Embracing Darkness and Unpacking Grief: The Bright Side of Shadow Work

For the first four weeks of The Path Back to You, we focused on energy, digging into what it looks like to raise our vibrations. Now, I bet I can guess what’s happened since you’ve started that journey.

Sh*t got hard. Really hard.

We have the phrase “growing pains” for a reason.

When you start growing, everything gets harder before it gets easier. You’ve decided to wake up to yourself, which means casting off all the old coping mechanisms and numbing techniques you’ve used to get through hard things in the past.

New Moon in Aquarius

The New Moon in Aquarius marks the beginning of a new cycle, one where you may feel a shift to focus on justice, freedom, speaking out, and fighting for the greater good.

What Happens When Energy Gets Stuck

Today, we’re going to talk about energy chakras. Even that word, “chakras,” might set off alarm bells in your head. As a church going girl who was raised to believe this stuff isn’t real, I get it.

But like most things, learning about chakras isn’t nearly as helpful as experiencing their truth.

How to Raise Your Vibration and Protect Your Energy

Abundance is a vibration (we will go deeper on this in chapter 7 when we discuss manifesting).

Every time we let go of old energy, old friends, and old identity, an energy exchange takes place. You let go of the old and begin to further embody your higher self. This process is not instant, it requires energetic integration. It requires you to live through that energy as a form of embodiment.

It’s true - the universe speaks the language of energy. What you emanate is what you receive. So can you emanate more magic? More play, laughter and bliss?

You can.

Full Moon in Leo

The full moon brings clarity to purpose. And the full moon in Leo helps you bring clarity to what’s in your heart. As the sun shines brightly through the Leo Full Moon, you can learn to shine the light on your love, your passions, and your truest self.

A High Vibe Life: The Energy that Got You Here Can’t Take You There

The reason so many of us feel the opposite of content is because we aren’t living in alignment.

Alignment– which is unique and different for every soul because each soul is uniquely created by God, by the energy of unconditional love, and each soul has its own unique path and this will look different for everyone– is when the thoughts you think, match the feelings you feel, match the words you say, match the actions you portray.

When everything is on the same page, you don’t have that experience of feeling one way yet rationalizing yourself into believing the opposite.

Here’s what that looked like in my own life…

Letting Go to Receive Clarity: My Regular Full Moon Ritual

While the New Moon is about setting intentions and manifesting, the Full Moon is all about letting go of what hasn’t served us to make room for what will.

What is holding me back?

What do I need to release in order to make room for what I want?

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The Full Moon: An Invitation to Clarity

The patterns and pulls of a Full Moon have been traced throughout history. In more recent years, you might see Full Moon wisdom shared by a huge range of sources, from midwives and doulas to functional medicine doctors and scientists.

Some people might accept that the Full Moon affects our bodies, our habits, and our lives without a second thought, while others might wonder why.

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EVERYTHING IS ENERGY

Our purpose here on Earth is to raise our vibration, to come into consciousness, to operate from a place of pure unconditional love. Instead of chasing, we can rest, because wholeness is waiting inside us, not hiding somewhere “out there.”

But along life’s journey, we’ve likely picked up some bad habits that influence our energy.

Here are some things that can influence our vibrational energy:

New Moon in Capricorn

This New Moon is reminding us to slow down, focus on what is truly important, and deliberately begin to look at our own personal intentions for the year ahead.

Embracing a Purposeful Emptying: My Regular New Moon Ritual

For every person reading this, there are just as many definitions of the word “ritual.” Some of you might think of a morning routine, like drinking a full glass of water, brushing your teeth, and then making a smoothie. Some of you might be thinking of a seance-like scene out of Hocus Pocus, with candles and pentagrams and latin chants.

When I talk about rituals, I’m referring to planned ways we intentionally pause and mark an event or achievement.

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All of Us Are on a Path: Where Are You Headed?

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.

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