Expect less, accept more this New Year!

Yesterday as we started a New Year, Mercury, the planet of communication, stationed direct. For the next three week, during the post-shadow phase of Mercury retrograde, it is important to move slowly and deliberately, so you can integrate everything that's surfaced for you during December. Furthermore,  the post-retrograde period combined with our New Years resolutions and expectations,  may also bring disappointments and unwelcome surprises.  So, during the next couple of weeks,  it's crucial to set expectations and boundaries to avoid feeling let down and disappointed. Today, start off this New Year by “expecting” less and accepting more. Today, choose to be positive and hopeful in this present moment. You don't have to give up hope and you can still anticipate a good outcome, just be ready to be okay with "what is" and accept it. As the old saying goes: "Don't count your chickens before they've hatched." Your expectations can limit your happiness and in truth your life, if you allow them. Today expect less and accept the bounty of goodness that Life gives you instead.

Just for today, I now release all expectations, knowing that Life will always take care of me. I let go of all expectations and flow lovingly with Life. I love myself and I know only good awaits me at every turn. Everything I do is a success and all is truly well in my world right now. And so it is.

Full Moon in Cancer

We have our last Full Moon of the year, and it falls in the nurturing and sensitive sign of Cancer. Full moons always illuminate what lies beneath the surface, and this one, in the midst of Mercury Retrograde, will feel different. For you see, although this Full Moon will bring what’s been hidden deep within you, this Full Moon will give you the opportunity to pause and really begin to heal what comes up for you. It's a pause at the end of the year where you can reflect upon your journey. Synchronistically, Chiron, the Wounded Healer, emerges from its retrograde today, urging you to acknowledge the needs you may have neglected in the whirlwind of giving. Remember, self-care isn't just bubble baths and massages (though those have their place!). It is the deliberate tending of your emotional garden and an unwavering commitment to showing yourself the same nurturing you so readily offer others. Today, intentionally slow down and give yourself some time to feel all the feels so that you can heal! Allow yourself to begin feel powerful in your own skin and free of all that no longer supports you. Today, celebrate your accomplishments and tend to your needs, allow your dreams to root in the fertile soil of this Full Moon. And as the year draws to a close, remember the seeds you plant now will blossom in the sunshine of the year to come. Today, embrace the light of this Full Moon, celebrate your journey, and step into the future with an open heart and ready to shine!

Just for today, I am willing to let go. I easily, effortlessly and joyously let go of all that no longer serves any purpose in my life. I willingly release the need to struggle and suffer. I deserve all that is good in Life. I have the power to create the Life I desire and I claim that power now. Life supports me in every possible way and all is truly well in my world. And so it is.

Merry Christmas!

Regardless of what holiday you celebrate, or how you honor it, there’s no denying this is an emotionally charged time of year! It seems as if we either celebrate all our blessings or wonder why we don’t have more; we over eat, over drink and over think and we anxiously look towards the new year to come, wondering what it will bring us. We encounter people who we may not have seen for years, which may warm our hearts or perhaps break them. Today, whatever your unique situation this year—whether you’re in a growth cycle or working through feelings of loss—consciously acknowledge that you indeed have many gifts to give and receive, if you allow yourself to recognize them. Today celebrate the gifts that you RECEIVE every day-your breath, your freedom to change and to live the life you truly desire; the lessons that you have learned this year and your ability to connect with those people who love you. And, you also have so much to GIVE like your attention, your kindness, your acceptance, your forgiveness and your light. Today, set your intentions to celebrate, to give and to receive. Today acknowledge and accept that you are worthy, beautiful, and valuable to the world around you and to me. I thank you for the gifts you give me every day by being a part of my journey. Thank you and merry Christmas.

Just for today, I celebrate my life and I am grateful. I give myself the gift of freedom from the past and move with joy into the now. I give myself the gift of forgiveness and set myself free. I give myself the gift of unconditional love. I am blessed and I believe that everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is.

The Winter Solstice

Today, we celebrate the Solstice, a time when the Sun “stands still” and we experience the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The increased hours of darkness is said to help guide us to enter into the dark night of the soul, a time of retreat where we can go within and hear the subtler stirrings of our being. For you see, sometimes it is only in the darkness that we can truly feel comfortable to be ourselves. When the spotlight of the Sun shines down on us, we can feel exposed, we can feel that we have to act or be a certain way. When the lights are turned off, when it is just us, alone with our thoughts at midnight that is when we can truly dive deep into our core and come face to face with a new truth of who we are. 

Today’s Solstice offers us an opportunity to enter into the darkness. To move away from the spotlight and instead to sit with ourselves and our own truth. We don’t need to explain this truth to anyone. We just have to sit with them and allow them to be. In the darkness, our thoughts don’t matter. It is our feelings that can truly shine. It is our emotional voice that gets a chance to speak, and we have to allow it to be heard. Today, create some space and time to sit with the stillness of the Solstice, for when you do, you will be able to step into a new power and a new truth of who you really are.

