In case you needed to here it today, you are doing so much better than what you think!

I love to pull tarot and oracle cards for myself, and it’s funny when spirit has a message to get across to you, how the same card will keep popping up.

Lately it’s been the 4 of wands, a card of celebration. This comes following the many coaching sessions I’ve had with one of my business coaches who would say to me when I was getting down on myself - “have you been celebrating all of the steps you’ve been taking to get where you are right now?”

“No, not really,” was usually my reply. It really just hadn’t occurred to me to!

It’s sometimes difficult to celebrate when you don’t feel like you’ve reached the final destination yet.
​
But I could see her point, Taking time to celebrate the little steps along the way is like adding fuel to your engine. It helps to keep you going when things feel hard. And there really is so much worth celebrating!

It’s not only through career that milestones can be celebrated. If you are reading these Soul Notes, I know you’ve been paying attention to your life, going inward, reflecting and allowing yourself space to grow through life’s challenges.

When any big change comes in life, whether it is a goal you set out to achieve, deciding to finally retire or change jobs, leaving a relationship or starting a new one, children leaving home for the first time, overcoming an illness or grieving the loss of a loved one, there is always going to be an enormous amount of personal growth that happens for you.

These things will change you.

Whether you intentionally set out to achieve a goal and are taking steps to get there OR you are making the effort to put your shattered self back together because “life happened”, let’s celebrate that today!

Know also, that sometimes the “not doing” is worth celebrating too.

Sometimes we need to allow ourselves the opportunity to roll over, pull the covers over our heads, and say - “no, sorry, not today. I just need to be with my feelings.”

I believe we are going through something right now. Particularly if you are a sensitive soul, you may be feeling more than you ever have before. What I seem to be witnessing, in myself and also with others I’ve chatted with, is an awakening of the emotional body.

I think we’ve reached a point in our consciousness where many of us are starting to recognize the importance of emotional expression. A common phrase I hear is that “you need to feel it to heal it”.

So if you notice yourself having feelings bubble up to the surface that you’ve never felt before, know that this is worth celebrating too!

I truly believe we need to feel the pain of the world if we wish to create greater experiences of love, health and harmony.

Not to the point that you get lost in the pain of others suffering, but for us to feel and acknowledge our own suffering.

No matter how insignificant or small you may judge that suffering to be, anything that disturbs your peace of mind is worth brining up to the surface so that it can be healed and cleared.

Every time your feelings offer you an aha moment, that is worth celebrating!

If you are feeling the feels right now, be easy on yourself. As we start to allow ourselves to feel everything that we’ve had neatly tucked away in the depths of our psyche for years, decades or even lifetimes, it can be a lot to process.

I will offer one more thing here that one of my teachers taught me. It’s that our emotions, while they can feel very scary, often because we have memories of being reprimanded for them, the truth is, they are simply information.

The good feelings, the ones that expand you, tell you what your Soul wants more of in life. The more difficult feelings, the ones that constrict you, tell you where your Soul is wanting to grow.

That’s what this whole human experience is all about. An opportunity for the Soul to learn and grow while also enjoying the beauty of this planet we get to live on.

So this week, as the end of the month draws near and before you jump into the holiday season, take a moment and celebrate where you are growing in life. Look back at the month that has passed and ask yourself . . .

How are your feelings helping you grow?

With Love,
Kristen
XO

Please share with anyone who may need to hear these words right now.

May we all support one another to uplift the heart of our world to greater experiences of love, health & harmony.

And if you need a little extra support:

Visit www.soulinspired.ca to get your free copy of the Find Your Spark Guidebook to connect you with your inner wisdom so you can light your own path forward through life’s challenging times.

It takes courage to be in pain.

When we come to this Earth, we are aware that there will be suffering.  And somehow, we still decide to come anyways.

It takes courage to be here.  Living.  Breathing.  Being.  Hurting.

With all of the suffering, all of the pain and all of the heartache, I am always amazed at the resiliency of the human spirit.

To keep showing up, day after day after day, even when things are unbearably hard.

It takes even more courage to heal.

To make the brave decision to look inward and shine the light on the true source of your pain is quite terrifying for the nervous system.

Don’t take it personally.  That is just how it has been designed!

Your body has an inherent wisdom that will keep you safe at all costs, even if that means keeping you stuck for much longer than you may like to be!

The thing is, most of the time, the best thing to do is allow yourself to fully feel it.


Today I’d like to remind you that it is ok to be stuck in your pain.  To feel it.  To be in it.  To learn from it.  To find the wisdom in it.

To stay with it until it naturally starts to lose its grip on you.

Healing isn’t something we can force upon ourselves.

Our body, our psyche and our spirit have an innate wisdom that knows how to reveal to us exactly what we need to know at the exact right moment.

The best thing we can do in the meantime is cultivate a deeper sense of compassion for ourselves as we let our innate wisdom work its magic.

