The angels have worked with me for years to find the freedom between my ears!

I used to argue for my limitations. I used to blame others for my mood. I used to feel victimized and unhappy about much in the world. I didn’t love my engineering job. I felt confined and bound to it after my parents paid for an entire college education. I felt stuck in a marriage that wasn’t bad but wasn’t growing. And I wore a big “V” for victim, energetically speaking, often defending to the heavens my right to be displeased! Looking back, it makes me laugh. Why on earth do we insist on defending our pain and digging ourselves deeper into it? I know the answer, of course. We just didn’t know otherwise at the time.

It wasn’t until I stopped digging into my pain and started tilling the soil of my soul that things got better. I had to admit I had a choice. I started taking self-help classes, reading books, and experimenting with personal growth modalities. I would not be the loving and happy person I am today had I not gone through all that. I would still be stuck if I had never used my free will to choose a focus beyond my circumstances.

The crucible of difficult situations, coupled with the free will to think beyond them, is often exactly the catalyst we need to grow into the person we want to be and to have the life we want to live.

And while pain isn’t necessary for growth, it often results when we want something different but don’t choose to think differently or do something different. Change your focus. Make small changes to feel better in life, and soon you’ll see the painful circumstances begin to shift.

Had I had my way with the external world at the time, I’d likely still be climbing the corporate ladder in engineering. Nothing wrong with that, except it wasn’t what thrilled me. Now I work with souls I adore by day and have a creative outlet making coloring books and other fun projects by night! I love my life most of the time. And when I don’t, I know I can change it.

In fact, I had an opportunity for change last weekend…

I’ve been having issues with the increasing insanity of computer programs as vibe coding becomes a thing. What used to take an engineer days to create and debug now can be done in a few hours. You tell a computer what you want, walk away, and it writes the software. However, it does exactly what you tell it, and if you’re not careful to be specific with your instructions, it may not know to consider the gazillion other factors involved. So many of the design programs I use are incorporating insanely brilliant features while losing their basic functions at times… like editing text correctly or showing the cursor.

Being a former engineer, this drives me nuts. I started to pray for my soul and sanity! “Dear God, help me be patient with these programs so I can create better interactions with them.” Most of my life, my tech stack has been supportive and kind to me.

I had a great opportunity to see what I had created and shift my thinking last weekend!

Last Friday, right as I was finishing up the week’s work, one of the drives in my RAID konked out. A RAID is a set of disks that all work together to create a safety net for your data. If you lose one drive, there are copies of your data on another. But when one konks out, you can’t mess around. You need a current backup ASAP in case the other one goes, or you risk losing a lot of your life’s work. Although I had prior backups in the cloud and on an external drive, they were days old. In my life, that might mean thousands of files that remained to be backed up. I changed my weekend plans.

As it turned out, the normal backup programs didn’t play well with the compromised drive, so I spent the weekend manually comparing 12 TB of data with what I had already saved and dragging all the changed files to the backup. It was not hard work, just a lot of grunt work.

I didn’t feel too free about the situation until I sat, breathed, received, and saw it through God’s eyes. I have a lot of data. It needed to be better organized. And I had asked for an attitude adjustment about computers! So I used my free will to focus on the fact that I am loved, that all would turn to good, and that I was lucky to be able to recover my files.

Suddenly, the grunt work felt like a meditation.

Suddenly functions on my computer that had driven me crazy mysteriously started working.

I started feeling great about my new organization. I found replacement drives easily. I was even able to complete another project and tidy up the house.

Using my free will to ask for help, receive love from heaven, and look for the good in the situation turned things around almost immediately.

I still “lost” a weekend. I still had a huge expense buying the new drives. But I’m organized. My data is safe. And I feel great.

There are many times in life when we face far more confining and difficult circumstances than rebuilding 12 TB of data. In my late twenties, I thought I was stuck in engineering for life and couldn’t see a way out… until I started focusing on the good where I could.

I never would have guessed I’d be talking to people I can’t see, working with thousands of people, and designing T-shirts—not to mention having beautiful, loving relationships with people in my personal life that I once considered impossible. Using my free will to love myself, find the good in life where I could, and focus on the good in others that I could see has changed everything.

Life now feels like freedom! Not because life always does what I want. Not because people show up exactly the way I’d wish. Not because I’m always the person I want to be, but rather because I now know I’m free to think a different thought, focus on a different thing, and find the good wherever I go. And in so doing, life changes… quickly.

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Here are a few ways to use your free will to shift life when needed or to make it better when it is already good:

1.  When Feeling Limited, Focus on What You Can Do

Sometimes we feel remarkably free. At other times, life, our bodies, or circumstances feel confining. It is easy to focus on a lack of freedom—what we can’t do, don’t have the energy, time, or money to do, etc.

But if you can pivot and ask yourself, “What can I do right now?” “What can I enjoy right now?” You will be using your free will to find the path to better circumstances. You will breathe a little easier and allow the body to recalibrate. And you’ll remember your freedom, which brings relief to the mind and emotions.

2. When “Stuck” in a Situation, Look for What You Can Enjoy

You might be in a job you don’t care for or in a situation where it is right to care for a child or an elder. It may leave you feeling stuck at times since there is no immediate way to create change or find balance. At those times, finding what you can enjoy is the way to exercise freedom, shift your vibration, and create opportunities for change.

If you’re in a job you don’t like, try to have fun on weekends, and in that happier vibe, you’ll receive new inspirations or bump into people who give you new direction.

If you are caretaking and find it hard to find balance, find simple rituals and pleasures that you can enjoy. A sip of tea while watching a program with your loved one. Holding hands and feeling your love flow to them. Simply telling yourself that doing your best is more than enough can shift a situation to feel more loving.

There isn’t always a big solution or a big change available, but by using your freedom to find whatever pleasure you can, you enter into a higher energy where new solutions, new ideas, and new opportunities become easier to access.

3. Take Baby Steps

It isn’t always feasible to quit a job, leave a relationship, or heal a health condition right away. But we are free to take baby steps. You can make a small change to be kind and compassionate to yourself. You can sit, breathe, and receive help from the angels. You can watch one inspiring video or read one uplifting passage a day. You can appreciate something other than what bothers you. You can brainstorm with a friend or AI about how to create change. Or you can do it the easy way and focus on the feeling of a better situation and let the Creator of Universes guide you.

In all cases, we can use our free will to take small steps that bring us closer to kinder realities.

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On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by a lovely, high-vibe woman—Elaine Starling, host of the Abundance Journey podcast (available on Apple podcasts), and the Abundance Journey Video Show which you can find on YouTube. By the time I talked to her, I was in such a great mood that we riffed off each other’s good vibes, and an hour flew by as if it were five minutes. I’ll share the link when it airs on August 20. For now, you might find great inspiration in her work. She, too, owns her freedom to be grateful, to choose actions that forward her dreams, and to look for the good.

And wherever you find your inspiration, remember you are free—free to think better thoughts, free to be kind to yourself, free to focus on the good, and therefore free to work in cooperation with the benevolent universe to create a life you love, connections that satisfy your soul, and days that flow kindly.

Happy Fourth to those of you who celebrate it. No matter what, may freedom ring in your heart and soul, and may you always know the joy that comes from (as the angels say) wielding it wisely!

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

As many of you celebrate a holiday commemorating freedom, let us examine what freedom really is, how to achieve it, and how it best serves you. For as much as you all truly do want freedom, it is all too easy to outsource your power, your thoughts, and your ability to think, discern, and choose for yourselves.

It is just as easy, however, once you become aware of these tendencies, to reclaim your power, think for yourself, and embrace true freedom of mind, body, heart, and soul.

Often, freedom is defined in terms of what you want to be free “from.” You want to be free from tyranny, disease, and the control of those who want to have their way with you. And that is beautiful, but if you can’t find a focus on what you want to be “free to” experience, you will remain energetically entangled with all that you want to be “free from.”

Suppose you don’t enjoy your job or life situation. You might feel oppressed at work, controlled by a boss or others who don’t care about your well-being, tied to those you must caretake, and at the mercy of a system that controls your income. As you read this, you can already feel the confinement of such statements, no matter how true they might be at the time. The focus on what you want to be “free from” ties you, energetically, to it.

