All of Us Are on a Path: Where Are You Headed?
Hi. I’m Jessica Zimmerman, but those who know me well call me Jess.
I’ve held a few titles throughout my career: rental business owner, floral designer, wedding planner, educator, podcaster, public speaker, and best-selling author, just to name a few. But today, when someone asks me what I do for work these days, I respond with the only answer that rings true…
My work is soul work.
The hard part is the stuff I do alone… emancipating myself from past experiences and lingering pain. The easy part is sharing it with you and empowering you to find freedom from your own lingering soul wounds.
I look at the world, at the universe, with both childlike wonder and insatiable curiosity. I am enamored with the human heart.
That’s what I’m hoping to share with you in my most sacred work yet, The Path Back to You.
We’ll spend the next twelve months together as I share what has become a fresh, contemporary vision of ancient faith. I hope I share in a way that resonates. That ultimately leads you to remember who you’ve always been.
I hope it stirs both curiosity and comfort in you. I hope it leads you to believe that within all the chaos of everyday life, all the troubles of a hurting world, and all the unknown answers about the universe, you have a sacred place here.
This series is my sacred gift to you.
If you are here, whenever you are here, you are here for a reason. Whether you’re following along month by month or you stumble upon this series years from now, trust the Divine intervention that brought you here. This series is timeless. It is meant for you whenever you find it.
Along this journey, you’ll need patience as you grow. Affirm: I accept that everything happens in Divine order.
Let’s break that down:
Patience and Growth: Here’s what that means. I want to expand my consciousness and my awareness. I don’t want to leave anything unseen or in the dark.
Even when you cannot pinpoint why you are feeling the way you are feeling. Having the courage to allow the Divine unfoldment of your life without trying to control the timing or circumstances.
Divine Timing and Soul Expansion: You create space for your soul’s greatest expansion through your brave choice to surrender control. Surrendering the ego’s need to know all of the answers, to plan things out in advance, to know exactly how and when everything is going to unfold. To really lean into that internal present moment guidance of the soul instead. Surrendering to Divine timing creates the best environment energetically for your soul’s fastest expansion. The fact that you are learning to surrender to the Divine Timing of your life is such a powerful marker of how much you have expanded as a soul and how much you have grown. Be really gentle with yourself. This isn't about doing. This is about being.
I grew up in the Bible belt. I can almost guarantee you that many of the things I am going to share in this 12 month series will trigger you. I know this because they also triggered me. At first, I wanted to reject them completely. Because if the things that triggered me were true, then my life as I knew it, my life as I had been raised, my life as I had been taught, must be false.
If my life, propped up by what I had believed to be absolute truth, isn’t what I thought it was, well I can’t think of anything scarier.
But here’s what I invite you to do: use each trigger as an arrow, directing you. Showing you where to take a closer look. Each reaction is your higher self, God inside of you, asking you to take a closer look at something. That trigger is a nudge from your soul. The soul that was created from God. Sit with it. Trust it. Ask yourself why it triggers you.
If you need an example, I tell a story about it here.
THE PATH BACK TO YOU is an offering. I have no expectations for what you choose to do with it. I know what this information has done for me and how it has transformed my life in ways I never knew were possible. I want that for you. A life of love and joy and peace. Of course I do. But all I can do is offer it. What you choose to do with it is completely up to you.
So here is my offering, and with it, a promise of hope.
It is not too late to start over again. To forgive yourself and release your past. To soften your heart. To step forward into a bright new beginning. You can absolutely have another chance at this beautiful thing we call life. Whether you’re reading this on January 1st or May 23rd, at the beginning of a new decade or at the end of a marriage. Your story isn’t finished. Each day is an invitation to start a new chapter. Or even just a new page.
You’re not here to be understood. You’re here to be in your purpose and in your truth. You are here to discern energies. You’re here to be magnetic. To attract everything you desire. You are here to be in a state of surrender and flow. Anything that disrupts that is holding you back.
If you’re wondering where to start, come back to yourself. How do you figure out who you are? You stay right where you are. You dig. You learn the simplest facts about yourself. You date yourself. You daydream until you discover something that makes your chest feel even the smallest spark of hope. You question your darkest thoughts. You create rituals, soul-opening routines. You begin exactly where you are, with exactly what you have, and you work until every detail is made beautiful. You let yourself feel what you feel. You begin to act in self-loving ways even, and maybe most especially, when you fear you don’t deserve it. You realize that you are growing through the discomfort. You learn to let yourself be.
The world will tell you that intuition, astrology, and psychic abilities aren’t real. Instead the world puts you through years of indoctrination so you grow up in a world that “trusts the experts”. I’m here to tell you that it’s time to open up to your inner powers instead.
This chapter in your life is called Knowing Your Worth. And with that acting accordingly. No more settling for less. You know what you deserve.
You are as rare as they come. You are an exception to the rule. You were never meant to be molded. You were created by God, the energy of unconditional love. You have a soul so pure you were built to endure anything. You were made to go the distance. You were created with nothing but light inside of you and it’s time to trust that light. To let it shine. To let it guide the path back home to you. To light the way for those around you. Give yourself permission to be a rule breaker. You’re here to be a game changer.
The world we live in has an authenticity crisis. The majority of people are walking around wearing masks. Living for the approval of people we don’t even enjoy spending time with. The true success is loving yourself so deeply, your only option is to be real.
I have so much respect for you for choosing to go down this journey with me. It’s a process. And most people don’t want to be part of the process. They want the outcome. But the process is where the answers lie. The process is where you figure out your worth. Where you figure out who is worthy of coming along with you. Who gets to be part of your outcome.
The universe isolates you so you can find your purpose. It may seem like you are losing everything. Losing people, friendships, relationships, etc. But finding your path, your passion, your purpose - that’s worth so much more. For where your soul lies, that’s where you’ll find everything you’ve ever been searching for. That’s where you’ll find your treasure.
The last chapter may feel like it destroyed you. It was there to eliminate what you no longer need to hang on to. It was meant to build you back up stronger. You are about to walk into one of the greatest chapters of your life. Get ready.
Never ever be ashamed for wanting more out of your life. Never be ashamed for how deeply and passionately you wish to live your life. You're a trailblazer. You were created to break rules and show others the way. Trust the process. Trust yourself.
You get tested the most when it’s time to elevate. This isn’t a breakdown. It’s a breakthrough.
At some point, in all lineages, a soul will be born that decides that the bullshit ends with them. This brave soul refuses to conform. It only knows how to speak truth. It stands up to the machine. It brings healing to the world and to all its ancestors who came before. And if you’re reading this, chances are good that it’s you.
There comes a time when the only choice we have left is to believe in our own magic.
And one day, you will tell the story of how you overcame. Maybe it won’t be in a year-long series like this one. Maybe it won’t be written in a book. Maybe it won’t be spoken on a stage. Maybe it will. Or maybe it will be through conversations held with those around you. Your story of overcoming will become someone else’s survival guide. Your future generations will look to you as the one who charted a new course.
You are about to embark on a journey of evolving to the best version of you. Do not apologize for it. This is your birthright.
Join me in my most comprehensive mentoring course ever, The Path Back to You.