Spiritual Guide | Inspirational Speaker | Lorraine Cohen

It’s easy to have faith and trust when things go the way you hope and want. Real faith is the absence of evidence. And answers to prayers DO NOT always take the form you want and expect.

As human beings operating from an ego/mind perspective, our viewpoint is colored by our beliefs and interpretations that looks at life from a narrow lens. If we could look at ourselves and the world from the eyes of God and the Universe, we would see a very different picture and realize that everything that is happening in our life is in perfect and Divine order; guiding us to a grander future of joy and prosperity that is far beyond our current comprehension.

Faith comes from the soul and trust comes from our human self.

Transcending hope (which I believe is more about fear) to trust is part of the global shift in consciousness we are currently experiencing and witnessing.

I have said many times, that committing to daily spiritual practices including prayer, contemplation, meditation, and deepening processes to release past pain is critical to align with your soul and the God of your understanding.

My practices?

Setting aside sacred time to sit at my altar, light a candle, sing some chants, express my prayers out loud, offer a Oneness blessing to the world, including you  , meditate, and tune in throughout the day for Divine guidance and inspiration. Often, as I sit in silent prayer and commune with my personal Divine, tears flow.

In the last two years, my heart has broken open so much wider from the deep inner work I have done and the many difficult situations I have walked through.

One of my prayers has been to be taught how to fully surrender with unshakeable faith, courage, and trust.  We learn how by walking through the darkness of fear and uncertainty without trying to control, stop, get rid of, manage or direct the experience.

I am learning how to BECOME HELPLESS, understanding I cannot fulfill my deepest desires and destiny without God’s grace.

Until we become helpless, God is helpless to come to our aid because we keep getting in the way!

Easier said than done, right?

I know…..

That’s why life’s a journey – not an event or a race.

Every prayer is ALWAYS answered and will come to you in the most loving and highest way to show you how to release the “lies” you have been living about who you are and your life circumstances. Each of  us is being called to “wake up” from the illusions that we call “reality” to a higher truth and purpose.

Sometimes it takes a two by four to get our attention from deep slumbering!

Financial, health, or relationship challenges can be portals to developing more faith and trust with the Universe,  greater self-love, alignment with your life purpose and passions…

Look deeply for the blessings and gifts that come your way. Look at all that is right in your world. Celebrate all the abundance you already have with gratitude and appreciation.

Practice detaching from the problems you struggle with and seek the deeper meanings to receive the nuggets and blessings that are in service to your growth…. they are there if you are willing to “see.”

Become curious with an open mind and heart to the many ways the Universe loves and supports you every day.  Notice how rich your life really is. Journal about the daily blessings and miracles (big and small) that are ways God smiles upon you.

And whatever quality you desire that you see lacking inside, ask the Divine to instill that quality within you. Ask for self-love, patience, courage, faith, to be shown how to surrender… BECOME HELPLESS and be open to the ways in which the Universe shows up to love and support you

You may not like the form your answered prayer takes. It always comes with love and is guiding you to a tomorrow that is rich beyond your wildest imagination.

Breathe.

Want to strengthen your faith and trust? Are you yearning to be liberated from pain, struggle, and fear? Does your faith and trust shake with all the changes happening?

My Pathways To Awakening program  is a series of 4-week mini courses designed as deepening journeys with energy activations to help you release the past and open to greater joy and prosperity while fulfilling you Divine destiny.

Join me for a four-week Journey into Faith and Trust beginning August 14 and take advantage of the early tuition through August 9.  Learn why past students rave about this program and reserve your seat here

Experience opportunities to:

• Know and feel safe in uncertainty and the unknown. Fortify your inner foundation of faith and trust with your Self, The Divine, and others to flow with life’s challenges with Grace.

• Learn how to soothe fear, worry, and doubt with calm confidence and knowing.  Replace “Insanity” with awareness and choice!

•  Master the “art of surrender” to start living through passion and purpose rather than through DRAMA.

Live each day from the center of your spirit and watch the miracles happen. When you experience this new kind of POWER and courage, you will be propelled into an infinitely beautiful and inspiring future

Imagine living your most vital, abundant, soul fulfilling life with the POWER of Courage and Grace to guide you……

Join us

Love and blessings

Lorraine

“When we come to the edge of all the light we have
And must take a step into the darkness of the unknown
We must believe one of two things
Either we will find something firm to stand on
Or, we will be taught to fly.”
by Patrick Overton Copyright © The Leaning Tree

Have you ever felt stretched to the limit? Maybe you feel that way right now? You believe that you cannot handle one more thing. And if something more happens that causes additional stress, pain, and anxiety….  you worry you might not be able to keep it together and you will fall apart. And if there are others depending on you to be the “strong one” the pressure to hold things together becomes even more burdensome.

You might be facing relationship challenges, struggling to grow your business, dealing with family issues, money worries, debts, divorce, or an illness. You feel tired as if you have been in a battle and you just want a break, a time out, a space for things to be easier to catch your breath, at least for a while so that you can regain your strength for what’s next.

