Higher Self spills the tea ☕️

We’re diving deeper into deep love healing in part 2 of this series on loving difficult people. In the last episode, I introduced the idea of loving people in your life who are difficult to love as a way to expand your own healing. But in this episode, we’re going to take a closer look at just a few of the reasons why this type of deep love healing is so pure and powerful. So, check out part 1 if you haven’t already, grab a cup of your favorite tea, take a deep breath, and start learning how to open yourself up to the gifts and blessings you may have unintentionally been closing yourself off to. In this episode, we cover: 1:48 What deep love healing really is 2:20 How continuing in your dislike for difficult people in your life is only weighing you down 3:15 What frenemies really do to our energy 4:28 What happens when you love someone who’s difficult to love 5:50 How to set an intention to receive the gifts and blessings of difficult relationships 6:23 The way blessings compound in your life 7:30 The role the collective plays in connecting and holding on to lack, fear, and anxiety 8:00 How to extend love to difficult people in your life 8:10 A productive exercise to transform your hate or disapproval of the difficult people in your life Listen to part 1 of this episode here.

In a time when our world feels more divided and hate-filled than ever, Higher Self and I are bringing you the radical idea of deep love in this two-part series. In episode 1, I’m introducing the challenging idea of loving those we loathe, hate, or dislike - anyone we find difficult to love. Now, before you scoff and click away, know that this type of love is the purest and most healing type of love. And I know none of us is in the position to turn away healing! So, take a deep breath and listen as we cover: 5:25 The power of pure love 6:00  How we can start to love the parts of ourselves that are hardest to love 6:42 What true abundance really is 7:40 How pure love and abundance can transform just about anything 8:32 What Higher Self wants you to loosen to love the people you don’t want to love (even if your dislike of them is totally justified) 9:35 What’s not serving you, the planet, or helping you to live your best life 10:12 A powerful exercise to package your hatred, disdain or dislike and surrender it to the divine 14:15 What happens to your heart when you allow yourself to receive the healing aspect of the difficult person(s) in your life

Deep love. If those two words already have you squirming, then this special podcast episode is definitely for you. With everything going on in the world, many of us are more closed off to love than ever before. So, what exactly does ‘deep love’ mean, and why is it something we should be more open to? My friend and coaching colleague Paul Gasztold is a talented voice and relationship coach. He also happens to be a deep love evangelist. His work helps transform relationships from surface level to ‘deep blue and beyond’ love, which impacts not only the relationship but almost every other aspect of life. So get cozy, settle in, and start getting more comfortable with deep love. 5:00 What it means to love deeply in your relationships 10:00 How to know when you have deep love 10:30 What keeps us from experiencing deep love 11:00 The role deep love plays in business and working with clients 12:03 Does it take both people doing deep love work to make a great relationship? 14:00 When the deep love space opens up 16:05 Paul’s story about his relationship past and transformation 17:55 Paul guides Anna through deep love 27:00 The LVR framework for deep love 29:00 Why we put up walls to being loved 30:00 The power of giving love 31:50 Why being available for yourself may just be the key to deep love 33:03 The only things that matter 37:45 The way we rob ourselves of deep love 40:48 What happens after you connect to deep love 45:00 The profound gift of connecting to deep love Be sure to check out Paul’s free gift at www.voiceforlife.ca/ask which will help you ASK for deeper love in your own relationship and RECEIVE it! And get in touch with Paul at https://voiceforlife.ca/contact/ to ask any questions that this podcast episode brought up for you.

