You think of someone and they suddenly text you. You are looking for a way to do something and a stranger randomly tells you about a digital course they just took that’s the exact thing that you need.
Are these coincidences?
Or is it something more?
In this episode, I share my beliefs about coincidences with real-life examples for you to consider. I also share a way for you to test this theory out for yourself.
Let me know how it goes in the comments!
Highlights you won’t want to miss:
- Why it’s important to think about this topic! (You could be missing important info)
- What are coincidences? Should you pay attention to them?
- How you can test this for yourself.
- Our higher self and guides are helping us all the time!
Resources mentioned:
The Celestine Prophecies: An Adventure (*Affiliate Link)
Blog Posts:
Digital Course: Writing Alchemy
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Just because you answer the call to Awaken, doesn’t mean it comes with a roadmap of what to do next (I wish!!).
You may have a vision for what you are meant to do, but the trouble is, your life can be so far from being able to embody that – right now.
It can be disorienting, frustrating… all the things really.
I’m going to share my experience with what I’ve learned from my own journey and also from working with clients one-on-one. I hope it can save you some of the frustration and darkness by cutting out some of the steps and giving you practical ways to move forward.
Stay tuned to the end for how to set yourself up to ask your Higher Self four POTENT questions to get answers and help with those GPS coordinates to make the journey more enjoyable.
Clarity is key! Knowing what to ask your higher self and guides is what helps to provide it.
Highlights you won’t want to miss:
- Signals your soul is sending you that it’s time to awaken, or that you are off track.
- Awakening is thought of as light and airy… but is it really?
- The importance of understanding how to ask your Higher Self questions if you answer the call.
- If your soul is signaling you, what you can do next and how to make it easier.
- 4 Questions you can ask your Higher Self to get more direction and clarity.
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FREE Energy Clearing Ritual for Writing
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Can you be awkward and grow your audience? I mean authentically awkward – not just for the camera?
I want to share something with you that has recently opened my eyes as to why it’s so important to let those deeply engrained perfectionist tendencies go!
It came from an unlikely place and has to do with a YouTuber and a challenge.
On our recent vacation, my 14-year old got me hooked on 23-year old YouTuber, Ryan Trahan, who created a 30-Day penny challenge for himself to raise $100,000 for the charity Feeding America. The challenge was to travel from Los Angeles to North Carolina using only profits he received from a penny.
It quickly became a sensation and at last count he had raised over 1.4 Million dollars for Feeding America, which equates to 14 million meals! (They donate approximately 10 meals for every $1).
We were watching his daily videos while we were in Croatia and it quickly became a fun, nightly routine to end our beachy days.
Not only because it was inspiring to see one person making such a BIG impact, but also because of who Ryan is… he can be so awkward!
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Those awkward moments!
When we first started watching, I told my son that he seemed so uncomfortable that I didn’t know if I could even watch any more videos. He drops the camera, forgets the camera and has to come back for it, has the phone recording right up to his face while he’s eating, messes up his words, and his being uncomfortable was making me uncomfortable.
But I couldn’t help but think of the juxtaposition between myself on vacation and what he was doing. While we were taking vacation pics, pretty much every single picture I took of myself I was overly critical.
Did I look too tired? Were my eyes looking small with the glare of the sun in them? Did my face look too big when I attempted selfies and I was in front? Did I look fat despite how hard I’d been working out these past 7 months?
And here he was, in the same white tank top and black shorts day after day, mostly unshowered because he didn’t have money to shower anywhere, being awkwardly uncomfortable as millions of viewers were watching, subscribing, and donating to a good cause.
The Shift…
And you know what happened?
Over the course of a few videos, his awkwardness quickly became my favorite thing about him. I found him endearing. I found myself wanting to keep watching and see if he could complete his challenge. I couldn’t help laughing as his phone slipped out of his hands, as he tried new poses to demonstrate the rules of the challenge, as he forgot his words or mixed them up, and even when he spilled coffee on his white shirt.
