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Welcome back to Season 1 Episode 6, Surrendering – A Taboo Word.

Surrender is a spiritual concept. But it is not just a concept, it is also an approach to life. With our current culture and conditioning, surrender can be difficult.

In this episode I will discuss:

• What I have learned about surrender
• How often we need to surrender
• How resistance and surrender are our pathway to healing
• How contrast (things that are difficult) help us to grow
• Why it is good to stop fighting, surrender and let go
• How surrendering and letting go allow you to access the most powerful source of all
• How our conditioned images of God mess with our ability to let go and let God
• What a previous presidential candidate reveals as your real purpose on earth
• What we need to surrender
• How to receive the very best for yourself

Link for scene from Coach Carter Movie. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate but that we are powerful beyond measure ~ Marianne Williamson

https://youtu.be/Ybt8wXIahQU

A bit about me…

This podcast evolved out of my purpose. My purpose evolved out of my early struggles. I turned that purpose into my mission.

I struggled with myself and who I thought I should be versus who I was truly deep down. Family challenges amplified my struggle. That pain led to worse pain and circumstances until I was broken open to my awakening and with help and support developed self-efficacy and a belief in the divine.

In other words, I came to believe in my own ability to meet life’s challenges (and listen to my inner voice) while having faith that things would work out okay. I might add, that none of this has been done or is being done perfectly.

That awakening led me back to school and to work in helping professions over the past 30 years including, addictions and mental health, as a career counsellor and facilitator, as a college teacher, as an executive director in youth services, back to addictions again and as a Life and Career Coach.

Staying in alignment with myself and my truth is a lifelong journey in which “life” provides reminders when I am getting off track that get stronger the longer, I do not listen.

What it really means is that I sometimes forget who I truly am, get out of tune with myself and do not treat myself as the divine being I know myself to be.

I believe that this is part of our collective human condition.

Thank you for joining me. To me there is nothing better than this journey of remembering and reminding ourselves of who we truly are.

Until next time. Peace, love & joy to you!

Lorie

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Welcome to back to Season 1 Episode 5. Deathbed Regrets: Living a Life True to Yourself not the Life Others Expect of You

The reality of it is, is that one day, we will all be gone from this earth. None of us want to pass away with regrets.

In this episode I will discuss:

• The most common deathbed regret
• Why this is the number one regret
• Why I didn’t take shops in high school
• Beliefs like Cleanliness is next to Godliness
• A very difficult life question for many clients to answer
• Why selfishness can be a good thing
• How spirituality resolves and prevents regrets

A bit about me…

This podcast evolved out of my purpose. My purpose evolved out of my early struggles. I turned that purpose into my mission.

I struggled with myself and who I thought I should be versus who I was truly deep down. Family challenges amplified my struggle. That pain led to worse pain and circumstances until I was broken open to my awakening and with help and support developed self-efficacy and a belief in the divine.

In other words, I came to believe in my own ability to meet life’s challenges (and listen to my inner voice) while having faith that things would work out okay. I might add, that none of this has been done or is being done perfectly.

That awakening led me back to school and to work in helping professions over the past 30 years including, addictions and mental health, as a career counsellor and facilitator, as a college teacher, as an executive director in youth services, back to addictions again and as a Life and Career Coach.

Staying in alignment with myself and my truth is a lifelong journey in which “life” provides reminders when I am getting off track that get stronger the longer, I do not listen.

What it really means is that I sometimes forget who I truly am, get out of tune with myself and do not treat myself as the divine being I know myself to be.

I believe that this is part of our collective human condition.

Thank you for joining me. To me there is nothing better than this journey of remembering and reminding ourselves of who we truly are.

Until next time. Peace, love & joy to you!

Lorie

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Welcome to Season 1 episode 4, Keeping the Faith.

How do we “keep the faith” when things get tough, and the world gets distracting?

In this episode I talk about:

· My own challenges with keeping the faith

· How fear can both help us and harm us

· The price we can pay for getting what we want

· Survival of the fittest

· From fear to faith; a surprising path forward

A bit about me…

This podcast evolved out of my purpose. My purpose evolved out of my early struggles. I turned that purpose into my mission.

I struggled with myself and who I thought I should be versus who I was truly deep down. Family challenges amplified my struggle. That pain led to worse pain and circumstances until I was broken open to my awakening and with help and support developed self-efficacy and a belief in the divine.

In other words, I came to believe in my own ability to meet life’s challenges (and listen to my inner voice) while having faith that things would work out okay. I might add, that none of this has been done or is being done perfectly.

That awakening led me back to school and to work in helping professions over the past 30 years including, addictions and mental health, as a career counsellor and facilitator, as a college teacher, as an executive director in youth services, back to addictions again and as a Life and Career Coach.

Staying in alignment with myself and my truth is a lifelong journey in which “life” provides reminders when I am getting off track that get stronger the longer, I do not listen.

What it really means is that I sometimes forget who I truly am, get out of tune with myself and do not treat myself as the divine being I know myself to be.

I believe that this is part of our collective human condition.

Thank you for joining me. To me there is nothing better than this journey of remembering and reminding ourselves of who we truly are.

Until next time. Peace, love & joy to you!