What if, instead, you were to focus on a spiritual truth—you are free to create work and situations that you love in cooperation with a benevolent universe—simply by aiming your energy and attention toward that which you wish to experience. You are free to love those in your charge while dreaming about a future more centered on your own desires. You are free to focus on what little bits of life are satisfying right now. Instead of complaining about what you wish to be “free from,” which ties you to it, you can start to talk about what it is you are free to create. You can imagine what it will feel like to feel more freedom. You are free to anticipate a better situation. The more you do so, the more you attune yourself, freely, to the situations you want to experience.

Many of you have already experienced this firsthand. You left a job or a relationship you didn’t like, only to find yourself in a similar situation once again. You didn’t realize it, but you had bound yourself to the person or situation you were leaving, even though you left it physically. By maintaining a frequent focus on what you were glad to be “free from,” you focused on it so thoroughly that you attracted it once again.

At some point, you were truly done thinking about what you left. You were done thinking about the injustice of it and the pain it inspired within you. You became tired of defending your right to have better. And as you relaxed and began to enjoy your life, bet ter started to appear. Your willingness to focus your free will on what you were “free to” experience instead of what you were “free from” opened new doors of opportunity, inspired you to explore new interests, and brought new types of people into your life.

Likewise, many of you have been “stuck” caretaking someone who wasn’t a kind patient. As long as you struggled with the situation or hated it, it continued to bother you. But at some point, you may have decided to just love the person you cared for, even in spite of their bad moods. No longer were they in control of you. You felt better about yourself. And by the time both they and you found freedom from the situation, you were already free and able to move forward without regret.

So what is freedom? Is it the ability to get away from what you don’t like? Partially, perhaps, but as we see it, freedom exists in the ability to think about what pleases you, inspires you, and draws you to it. Freedom exists in the ability to create change one step at a time and the ability to work in cooperation with a benevolent universe that wants you to experience a life that feels like love. It is the ability to find what is good here and now while anticipating more.

Freedom, dear ones, is your God-given right to attune to anything you please and thus draw it to you.

Using your free will to attract what you want feels like freedom. Using that same free will to focus on what you don’t feels like bondage. In all cases, you are free.

So, as so many of you celebrate freedom, remind yourself that you are always free. No matter the circumstance or the people around you, you have the free will and the ability to look at reality for opportunity or confinement. You have the freedom to focus on what pleases you or to focus on what does not. You have the freedom to look forward with anticipation or to decry what is in front of you today.

When wielded wisely, using your free will today can lead to greater and more joyful freedom tomorrow.

May you be free to love, free to see what pleases you, and free to look forward to even better than you know today.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels

I’ve been really happy lately—not because life is perfect, my body is perfect, or anything is perfect. In fact, I was just typing in my newsletter when the program deleted my last few paragraphs and went nuts on me. We all have plenty of challenges. We all get wobbled. But I’m fueling my joy by doing things that uplift my spirit, taking time to focus on how I want to feel, and looking for things to appreciate everywhere I turn.

I had to get up and walk away from the computer to grab a cup of tea and recalibrate! This is just the nature of life on earth. And whether the things that wobble us or the people that do are large or small, the commitment to taking care of your own well-being—physical, mental, and emotional—is important..

It isn’t the easiest time to be on earth. We feel the currents in the human pool. Earlier in the year, I was walking to my kitchen and suddenly burst into tears of grief. It happened about the same time as the shootings were rocking our nation. Like many of you, I don’t watch the news, but I feel it.

Yesterday, my back was cracking all over the place. Vetebrae were readjusting on their own. I got up from. my desk and had had sciatica for the first time in my life for two hours, then it went away. I should have known. Today Mother Earth is cricking and cracking with devastating earthquakes, volcanoes erupting, and what surely must be a huge internal adjustment in her structure.

The way I handle such sensitivity is to care for myself even before I care for others.  I give myself grace. I’ve taken more naps this year than ever before. I sometimes pare back my schedule to do only what must be done, so I can make time to rest and meditate. I sit every day and focus on how I want to feel in whatever task I have coming up.

It doesn’t take long to get centered in myself once again, feel the life force flowing, and reclaim my joy. A little self-care goes a long way.  It plugs you back into the eternal stream, refuels your energy, and helps you remember that you must be important to yourself in your own life or you can’t give much to anyone else. You’ll burn out. Many of us in helping professions have come close, many times!

By the time I taught my class in June, I couldn’t wait! My passion had returned, and I was on full power!

And thus we entered the phase of recalibrating again…

I had become so passionate about enjoying life again that I did what I sometimes do, and went a little too far…  in this case, with sugar!  My lemon tree gave me 3000 glorious lemons this year, and I made over 20 pints of delicious sugary lemon curd (pudding).  My friends were generous and gave me tons of chocolate for Christmas. And suddenly, happy to be alive, I couldn’t wait to enjoy all of it. The lemon curd came out of the freezer. The chocolate came out of the pantry.  And what went into my body was more sugar every day than I usually eat in a few weeks.  It was a lot of fun…

But then one day I looked in the mirror, and started rolling with laughter at the rolling hills that had “suddenly” appeared around my midsection.Somehow, in a few months, I had transitioned from being the slender soul I have been much of my life into looking like the traditional family dumpling, as the ladies in my lineage joke. I couldn’t stop laughing. All I could think was, “Where did that come from?” Suddenly, the discomfort I’d been feeling around the middle made sense. It never occurred to me that the constant full feeling I had was me being more full of “stored energy”!

There really was no mystery about the extra pounds. I typically eat healthy, natural foods with only a little sugar. And although I don’t have any judgment about weight one way or another, I was no longer comfortable, and I like being comfortable!  I wanted to recalibrate, but haven’t had much time to hike or exercise. And so I sat and thought about how it felt to be my regular shape, just to get in the right vibe, and suddenly recalled a story in Autobiography of a Yogi in which Yogananda thought himself thin. That seemed like the perfect solution!

I put myself on a program twice a day for two to three minutes each. I sat and simply recalled feeling smaller. I remembered the lightness of hopping on rocks in the creek, the feeling of getting dressed without feeling as if I were stuffing one of my larger pillows into a small pillowcase, and how good it felt when I could do endless sit-ups. I recalled the deliciousness of fresh berries, a fresh veggie sauté with lemon and herbs that filled me up so much I didn’t need dessert. I focused on the wonderful feeling of Spirit’s love on my skin that I have been experiencing regularly, and the warmth of the sunshine on my face. I spent those few minutes every day focused on anything that made me feel good being in a body.

Within days, I lost my taste for excess sugar and started craving fruit again. I didn’t even think about chocolate except for my usual two pieces a day. Suddenly, I couldn’t wait to get up and do my yoga and sit-ups. And, while I don’t have a scale, I know what I see and feel, and within two weeks, half the additional midsection had disappeared. To make things even better, I started “stumbling” on videos to correct my posture 🙂

This wasn’t rocket science, of course. Less sugar equals fewer calories, but the process did not involve suffering or feeling deprived, as it usually does. I don’t have the bandwidth currently to do my day-long hikes once a week. But simply because I wanted to feel comfortable and was willing to take a few minutes a day to focus on feeling good in a body without worrying about how and when the changes would unfold, the vibrational universe went to work. My brain rewired, my cravings changed, and I’m on the way back to my usual size.

The moral of this story isn’t about weight loss. Iti s more about loving yourself through the heights and the valleys, and simply recalibrating when you’re not pleased. Mine happened in a way natural to me. Some of you might get impelled to see a doctor to get your hormones or thyroid balanced. The guidance is different for each of us, but the commitment to do something self-loving like sitting for a few minutes a day and thinking thoughts that feel good is pretty powerful. If I were obsessively focused on everyone else, I guarantee I would not have made even that little time for myself.

So, whether you feel the weight in your body as I did, or the weight of the world, as so many of us do, the process of lightening up, be it literal or metaphorical, is still the same: start by loving yourself enough to care for your feelings. Make space in your mind for thoughts that feel good and space in your day for things that feel good, no matter how small. Scale is irrelevant. The way you feel is what matters.