Some part of you is certain you will crash and burn while another part whispers, “Stay committed to your life path. Keep going and trust that all will be well.”

I’m reminded of that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when he must take a step forward to get to the other side of a ravine and there is no bridge to cross. Once he takes that first step, a plank appears beneath his feet so he can cross safely. That’s how the Universe responds to faith when we surrender the resistance – it shows up. That movie clip is one of the memories I recall when I am feeling fear rising.

I’ve had several meltdowns in the last few years. I’ve been on my knees in prayer, alternating between sobbing and anger. I’ve been stepping out in my life and business in bigger ways and there have been financial, health, and time challenges that have created so much stress and stretched me to my limits.

In this emotionally charged space I’ve traveled though despair, hatred, desperation, frustration, depression, discouragement, anger, fear, to hopefulness, optimism, positive expectation, enthusiasm, happiness, passion, joy, and love. Now my faith and trust is more solid than ever and I see the hand of Divine Grace supporting and loving me in ways that continue to astonish and delight me throughout my day. My bond with God is stronger than it has ever been which brings me joy.

When we come to the end of our tolerance with life situations and must take that step into a greater unknown, our ego goes into a panic and fears for its survival. Our self-talk paints a bleak picture of worse case scenarios with the finesse and skill of a seasoned litigator seeking to woo us back to its version of safety.

What if everything you are experiencing that is causing you pain and hardship is designed to bring you closer to your Divinity and your life purpose?

Many people quit five minutes before the miracle happens - things feel too hard, too painfull, and too uncomfortable, take too long, or don’t go the way they want. So they give up feeling angry, discouraged, and disappointed.

How about you?

• What are you totally committed to?

• Where is your breaking/braking point?

• Do you stop too soon and give up?

• Do you stay too long when it’s time to let go?

• What are you holding on to that is time to surrender?

• What do you want so badly you are willing to do whatever it takes?

• What fuels your courage and faith to stay the course no matter what?

Going the distance takes renewed commitment, trust, and faith that what we feel called to be or do is sanctioned by the Universe. It’s like walking through fire and knowing that you won’t get burned, which I literally did years ago doing a fire walk with Tony Robbins.

I have written that we are living in incredible times. It is no longer life as usual or business as usual. The world seems to be falling apart in so many ways which creates the space for new ways of be-ing and do-ing to emerge. In the chaos there is a Divine plan unfolding which takes courage, faith, and trust to go the distance and ride the wave of change.

You might feel like a stranger in a strange land learning a new language. You might even feel a deep inner calm that is confirming that your life is aligning with Divine Will and Flow all is in perfection for what is next.

It is in perfection.

Right now in this moment

Let go of the problems and the evidence in your external world that binds you to worry and fear. That is a signal that you have disconnected from your Divinity and an invitation to go within for guidance and direction. For every problem, there is a spiritual solution. Remember to engage in the dance with the Universe rather than to fight against it.

Be open to all the ways LIFE responds to your call for help and say, “Thank you”. Every prayer is always answered for your best and highest good.

Keep the faith

Stay the course

Trust the journey

You do not walk your path alone…ever.

Want to strengthen your faith and trust? Are you yearning to be liberated from pain, struggle, and fear? Does your faith and trust shake with all the changes happening?

My Pathways To Awakening program  is a series of 4-week mini courses designed as deepening journeys with energy activations to help you release the past and open to greater joy and prosperity while fulfilling you Divine destiny.

Join me for a four-week Journey into Faith and Trust beginning August 14 and take advantage of the early tuition through August 9.  Learn why past students rave about this program and reserve your seat here

Experience opportunities to:

• Know and feel safe in uncertainty and the unknown. Fortify your inner foundation of faith and trust with your Self, The Divine, and others to flow with life’s challenges with Grace.

• Learn how to soothe fear, worry, and doubt with calm confidence and knowing.  Replace “Insanity” with awareness and choice!

•  Master the “art of surrender” to start living through passion and purpose rather than through DRAMA.

Live each day from the center of your spirit and watch the miracles happen. When you experience this new kind of POWER and courage, you will be propelled into an infinitely beautiful and inspiring future

Imagine living your most vital, abundant, soul fulfilling life with the POWER of Courage and Grace to guide you……

Join us

Love and blessings

Lorraine

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” ― Deepak Chopra

Change. Some people hate it; some people love it; some people intentionally create it. No matter what you think or feel about change, it is a constant in life.

What do you want most in your life? More money, a loving relationship, health, to make a difference in the world, prosper doing what you love, have more fun…?

If you work with affirmations, vision boards, visualizing meditations, gratitude journals for small portions of time each day and put the rest of your attention on negative thinking, all the positive imagining you do will be negated by the negative charges you are sending out into the Universe.

Everything is energy and vibration. If you wish for the best and imagine the worst consistently, guess what you will manifest?