Lorie

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirituallyalignedliving/message

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The pandemic and lockdowns are associated with the decline in mental health worldwide. For example, Canadians are experiencing higher levels of anxiety (25%) and depression (17%) to date. In this episode, listen as our guest, Annette Chiappe, shares her story about how being diagnosed with PTSD led her on a healing journey toward self-love and spirituality. Annette has gone on to use her experience, wisdom, and skills to help others.

About Annette

Annette is a Mentor & Speaker, Author & Artist. She lives West of Barrie Ontario, Canada. In 2010 she was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After which she made a life-altering decision to learn to love herself. Her company, Learned to Love Myself was born from those lessons. Today she is a Self-Love Mentor holding space, listening lovingly, without judgment, completely present for others. She has authored a mindfulness colouring book and card series by the name of, “Love, Kindness, & Compassion”. As a speaker, she focuses on loving oneself and self-healing. Some of Annette’s spiritual practices and tools in working with clients are self-love spiritual readings, mindfulness, and energy chakra dance. Annette regularly contributes a percentage from the sale of her services and products to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Annette incorporates love, kindness, and compassion into everything. She loves nature, yoga, and going on road trips on her partner's motorcycle.

Gifts, Prizes & Contact Info

To receive Annette's free gift that she speaks about in the Podcast please send her an email at the contact info below.

To purchase a raffle ticket before February 14th send an email to Annette at her contact info below.

Email: learnedtolovemyself@gmail.com

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/learnedtolovemyself

Website: http://learnedtolovemyself.ca/

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Welcome back to Season 1 Episode 2: Defining Spirituality.

In this session I discuss the following and more:

• What I mean by practical spirituality
• Staying connected to our spirituality and humanness
• How my son and spirituality saved my life
• The differences between religion and spirituality
• The male God in the sky and the Divine within
• How our conditioning and brain can keep us from our alignment
• Divinity as a diamond and a power source
• Practices that I use to stay spiritually aligned

A bit about me…

This podcast evolved out of my purpose. My purpose evolved out of my early struggles. I turned that purpose into my mission.

I struggled with myself and who I thought I should be versus who I was truly deep down. Family challenges amplified my struggle. That pain led to worse pain and circumstances until I was broken open to my awakening and with help and support developed self-efficacy and a belief in the divine.

In other words, I came to believe in my own ability to meet life’s challenges (and listen to my inner voice) while having faith that things would work out okay. I might add, that none of this has been done or is being done perfectly.

That awakening led me back to school and to work in helping professions over the past 30 years including, addictions and mental health, as a career counsellor and facilitator, as a college teacher, as an executive director in youth services, back to addictions again and as a Life and Career Coach.

Staying in alignment with myself and my truth is a lifelong journey in which “life” provides reminders when I am getting off track that get stronger the longer, I do not listen.

What it really means is that I sometimes forget who I truly am, get out of tune with myself and do not treat myself as the divine being I know myself to be.

I believe that this is part of our collective human condition.

Thank you for joining me. To me there is nothing better than this journey of remembering and reminding ourselves of who we truly are.

Until next time. Peace, love & joy to you!

Lorie

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirituallyalignedliving/message

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Hi, Welcome to the Spiritually Aligned Living Podcast.

This podcast has been created from a desire to live my purpose and my mission: To discover and live my truth and support others to do the same.

This podcast is about how we navigate and integrate living as humans who are also spiritual. Or is it spiritual beings having a human experience? More to explore around that question.

The main focus will be on what is called practical spirituality which is grounded in reality (or at least our own version of reality). But we will venture, at times, into some topics which are seen as more esoteric in nature.

But, the main goal of the podcast is: How do we live in this world with all of its challenges and still be true to ourselves?

To do so means that we need to be or become consciously aware of who we truly are and tune into that and really listen, without getting distracted by the chaos of the world.

I believe we are all works in progress. Since I was 21 years old, I have had a passion of spirituality and personal growth. Yet, my truth is not your truth. My insights and hard won wisdom may or may not be a jumping off point for you. Where you go from there is up to you.

I will cover a variety of topics related to spirituality and personal growth and some will resonate more strongly with with you. Listen to your own inner voice as to which topics deserve more time and attention.

A bit about me…

This podcast evolved out of my purpose. My purpose evolved out of my early struggles. I turned that purpose into my mission.

I struggled with myself and who I thought I should be versus who I was truly deep down. Family challenges amplified my struggle. That pain led to worse pain and circumstances until I was broken open to my awakening and with help and support developed self-efficacy and a belief in the divine.

In other words, I came to believe in my own ability to meet life’s challenges (and listen to my inner voice) while having faith that things would work out okay. I might add, that none of this has been done or is being done perfectly.

That awakening led me back to school and to work in helping professions over the past 30 years including, addictions and mental health, as a career counsellor and facilitator, as a college teacher, as an executive director in youth services, back to addictions again and as a Life and Career Coach.

Staying in alignment with myself and my truth is a lifelong journey in which “life” provides reminders when I am getting off track that get stronger the longer, I do not listen.

What it really means is that I sometimes forget who I truly am, get out of tune with myself and do not treat myself as the divine being I know myself to be.

I believe that this is part of our collective human condition.

Thank you for joining me. To me there is nothing better than this journey of remembering and reminding ourselves of who we truly are.

Until next time. Peace, love & joy to you!

Lorie

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirituallyalignedliving/message