Practical Spirituality Blog

TENTATIVE PLANS Jun 14, 2024

Do you make tentative plans? Do you say, here is what I might do tomorrow, but I am leaving the door open for something better to walk in? Do you hedge on your commitments just in case something better comes along? If this sounds like you, then you are connected to your authentic self.

Your true se...

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WATCHING OUT FOR FAILURE Jun 11, 2024

When I embark on a new project, or a big goal, I know that there are parts of me who want to plan for and avoid failure. My mind seems to race ahead and ask, What could go wrong here? And in that questioning, I begin to worry.

I used to think that this propensity to see failure was a problem.

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UNCERTAINTY AS A SIGN TO PIVOT Jun 10, 2024

When you feel uncertain, what do you do? Do you jump in and take action, hoping that certainty will come? Do you research and ask for others’ opinions to know the way? Do you turn to other projects with a knowing that certainty will arrive in due time?

When I was younger, I had a habit of stewing i...

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THE CARROT OR THE STICK? Jun 06, 2024

What is your motivation for the actions you take each day? Are you taking action because you enjoy what you do? Are you taking action because you are excited for what comes next? Are you taking action because you can feel the excitement within you for what is coming into your life?

I now operate my...

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LEARNING TO PLEASE YOURSELF May 24, 2024

The spiritual path is the path that I chose last, but it has been the best one. Let me explain.

I started out life as a do-gooder little girl, who wanted nothing more than to make her parents happy. I was always wanting to earn their praise and basked in the love they showered on me.

Then I went t...

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PRACTICAL INTUITION Apr 30, 2024

The question I get asked the most is this: how do I access my intuition? Which is a funny question to me because I see myself as always plugged in to my intuition. It just gets distorted when I have beliefs that limit me. When I do the work of clearing out my limiting beliefs, and adopting broad and...

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CRAFTING A PLAN Apr 26, 2024

We live in a world where we are all urged to plan, to think through future events, and to prepare. We are urged to see what could go wrong, plan to avoid mistakes, and visualize success. We are guided to keep a tight leash on ourselves and to stick closely to the plans we create for success.

Yet he...

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THE SPIRITUAL TOOLKIT Apr 23, 2024

The practical spirituality warrior has a set of tools that she deploys all day long to help her succeed. These tools include intentions, prayers, self awareness, and self compassion. They also include practicing new beliefs, shedding old beliefs, and generally trying to stay light hearted and open. ...

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MAKING THE CASE FOR LOVE Apr 17, 2024

If you had no limits on what you could ask for, what would you choose?

That’s the question that gnawed at me as I came to terms with the idea of the universe as an infinite supply train of whatever I wanted. I tried to supersize all my requests, but I kept coming back to this one idea: I wanted wha...

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KEEPING THE PEACE Apr 11, 2024

Many of us have a habit of downplaying our discomfort. We feel that a decision is off, yet we push through our discomfort to avoid confrontation. We feel that a path is not for us, yet we move forward under the idea that doing what we should is better than doing what we want. We feel that we a

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LOG IT Mar 28, 2024

When you find yourself waiting, what do you do? Are you like me and you grab your phone? Here is what I started doing instead.

I made a list of everything I had accomplished so far today. I reflected on the breakfast I ate. The meeting I led. The people I talked off the ledge. I make note of the ch...

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TRASHING THE PROJECT PLAN Mar 25, 2024

Crafting an action plan is my preferred way to move my projects forward. But here is my secret: I never follow the plans I create. Instead, I toss them in the trash and work my way, intuitively, toward all my life goals.

Here is how it’s going. Awesome. I am currently having more fun than I have ...

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