Just for today, I choose to know the truth the truth sets me free. Divine wisdom, divine harmony and divine love reign supreme in me and all around me and around each and every person. We are all centered in truth and live in joy. All is truly well in my world. And so it is.

Eclipse energy

We are in the midst of Eclipse season, which can be intense! It can bring up surprising and unexpected events-some of which can be startling and shake you to your core. Eclipses bring to the surface the darkness that we, as individuals and we as a collective have been ignoring or have keeping buried deep within us. Eclipses bring to light all the darkness we want to ignore so that we can let go or heal those dark places. Therefore, there is a good chance that you are most likely confronting aspects of your life you've attempted to sweep under the rug or "thought" you were done with. But, the Universe won't allow you nor I, nor our world to continue to ignore those aspects and they are all coming to light now. That is why we are now seeing unimaginable inhumane acts being played out all over the world. All the injustices and hatred is coming to the surface. Today, instead of wanting to distract yourself, numb yourself out or just hide in the darkness, create some time to go within to see what the eclipse energy has brought up for you. Then set your intentions to finally let go of the darkness, fear, frustration and anger towards yourself and others from your past and your present. Only by feeling the pain, guilt, and remorse of your past will you be able to move forward into a new way of being. Today, take time to go within to see, feel and then to actively let go of everything that serves no purpose in your life. Today, choose to forgive and let go. Choose to see every situation differently through new eyes-the eyes of a beginner. Choose to find the light within these darkness of Eclipse season.

Just for today, I focus my attention on loving myself and trusting the Universe. I choose to forgive everyone for all past perceived wrongs. I choose to forgive myself for every mistake and misstep that I have every made. I know that regardless of my setbacks, I always have a comeback in me. I am a capable person. I can handle anything that comes my way. I am safe, divinely guided and loved. And out of this situation only good will come. And so it is.

Not everyone is going to like you. And, that's okay!

One of the most uncomfortable things in life is to realize that someone does not like us. And, you perhaps struggle with that notion and valiantly try to get those people to like you. But, that is a waste of time and only ends up with you feeling less than and wondering what’s wrong with you. Today, the Universe wants us to become okay with not being liked. Today, accept that you are not for everyone, and that’s okay. Accept that the world is full of people who, no matter what you do, will point blank not like you. But it is also filled with people who will love you fiercely. Today, accept that you are not for everyone, and that’s okay. So, today choose to talk to the people who can hear you. Don’t waste your precious time and gifts trying to convince those people who don’t like you of your value, they won’t ever want what you’re selling. Don’t convince them to walk alongside you. You’ll be wasting both your time and theirs and will inflict unnecessary wounds, which will take precious time to heal. You are not for them and they are not for you; politely wave them on, and continue along your way. Sharing your path with someone is a sacred gift; don’t cheapen your gift by facing yours in the wrong direction. And, as you “drive people away,” you only get closer to your ideal people. Those who love you, who want to be close to you, who truly value you, are one step closer. Being disliked by some is simply a byproduct of being authentic to who you truly are. The more you embody your true personality, the more incompatible people will pull away from you. That’s okay, because at the same time, the more you adopt your true self, the more like-minded people you’ll draw toward you.Today, acknowledge and accept that you are not for everyone, and that’s not just okay, that’s amazing.

Just for today, I am my own best friend. Other friends will come and go. But, I am always here with and for myself. I honor myself for who and what I am. It does not matter what other people say, do or think. What does matter is how I choose to react and what I choose to believe about myself. I choose to love myself unconditionally and accept that everything is working out for my highest good. And so it is.

Instant Gratification isn't fast enough!