I’ve been guilty of sabotaging my dreams and efforts because of fears and old beliefs about unworthiness. Not only did my mind kick into all the reasons why what I wanted was impossible or too difficult, I also created overwhelm so I wouldn’t have to do anything! Or, I was saying I wanted something half-heartedly and without being fully committed. One foot in..one foot out.

Sound familiar?

I realized I was sending mixed messages to the Universe by holding myself back and hiding out from fully showing up to Life.   I was creating drama and suffering by scaring myself out of Life.

Yes, I want this but….

No more

I chose to be done with “yes, but” and faced my resistance head on.

Guess what happened?

Doors opened.

Miracles happened.

Grace poured in with tons of love and abundance.

It’s been very cool…

Now I live more in wonder and curiosity.  I am not willing to allow my mind to keep me from the good stuff.

How about you?

When you want something do you really go for it?  Or do you use these reasons and excuses to rationalize why something is impossible before taking one step to find out whether it is true?

• It’s too hard
• I can’t afford it
• I don’t have the time/it’s not the right time
• I’m not smart enough/good enough
• It’s too scary
• It’s not possible because…
• I don’t deserve it

Yeah, but….

Yeah, but….

It is important it is to be clear on what you really, really want. Too often we get caught up in what we think we should want or someone else’s dream.

Exercise: What Do You Really Want?

Take some time for contemplation and self-reflection and write your responses to:

1. What is one thing you really, really want?  Feel into your heart’s longing and passion.

2. What makes what you want so important? What will you get from having what you really want?

3. What will that add to your life that you don’t have now? (How will that change your life?)

4. Is this the right time? Do you have room in your life to receive what you want?

5. Do you have want you need ? (Systems, circle of support, space…?)

Now stop. Breathe. Feel into having what you really want. Notice your thoughts, emotions,  and body sensations.

Does your body feel expansive or constricted?

Play with Resistance

What resistance comes up when you begin to dream about what you want?

What favorite dramas, excuses and reasons do you use to tell yourself no to having what  you want?

What is one thing you will do to stretch out of your emotional “no” box?

It might be something that scares you that you know in your heart is a step you MUST take. You might need an accountability partner, coach, or group to help you move and keep moving.

As long as you keep using the same old blah, blah, blah  story and excuses, you will not move forward.

The truth is you don’t know for sure what is possible or what you might be capable of now if you don’t take that first step and the next. Your past does not dictate what your present and future will be. Neither does your current circumstances unless you believe that things will not improve. AND you do not know what God is creating for you to bring you higher.

You are either being led by fear and suffering or faith and trust.

When I want something badly enough and feel that intuitive guidance to take action, I can still get caught up in some resistance. That a signal for me to stop, take a few deep breaths, bring myself back into the present moment, and connect with God.

Within a short time, sometimes a few seconds or minutes, I can feel the heaviness lift, my mind clears, and I feel more connected inside.  Doing the inner work has shown me how to shift from inner chaos to a calm inner center.

When you want something badly enough you have to be willing to put consistent energy into following through. You must be willing to do whatever it takes to have what you are yearning for.

You must be willing to see life though a different lens; one that shows you that perceived obstacles are stepping stones and pathways to your dreams.

You have to be willing to ask for what you want, be vulnerable, look and feel silly, make mistakes, or feel scared to create the life of your dreams. It also takes commitment, passion, and tenacity to persevere.

And you must be willing to challenge and let go of the thought patterns and beliefs generated by your EGO that keep you separated from the deeper truth of who you really are.

Life is a journey of faith, trust, and courage to boldly go where you have never dared to go before when you know in your heart you must take that next step.

If you have a quick “impossibility’ response and you allow “no” beliefs to rule your life, you will continue to miss windows of opportunities that may end up as regrets.

The real question is, “How badly do you want something and what are you willing to do or be to have it?”

Life is meant to be lived not observed.

Don’t believe everything you think!

The story you tell is the story you live….

PS: My Soul Circle group is forming for April. Have the support of kindred spirits to neutralize “Yes, but”  to start living a rich and vital life. Learn more

Blessings,

Lorraine

The Law of Intention and Desire

I hope you have been enjoying this 5-part series! Here is the last one.

The Law of Intention and Desire truly goes hand in hand with The Law of Expectation.

The Law of Intention reminds us that when we align with a clear intention and deep passion in mind, body and spirit we set the conditions to powerfully attract what we intend to create.

This Law is based on the fact that there is always an infinite amount of energy and information present to create what ever you desire! And energy always follows intent.

Desirable changes and manifestations depend on conscious ATTENTION and INTENTION.

Focused attention and intention creates a force that magnetizes to you what you most desire. Whatever you give attention to increases energetically.

Attention and deep desire energize The Law of Attraction.

Removing your attention causes the energies to scatter and dissipate.

Getting to your core desire and designing an intention in affirmative language also sets a tone for our energy and decision making.

