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In most of my posts, I encourage coziness as a devoted add-on to your spiritual pursuits. And for many years, I have advocated both spiritual and emotional self-care. But have you ever noticed that I don't say a lot about physical self-care? Well, there's a reason for that...  Self-Care & Your Future SelfWhen it comes to taking good care of myself, physically, I am a bit of a reluctant beginner. I've always been a recovering perfectionist with rather low follow-through. And I have so many chronic illnesses, it feels like there's little I can do to make an improvement. So I think I made a super-secret deal behind my own back to just ignore myself physically whenever possible. Which means that my body has had to try even harder to get my attention. Recently, though, I came to the realization that I was going to need to make some changes. In fact, my therapist said that neglecting self-care is burnout knocking at the door. Oh, boy! Well, I wondered how I would manage to corral myself into doing the things I would now need to do, when it hit me. I was having a little talk with myself and it went like this… Do you think that in your future (pointing vaguely in front of me), your higher self will be doing those things? Yes. Okay, so do you want to be over there or over here? Ha! I was speaking my language then. This is the thing. If you are becoming your future self, the best way to do that is to practice now, by doing the things she does. That is literally a manifestation trick. So it's as if someone had just told me I could get extra credit for basic self-care and rest. Now, as you might imagine, it's appealing to me a lot more. What about Your Future Self?How many of your future self's behaviors or everyday choices can you identify? And of those, how many might you be able to do, so you can practice being her? You must tell me in a comment if any of this resonates with you, btw. So let's talk about what it means to become who you are. As a lightworker and healer, you know it's our assignment. And now that you're beginning to remember who you are, that empowers you to become her. But what does that even mean? Well, it means that you begin to connect with the truth about your higher self and you realize that if those things are true, then all your self-doubts, limiting beliefs and fears are not true. Which means that you need to create a lifestyle that reflects the truth instead of the lies. First, though, you have to come to believe the truths instead of the lies. Here's what to do… (1) Ask your future self. When you’re staring down that glass of water, 10-minute walk, or early bedtime, pause and ask: “is my future self doing this?” If the answer is yes, then congratulations — you just found your shortcut to becoming her. (2) Pick one little upgrade. Don’t overhaul everything. Choose one thing she already does. Maybe stretching for two minutes, taking vitamins, or shutting the laptop earlier. Your mileage may vary. But whatever it is, try it today. (3) Make it cozy. Add a candle, a soft blanket, or your favorite mug. If your future self is thriving, she’s probably not doing it in a sterile, joyless way. She’s got twinkle lights on the routine. (4) Celebrate the extra credit. Every time you do something your higher self would do, treat it like bonus points. Because it is. You're literally rewiring your life toward the version of you who’s already grounded, whole, and at peace. See you next time! Love, Jeanine
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 Thanks for Hanging Out with MeI’m so grateful you spent part of your October here with me! We’ve shared tea, talked, and chosen cozy rituals to try. My fairy godmother blessing for you - keep lighting your candle, pausing for a deep breath when you need it, and choosing to live as your higher self. If you’d like more support, you can explore my heartfelt higher self offerings here.  I'm looking forward to a cozy winter challenge in January, and I hope I'll see you then. Love & coziness! Jeanine P.S. Wishing you a warm-and-yummy Thanksgiving, and a Merry Christmas! Today, I get to tell you about my friend Brenda's book, Cosmic Shield: Sacred Tools for Spiritual Protection. Not only is she one of my closest friends, whose spirituality I really admire, we talk a lot about our desire to help others, and I know this book comes from the heart. It's important to her to help people protect their energy and she knows that a lot of people don't know how. The truth is, negative energy can seep into us in subtle ways. It shows up as irritability,  I recognized myself in that quote above. Especially the part about blaming yourself for feelings that don't even belong to you. Seems to me that my biggest problem with it is remembering to ask myself a very important question. "Is this even mine?" But that just makes it more important to have some way to clear energy or protect against the negativity that comes your way. Protection is not about building walls. It's about creating strength, boundaries, and resilience so you can stay rooted in your own energy while still being open to the good that life has to offer. - Cosmic Shield What's the Book about?Well, Brenda is writing about spiritual protection, and she emphasizes how powerful it can be for empaths and sensitive people, who are often most affected by negative energy and the energy of others. And she's so right! Just drop me off at the mall and see how drained I am when you come back to get me. I might not even look the same as I did when you saw me last. In the book, she shares her own experiences of feeling overwhelmed by others' emotions and energies, getting physically ill from "energy attacks," and eventually learning protection techniques through Reiki and other spiritual practices. The book offers a lot of tools you can use to shield yourself, like visualization shields, crystals, cleansing rituals, grounding exercises, meditation, mindfulness and setting energetic boundaries. I can vouch for those tools - I've used every one of them, And what I've found in my own experience is that the more mindful and grounded you are, the easier it is to notice when something has affected your energy. We are not meant to fear negative energy. We have to recognize it, respect its reality, You know, I focus a lot on helping you become aware of and connected to your own light, and to your higher self. But Brenda rightly advises an awareness of how energy is affecting you, so that you can clear it. And choosing the tools you want to use to protect your energy will strengthen your connection to your higher self by helping you avoid the energy that might block it. And in the book, she'll teach you daily practices for noticing the shifts in your energy. Not All Negative Energy |
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