This week we begin to shift seasons from Summer to Fall with the Fall Equinox on Saturday. And with the change of seasons we will be asked to release and let go in preparation for the winter. We are being asked to let go of behaviors that no longer serve us. For you see, as humans we have a tendency to listen to the part of ourselves that just wants a quick fix. The part that whispers in our ear: just take the easy road. In truth, we get drawn into a cycle of instant gratification. And it is through our belief that we will find comfort in not so healthy behaviors, through instant gratification, that we become disconnected and lost. Whether it’s a relationship based purely on pleasure that’s disconnected from our hearts, a job that pays the bills but does not fulfill us, glasses of wine, endless bowls of weed or endless scrolling on social media- we have become patterned to use those useless activities to soothe our brain and bring us some sort of fleeting happiness. However, no matter how soothing those activities may be, they do not fuel our spirit and instead ending up fueling us to continue those behaviors so that we can receive the instant gratification they offer us. Those behaviors, in truth, can easily deceive us into thinking that they are something we “need”. In fact, we start to crave that way of operating instead of healthier more sustainable choices. Today, the Universe wants us to begin to see through the illusion of our need for instant gratification. And, even though it may be hard to make healthy choices because they usually require more planning and effort, we are being called to remember that these things are not making us happy. It may be delaying unhappiness for the time being, but it is not making us stronger or more joyful in the long run. Today, know that although there is nothing wrong with pleasure, it is time for us to truly begin to fill our cups with long lasting, true happiness. It it time we stop and cultivate a life that enriches us and makes us feel more alive. Today, take a step back and look at your patterns to see where you know you’ve been taking the easy way out, so you will be able to adjust and recalibrate, rather than operating on autopilot. Today know that this recalibration will be worth the effort and will usher you into a new more sustainable path, which will provide you with long lasting happiness rather than fleeting moments of instant gratification. Today accept that instant gratification does not provide the solution, it only temporarily frees you from the pain of feeling like you’re not good enough as is. Today, accept that relief does not have to remain for only an instant. You can find genuine relief in the beauty of delaying our gratification by choosing to change your unhealthy behavior patterns and to have patience by taking the “harder” way out towards sustainable and long lasting peace and happiness.

Just for today, I am willing to see how and where I need to change. I release all destructive fears and doubts. I trust the power that created me to protect me, guide me and love me at all times and under all circumstances. I am safe and out of this situation only good will come And so it is.

Mercury stations direct!

Wohoo, Mercury finally stations direct after being retrograde since August. And although we still have several planets in retrograde, they are outer planets - which means the world may still feel upside-down, but not to the extent that we’ve been feeling for the past three weeks. Today YOU can finally begin to get your mojo back and to begin to move forward! Moving forward, you can feel more momentum with your plans. And, more importantly, moving forward you can feel like yourself again. All the soul-searching that you may have done during the past few weeks has helped you to get in touch with your deepest intentions. And, when Mercury stations direct, we are often gifted with the information we need to begin moving forward. So, today set your intentions to slowly move forward armed with new knowledge, a new sense of self worth and freer because of who and what you have let go of. Today, do not look back because the past is gone and some of the people of your past are gone too. Today, be present and trust that you will come out of all of your struggles wiser, stronger and more aligned with your true self.

Just for today, I focus my attention on loving myself and trusting the Universe. Regardless of my setbacks, I always have a comeback in me. I am a capable person. I can handle anything that comes my way. I am safe, divinely guided and loved. And out of this situation only good will come. And so it is.

Your sense of self-worth determines all your other relationship standards

Your sense of self-worth determines all your other relationship standards. Therefore, if you don’t like and love yourself, if you don’t value yourself, you’ll have low standards for how you let other people treat you. Because in truth, we simply don’t protect and take care of what we don’t hold in high regard. Furthermore, the way you treat yourself and how you let others treat you shows you how much or little you really value yourself. When you neglect yourself, you deprive yourself of what you need: attention, consideration, care, support, reassurance, connection, encouragement, and love. You then most likely tend to look toward others to provide it for you. You mistakenly believe that the pain you experience is something only someone else, outside yourself, can soothe or heal.The problem is that others cannot do it for you. They cannot fill the void you may have created by depriving yourself of self-care. Other people can support you and boost you from time to time, but they simply cannot do it for you because their efforts meet a void and simply disappear into insignificance. Moreover, when we don’t like ourselves, we don’t understand why others like us. When we don’t like how we look and someone compliments us, we don’t believe them. We think they’re lying to us or they are just being nice. And, when we don’t love ourselves, we cannot receive anyone else’s love because we don’t trust it. We don’t believe it. It doesn’t match with what we believe about ourselves, and so our brains reject it. It doesn’t feel safe and all of a sudden, our relationship becomes fear-based and never fulfill our needs. So, today acknowledge that you are a co-creator of all your relationships. Relationships don’t just randomly happen to us. We co-create them. We are always in a relationship—even if it’s the one we have with ourselves.And it’s the one we have with ourselves that informs all others. The relationship you have with yourself sets the tone for all the other relationships you have in your life. The good thing is that you are in charge of that now. You have the power and you get to choose how you treat yourself. Today choose to focus on the relationship that you have with yourself. Choose to value yourself and choose to treat yourself as if you are someone you deeply love and respect. Choose to love appreciate yourself and watch your other relationships change for the better.

Just for today, I acknowledge that I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more and to share that love with others. I recognize that love is the great miracle cure and loving myself will create miracles in my life. I love and approve of myself unconditionally and everything is working out for my highest good.