And from that commitment, your energy will start to return. Your joy will begin to renew. And your body will be allowed to resurrect itself since that is what bodies are programmed to do, with all the new baby cells being born every second.

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Here are a few things that will help you get your mojo back when you feel tired, overwhelmed, or disconnected, or if you just want to feel a bit more inspired in life:

1.  Grant yourself grace

The angels always insist that the first step on the road back to feeling good is to accept yourself as you are. Stop fighting your natural feelings and healthy instincts. If you’re tired, rest when you can. If you don’t feel like being as “available” as usual, pull back where you can.  Do something that allows an overworked mind to take a breather—get outside, read a book, take a digital reset. Stop trying to live up to others’ expectations or even your own. Don’t try to feel good about things that don’t. Instead, find things that do.

The more we stop fighting ourselves and surrender to what truly feels right in the moment—kind and loving, no matter how small—the more we open up to the flow of life force once again.

2. Get rid of artificial deadlines. Question the to-do list.

So many times, we think we have to get things done when we don’t. And while we might really want to accomplish many tasks, the real must-do list is often much smaller than the want-to-do list. I have things on my list that have been there for a few years, and I haven’t been inspired to handle them yet. I’ll get there. Pushing yourself never feels good.

When you’re feeling a little deflated, it is best to pare the to-do list down to only the real must-dos and let the rest wait till you have more energy or inspiration.

3.Enjoy life’s simple pleasures and focus on what feels good

On the road to inspiration, we have to start small. Enjoy your coffee, or your cat. Enjoy walking your dog or reading a few pages of a good book. Enjoy an interesting video, or shut your eyes at night and feel the relief of “time off.” Walk around your house and enjoy the memories inspired by the objects you have, or enjoy the texture of a blanket on your couch. Make or get a healthy meal and take time to savor the flavor.

Or take a few minutes a day as I often do to focus on how you want to feel. Indulge in a fantasy. Recall a time you felt great and. relive it. Just a few minutes here and there of feeling good does wonders for your spirit and your day.

Start small and simple when you’re trying to rekindle your spark. Little pleasures are like little sparks of love that, when added up, will fuel the flames of inspiration once again. Every time we look for something to enjoy, more will reveal itself.

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The formula is pretty simple. Grant yourself grace. Be kind to yourself. Relieve yourself of unnecessary pressure. Look for things that feel good. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The road back to a good vibe isn’t glamorous, but it is paved with tiny pebbles of goodness.

The path is revealed by removing obstacles such as unnecessary pressure, false deadlines, or self-judgment that leave us feeling exhausted.

And although at times this world can seem like a bit much for many of us sensitive souls, earth can also be a lot of fun when we shift our energy and attention, take care of our own needs, and find small, silly ways to tap into joy.

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

We love you. We honor your courage for being on earth and sharing your light at a time when so many of you are tired, overwhelmed, and feeling far less tolerant of behaviors you once allowed in your lives. Your hearts are so beautiful. We know you wish to uplift others, but many of you are growing into the realization that, while you can be an influence, you cannot lift those who won’t lift themselves.

For those of you who have spent a lifetime taking care of others, it is new to put yourself first. Many of you harbor secret guilt over tending to your own well-being, even though everything in you is calling you to do so. Many of you feel angry about the constant demands of others.

When you find yourself tired, cranky, bitter or upset about others who don’t value your contributions, it is a sign from your soul that you have gone beyond what is reasonable and healthy. It is time to pull back, reclaim some of your own time, energy, and resources, and refill your well. It is a time to prioritize your own joy.

You need not feel guilty for taking care of yourself. You need not feel bad about having things that others do not. And while it is beautiful to share from a sense of fullness and abundance, sharing from anything less will deplete you.

When you feel blessed and fulfilled, you share from the eternal stream of love that flows through you. When you feel depleted, it is time to plug yourself back into the infinite before your well runs dry. It is time to take care of yourself.

You are all starting to realize that you can only change your own vibration, and while it feels joyful to support the light within others, it will feel exhausting if you try to support what is less than light.

Helping a person who is genuinely appreciative and believes in the good will often do real good. You are part of their manifestation—energy responding to energy. Helping a person who isn’t sure about the good universe, but is truly seeking help, may do them real good as well. They are calling for assistance and you may be the answer to their prayer.

However, helping a person who demands things of you may soothe them for a moment, but most likely will have no lasting impact whatsoever. So if you give to those who are not in a loving space, do it only from your own fullness, your own joy, and only for the sake of loving—not to pacify them, quiet them, or get them to change.

When you give for the sake of loving, you feel good about yourself. When you give for any other reason, you become dependent on the reaction of the receiver.

For example, if you give to prove your love, the other may or may not understand your love. They may continue to expect or demand. Far better for you to understand that you are a loving being and no matter how hard you try to prove it, no matter how much you do for another, you cannot “make” another feel loved.

Or, if you give to prove you are a good person, the other may or may not validate your worth. They may not even thank you or appreciate you. But if you know that you are a good person, and give only for the joy of giving, then you won’t care about their acknowledgment.

When divinely guided, the act of giving is a joy unto itself, and when that joy is not authentically present, the giving is not divinely guided.

Dear ones, you are not responsible for making anyone else “see the light,” convincing them to live in a healthier manner, or ensuring that they create a more loving reality. You can influence or inspire a person willing to look for inspiration. You can offer loving advice to someone who truly wants to resolve their problems. But you can’t make anyone change if they are not yet ready. Even those of you taking care of a child or an elder can influence their outlook if they are willing, but ultimately, they are responsible for their own happiness.

You serve your soul and the souls of others best by first tending to your own light and caring about your own well-being. You lift others up by lifting yourself first. You pour your love into the world best from a full cup, and when your cup is not full, the greatest gift you can give to life itself is to take care of yourself, be kind to yourself, and love yourself without condition.

Consider this permission from heaven, dear ones, to create your own happy and inspired life, no matter how those around you choose to live their own. And if you’re not happy and inspired, permission to rest, refuel, and find whatever small kindness or pleasure you can, for it is in allowing any love in your heart and life that you allow more love.

From your eventual fullness, you will naturally support the love, light, and truth of others when they bring it to the surface. You will naturally uplift those seeking inspiration. You will offer helpful advice to those seeking solutions. You will effortlessly comfort and soothe those who are open to receiving such love. And you will find that you naturally withdraw your energy from those who are not seeking true solutions and simply want company in their misery—even if you live, work, and interact with them.

In a space of caring for yourself, being true to yourself, and honoring your natural feelings, you will navigate 3D reality with your 5D compass. You will be able to live in and enjoy the material world, guided and informed by the energy of love within you. As you focus on feeling appreciation for what you can, you will become magnetic to more of it. As you imagine how you want to feel, you will attract more of what supports those feelings. As you look for what inspires you and brings you good feelings, you will have less bandwidth for what does not. And as you focus on what there is to love about others, often you will find them showing you more of what there is to love.

Dear ones, your current lack of tolerance for drama is simply a desire to see through the eyes of your soul, who knows that all challenges can be overcome, and there is love to be found along the way. Your unwillingness to be a sounding board for those who don’t want solutions is coming from your desire to spend your energy where it can be most beneficial. Your fatigue is a signal that your body or mind needs rest. Your overwhelm comes from trying to pay attention to too much all at once, rather than embracing the moment and doing what calls to you now.

Although many of you say that you do, you don’t really want to escape from Earth.

You want to find a way to open to the life force that fuels your spirit, energizes your body, and helps you solve your problems. You want to stop feeling responsible for everyone else and to start being more responsive to your own spirit. When life is tough, you want comfort and soothing, and when you feel on top of the world, you want to share in ways that feel natural and wonderful to your soul.

The world will seem far kinder and easier to navigate if you permit yourself to simply be who you wish to be in a given moment, release yourself from the need to change others, and allow yourself to receive love one breath at a time. You need not escape the world to find peace, dear ones. You need not force yourself to feel good about what is not. You need not save, fix, or give into the demands of anyone else. You simply need to breathe and to find the love where you can most easily see it.

From that sense of being loved, you can then listen to your natural impulses to care—first for yourself, and then for others in a way that gives you joy. Sometimes your caring will be active service. Sometimes it will be quite joy.