So if you’re going through something right now, if there is something you are feeling, allow yourself to feel it as much as you can.

The human experience isn’t just about feeling joy, happiness and peace, it’s ok to be scared, to feel angry, to feel your grief.

It is through these difficult emotions that we get to know what compassion is.

As you step onto your healing journey, remind yourself, there is no rush.

It’s OK to take your time.

With Love,
Kristen
XO

This is a big question!  I know.  It’s a good one though, right?

How often do you stop to really think about what the quality of your Soul actually feels like?

In a world where we are distracted by never ending to do lists, places to go, people to see, bills to pay and goals to achieve, it can be easy for the Soul to become a wall flower at this party we call life.


I do believe this world would be a better place if we were all in closer connection to our Souls. Not only would that bring greater peace of mind for ourselves, we would also open up our hearts to celebrate the unique Soul qualities of everyone around us as well.


Every Soul brings its own uniqueness to this world; and the most interesting thing I learned when I studied astrology was that often these qualities can act as opposites to one another, or even clash outright with each other as well!


Despite this tension that occurs, they are still the qualities of the Soul. It turns out, the Soul actually needs tension in order to grow and I love how clearly astrology teaches us the purpose behind our differences.


The thing is, if we are not aware of this, we often make the assumption that if another Soul is shining bright in opposition to us, that there is something bad about that.


I won’t go too deep into astrology here, because that’s not really the point, so I’ll keep it simple with this example.


On one side of the zodiac we have the sign of Aries, an energy that expresses itself as highly self focused, and on the other end of the zodiac, we have the sign of Libra, an energy that is highly other focused.


If we see each sign through the lens of judgement, we would say that one side can express qualities of selfishness and the other side is prone to qualities of codependency.


The question to ask is this:

Is there another way we can interpret these qualities so that we have a deeper understanding of their purpose and the gifts that are meant to arise from them?


When we shine the light of love and understanding on each side, we see that the highly self focused energy of Aries is a Soul that came into this lifetime to REALLY get to know themselves this time around.


Most likely they’ve spent lifetimes of selfless service, giving up their own identity in order to survive or fit in. This lifetime the Soul is here for a different experience. Aries is here to know themselves deeply as they lead the charge and light a fire for the rest of us with their enthusiasm while they inspire others to follow their way of doing things.


And if we chose to shine the light of love and understanding on the quality of codependency, we can see that this energy of Libra is someone who has probably spent many lifetimes focused on getting to know themselves well and the Soul chose this lifetime to really get to know how others operate. This allows them the ability to be highly sensitive to the needs of others. They are the peace keepers of the zodiac and are great at helping people see different points of view. What a gift!


This is only one example from the zodiac, there are 5 more pairs of opposites, and you don’t have to have a sun sign of Aries or Libra to understand these energies. We all carry all of the energies of the zodiac within us in one way or another.


The reason I share this example today is that, chances are, the thing that you feel most judged, criticized or ashamed of is most likely your Soul’s greatest gift!


Stop and breathe that in for a second.


It all comes down to perspective.


We were all given different qualities to express and shine in the world.


None are better or worse than others.


I like to think that we are all pieces that fit into the big puzzle of life.


Have you ever done a puzzle only to get to the end and realize a piece is missing?


It doesn’t matter if that piece was a deep solid blue piece meant to complete the sky or one of those intricate pieces that somehow manages to be the stem, petal and the golden centre of the bloom of a flower all at the same time…


When a piece is missing, you notice it!


Not only do you notice it, it feels deeply unnerving that that piece isn’t there.


That is how important your spark is in this world!
Your unique light completes the puzzle of life.


It can be difficult to trust that being ourselves in this world will be met by love from others. The truth is, it may not be.


The tension that is created when you live from a place of deep and soulful authenticity is what helps the rest of us grow.


It is also what inspires the rest of us to step into our uniqueness as well!


It takes courage and strength and support from those who do resonate with you to live life from this place.


And when you do start to align yourself with the light of your own Soul, those who do understand you and resonate with you will naturally be drawn to you, because they can see you now.


This week you have permission to take all of the parts of yourself that are hiding under the couch or at the back of the closet (who knows where those puzzle pieces go???) and start to recognize them as your greatest gifts.


The thing is, when we step onto the path of loving all of ourselves, for better and for “worse” (it’s all for the better by the way), this is what starts to light up our world.


Knowing that there are only right answers, take three big breaths, ask your mind to suspend any judgements for a few moments and ask yourself this. . .


What are my Soul’s greatest gifts?

With Love,
Kristen XO

Please share with anyone who may need to hear these words right now.

May we all support one another to uplift the heart of our world to greater experiences of love, health & harmony.

And if you need a little extra support:

Visit www.soulinspired.ca to get your free copy of the Find Your Spark Guidebook.  This beautiful 39 page guidebook will connect you with your inner wisdom so you can light your own path forward through life’s challenging times.