Little choices make a big impact

Let’s face it: life isn’t always fun. Even the most fortunate among us have struggles, obligations, and demons to face. But we’re all presented with countless opportunities for connection and joy—if we choose to create space in our lives, get out of our heads, and let ourselves live in the now. Today, the Universe wants you to acknowledge that if you want to change your life, you do not need a master plan to get there.  In fact, the change you want to see starts with a simple choice—one tiny decision to do something differently. To try something new or say something instead of merely thinking of it or to challenge a thought that might be holding you back. Those little choices might not change everything, but they can change how you experience everything. So, today choose to make one small change and choose to have a little faith in your ability to handle whatever’s coming down the road. Choose to believe that you have the strength and resourcefulness required to tackle whatever challenges come your way. And know that you always have the capacity to  choose to make the best of anything. Even if you didn’t want it or ask for it, even if seems scary or hard or unfair, you can make something good of any loss or hardship. You can learn from it, grow from it, help others through it, and maybe even thrive because of it. The future is unknown, but you can know this for sure that you can choose to have faith that you got this! Today, make one small choice and what your life change in big ways.

Just for today, I recognize that I always have a choice. I willingly release any need for struggle or suffering. I am willing to accept my life as it is. I deserve all that is good in life. I recognize that peace begins within me. The more peaceful I am inside the more peace I have to share with others. The inner creates the outer always. I now go beyond barriers to possibilities and everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is.

New Moon in Leo

We have a New Moon in Leo. New Moons are a powerful time to set intentions for the weeks ahead. We can use the New Moon energies to get clear about what we wish to focus on in our lives. Tonight’s Leo New Moon offers a beautiful wave of energy to support us in gaining some clarity and courage. It may inspire us to get in touch with our passions, to return to projects or hobbies we had forgotten about, and to prioritize joy and lightness. One of the highest frequencies of the Leo energy is the quality of simplicity. When we simplify, life can become easier, less emotionally heavy, and we can find it easier to make room for joy. And adding to the Leo New Moon energy is Venus which is retrograde helping us all to delve into the shadows of our hearts so that we can reclaim those parts of ourselves that have not felt worthy of love or money. Today, set your intentions to begin to learn how to co-create your life with a stronger sense of worthiness and that you can be loved simply by being yourself-you do not have to earn it! Today, accept that your next chapter hasn’t been written yet. Today, allow the New Moon energy to help you to write your future with passion, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to your joy.

Just for today, my self esteem is high because I honor who I am. I love and accept myself exactly as I am. I draw love and acceptance into my life and I allow myself to accept them now. I have the self esteem, confidence and courage to move forward with ease. I am safe and everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is

Begin anew

One of the greatest misconceptions in life is that we are somehow powerless to let go of what’s behind us. That we have to carry regret, shame, or disappointment, and that we have to allow our past, on some level, to dictate how today will unfold. Today, it is time to awaken to the fact that the past is the past and doesn’t have to shape what your present looks like. In truth, at any moment, you can let go of who you’ve been and decide to be someone new—to do something differently. It won’t always be easy, but it is always a choice you can make. Today, acknowledge that you always have a choice-you can either dwell and stay stuck, or let go and feel free. Today, as we begin a new week give yourself space to fill yourself up with good feelings about the beautiful day in front of you—and the beautiful tomorrow you’re now creating. Today, accept that no matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. Choose to begin anew today.

Just for today, I recognize that this is a new day, one I have never seen before. I begin anew and claim and create all that it is good in this Life. I forgive myself and set myself free. I am willing to see my life in a whole new way. I am safe and divinely guided and protected as I begin anew. Everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is.

Re-birth-Venus Star Point

Today, retrograde Venus and the Sun will align, creating what is known as the Venus Star Point. The merging of the Sun and Venus indicates a rebirth of Venus’s energy and her gradual emergence from an evening star to a morning star. Venus energy teaches us that the key to creating the life we desire lies in self-love first. Under this energy, your heart may experience its own rebirth too. You may feel your heart healing the wounds you never thought would leave you. You may feel yourself opening up to a greater love, or perhaps releasing blocks that have been preventing you from feeling the love that you are. Right now, under the Venus Retrograde energies, you are on an inward journey reclaiming aspects of yourself that have been forgotten, denied or undervalued. Today, allow the Venus energy to help you to embrace your unique qualities, and watch as you naturally begin to draw in people who appreciate you for who you are. Today, begin to value who you are and no matter what you’ve been through or are currently experiencing, trust that you will soon emerge bolder and brighter than ever. Today, acknowledge that you have always been a dazzling star. You're now in the process of reclaiming your brilliance. Today allow the Venus energy to help you to gain new clarity, reach a new point of forgiveness, or to help you to open up to a deeper sense of self love and acceptance.

Just for today, I recognize that I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more and to share that love with others. As I move through the layers of other people's opinions and beliefs, I see within myself a magnificent being-wise and beauty. I love what I see in me. I am loved and accepted exactly as I am right here and right now. I am divinely protected, guided and loved. All is truly well in my world. And so it is.