You may have noticed feeling excessively exhausted lately. When you look at your life, though, it may not make a lot of sense why you feel more tired - no commute, working from home, etc. So, what’s really going on? Whenever we find ourselves feeling heaviness for no good reason, it is essential that we take a closer look at our thoughts because we are likely unknowingly tapping into the stress and worry of the global collective. We’re all worried about our health, about job security, about travel (or the inability to travel), and countless other things. It’s easy to tap into collective negativity, but by doing so we often block ourselves from receiving the very help we need. The beautiful thing, though, is that we also have the power to tap into collective positivity. We also have the power to connect with nature and sacred transmissions (both of which are also causing our current fatigue). In this episode, we cover: 1:40  The first reason we’re feeling exhausted: individual and collective stress 6:54  What to do when you feel heavy 8:51  How to clear fear and unplug from the collective 9:30  An exercise to raise your vibration 13:23  The second reason why you’re exhausted: mother nature! 15:36  How to allow the stress to move through us, like a dog 16:04  Grounding into mother nature’s healing frequencies 19:39  The third reason why you’re so tired: sacred transmissions 22:08  Why Anna fell asleep on the phone with Brett 24:36  July is about rest and renewal 24:54  Don’t be hard on yourself when you’re tired When it’s hard for you to understand why you’re feeling a certain way, it’s usually a sign to dig a little deeper to understand what’s really going on. What may feel like a frustrating state (i.e, exhausted) is actually a sign of greater forces at work. Keep an eye out for more future episodes on this topic.

It may seem that the world is getting more and more divided. Though Higher Self is quick to point out that we are actually being given more and more opportunities to see where we are similar. It’s a rare thing these days to see a public figure take a stand with grace and poise. But this past week, we witnessed New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez do just that in response to a verbal attack by Florida Rep. Ted Yoho where he called her “disgusting” and a “fucking bitch” on the steps of our nation’s Capitol. What AOC did is nothing short of energetic alchemy. She took the rough materials that were thrown at her and weaved them into gold threads of wisdom that enabled transformation and growth. When you can create unity from division, you are fully embodying Higher Self. In this episode, we’ll cover: 2:15  The surprising reason AOC couldn’t let Rep. Yoho’s behavior go 2:48  The danger of acknowledging behavior without acknowledging the implications 3:11  The real beauty of AOC’s response 4:48  The hypocrisy and permission of Rep. Yoho’s actions 6:20  The Higher Self’s role in AOC’s response 7:30  The human’s role in Rep. Yoho’s actions 10:30  How AOC’s response beautifully models accountability 12:15  How you can make an impact even if you don’t have a huge platform like AOC 13:20  The Higher Self’s tool to help you find perspective 14:50  The power in the wake of the storm 16:00  What Higher Self is always connected to 16:30  The power your suffering holds and why you should be grateful for it The exchange between Rep. Yoho and AOC is a great illustration of human vs. Higher Self. With so many lashing out from the human side these days, we would all do well to see how the Higher Self can help us live with even a fraction of the grace and poise shown by AOC. If you want to check out the Youtube video of her speech that I refer to in the podcast, here it is.

The pandemic 15. You’ve probably heard of it. You may have even gained it. But why does it even exist? For many of us, the spiritual weight we feel, especially now, ends up on our physical bodies. Often, we’re holding onto spiritual weight that doesn’t even belong to us, whether it’s the weight of a friend or even lineage burdens that are passed down through our parents from generation to generation. So what’s really going on when we reach for something greasy or something sweet? And who (or what) is really running the show when it comes to spiritual weight? In this episode, we discuss: 5:30  Why we crave greasy foods 7:50  Why we crave sweet foods 9:00  Who is running the show around cravings? 10:05  The part of us that drives the heaviness 10:30  Exercise: examine your spiritual weight/heaviness 11:30  Distinguish different burdens 13:07  Why there will be constant grieving this year 14:23  Give permission to let go 14:55  Healing Prayer 16:20  Our shadow causes weight gain 16:41  The part of us that thrives in chaos 17:13  How to locate the anxious part of you 18:17  Location emotional cravings 20:46  How to feel better Gaining an understanding of what’s happening under the surface of a physical weight gain can make it easier to shift the fulfillment of our spiritual cravings to a more healthy form. The prayer I share in this episode can work wonders to help you release (and bless!) any weight that isn’t yours and receive any of your rogue energy that you may have unwittingly sent out.