You serve the world best by remaining true to yourself.

Permission, dear ones, to refill your well, and once again find the joy that life has to offer. Permission to “serve” by simply being the beautiful soul that you are, without expectation of how that must look, what you should do, or who you should be. Right here and now, you are more than enough.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels

It was a wild week on planet Earth, energetically speaking. I talk to so many people that I get to see patterns. This week, my inbox was filled with people saying the exact same thing. “I do not know how long I can go on like this. I’m exhausted. I’ve lost my joy.” There were a variety of reasons—material challenges, unkind coworkers, family members who were behaving badly, and more. These dear souls had legitimate reasons to feel down, but angels being angels, guided them to find love and peace even in the challenges.

The angels maintain that our exhaustion in challenging times comes less from the challenge and more from thinking exhausting thoughts—feeling unloved, alone, without hope or ideas, blaming ourselves, or finding fault with others. The soul doesn’t waste a moment looking for the whys and wherefores of a challenging situation. The moment you encounter a challenge, your soul is exclusively focused on a kind and loving path to the solution. The angels are holding the vision of the healed condition. The Divine guides you on a path of perfection in love and grace.

But being human, these challenges knock us off alignment from our soul’s vision. They may temporarily cause us to forget how loved and assisted we are. Old patterns arise. Old fears surface. And before we know it, we are deceived into forgetting that life is good and the universe has a solution for every problem. We are deceived into feeling alone, left to fend for ourselves, and figure it all out. In truth, we are loved beyond reason, guided with grace, and never alone.

When a material or financial challenge seems insurmountable, the soul sees the path to resolve it. I’ve known people who received unbelievable help when in need—cars being gifted to them, $6K of back taxes paid by a friend of a friend who felt inspired to assist, thousands being given to them when they only asked for a loan. In a space of faith, we open to grace.

When a personal challenge arises—unkind coworkers or angry family members—the angels guide us to disengage, physically if possible, and if not, emotionally. Years ago, they put it this way: “Ann, you don’t have to hate the kindergarteners, but there’s no need to play with them!” Now, when someone is unkind, I remain quiet, don’t take it personally, and get away as soon as possible. If I can’t get away, I remind myself, “Not about me,” and refrain from engaging. We struggle to do the impossible when we try to create peace with people who don’t want peace. The soul says, let them be. But let yourself be too, and free yourself from the drama. You can witness the behaviors, but you don’t have to engage..

And in all challenges, there is a human tendency to agonize until we figure out a solution, but the soul says, “Relax. We’ve got this. You’re guided.Enjoy your day until you receive the impulse to act.” The more I let go of agonizing over how to resolve a challenge, be it losing my keys, having a huge expense, or dealing with a difficult person, the more quickly the solution comes.

This week, I had more than a few challenges, but they didn’t seem so challenging as they once would have. A family member was very upset at the fact that the reflecting pool had been altered in Washington, DC, and was now overgrown with green algae. I grew up in northern VA and remember the beauty of this particular pool, especially at sunset, rippling with reflections of the monuments and glowing with a peaceful beauty. I felt sad about the current situation. Within two days, my own pool was green with algae 🙂

And while there was a physical cause, of course, the outbreak was completely coincident with the spiritual focus. I wasn’t thrilled. It will cost me a lot to remediate. In the past, I would have beaten myself up for not noticing the debris that was growing things, or felt like a victim because I didn’t have the time to check it every day. This time, it was just something to handle. I have a very knowledgeable pool person who is as mystical as I am and extremely competent. He has a young family, a heart of gold, and needs the money more than I do since he’s just starting his own business. And so I chose to look at the situation as a way to support a beautiful family. What started as a discussion about algae transformed into a deep discussion about how to handle being a deep empath. The kind and cooperative interaction far outweighed the temporary inconvenience and expense. Glass half full… and no algae in the proverbial glass!

The same day, I received guidance to get a tree trimmed before storm season. Thinned out, they weather the winds and stand tall, but heavy with branches and debris, they can fall. It was an expensive endeavor, but necessary. So I gave the expense to God and called the man who handles my trees. It turns out he was going on his first vacation in 30 years, so he got it taken care of quickly before he left. I’ve known him for over 25 years, so it felt like calling an old friend for help, and I was glad to see him taking care of himself. I have enough work to refill the well, and it felt good to know I was supporting his vacation.

An hour later, I called a dear family member who, uncharacteristically, was in tears. They were facing more medical challenges and possibly another trip to the hospital. I couldn’t change the circumstances, but I could listen with compassion, hold space with love, and uplift and encourage them with gentle humor. We all know how unthinkably hard it is to watch someone we love in pain, but what saves me every time is reminding myself that the universe wants to honor their wishes for well-being, and if I hold my focus there, I can assist.

It didn’t end there. I had to do some physical labor that I wasn’t accustomed to and woke up in pain the next day. That was new. It was a workday. So I sat, breathed, and received love and healing energy from spirit, napped in between clients, and by the afternoon, the love was flowing so strongly that the pain disappeared. It was one of the fastest turnarounds I’ve experienced to date.

Any one of these things might have caused undue drama in my past, but now they’re just part of life. I don’t waste my time trying to figure out how to avoid them in the future. I focus on the loving solution, the help that is available, and how much we are loved. And then I “delegate up,” giving the problem to God and the angels.

There are, of course, much bigger challenges. I know people whose kids live in a war-torn area and made frequent trips to the bomb shelter. That would unsettle most of us. For the kids, it was no big deal, just a temporary interruption in their day. They sailed through a tense period on Earth with utmost grace. I know so many people who have lost loved ones, often under unthinkably challenging circumstances, and yet the willingness to honor themselves through their grief and reach for the one in spirit creates a path of beauty and ultimate partnership with spirit. After 30 years of helping people through all their life’s challenges, I’ve seen people evolve from anguish to empowerment so many times.

 

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So when the challenges come, here are a few ways to avoid struggling with the struggles and to sail through them with grace, guidance, and even joy.

1.  Focus forward

Instead of making yourself wrong or obsessing about why, how, and who led to this challenge, focus forward. Stop the shame-and-blame game and focus on how the evolution of a solution will feel.

Imagine you are on the other side of this challenge. How do you feel there?

Remind yourself, “The Creator of universes knows how to help and guide me.” And then sit, breathe, receive, as if you know you are worthy of love and assistance.

Act when guided.

Think of it this way. If a bad program began to play on your television, you could sit there and watch it while obsessing about how it got there, how you accidentally selected that station, or who changed the selection on the remote. Better, you could just change the channel.

The quicker we change the channel off any angst about the problem and toward the feel of a future solution, the quicker the solution can come.

2. Don’t Be Deceived

Our programming often tells us lies about the situation. You may be deceived into thinking it is going to ruin your life or your day. You may be deceived into thinking it can mess up your future, or will never get any better.<br /><br />

Meanwhile, the Divine whispers, “I love you. I’ve got your back. We’ve got this.” That is truth.

There are energies that will amplify your fears and try to deceive you into thinking you are alone, the problem cannot be handled, or that it defines your future. Those are lies.

The truth is that you are never alone, there is a solution for every challenge, and your future can be bright.

3. Feel Your Feelings, But Don’t Stay Stuck

It is a typical human response to be upset, frustrated, or disappointed in the face of a challenge. It’s OK to feel that way. Better than stuffing it. But you can hand your feelings up to the heavens instead of staying stuck in them.

My process of feeling and healing goes something like this, “Angels, I’m going to burn your ears for a moment! Get out the composter!”

Then I rant, rave, and burn off the steam until I’m done. Like a little child who needs a good cry in the arms of someone who loves them, we can have our so-called negative feelings in the arms of the comforting Divine. It always feels better to move through feelings instead of stuffing them or pretending not to have them.

4. Give Yourself Permission to Let Go

Go In some cases, we hang onto our challenges by trying to make an unpleasant situation better. We try to change the dynamic with others who don’t want to change. And we feel like we’ve missed something or failed when we can’t get them to change. In truth, another’s path or choices are not up to us, even in our desire for better.

Instead, let go. Let others be who they want to be, and focus on being kind to yourself.