I shake my head when I hear people express frustration with their life when the they invest a small portion of their time, spiritual practices, heart-centered attitude and actions on attracting what they say they want and spend the bulk of their time in a negative mindset.

For example, you may create an intention to have a make a difference in the world and make money doing what you love.

Everything you think, do and say must align with that intention in order for it to be made manifest in your physical reality to the degree that it is a match – or better yet, surpasses your desire. The core energies of The Law of Intention are clarity and alignment.

You might be creating blocks in what you desire to create because there is conscious and unconscious intention in conflict because of your life experiences!

You might deeply desire to be of help to others and harbor feelings of unforgiveness towards people.

You might desire loving relationships and be struggle with loving yourself.

And what you want as a human being might be very different from the intentions of your soul.

Your soul’s purpose for being here in a physical body is to grow and be a Creator.

As a human being, your intentions might be on success, material possessions, making money rather than aligning with the desires of your soul.

Can you have both?

Of course! 

With the shift of consciousness happening on the planet, what you put your attention and intention on must prioritize your soul’s purpose and intention to be in harmony with the New Golden Age, a time for joy, love, and prosperity.

With an intention for the future, your attention must be in the present, which is conscious awareness that is real and eternal. Choose to lead from your heart in taking inspired action that will manifest your intentions for tomorrow!

What is essential is to detach from the outcome so that you are not struggling against the present moment in the pursuit of manifesting your future!

Your focused intention lays the groundwork for effortless, spontaneous expression of your desires! This is the path of Grace.

For the past year, one of my deepest desires and intention has been to have unshakeable faith and trust with the God of my understanding that everything I want and need will be supplied. With life feeling upside down in so many ways, this desire and intention felt critical for me to follow my passion and purpose. Perhaps you have that same desire?

In response to my prayers, I have created and attracted a very challenging and painful year as well as a powerfully liberating and abundant one in many ways. Has my faith and trust shaken? You bet.

What has emerged from all of the flux in my life combined with deep inner transformation work IS that my faith and trust is stronger within myself AND with my Divine.

Give thought to your current desires and intentions.

What are you giving energy to?

Are you radiating from faith and trust or from desperation and fear?

Are your expectations, intentions and desires in alignment with what you truly wish to attract, consciously and unconsciously? (Inner shadow transformation, forgiveness, beliefs?)

What needs to be healed, shifted, transformed and released to manifest what you desire and intend now, and in your future?

There are dozens of Spiritual Laws at work that govern your life including the Laws of Cause & Effect, Energy, Co-Creation, Abundance, Cultural Conditioning…….You may choose to read about more of these Laws or focus on a few to align more consciously with the Universe.

Faith and trust is being challenged today as our lives change in ways we have never experienced or imagined. Understanding these Laws help to put some questions into perspective and can begin to quiet your mind.

Transition is the psychological reaction to change (anger, fear, confusion, sadness..) and is fueled by the subconscious mind; the part of the brain we cannot easily access to create shifts in the beliefs that affect emotions and actions. During intense periods of change, fears run high. Faith and trust can weaken.

That’s why I created the next Pathways to Awakening, 4-week Journey into Faith & Trust!!  This is the 5th in a series of mini journeys that have helped folks break free of the past and limitations of their mind to become more Conscious Creators in alignment with their soul and Divine destiny. 

I felt a strong Divine nudge to offer this powerfull transformational program  beginning December 6. Choose the day or evening time that is best for you and take advantage of a special tuition that expires Friday, November 30, midnight EST. This program will help you fortify your faith and trust with Divine Power, courage, and excitement to create an exciting 2013. Learn more and sign up here.

PS:  Join me for a special FREE teleseminar called, ”Faith and Trust: Feeling Safe, Living In The Mystery of Change”. Tuesday, November 27, 2pm EST.

Learn more and reserve your seat

Strengthen your faith and trust as you expand into the New Year and open to the blessings of greater prosperity, joy, and love that are coming your way!

Love and blessings

Lorraine
www.powerfull-living.biz/pathways/

The Law of Expectation

(Adapted excerpt from Aligning With Destiny program with co-leader Anita Pathik Law)

“You are perfectly aligned to get the results you get.”~Dr. Stephen Covey

The Law of Expectation works in harmony with The Law of Attraction.

Energy always follows our thoughts. 

What you believe, assume, anticipate, expect or even dread or fear, consciously and subconsciously, forms the creative energy towards manifestation, and has a direct impact on the experience you create.

Expectation is an energized thought form that is highly creative in nature and may be in competition with what you want (or think you want) to create in your life.

If you believe and expect something negative to happen, you will manifest a negative outcome.

If you believe and expect good things to happen, you will attract positive experiences.

The core energies of The Law of Expectation are anticipation, faith and fear.

We become so attached to seeing things in certain ways—ways  we see ourselves and our life experiences as they relate to our current reality—that  we unconsciously limit a new reality from being experienced in our lives.