I think a lot of us have been feeling uneasy lately. There are many battle fronts: the battle on Coronavirus, the battle for equal rights, the humanitarian battle in Libya. The list goes on and on. It’s no wonder we may be feeling some added pressure these days. It may feel like we are being squeezed from all sides, because the energetics on our planet are very strong. My hope is that this episode will soothe your soul and act as a medicinal salve for all the unease we’ve been feeling. Plus, give you some more insights into the soul, Higher Self, and why I created this podcast in the first place. In this episode, we discuss: 1:12  What is the Higher Self 5:00  How Higher Self is intertwined with the collective conscious 7:10  The role the soul plays in our energy system 9:55  The difference between the soul and Higher Self 11:28  Why Higher Self matters for those of us who are programmed for evolving + leadership 12:02  What the Higher Self should NOT be used for 14:58  The reason behind this podcast 16:20 The message from Higher Self in the midst of today’s current circumstances 20:40 How to connect with true abundance 22:30 The power around the new structures that are being built It may feel like our entire world is being upended. And in a lot of ways, it is. But there’s also a lot of power in the tearing down of old structures that no longer serve us as we build new ones that do. And having a firm understanding of the soul and Higher Self can help us do just that. My hope is that through this episode and through this podcast as a whole, you will find inspiration and empowerment to connect with true abundance to build the life you dream of.

For many of us, this may be the very first time we’ve ever had to live with uncertainty of safety. The commonality of experience with quarantine and the global pandemic has placed us all in the same uncertainty of safety - we can no longer know for sure that our loved ones will be safe or that we ourselves will be safe. For many others, uncertainty of safety is a daily reality because of the color of their skin. Breonna Taylor was relaxing in her own home when police stormed in and shot her. Here in Texas, hard working Mexican families live in fear that, any day, they could be deported and never see their loved ones again. This common experience brought on by Covid-19 has given us a small taste of what many minorities have been living with for generations and it opened the way for the current Black Lives Matter movement, and LGBTQ rights and DACA. But what are we supposed to do with all the little scraps of feelings we have - the fear, pain, frustration, anger, sadness, and shame? In this episode, we discuss: 3:10  The shared uncertainty of safety that coronavirus has brought to us all 4:45 What more can we do 6:18  The opportunity for transmutation 7:27 Transmutation Exercise 8:30  What to do with all your feelings 10:38  What today’s current events are really asking us to do 13:25  How the root of what is going on in the world is really love 17:42 How we hold the healing inside ourselves The world is going through a radical change and this period of time is bringing up a lot of feelings for us all. Do we allow them to consume us and spill over in hurtful and harmful ways or do we choose to transmute them into healing? The choice is ours. Today, Higher Self is offering a powerful tool to help us transmute the heavy feelings that are being activated today. Find yourself a quiet spot and listen to the healing meditation that starts at 7:27 minutes into the podcast. Transmutation exercise: Take some deep breaths and allow your guard to drop, relax You may notice some feelings coming up, welcome them, breathe through them Bring up the deeper feelings triggered by images in the media or difficult conversation Imagine gathering all these precious scraps of feelings at the top of your head and allow them to wash over you Find a place in your heart center that is connected to a bigger resource (God, divine intelligence) Breathe into your heartspace and allow the furnace of your heart to ignite This is the fire of love Allow these little rough pieces of painful feelings flow through your heart furnace As these feelings move through your heartspace, feel them transform into love Now, bring that healing flame through your body, out through the top of your head And send the healing flame where it needs to go. Know that you always have the ability to heal. Know that your healing heals the world.

In this first episode, we channel Higher Self to dive into a question that has been in the back of our minds amidst Covid-19, the economy shutting down, Black Lives Matter and the bigger question of division in our country. We discuss the 2 main reasons why Trump is the perfect leader for this time in our history and how to make sure that you are "utilizing" his presence in a way that allows for your greatest growth and expansion.  Is Trump setting us back in terms of democracy and justice--or is he propelling us forward? Find out...