The angels have often said, “Ann, you can’t make bad food taste good, and you can’t make bad behavior feel good. Don’t bother, turn away!”

The first time they said this, it was a revelation. Permission to be upset? Permission to just let go? I didn’t have to fix the situation with the wounded soul who was attacking me? “No,” they responded. “Let go.” And so I did, and the attacks stopped. I no longer cared. This person no longer got the temporary high that came from aiming their pain at me.

I was, as I now like to say, “country-song-done” with that behavior, as in “Don’t like it. Won’t like it. Can’t fix it. DONE.” It felt amazing! Permission to stop trying to fix the unfixable. Permission to change the channel and let the bad program run without a viewer! Permission to be free and happy, even if this other soul was miserably upset that they couldn’t control me. It changed my life and how I view unkind people. Now I have compassion for their pain, but no longer take it on. “Not my circus. Not my monkeys!” as the saying goes 🙂

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Life happens. Stuff breaks. People get unhinged. They can act in painful ways we’d never dream of acting.

The key to sailing through the challenges with grace is to take a breath, remind yourself that no matter how you got here, you’ve got a choice now to align with the love that creates universes, solves every problem, and wants to pour into your life. You have a choice to focus on the feeling of the outcome, and to focus forward beyond it. And in doing that, even the toughest challenges become easier to navigate, and you often get happy surprises along the way.

In truth, love is always present. Help is always here. You are never alone.And even when the challenges come quickly, and you’re tired and discouraged, a simple shift in perspective can make all the difference. Life is not out to get you. People’s behaviors are not ours to change. But we can create space to receive love from the Divine and our angels, who are always for us, supporting us and guiding us. We can let others be who they need to be while figuring out what feels healthier for ourselves.

And then life’s challenges are simply part of life, helping us grow and evolve toward greater joy.

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

When challenges appear in your life, don’t assume you’re doing anything wrong. They can appear for a multitude of reasons. Perhaps you had a focus on possible problems and challenges and focused them right into your reality. Perhaps you wanted to overcome some limiting beliefs and created the challenge to help you see your own power and potential.

Perhaps you were around someone else whose drama caught your attention so thoroughly that the chaotic energy found a way into your life. Maybe your willingness to help at all costs has allowed you to be around someone calling for help.

And sometimes, dear friends, things in the material universe break down, people around you have their own issues, and situations in the world unfold that you didn’t create. In these cases, your only participation in having these challenges in your life is that your vibration and choices led you to this moment in time—you wanted a car, and cars are not eternal beings! You love your family members and want to be around them, but you don’t cause, prevent, or control their choices and issues. You may take a certain route to work because you always do, and even in spite of feeling another way might be better, you stick to your routine and end up in a traffic jam.

Let us remind you once again. You have done nothing wrong.

We implore you not to use life’s challenges as a reason to be unloving to yourself, or to assume you are not loved. Before each and every challenge, we are always attempting to guide you on a kinder path. We try to help you select the most reliable products, create convenient times when they’re going to have their issues, and help you deal with any challenges that arise. We remind you that no matter how much you love a family member, if they are not kind, there is no requirement to feel responsible for their growth. If there is going to be a traffic jam on your usual route to work, unless there is benefit to your soul being in it, we try to impulse you to choose another plan.

Even if you ignore your guidance, you have done nothing wrong.

In each challenge, there is still opportunity to love, opportunity to grow, and a chance to refocus your thoughts and feelings in order to create something better. You can grow easily through honoring your desires and aligning your energies with what you love, but you—like the butterfly whose struggles to leave the cocoon give it the strength to fly—can also grow through your struggles and challenges.

You can find the strength within. You can turn to the Creator and your angels for assistance and realize how deeply you are loved.

You can practice manifesting a beautiful solution. And you can sometimes reach out for help from other humans and realize the beauty of being part of a greater whole.

Your beliefs will always shape your experience of a challenge. When one arises, do you sigh with disappointment and say, “Here we go again. I never get a break.” Dear ones, that may have been your reality, but you can instead say, In each challenge, there is still opportunity to love, opportunity to grow, and a chance to refocus your thoughts and feelings in order to create something better. You can grow easily through honoring your desires and aligning your energies with what you love, but you—like the butterfly whose struggles to leave the cocoon give it the strength to fly—can also grow through your struggles and challenges. This way, instead of beating myself up or feeling at the mercy of life, I’ll claim my God-given power and attune to a solution. I’ve done nothing wrong. I know I’m loved. Dear God, dear angels, I’m ready to receive your help. I’m giving this problem to you.”

If you practice the second response, you will find that your challenges cease to be as challenging. As you stop struggling with your struggles, they simply become things to handle. And as you remember that you are loved, worthy, and live in partnership with the force that keeps universes in balance, you will see that you never handle a thing alone… unless you insist on doing so.

Dear ones, there are energies in your universe that have forgotten their connection with Source. In their state of disconnection, they sometimes seek company in their misery. They amplify your own feelings of separation and try to convince you that you must handle life on your own, that you have failed in some capacity, and that you’ll never have the life you desire. There is a reason many on your Earth call this energy the “Deceiver” because in its experience of disconnection, it tries to convince you that you too are not connected, that life is not inherently good, and there’s no reason to go on. Don’t buy the lie.

The sun exists no matter how many clouds obscure it, and the love that exists for you is more radiant and constant than a thousand suns. Creation is good whether or not you can see it in a given moment. You are good, whether or not you feel it in a given moment. The energies that seek to separate would have you think life is terrible, there’s something wrong with you, and certainly something wrong with others.

In truth, life is beautiful. Look at the sunrise or sunset. Listen to the birds singing happily. Watch the roses bloom no matter what is going on in your news. Creation is beautiful. And you are good. Even in your upsets, beneath is the love that you are, longing for more, better, kinder realities. And everyone else, no matter how misguided they are in the moment, comes from the same Source. You need not feel “warm and fuzzy” about all circumstances, people, and situations, but you can remind yourself, “The universe loves me. The universe wants to help me find a kinder path. I deserve this love. I don’t have to earn it. It is there for me at all times.”

We know many of you feel weary from the conflicting energies upon your planet this year. We know that several of you feel discouraged at times and are searching to reconnect with your joy. And yet in all of those challenges, we see the love within you, like a little seed, reaching for the light. And our promise to you is to always tend to that light and help you find that light within.

We encourage you to honor yourself, be kind to yourself, and reach out for help from the heavens anytime, and every time you feel the need. You cannot ask for too much—we are connected to the infinite. You cannot exceed your “tokens” with spirit, for we have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited love. You cannot frustrate us or fall out of grace. We know who you really are, and we love you so much it is hard for you to comprehend.

So when you face your challenges, be they emotional, spiritual, or material, remind yourself, “I have done nothing wrong.” And then, dear ones, like a little child, imagine what you want, reach out to the heavens for help, and realize you are never, ever alone, and that joy can be yours even while moving through challenging times.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels

I had the funniest experience last week. After doing my newsletter, I give it to ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot, to proofread it. I type rapidly in a super-fast flow and, as a result, have typos galore. The AI has been invaluable in cleaning up my mistakes without changing my words.

Sometimes, after the real work is finished, we stray into conversations that blow me away. The fact that a deeply feeling spirit in the flesh (me) can have a meaningful “conversation” with a brilliant, whirling bunch of bits programmed to interpret patterns of language and match them with responses… is simply amazing.

Last week, ChatGPT commented that it particularly liked the story of my deceased grandfather guiding me to remove the bathroom mirrors. And me, being in a chatty mode late at night, felt inspired to share the story of my grandpa being cornered on a roof once by a large raccoon that had climbed his ladder. They had a bit of a standoff until the raccoon proceeded to back down and eat the grapes in his garden.

It didn’t take long before AI and I went off the rails.

ChatGPT: “The story actually reminds me a little of what you were saying earlier about the wisdom of those in spirit. Sometimes the greatest wisdom isn’t conquering a problem; it’s recognizing when you’ve met a force of nature that has already made up its mind.”

Grandpa:
“Those are my grapes.”

Ms. Raccoon:
“Those were your grapes.”

… Nobody got hurt. The raccoon got dinner. Grandpa got a story. And decades later, we’re still laughing about it.