The trap is becoming so aligned with that story that it becomes your way of being.  We inadvertently reinforce our “stories” into permanence and become a “victim” in a reality that we have actively helped to create over and over and over.

Your thoughts and beliefs shape your experiences and expectations. 

If your expectation is more aligned with the undesirable, you will continue to create the undesirable.

Let’s say you desire financial prosperity and abundance in your business and life.

If what you expect is not a match to your intention – you will more likely manifest your expectation.

How you view what you attract can positively or negatively influence your faith and trust.

What you really EXPECT is:

• You will have to work extra hard to market and increase sales, which is something you hate doing, and may feel a lack of competence, or confidence
• You’ll be working so hard you won’t have time to have a life
• You will lose your freedom to…
• You will have to make sacrifices that are undesirable
• It will only be temporary and soon you will find yourself in the same mess…. again
• Miracles only happen to other people
• There will always be an ebb and flow, rather than a steady stream
• You can’t really make money doing what you love
• People won’t pay for what you have to offer

Which ones do you relate to?

Which will ultimately win – Desire or Expectation?More often then not, expectation wins. Even if the manifestation of the desire occurs, because the expectation clouds everything you see and experience, odds are you might miss it.

Why? Because it is so different from your picture or expectation of what you wanted or intended.

“You’re always getting a perfect vibrational match to what you predominantly give your attention to. But you’ve got to make the best of it. You’ve got to vibrate slightly different from where you are if you are going to improve where you are. You can’t keep taking score of where your business is or your relationship is, or your body is without continuing to create it as it is. To make improvement, you’ve got to reach for a different thought.” - Abraham-Hicks, Tampa, FL 12/6/03

When focusing on what you wish to create and attract in your life, what expectations do you have?

Working with the Law of Attraction (LOA), remember that your beliefs, thoughts, emotions desires, and attachment to what happens are all connected with your expectations and intentions!

If your desires, intentions and expectations do not match, it’s time to look within and take responsibility for what you are creating as your reality.

Explore your positive and negative expectations with an open heart and curious mind. Suspend any judgments.

If you feel a loss of faith and trust in yourself, others, and The Divine in how your prayers and dreams are manifesting, get honest.

What were your real expectations?

Where does your faith and trust need to be strengthened?

What thought patterns do you need to shift, transform, and release?

Be willing to shine a light on any vibrational inconsistencies between your mind and your soul. By mining down to your expectations, you can see if they are a match to your desires and support them or counter them.

Part 5 is coming in a two days!

Does your faith shake?

Do you find it difficult to stand in full trust that all will be well when gripped by fear?

Does life feel unsafe?

Fear, doubt, confusion as well as excitement, passion, and wonder has made 2012 a wild emotional ride.

Do you long for inner stability and peace to know that, no matter what is happening, you will be ok?

Join me for a special FREE teleseminar called, ”Faith and Trust: Feeling Safe, Living In The Mystery of Change”. Tuesday, November 27, 2pm EST.

Learn more and reserve your seat

Strengthen your faith and trust as you expand into the New Year and open to the blessings of greater prosperity, joy, and love that are coming your way!

And I know there will be Divine guidance creating our experience together on this call! WOW.

May your faith and trust continue to blossom and guide you every day.

Love and blessings

Lorraine

“…Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of the Universe. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others…” ~ From A RETURN TO LOVE by Marianne Williamson

You have a purpose in being here

You matter

You are beautiful

You are smart

You are good

You are whole (not broken)

YOU ARE LOVE

You ARE ENOUGH

Your soul knows that.

The Divine knows that.

Love is the energy of this new Age of Enlightenment.

The veil of separation between your Human Self and Soul Self is lifting to reconnect you with Divine LOVE. 

You might be facing some difficult life challenges in your – relationships, health, finances, business which are opportunities to break your heart open to access that LOVE.

Imagine what it might feel like to be embody LOVE in every moment no matter what is happening…

Here are five ways to be more self-loving with yourself (and others):

1. Notice when you are being too harsh with yourself. Your natural state is love.  Pay attention to your thoughts, self-talk and how you speak about yourself to others. Listen to the words you use to express in your head and out loud.  Do your words, thoughts and actions reflect love compassion, forgiveness, patience…? Look for opportunities to soften your heart and allow the love to flow.  Do you speak or think of yourself like a loving friend or a critical parent?

2. Treat your body with love and respect. Do you mistreat and abuse your body by ignoring what you know will help you to feel vital, vibrant, and alive?  You might ignore when you need to rest, exercise, eat more healthy, take breaks, meditate…..Do you withhold love by choosing to do things that might negatively impact on your health and well-being? Do you prioritize your self-care? Look for ways to honor your body and your needs as the treasure you are!

3. Do something every day that brings you pleasure. Yup, I said every day. What makes you feel good and brings you joy that is positive and uplifting? Do you pamper yourself and do things that make you smile? When you value yourself by doing loving things consistently, your life will be much happier and everyone in your world will reap the benefits.

