Explore how the transformative power of love offers a path to healing from mental, emotional, and spiritual pain when we rediscover it within ourselves.

• True love is not casual or throwaway but a divine expression in action that is always present and accessible
• Love manifests through various facets: acceptance, invincibility, authenticity, presence, gratitude, joy, forgiveness, and compassion
• Acceptance allows what is to be without judgment, recognizing there's a deeper order to life
• Invincibility comes from surviving everything life has brought, creating unshakable security
• Alignment between inner self and outer life provides inner guidance and intuition
• Presence reminds us that peace, joy and love can only be felt in this moment
• Gratitude is the key to wealth and attraction, opening the door to generosity
• Joy dissolves the illusion that fulfillment comes from outside ourselves
• Forgiveness reclaims our power and releases judgment
• The walls we build around our hearts initially protect us but ultimately imprison us
• Healing begins by honoring our protective mechanisms before gently opening our hearts

Resources

Awakening the Heart: Discover Your True Capacity for Joy, Inner Peace and Boundless Love by Paul Dugliss M.D.

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As Jamie Anderson says, “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

Grief comes in many forms beyond death, including change, loss, and unmet hopes, and can either harden us or become a quiet teacher when met with compassion.

• When denied, grief makes us numb not only to pain but to our own aliveness
• Grief requires reclaiming the part of ourselves that was attached to what was lost
• Grieving is uniquely individual - there's no "right way" or timeline
• The "pain button" analogy: grief doesn't shrink, but our lives grow bigger around it
• Relationships change during grief - some people withdraw while others try to help in ways that don't match what we need
• To heal: feel your grief, name what was lost, meet yourself with compassion, express your emotions
• Finding meaning and integrating loss means carrying what we've lost with grace
• Healing doesn't mean forgetting - it means allowing love to change form

Resources

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos R.N.

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We continue our chakra exploration series with the fourth chakra, Anahata – the bridge between our physical and spiritual selves located at the center of our energetic system.

• The heart chakra represents our core programming around love – how we give it, receive it, and whether we truly believe we're worthy of it
• Anahata means "unstruck" or "unbeaten" in Sanskrit, with green as its associated color representing balance and healing
• The heart chakra develops between ages 4-7 when children grow beyond egocentricity and develop genuine interest in relationships beyond parents
• Childhood experiences during this period shape our beliefs about whether we can be both authentic and loved
• Healthy boundaries are essential for the heart chakra – they're structures that allow the heart to stay open without becoming overwhelmed
• Abuse or conditional love creates "faulty wiring," confusing love with pain, control, or fear
• Grief – the demon of this chakra – manifests not just after death but in all forms of loss, including relationships ending or life transitions

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Resources:

Episode 50 - Saying No Without Guilt: Mastering Healthy Boundaries

Episode 54 - Why Loving Who You've Been Can Change Everything

Episode 11 - Forgiveness and one way to get the apology you always wanted

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