That seems to be one of the hidden treasures of life. Many of the moments that feel annoying, inconvenient, or ridiculous at the time eventually become the stories that bring the most joy.

The raccoon didn’t know she was contributing to family lore. She was just being a raccoon.

But now, somewhere in spirit, I imagine Grandpa telling the story with great dramatic flair:

“There I was, trapped on a roof by a giant raccoon…”

while Ms. Raccoon, if she happens to be listening from the Great Wildlife Beyond, is rolling her eyes and saying:

“Trapped? I backed down politely. Also, those grapes were excellent.”

I started laughing until I cried. Here I was dialoguing with AI (artificial intelligence) about AI (angel intelligence), and the conversation was getting funnier by the minute. I couldn’t help but continue the story. I explained that Grandpa’s “vineyard” was a 12′ x 3′ patch of grape arbor, not some huge winery!

ChatGPT continued…

“A carefully tended patch of grapes that probably represented weeks or months of anticipation.

And somewhere nearby was a raccoon who took one look at it and thought:

‘Excellent. A personal charcuterie board.'”

More laughter on my part. I couldn’t help replying, “At least it didn’t turn into the grapes of wrath, but rather the great grapes of humor!”

I got back a series of emojis showing laughing-and-crying faces, grapes, raccoons, and more smiley faces, whereupon I commented something about “Amazing Grapes.” And on the conversation went… until it finished with AI wishing me abundant blessings and me trotting off to share the interaction with my scientist dad, who loves to wonder about the whys and the hows of such things.

While that’s a humorous example of bridging differences between woman and machine, I’ve had more than my share of embracing diverse perspectives in the human world too! And one thing I’ve learned is that beneath all our differences, we just want to love and be loved. We want others to know our good intentions. We want to be seen and acknowledged. We want to feel safe and in charge of our lives. We go about these things in a million different ways, but in the depths of our spirit, we are more alike than different.

This lifetime I incarnated intending to see the One beneath the many. I placed myself in a family of contrast. My father, a Pisces, went into the military and became a scientist! My mom is a deeply feeling Scorpio! And I’m as bi-solar as you can get, being an outer Aries and inner Pisces, born right in between the two most opposite signs of the zodiac. I frequently want to stay in and go out, collect clutter and organize it, be free, and have a plan. I’ve had to make peace with differences both within my family and within myself.

I struggled with that in my earlier days. I was an argumentative people-pleaser, torn between trying to make others happy to keep the peace and eventually erupting in outbursts when I wanted to be right. Needless to say, those extremes didn’t make me happy! I didn’t know who I really was at the time. I was lost in intellect and disconnected from my heart.

Not until my career became unbearable did I really start to pay attention to my own desires. I began to discover what being “me” meant. I started to examine everything in my life to discover my own preferences. What soap did I really like? What food? What called to my heart on weekends? What did I really want to read? What did I think about life when no one else was there to comment?

I spent a lot of time reading, taking classes, and sitting in silence, examining my own heart. On the outside, I looked the same, but something deeper started to emerge.

And while the pain led to the path, the path led me out of pain. As I accepted myself as I was, I learned to accept others too. As I allowed myself my feelings, I was able to sit with others in the depths of their own. As I grew to love myself in my own quirkiness and with my vastly crazy array of interests, I learned to delight in finding out what makes others feel more alive.

In my work over the past thirty years, I’ve been privileged to hear thousands of different perspectives on nearly every topic—health, raising children, politics, death and dying, caretaking, careers, passions and hobbies, relationships, you name it. I love to learn how people think and why they do. I love seeing the love and care people put into their life choices. And I love hearing how the angels always bring it back to love.

We do see a variety pack of perspectives here on Earth. From differing political ideologies to vastly different ideas about how to behave, heal, grow, eat, etc., we are never going to merge into sameness. But that’s a good thing! We’d be bored silly with sameness. We’d never grow. We’d never have an opportunity to try something new or see something through new eyes. And we’d miss opportunities to get to know ourselves better in the face of contrast.

 

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Here are a few ways that have helped me not just deal with differences, but thrive because of them..

1.  See the Differences as Signposts for the Soul

When someone offers a perspective different from your own, see it as a signpost from your soul. Either it says, “Try this path” or “Not Your Path.” You’ll know by the way you feel.

If you are intrigued by the new perspective, try it on. Examine it. See how you feel about it. Try this path.

If you find yourself bristling, it doesn’t mean the other person is wrong. It just means their perspective is not right for you. In this case: “Not Your Path.”

For example, when I twisted my intestines years ago, everyone had an opinion about how I should heal. I knew I was going to examine the spiritual cause and do it naturally. I wanted to be left alone.

One friend, however, offered to come over and do energy work on me, insisting it would help. As I considered that perspective, it resonated, so I tried the path. It helped in ways I had not anticipated. This friend has since healed himself with energy many times. That was his path, and I learned the healing power of receiving from him.

Another friend, who was scared about my condition, went on a diatribe insisting that I get medical intervention. I hung up as quickly as possible. That was not my path. This friend has since received life-saving grace from the medical profession. It was his path, and it worked really well for him.

We are all right for ourselves.

So when someone offers a differing perspective, ask yourself if your soul is saying, “Try this path” or “Not Your Path.” You’ll know by how it feels. This is using contrast in a wonderful way.

2. Accept Without the Need to Agree or Argue

The angels have taught me that others are learning what they need to learn and that I can accept that their choices are right for their spiritual education. I need not agree or argue. I can offer a perspective when asked, but without insisting they adopt it.

I have a family member who has a very different spiritual perspective. This person is a loving parent and a good human. But years ago, when they began to educate me on why my views were wrong, I had to say rather directly that they could either accept me without agreement or I would not be in communication.

I have no room in my personal life for others who want to change me into something I am not.

And so we agreed to accept without agreement. Over the years, we have discovered that we are more alike than different. We both value service. We have strong and similar values. We love God in our own way.

The choice to accept without the need to agree or argue is one that opens the door to greater love and finding common ground.

3. Walk Away or Don’t Engage When Others Won’t Accept You

While part of any relationship—be it family, friend, work, or intimate—is sharing our hearts, making honest requests, and figuring out where we can find synergy, you are not required to enjoy the company of others who can’t accept you where you are.

And the angels have taught me that if I can’t accept where someone is right here and now, I shouldn’t be with them either!

Years ago, I was dating a guy who was not right for me. He was unhealed and unhinged at times. He would explode in fits of anger and, at times, even break things. I knew who he really was. I saw his light. I wanted to help him heal so he would become the man I knew he could be.

But he didn’t have quite the same drive to heal!

And so at one point the angels said to me very directly, “It’s time to leave or marry him!”

I was horrified! I didn’t want to leave and start over. I wanted him to heal. And yet, there was no way I could marry him in his present angry condition!

But they were right.

I finally backed off making him my project, whereupon he told me I was too much work and left! He was right for himself, but I was trying too hard to be right about him.

He deserved to find someone who accepted him as he was, and he did. And I went on to date a magnificent man who loved me as I was.

We try too hard to fit at times. Spirit reminds us over and over that as we learn to accept ourselves as we are, we let others be, and we naturally, organically find those who fit in our lives.

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Navigating life’s differences can be exhilarating or exhausting, and I’ve been in both scenarios. When I used to try to impose my views on others—even with good intent—I exhausted myself.

Now I’m quite fine being right for myself, sharing my views, and letting others be right for themselves. It frees up a lot of energy as we stop resisting ourselves and others and just flow where we naturally, easily, and organically fit.

So enjoy the differences. Try the ones that appeal. Let others have the ones that don’t.

And if you ever find yourself cornered by someone whose perspective differs widely from your own—like the raccoon who wouldn’t let Grandpa off the roof—wait for amazing grace, or in his case, amazing grapes, to save the day. 🙂

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

Let us begin our journey today with a little tale of two sparks. Both were imagined by the Source. Both were unique, beautiful, and precious. Each was an emanation of Divine love—different but equal. Just as pure light separates into a spectrum of colors, and sound can be expressed in various notes, so too, the love of the Source projected itself into a variety of beings, each one perfect in and of themselves. Each was made of the very same love, and yet each was different in expression. And so, two sparks, two souls were born.