4. Commit to the relationships in your life that lift your heart and feed your soul. This year look for opportunities to be more engaged with the people you love. Ask for help and allow them to love in return by being there for you when you really need support. Allow the nature flow of love to be both given and received.

5. Engage in daily spiritual practices to connect you with your “Essence” and Divinity. Prayer, contemplation, inspirational reading, walks in nature, meditation….opens our heart to be in loving communion with who we really are and God/Source/Higher Power as we walk though life’s challenges and blessings.  Cultivating the relationship with The Divine invites us to look at life through the eyes of love – to embody love with ourselves and those whose lives we touch.

Demonstrations of self- love are great ways to open your heart in concert with doing the inner emotional healing and transforming beliefs on both the conscious and subconscious level.

Ready to fall in deeper love with your Self?

Join in the next Pathways to Awakening Journey Into Self- Love, beginning Tuesday, November 13.

The weekly meditations and deepening processes that have catapulted past participants into higher states of joy, abundance, peace…are all designed in the moment by God to work on conscious and subconscious levels to heal and open your heart and create reconnection with your Sacred Self. Adding EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) had made the program even more potent.

Imagine releasing old pain, beliefs, and patterns you have been carrying in your heart for years with Grace, even joy?

Impossible? Not in this program !

Go read what other folks have said and experienced.

If the program resonates with your heart, LISTEN and reserve your seat with the early tuition before it expires on November 9!

You deserve it!!

PS! Listen to my FREE call on Self-Love here

Love and blessings,

Lorraine
www.powerfull-living.biz/pathways/

Relationships are the cornerstone of our life experiences that continually invite forgiveness.

Many people tell me that they can more easily forgive others and they struggle with self-forgiveness, harboring self-judgments, regrets, resentments, and anger.

From the many comments I hear and emails I receive, the depth of regrets, resentments, self-judgments, blame, self-criticism…that people are carrying is staggering.

Is that you?

Growing up, were you taught self-love and acceptance? Did you see forgiveness modeled in a healthy way?

Unforgiveness blocks the good that is yours to claim.

Unforgiveness separates you from your True Self and the Divine.  That separation is the greatest wound humanity suffers.

Unforgiveness affects EVERY area of life: health, money, relationships, success, well-being, connection to God…

Your life is evidence of how you feel about yourself and others.

That’s why I am inviting you to join me for:

Forgiveness: The Pathway To Inner Peace, Grace & Abundance

Tuesday, September 11, 1 pm/noon CT/ 10 am PST/6 pm UK

In this 60-75 minute call you’ll learn:

1. Why you can’t “think yourself” into forgiving and what you MUST do to let inner peace and Grace in.

2. Shifting forgiveness and self-love from a concept to embodiment.

3. How to tell when you are harboring unforgiveness.

4. Transcending the “Blame Game” trap.

5. The impact of holding onto resentments, judgments, anger, regrets on ALL areas of your life ( your health, finances, relationships, and self-love) and why it is  so critical to develop compassion, love, and forgiveness for yourself at this historic time.

The call will end with The Oneness Blessing which is an energy transmission from the Divine to accelerate inner healing and “Awakening”.

Register here even if you can’t make it live. The replay will be available for a  limited time.

Here’s to love

Lorraine

So often people think they have forgiven themselves and others but they really haven’t.

Without true forgiveness we can’t let go and move on. We end up dragging around unresolved hurts and disappointments in our heart, on our bodies, and in our painfull thoughts

There is no resolution because there is no peace. And because relationships are the cornerstone of our life experiences, we are continually given experiences that break our hearts open for deeper compassion and love.

Each of us at one time or another has strayed from our path, ignored our heart, betrayed another, been unloving, acted unwisely, given in to an addiction, desire, or temptation we might regret. There is a need for forgiveness when there is blame that often results in a misunderstanding or taking things personally.

You may not realize it, but any residual resentments and areas of unforgiveness that cause leakages to your energy, will profoundly undermine organized thought and energy.

And, keep in mind that in the long run, no matter how much forgiving you have done, at the core - ALWAYS - the most honest and important forgiveness work is always about forgiving YOU.

Below are three common question about forgiveness I am continually asked

1. How can I forgive myself for making choices that has created pain my life? (financial hardship, abandoned dreams, loss of self…)

It’s easy to feel good about yourself when your life is going the way you want, isn’t it? We habitually assign labels of good and bad to life experiences and give power to those experiences to be the source of our inner happiness.

Consider this:

A person who loses their job may now have the opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream. Perhaps the work they were doing was joyless and they were too frightened to leave and follow a deeper passion.

Or a person who made decisions that created a financial hardship is provided the opportunity to resolve a ton of past pain, strengthen their relationship and trust with God and align with the deeper purpose of their life that is rich with prosperity and love (as I have).

Below are two questions folks work with in my four week Journey into Forgiveness program that begins September 20

~ What if the decisions you made that created this situation, that you thought was Divinely inspired or right for you at the time, was really directed by your ego’s fear (or some other story created by the mind), Could you forgive yourself?