I decided his video editor is brilliant because he could’ve cut out when he would ride out of the camera frame but then realize he had to come back for his camera – but he didn’t.
He could’ve cut those moments when he looked goofy, or didn’t look “professional”  and like he had it all together, but those moments were there for all the world to see instead.
After watching his videos, I began looking at my own photos differently. Instead of trying to look my best for each I decided that “This is how I look. This is me!” And I’m going to be less hard on myself knowing that the imperfections are what we remember most about people.
Just as this twenty-something YouTuber has already learned to embrace his weird and let his freak flag fly, I appreciated the reminder.
I also couldn’t help think about how much effort women go to be on camera with their clothes, make up, and hair versus what men do!!!
I have to admit something to you too… sometimes when I see people unshowered and talking in their cars with terrible video quality I wonder “Why didn’t they just wait?” “Why didn’t they find a better spot to record?”
It’s been such a lesson for me.
Waiting equals not taking action.
Because waiting for the perfect moment can lead to inaction, not trying, and losing the message that you know you were meant to share.
I now think people are showing up when they feel aligned however that looks for them in that moment.
I do want to add the caveat that if you feel better when you have your make up done and your favorite outfit on – then go for it!
But if you feel called to record yourself sharing something, or take a photo, and you SUPRESS that because you feel like you SHOULD be more “presentable” – that’s where the issue lies (myself included).
If you could show up a hot mess, in your pj’s and know you wouldn’t be judged, would you? Would that feel more comfortable to you?
Or, do you feel most inspired in your cutest dress in your favorite spot of the house with the best lighting?
It’s up to you.
It’s up to you… I just want to invite you to be your FULL self.
Be awkward if you want to.
Be as “weird” as you feel called to.
Just make sure you are one thing for sure – YOU!
If you are excited about what you are doing it will reach those who it’s meant to reach.
If you are aligned with your message, others will FEEL that too.
Just keep going. Work through the kinks and don’t stop.
One of my biggest regrets in my business is that I kept second guessing it and starting over. I was on the right track, aligned and creating something magical so many times but I would stop because I thought it “should” be different.
Or when I learned about SEO and content writing, I thought I had to be more specific or people wouldn’t understand it.
I used to record at night on Tuesdays no matter how I looked that day. Then I started seeing the Rebecca Campbells of the mystical world with her beautiful backdrops and soothing music and wanted that too.
No shade to Rebecca, I love her, but she has a background in creative design so it makes sense that her creativity comes through in this way.
It just wasn’t my background. It wasn’t what I was feeling called to do at the time because I had smaller kids, afterschool obligations, and a husband that traveled for work 85% of the time. And… I’m being honest, deep-down it felt more important to get the message out than to get ready to deliver the message.
By the time I got ready I usually lost the window of opportunity!
And that window is sometimes SUPER small!!!
Pay attention to those you adore.
I highly encourage you to think about the people you connect to most online or otherwise and think about what you like about them.
It’s probably not that they had the best outfit (unless you’re looking for style tips!), or the most professional camera editing.
It’s likely based on how you felt connected to them. Likely they are someone you would love to brunch with or meet for taco Tuesday.
I remember hearing Kyle Gray on Hay House and thinking “I would love to hang out with him!” He was talking about angels and oracle cards, but he felt grounded and fun like you could be travel buddies and have a blast.
I ended up taking his Angel Tribe Certification course and still watch his videos to this day based on how down to earth he seemed.
A little inspiration?
If you need inspiration, the YouTuber I’m referring to is worth watching as well to see if you end up falling in love with his clumsiness and his looking like he is just trying to figure his way through the crazy 30-Day challenge he set for himself that then took on a life of its own.
I’d like to share also that prior to this challenge he tried one to survive on a penny for a week with the same goal to raise $100,000 and raised $50,000 instead.
So when he did the challenge again, he was hoping for the $100,000 and was emotional as the funds were growing into the millions for the cause Feeding America.
(There’s a second message in there about not giving up and continuing but I’ll leave that for another time.)
As long as you are YOU, not imitating what worked for someone else, then you are giving people the chance to connect to you.
The authentic you.
The aligned you.
The YOU that is dying to come out that people will respond to.
Not everyone will love you.
Some will judge you.
That’s going to happen no matter what.
But if you can look back and think “I was so inspired that day and so passionate about what I was saying”, you aren’t going to regret being “too much yourself”.
I truly don’t think you’re going to look back and think “I showed up as myself and I regret that”.
Because honestly, it takes so much work to be someone you are not and who has time for that?
You got inspired living to do!
Xoxo,
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A great way to get better at tuning into your intuition and understanding when it’s actually intuition, and not ego interference, is to play!
Testing it out, learning how you receive it (see this blog post), and taking action when the stakes are LOW… it’s what allows you to be confident when you need to make much bigger decisions.
I’m going to give you an example that just happened on Friday – that has to do with fried chicken.
(And if you’re not a meat eater, please replace that part of the story with something yummy you would love to eat!)
My 12 year old has started taking diving lessons. It’s 3 hours per week of constantly pulling himself up out of the water on a warm summer day. And for some reason, after each lesson, he craves Raising Cane’s fried chicken strips.
I got it for him one time but then my healthy Mom voice kicked in and told him “You can’t just eat fried food every time you exercise – that’s not good for your body!”
He is skinny so he tried to pull the “I need more meat on my bones” card but I gave him a nourishing meal instead.
But on Friday, he was still craving fried chicken and couldn’t stop talking about it. I began to crave it too! We all did.
Except I had promised my 14 year old we would go to Downtown Disney because he’s been looking all summer for a little Remy character from Ratatouille that has been sold out. (He’s going into a culinary program for High School and has been wanting this so badly!).
We looked up Downtown Disney’s food and the best we could find was a fried chicken sandwich at a restaurant. We’ve been there enough times to know that the restaurant is always packed! And this was a Friday night on top of it.
And let me tell you we were already STARVING.
It takes at least 40 minutes to get there, probably 20 to park and get through security, and then we were expecting a 1-2 hour wait for the restaurant.
It didn’t make sense to go there for fried chicken.
My husband started looking up other places on the way to see what other options we had but I strongly heard “just head to Downtown Disney”.
Even on the way as we were stuck in traffic, my husband kept asking “Should I just pull off and look here?” and I would tune in to my intuition again and it was the same “Go to Downtown Disney”.
Now I know getting fried chicken isn’t a big deal and that’s why it’s the perfect way to practice tuning into your intuition.
If we couldn’t get into the restaurant, I knew they had hot dog carts and we already planned on a delicious milkshake or churro (it was a splurge day!) so not a big deal.
When we got there, finally, as we finished the long walk from the parking lot and arrived at the security station (they check your bags), can you guess what was the first thing we saw?
A food truck! And not just any food truck!!! A Nashville fried chicken food truck!!!
I mean, what are the odds of a fried chicken food truck being right at the entrance of your destination when that’s the one thing you’re looking for???
Well, when you learn to access your intuition, the odds are much better.
And let me tell you it was really good. So not only did my son get what he was craving, it was delicious on top of it and fun to eat with a band playing next to us on a planter we found to sit on.
Now you could say “That’s just coincidence!” but when you play with your intuition enough, you no longer feel that way.
Because things just line up! Life becomes easier.
I have no idea if the seed was planted in his head to talk about fried chicken when there was a food truck, or if the idea to choose Friday for this adventure is what allowed us to get there, but either way, if we had pulled off the freeway to find an alternative, we probably would’ve settled on something else and then been sad when we walked in and saw that big truck right freaking there!
Playing with your intuition when the stakes are low is what helps you grow your confidence.
Because I tell you, I’m teaching my boys about manifestation and there’s no way they could argue that one.
My 12 year old now feels he manifested what he was craving!
As for the Remy my 14 year old was looking for, he settled for a big one while we keep looking for the little chef that fits on your shoulder.
But my intuition didn’t say it would be there, it just sounded fun to go look for it. And we love Disneyland so being in that energy is always fun for us.
I can give you another quick example of listening to your intuition so you too can play with it more.
After I wrote this post, it was time for me to go exercise and then head to the infrared sauna so I decided to finish it later.
At the sauna, they have a TV with a remote control that they set up to play relaxing music with beautiful pictures of scenery.
You CAN take the TV remote in with you and watch Netflix or Hulu, but I usually don’t because I don’t need to change the channel.
Today though, I heard “that voice,” say “Bring in the remote”.
“That’s strange”, I thought but I decided to take it into the sauna with me. Playfully, I wondered if I was going to get bored and want to watch TV or what else would be the reason I would need it.
AND again I was so surprised when 20 minutes into my session the music stopped and the message “Your account is being paused because it’s being used in another location” appeared on the screen.
I have been using the infrared sauna as a way to detox and hopefully lower my blood pressure and the music is what makes it relaxing because the quiet makes me want to bolt!
I was so happy I had the remote with me so I didn’t need to open the glass and feel how much better the air-conditioned room would be over sweating (I might have ditched the detox!). I hit the home button and found how to put the music back on and went back to my relaxing/sweating.
Would it have been THAT much of a problem if I had to step out and get the remote?
Of course not. But following your intuition when nothing is really at stake is what allows you to make choices when bigger things are on the line.
I’ve used my intuition (after clearing the fear, stress, and worry from my energy field) when our family has had an illness, needed to make school decisions and important health decisions during the pandemic – and even for financial choices like buying a car to get the best deal.
Play with your intuition when the stakes are low, so you can TRUST it when the stakes are higher.
It’s beyond helpful to know when it’s fear, other people’s ideas, your ego guiding you to a “safer” path that isn’t the best for you, or your own worry VERSUS your intuition.
Intuition is your GIFT to make your life easier.
And it can even lead you to a good meal!
Some easy ways to play your intuition are:
Notice HOW you receive your intuition. Do you hear it? Do you just have a knowing? Do you see a vision about an outcome? (SEE: How Understanding Your Dominant Clair is Magical).
If it’s easy to follow, doesn’t seem harmful (like my example to “grab the remote”), just try it!
Learn to clear your energy and then ask questions and wait for your intuitive guidance to show up. You can clear your energy with my Intuitive Writing 101 Course that you can access here:
Let me know in the comments how you’re playing with your intuition. I’d love to know.
XoXo,
Welcome to The Awakened Professional podcast. This has been a long time coming! I’ve had this “download” to start a podcast with this name for at least five years now. I’ve gone as far as to buy the website domain name years ago and even write a book with this title but I kept putting off starting a podcast. Why?
Because it’s scary!
I didn’t know if I was ready to be fully out of the “spiritual closet” and I also didn’t have a foundation for my online business to be ready to scale to allow myself the time to really show up for this. Until now…
I’m so excited this idea waited for me (not all ideas do!) and I know this will be relatable to so many of you as the world is waking up and realizing that work isn’t just about paying bills.
Finding meaning in ALL facets of your life is what allows you to live your best life and since work is something we spend a majority of our time doing – it needs to have meaning.
This period is being called “The Great Resignation” so I know many of you are FEELING this deeply.
In this episode I’m sharing what it means to be an “Awakened Professional”, my journey that led to me quitting my Corporate job and steady paycheck, and some tips for those of you who have either answered the call to awaken or are thinking about it.
Let’s get started!
Highlights you won’t want to miss:
- Why it took me awhile to launch this podcast (feminine-witch wounds anyone?)
- Work and life are not exclusive.
- How I first connected to writing, my “SOS” period of life.
- The VOIDS and feelings that I was missing out on what I was here to do.
- My “wake up” call… and how physical it felt!
- The vision that decided it for me.
- How to tell if you’re awakening through work too!
Resources mentioned:
READ: Why Understanding Your Dominant Clair is Magical
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