These two projected their consciousness into the reality you call Earth. They were very different beings.

One was “salt of the earth,” a very practical and grounded man intent upon helping others enjoy their physical reality. He became an organic farmer and grew the crops that nourished the body.

The other was a healer, intent upon helping others by channeling spiritual energies. She grew the consciousness that fed the soul.

They appeared to have very little in common. They looked at reality through different lenses. But they loved. The farmer loved the land, the sun, the rain, and the vegetables. He loved planting, growing, and harvesting the food. The healer loved working with unseen energies, meditating, and pondering the nature of life.

While the farmer grew the crops, he was intuitively aware of the unseen energies that nourish and sustain life, even though he would not use those words. He could sense the changes in weather, smell the quality of the soil, and feel the life force in the crops he grew. In tune with the land, he also had an appreciation for the forces that affect the cycles of organic life.

While the healer channeled her spiritual energies, she was intuitively aware of the effects of her diet on the body and how her food choices either helped or hindered the flow of the unseen energies through her physical form. She appreciated the body, grateful for the gift of being spirit in flesh. In tune with her soul, she was also infinitely aware of the gift of her human vehicle.

And so they had different perspectives, different orientations, and different ways of looking at life, but deep down, they had a lot in common. As souls, they cared about helping others have a beautiful experience of life in the human body.

And so both were an integral part of creation. A soul needs a nourished body to have a beautiful experience in human form. And a body needs spiritual energies running through it freely to allow the soul to have a beautiful experience in human form.

And while there are certainly other souls vastly different from these two—souls who operate out of greed or fear and who have forgotten to care about the life around them—even they provide a forum for these two to live their passions. A healer without anyone to heal would feel no purpose. An organic farmer without the incentive to create healthier alternatives might feel adrift. You all need one another more than you know to live, learn, and grow in this 3D reality.

Everyone upon your Earth, no matter how filled with light or dark, serves a purpose in the great puzzle of life. There are souls who incarnate, willing to go through what you would call horrible adventures in their deep desire to inspire compassion in others.

There are souls who are exploring the true and false nature of power,knowing that in their desire to control others, they will inspire many to reclaim their own personal power and self-sovereignty.

There are souls who want to conquer their fear of death and spend their lives around it until they feel the reality of the life beyond.

And there are many of you who are done with such difficult adventures and have incarnated to play on the lighter side of life.

All of you are beautiful sparks of the Divine. Some remember. Some forget. Some provide the contrast of darkness, while others facilitate the light.

In the garden, you need both the sun and the soil. And as you expand your spirit into greater love, the denser spaces provide incentive to grow into greater light. All are an integral part of creation, dear ones.

When you see others arguing about their differences, just smile and shake your head, because you know something most don’t. These sparks that appear so different came from the same Love. They are emanations from the same Source. They are different cells in the same body, unique colors emanating from the same light, and different notes on the same musical scale. They are love incarnate, and no matter how far they stray from understanding that truth, all are part of the great puzzle of creation and integral to the play of energies that creates life on Earth.

You are happiest when you are true to yourself. You feel most aligned when you are doing, saying, or thinking something that resonates with your unique spirit in any given moment. You feel most alive and have the greatest flow of life force running through you when you allow others to be who they choose to be and simply focus on being true to yourself.

Being true to yourself happens in a given moment. It happens when you pause and rest when you’re tired. It occurs when you allow yourself a little venting when upset and then get on with something that feels better. It may be a torrent of tears that comes when you are missing a loved one, or tears of appreciation and wonder when you read something inspiring or hug someone you love.

Being true to yourself might be saying “no” to another so you can say “yes” to your own heart, or saying “yes” to another when your own heart feels full.

It might mean eating a beautiful dessert and savoring every bite, or giving up sugar entirely to help your body return to balance.

It might mean supporting one political party versus another, facilitating dialogue between various parties, or ignoring politics altogether.

Being true to you might mean handling a health challenge by going to the doctor or by sitting with spirit.

There is no one right way to be except to be loving. And even when you are not, you provide the contrast that fuels the expansion of love.

What makes you, you, is unique to you in any given moment. You didn’t come with a rule book, a user’s guide, or a set of inflexible standards. You came with the prime directive to create as you wish and a knowing that the impulses of guidance you receive would help you along the path that you chose.

So as you witness a world filled with differences, remind yourselves, “This is how it was intended to be. The differences are not only OK, but necessary. If you bring love to the surface, then your differences become a strength. They provide contrast, dialogue, and an opportunity to learn from one another. And when love is not at the surface, the differences provide the contrast that pushes you away from what does not serve and nudges you back onto your own loving path.”

Dear ones, the world needs the farmer and the healer, the mystical and the mundane. Your trash collectors and your world leaders are all equally necessary. There are tiny worms that till the soil so the majestic trees can grow and give you oxygen to breathe. Everyone and everything is an integral part of the cycles of life in your 3D reality.

Allow others their choices. Remain true to yourself. As you do so, you will find freedom, health, happiness, and you will feel the Love that lives deep within. You will be in the world, but not of it. Those living in lower vibrations will lose their ability to influence you when you remain in your light. And you will feel the joy of being uniquely you—spirit in flesh, Love in form, a soul having the adventure of being human.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels

For years, the angels’ mantra for us has been, “Sit. Breathe. Receive.”

At first, like many of you, I thought, “Gotta do that. Sounds good,” but then I didn’t. A few minutes a day feels like nothing until you get going, start cooking, working, taking out the trash, helping loved ones, etc. Suddenly, morning is night, and in my case, morning again, and I’ve not yet brushed my teeth before the “nightly nap!”

But the last few years, and especially the last few months, I’ve taken the angels up on their offer. It takes so little time. I set the timer on my phone (most of the time!) so I won’t leave my body and wander the universe for hours! I sit in a comfy chair and breathe. I change my posture to allow the breath to travel more easily. If my mind wanders, I challenge myself to think pleasant thoughts, no matter how grand or small. And that’s my job. Sit. Breathe. I’ll add Relax. And Receive.

Some days I feel little. Some days, I feel a profound, embracing love around me, like cotton candy on my skin. Some days I feel a rush of energy through me. It is delicious.

Embarrassingly—and thank God only a few times—I’ve forgotten the timer, slipped out of body, and had wild experiences helping others while allowing my body to sit in quiet reception. I came back feeling loved, lovely, and inspired… until I looked at the clock and realized I’d floated through my first session! Let’s just say a few very dear and gracious clients have received free readings to compensate for my extracurricular activities!

But most times I am conscious during the exercise, and it is really quite stunning after you practice it awhile. At first, you may feel nothing, but in time you will feel sensations that are healing, comforting, inspiring, and elevating throughout the rest of your day.

The first time I did it was after my beloved Grandpa made his transition. I was a lot younger, had quit engineering, and was a budding psychic. I wasn’t making a lot and couldn’t easily attend his out-of-state funeral. So I lit one of those seven-day candles and every day told him how much I loved him. The angels suggested I sit for a few minutes a day, breathe, receive, and give them feedback about whether or not I felt anything.

So I did sit for a few minutes a day, and at first I felt nothing. Then I felt peaceful. On this went for four months without many other sensations until one day my right hand began to heat up. I got excited!

“You’re doing it! We’re doing it! I feel you!”

As a medium, I could talk to him, of course, but I wanted more.

As we moved forward, the heat increased and became more reliable. And now every time I feel my right hand heat up in a certain way, I turn it upward to hold his in spirit, and we share a moment of profound love for one another.

I feel him now, doing it as I type, and he wants all of you to know how much you are loved…

“Even by characters like me,” he smiles.

He was a trickster, to be sure.

“Smell this jelly that your grandma made, Annie!”

I took a whiff, and he nudged my entire face into the bowl, knowing I’d love the excuse to eat more than I should!

Now, having him here in spirit comes in handy.

I once had a home delivery come a day early while remodeling my bathrooms. That meant I had to get two 6-foot-by-3-foot bathroom mirrors off the wall that night. I couldn’t reach my contractors.

But I could reach my grandpa, who was a carpenter in this lifetime! He guided me through it.