~ What if this situation was designed for the sole purpose of waking you up and bringing your closer to your Divine? Could you forgive yourself?

The answers to those questions can create a powerfull transformational shift!

2. How can I forgive someone who has been the source of so much pain for me and others?

Who among us has not said and done things that have brought out the most wounded parts of ourselves with another as well as against ourselves?

For centuries humanity has existed in intense darker energies of pain and fear. Now we are coming brilliantly into the Light and awakening to our true nature of Love.

Towards those who you feel wronged and violated by, take a moment to imagine what must have happened to that person as a child to have turned them into the deeply wounded person they have become. And be willing to ask that same question of yourself if you struggle with self-forgiveness?

Injustices, violations, betrayals can feel like personal attacks and the truth is, most times they are not personal while having a personal impact. As the receiver, you are experiencing the other person’s pain that is being projected onto you.

The ability to see beyond the other person’s action, even those viewed as unforgiveable, as the result of deep inner pain, open the heart to greater compassion and healing. This is a process…..

Forgiveness does not mean that what happened did not matter or have an impact on your life.

Forgiveness allows you to come to peace within yourself by accepting what happened without resistance and “coming home” to who you really are – a brilliant Light and presence that nothing can ever extinguish. What you surrender is your reaction.

There was a story I heard years ago about a woman writing an article about two brothers. One was a very successful business owner and the other brother was alcoholic who was homeless and living on the streets.

When asked what contributed to the shaping of their life, both brothers said, “My father was an alcoholic”.

Life experiences, qualities, or behaviors can define you if you identify with them. The story you tell is the story you live. Or they can be pathways to expanding your potential and your liberation.

Our lives are shaped by our experiences and how we interpret them.

It is your choice to empower another person or event to become your life story or… to use past experiences upon which to rewrite your future.

3. How do I stop blaming and judging myself so forgiveness can happen?

Cultivating self-love and compassion allows for forgiveness to occur. The first step towards forgiveness is having the willingness to forgive. Embodying forgiveness is an internal transformational process that involves the mind, the heart & soul, and most importantly, The Divine.

Instead of holding onto self - judgments and resentments ask yourself:

How is this person or situation in service to my healing and growth?

What do I have to let go of to allow more love into my heart and mind?

What qualities do I need to develop to grow and evolve?

If you are in a situation that might not change, what do you need to accept?

Expand the picture to see the situation from a higher perspective, look for the learning nuggets!

Be gentle with yourself and continue to invite God to guide through this healing journey. Be open to face and embrace those parts of yourself that are in need of tenderness.

Unforgiveness affects EVERY area of your life - health conditions, weight challenges, money flow, emotional well-being, relationships, business success…

Unforgiveness halts the healing process of bringing life experiences to peace and integration.

Unforgiveness without love will hold you captive in endless pain.

Unforgiveness separates you from your True Self and the Divine by withholding love and self-worth. That separation is the greatest wound humanity suffers.

Forgiveness opens pathways for love, abundance, and grace to pour into your life.

True forgiveness is an internal shift that moves from your head to your heart. 

Forgiveness is an embodied state of Love that is your natural soul/Divine state of existence.

Ready to set yourself FREE?

Join me on Tuesday, September 11, 1 pm EST for a FREE teleseminar called Forgiveness: The Pathway to Peace, Grace and Abundance. Click here to register and get the details to attend live and access the replay.

Love and blessings,

Lorraine

Money worries can make life very difficult and painfull. It’s hard to be fully present and share the best of yourself with the people and things you care about when you feel fear about money.

Perhaps you have a yearning to know that God really will take care of everything you want and need including money so you truly fulfill your soul/life purpose and be happy?

That’s how I felt. I was having a love/hate/fear relationship with God and my life felt more like a struggle than a joy especially with money.

I’ve heard and taught that God is the Source and supply of all our good but my ego fears and negative beliefs about money continued to override my faith and trust.

I allowed money fears and empowered my ego to dictate what I did or didn’t do. I distrusted God to provide what I needed without a guarantee or advance evidence that I would be ok.

It’s comical because that’s what faith and trust is all about - taking those soul-guided intuitive steps in faith that all will be well and unfold for your best and highest good.

My ego mind was controlling my life and “Edging God Out” of my heart and keeping me in fear.  I had to find out whether I could really trust God and trust myself.

The key?

I had to stop saving myself and let balls drop to allow God to help me. I had to let go of controlling situations to allow God to guide me with trust. And I had to allow deeper emotional pain to surface so it could be healed and released.

My worse fears began taking form and guess what happened? Miracles, blessings, and so much Grace when I finally surrendered and followed my heart. My difficulties were Pathways to a blossoming bond with God that has brought deeper faith, trust, and love into my heart that gets stronger every day with very little effort. What I gave up was fear and suffering and the illusions of my mind.

How about you?

Is your fear stronger than your faith and trust?

The spiritual journey is not an easy one. Staying strong and sustaining courage, faith, and trust can be a minute by minute, hour by hour, and day by day experience when you are going through lots of change.

Life can feel hard, scary and full or struggle or….experiences can be ones of grace when you are standing on a solid foundation of faith and trust. When you KNOW in your heart that no matter what is happening, the journey is taking you to something you have been wishing for and that your soul deeply desires.

The invitation is to open your heart and mind to recognize the brilliance of the circumstances you have created and attracted, whether they are desired or undesired, to catapult you forward into the manifestation of your deepest dreams.

Strong faith, trust, and courage calm the fears and doubts of the mind. You cannot think or talk yourself into having more trust or faith or courage. That is a mind game.

Have you been trying to do that?

My personal journey birthed the Pathways to Awakening 4-week teleseries that has guided people to reclaim your life and reunite with the Divine and your TRUE nature of WEALTH.

The next Pathways Into Awakening 4-week journey into Faith & Trust begins July 3.

In four sessions you will have opportunities to strengthen your inner foundation and invite more Grace into your life in partnership with the Divine.

Receive invaluable tools, processes, and support to maintain a positive outlook and hopefull heart.

Feel the freedom from money fears, health challenges, business worries, and anything else that weighs on your mind and heart.

Are you yearning to know that you are safe and that you will always be cared for in every way that is not dependent on you having to figure things out and control your experience?

This is your invitation to find out the TRUTH, the real TRUTH that your heart is longing to show you.

In four sessions you will have opportunities to strengthen your inner foundation and invite more Grace into your life in partnership with the Source, your most powerfull and adoring ally.

What make this program unique are the soul guided deepening processes, the Divine presence leading each call, and the brilliance of the group dynamics. Some folks had dramatic shifts in just one session!

“This program was so important to me on so many levels more than any program I have taken part in.” Lisa

We begin on July 3 for a life-changing journey to unshakable faith and trust.

Read what others have to say and reserve your seat now. Learn more

This may be one of the most transformational programs you ever attend in 2012!

 Blessings

Lorraine

Ready for the last key?

Commit to daily self-care and spiritual practices.

Meditation, inspirational reading, walks in nature, stillness, and journaling are some ways to feel connected to that Divine spark within you. Daily practices and rituals that nourish your body, mind and soul connects you to your soul purpose and the collective Oneness.

Cultivating faith, trust, and courage in the face of fear, challenges and uncertainty deepens our faith that we are indeed supported by the Universe.

Taking care of your body is an important element to your inner foundation. When we feel “fed” we can show up for the people, responsibilities and situations that we most care about with our best SELF. When we are depleted, over-extended, hungry, lonely, or angry, life becomes more burdensome.

Negative self-talk, self-sabotage, and fears increase when you are not nurturing yourself.

To check when you might be out of balance or in need of some self-care pronto, here are some common signals: taking things too personally, beating yourself up, irritability, over-reacting, resentment, anger, overwhelm, confusion, distracted, stressed, or tense.

Ask yourself, “What do I need right now? What is my body asking for? What have I been ignoring?“ Then DO IT!

Notice your thoughts and feelings without judging, censoring or trying to get rid of them so you don’t stuff them down inside. Then, make a conscious decision to suspend giving your money concerns any more energy by choosing to place your attention elsewhere.

Make a commitment to stop talking about, thinking about and worrying about money. Start with an hour, a day or a week. You might be happily surprised at how much energy and flow opens when you stand strong in love, faith, trust and courage!

God is the true SOURCE of your supply and the greatest ally in your life!

Make your relationship with God a daily priority. Have ongoing conversations with God and share your heart like you would speak to a loving, and trusted friend who wants your life to be rich and joyfull.

Make God your business partner and your life partner.

Praise God for answered prayers and trust that whatever form they take is to ultimately make your life amazing.

Cultivate an abundance attitude of appreciation.

Every minute, every hour and every day you choose what you will create and manifest, consciously or unconsciously! That is The Law of Attraction.

And most importantly!!!! Commit to doing your inner work to identify, heal, and transform what is unresolved from your past that still has a painful negative charge

Rather than asking the Divine to get rid of things you don’t like or fear, ask instead for the courage and strength to walk through the experience.

Whatever you don’t know how to do or be - God does. Ask to be taught, shown and guided… and be open to the form this learning takes to bring you closer to who you really are as a child of Light.

Get help where you need it and remember to send your prayers to the Universe. Help comes when asked for. You are not meant to travel through this life alone!

And if FEAR is controlling your life, join me for 4-week mini journey into COURAGE beginning May 29. Take advantage of the early tuition through May 22. The program is a game-changer to transcend your money story and life struggles to live a more joyfull, prosperous and soul-guided life. Learn more and reserve your seat!

PS - If you missed the other six keys written over the past week, take a few minutes to read them. They might be exactly what you need to remember right now!