego safe” by avoiding feeling the discomfort of the not enoughs!

Following our podcast together, Katie Chorlton, of Inside Out: Somatic Practices for the Body, Mind & Spirit, offered to share more ventral vagal nerve fiber/cells toning practices. Katie explains:

“The dorsal (toward the back of the body) vagal nerve fibers/cells are involved in our shutting down defensive system: the part of us that goes numb/plays dead etc. when we’ve exhausted our fight or flight (etc.) parts and it’s clear they aren’t working.

Following our podcast together, Katie Chorlton, of Inside Out: Somatic Practices for the Body, Mind & Spirit, offered to share more ventral vagal nerve fiber/cells toning practices. Katie explains:

“The dorsal (toward the back of the body) vagal nerve fibers/cells are involved in our shutting down defensive system: the part of us that goes numb/plays dead etc. when we’ve exhausted our fight or flight (etc.) parts and it’s clear they aren’t working.

I hope that you are joyfully embracing this seasonal transition of awakening life and transformation. As the earth shifts do you feel that you are similarly opening to shifts in your life?

Tom and I have recently been enjoying spring ice fishing, and while he hauls in the fish I am usually skunked. This doesn’t bother or surprise me, as my husband has been obsessed with fishing since he could walk. This passion has never dwindled and it reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule, in which consistent focus and practice is the key to mastery and expertise. Tom has spent bundles of 10,000 hours focusing on fishing: researching learning, preparing for,  and actually fishing. He is truly an expert fisherman! 

The intention of this week’s podcast is to expand awareness of how often the “future” peppers the now with its stories of salvation or doom and gloom. Do you find yourself “futuring” in the Now? Do you have a sense that allowing the mind to get lost in the future takes away from the enjoyment of the Now? If you can relate, I thought you might enjoy the opportunity for awareness journaling. If you have the desire and space, grab your favorite comfort beverage and your journal or computer and tune into your Truth with the questions below. I hope you are delighted with what you find!