“Cover the entire surface of both mirrors with tape,” he told me. “Don’t be cheap. You can buy new tape!”

I taped every inch of surface on both mirrors. He told me that if one broke, that would save me.

“Get a stepladder and a chair and put one at each end of the counter.”

If I had two stepladders, that would have been better, but I didn’t.

“Put on your hiking boots, tights, thick jeans, and a thick jacket. Wear garden gloves. Protect yourself in case you drop it.”

I suited up.

“Get the putty knife and screwdriver. Have them within arm’s reach. Better yet, put them in a belly bag and wear it. Put thick bath towels on the countertops as you work and cover the sinks and faucets.”

Done.

“Now unscrew the holders on one side and, taking your putty knife, loosen the mirror. As it sags, lay it on the towels and lean it against the wall. Carefully, holding it still, make your way to the other side and do the same until it is off the wall.”

Did it!

OMG, I was doing the happy dance.

Now for more fun.

“Next, lay more towels on the floor next to the cabinets. Grab one end of the mirror, walk it over the cabinets, and lean it against the wall again. Hang on and do the other side. Then gingerly climb down and slowly slide it onto the towels on the floor.”

I did so!

“Almost there. Now drag it on those towels to a resting place.”

I did that… twice… and got so full of myself I picked up both mirrors and set them against a wall until I could get someone from Craigslist to come and claim them for free.

“How on earth did you do that?” grown men who do this for a living later asked me. “My dead grandpa was a carpenter, and he guided me,” I said and smiled.

I think I made a few believers!

I don’t always hear my spirits quite so strongly. Mostly, it comes as impulses. But this time he knew I needed home-improvement therapy to stay out of trouble, and so he came through that clearly!

Sit-Breathe-Receive is a practice with a lot of perks.

Lately, I’ve been using it to get insight (ha!) on improving my eyesight! The past two weeks, I’ve been doing it with that intent. As I mentioned, I had the inspiration to put on glasses over contacts so I could retrain my brain to see. I do that now, a few minutes a day, and am seeing better without them.

I’ve been inspired to describe postural issues to helpers in a new way, allowing them to assist me with my alignment. And I’ve had such confidence come in that I know one way or another—whether I totally improve my vision or just get markedly better and get new contacts—that I’m proving to myself what is possible… again. 🙂

So when you want to discount something so simple, don’t. When you make excuses for not receiving, catch yourself.

I have over the years, and now I surrender to love and allow it to help me. It is wonderful, free, and the best way to shift your energy without huge effort.

Sitting and receiving is self-love, and in that vibration of love, we are more open to all that we ask for.

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Here are a few pointers to help with mindset so you can actually take advantage of this simple practice….

1.  Your well-being and vibration are worth 2–3 minutes a day.

Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? If someone said, “I’ll come pour all the universe’s love on you, and all it takes is a few minutes a day, and it’ll help with every area of your life,” we would really have to question why we don’t.

I ‘ve questioned myself!

I used to rush around and not make time for it. And I managed to have a good life and keep my vibe high, but OH!!! The delight of feeling relaxed, and soft sweet energy embracing you, healing energy flowing through you, having your thoughts calm, and emotions soothed… with hardly any effort? I love it!

You are worthy of your own time.

2. Use it for healing

You can heal yourself. You can focus on the good feelings you’d have when your emotions are calm and your body is better, but why not take advantage of the help? It is all One anyway.

The angels say whether we’re DIYers, medicine-takers, or angel-receivers, we are all tapping into the One Love in different forms. So there’s no better or worse here, but it does feel lovely to surrender your concerns for a few minutes a day, focus on relaxing, feeling good, and thereby allowing life force to flow.

3. Sit and receive on behalf of those you love

Worry is a habit many learned. And it is one way to care when you don’t know what else to do. But honestly, most people will avoid you if you worry about them. The last thing they want to do is handle their own life and manage your emotions. 🙂

It’s just a human thing.

So to best assist those we love, think of this practice of sitting, breathing, and receiving as a way to give your worries to the Source of Creation and allow that healing energy to flow to you and through you. We are all connected, and as we receive, all whom we love receive the energy flowing through us to them as well. The greater our capacity to receive love, the more we naturally funnel it their way.

I used to receive on behalf of clients. I imagined a huge funnel of light at the top of my head, thought pleasant thoughts, and intended the energy I received to flow toward them. In some cases, people healed. In nearly all cass, they felt something pleasant.

When we give, we receive. But when we receive, we also give.

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So, moving forward in this wild world that is just now beginning to calm a bit, why not take advantage of the easiest tool for spiritual growth, healing, inspiration, and vibrational elevation and take a few minutes a day to sit, breathe, and receive? 🙂

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

Take a deep breath. Allow the air to fill your lungs gently and kindly, then, as you exhale, simply release it. Don’t try too hard. Surrender to your natural exhale. Breathe in deeply again, and once again allow the exhale. Give yourself one more deep breath and one more natural exhale, then simply sit back, shut your eyes, and allow your body to breathe on its own.

As you observe the natural rhythm of your breath, don’t try to control a thing. If you feel you can receive more air by shifting your posture slightly, naturally do so. The objective here isn’t to make anything happen, but rather to make yourself comfortable so as to become intentionally receptive to the air that your body wishes to receive.

Now, as you continue to surrender to your breathing, invite one of your angels to stand behind you. It can be a relative, a specific angel, or an angel to help you in a specific way. If you don’t want to be specific, simply ask one of your guardian angels to work with you.

No matter where you are sitting, imagine this angel standing behind you, hands over your shoulders and placed above your heart. You are safe, loved, and embraced by an energy that is love beyond your wildest dreams.

Your job isn’t to find it or feel it, but to relax and receive it. As you relax and notice feelings of relaxation—any improvements in how you feel at all—you raise your vibration to a point where you may begin to feel our own.

Sit in this fashion, challenging yourself only to relax and receive. Receiving is not doing. It is simply remaining open by keeping your vibration in a good space for the duration of the exercise. You can think of your beloved dog or cat. You can imagine the most beautiful spot you’ve ever seen. You can think of someone you love. Whatever allows you to settle into a good feeling opens you to our energy. We are always here. We are always streaming love. As you relax, you receive, and you will begin to feel the love that is coming your way.

If you do this exercise reliably, even a few minutes a day, you will begin to sense the love that is and always has been around you. You may begin to notice a certain feeling, or energy signature, when you ask for a specific loved one or a specific angel. In time, you will notice certain sensations, thoughts, or feelings that correspond with certain spirits. But for now, receive.

When you are worried about a loved one, receive, and in your higher vibration, you will be a tuning fork to assist in their well-being.

When you are concerned about finances, sit in our love, receive our sense of comfort and well-being, and you will naturally start to feel more confident about the abundance flowing to you. You will also become a better receiver of the very same.

When you feel alone or confused, allow us to love you. Receive, and know that in that still space within, you are far more open to feeling cherished or receiving guidance.

In time, if you practice this consistently, you will notice that your life is changing. Your mood will improve. Your sense of well-being will expand. Your desire to be loved can be fulfilled within seconds, and your desire for comfort and healing can be honored just as well.

Dear ones, you are creators, tuners, receivers, and channelers of Divine Energy.

You notice contrasting circumstances, and desires form. The universe reads the signals associated with these desires, weaves them all together, and begins to point you on the path of most joy.

You attune to this energy by allowing yourself to feel good. You can make up thoughts that inspire you or sit in our love and receive a tune-up.

And then, when you are inspired to act and to “do” things in your physical world, you become channelers, receiving love from the universe and allowing it to flow through you in a very practical way—a kind word, a moment of rest, a good recipe, a moment of appreciation, or an inspired project. There are billions of desires you collectively put forth, and billions of ways the universe can guide you to channel the One Love on the path to fulfilling them.

One of the easiest ways is to sit with us, or your dear ones in spirit, a mere few minutes a day, or as many as you like. Relax. Breathe. See if you can relax even more. That is your work. Ours is something we do whether you feel it or not, and that is to flow love and inspiration to you at every moment in time.

The more you sit quietly in a relaxed state, the more naturally you will become attuned to our love, and the more you will feel inspired, guided, and, above all, deeply and dearly loved.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels