Cocoons

Dear friends: I am going to start posting short little nuggets of things that pop into my head on a regular basis (inspired to do this thanks to the request of a certain person who asked for daily reminders of positivity - thank you, miss special friend you know who you are!).  Okay, here goes:

Sometimes we need to go into cocoons.  Much like bears who hibernate in the winter, or flowers that curl up protectively during an early-spring snowfall, at times we need to curl up, protect ourselves, and heal ourselves.. recover from the onslaught of information, noise and advice that comes at us every day from all around.  Cocoons are an incubator, allowing us to rest, find rejuvenation, and to bulk up our bodies, minds and souls for the magic that we plan soon to reveal to the world - much like that glorious butterfly that will eventually come out of its cocoon.

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Rachel White

Merging the spiritual with the real world, Rachel Horton White helps people release negative patterns in their lives, with practical tools like mindfulness, energy and intuition exercises, to connect with their true, inner selves through this massive, planetary shift in consciousness. Through her work in Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting, Rachel facilitates groups of soul-seekers and spiritual entrepreneurs, has a meditation podcast called The Courageous Path and writes for various online publications. With a diploma in Integrative Healing Arts from the Southwest Institute for Healing Arts, Rachel is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, mindfulness teacher, life coach, reader of the Akashic Records, and aspiring homesteader. Rachel also has a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Wellesley College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia, yet claims her true education came from studying abroad in Dakar, Senegal. She recently wrote a book called Tools for the Awakening Soul: A Guide to Activate Your Intuition and Uncover Your Life's Purpose. Rachel now lives in mid-coast Maine where she and her husband homeschool their two bright, energetic children. You can find Rachel, along with meditations and writing tools, at www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.

Virtual Connections and Evolution

Dear friends, In recent weeks I have had come to a new realization.   For a long time, I had resisted and shunned technology, only using it when I had to for work and to communicate by email. However, I've come to understand that the INTERNET has transformed the world by connecting people in ways that were never possible before.

Did you ever think about how that fact could assist you in your life's work, in your career, or in a business you are developing (or want to develop)?  If you have an idea or a skill that can truly help others change their lives for the better, it's time to share that widely!  Whether you have a farm where you can teach others about what you're growing, if you have an idea about alternative medical healing, or you have skills in teaching cooking about raw food, you can make this into your day job by posting webinars, videos and more to share with the world. Yes, YOU!

There is a revolution starting... you may be seeing it in the media playing out for good and for less-than-good, but it is happening.  Don't you want to be a part of that but in your own way with your own particular dream?  For we each have dreams that have always been within us... You know that yearning/inclination you have always had to do whatever-that-thing-is, or the childhood dream that you once had?  Well, that's your soul speaking to you... and over the years you may have either been told or been led to believe that it wasn't possible for you (the limiting beliefs and voice of an inner critic that exist in all of us).

What if your inner critic were ready to retire?  What if your true self is ready to emerge?  Imagine the possibilities.  I am rooting for you.

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Rachel White

Merging the spiritual with the real world, Rachel Horton White helps people release negative patterns in their lives, with practical tools like mindfulness, energy and intuition exercises, to connect with their true, inner selves through this massive, planetary shift in consciousness. Through her work in Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting, Rachel facilitates groups of soul-seekers and spiritual entrepreneurs, has a meditation podcast called The Courageous Path and writes for various online publications. With a diploma in Integrative Healing Arts from the Southwest Institute for Healing Arts, Rachel is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, mindfulness teacher, life coach, reader of the Akashic Records, and aspiring homesteader. Rachel also has a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Wellesley College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia, yet claims her true education came from studying abroad in Dakar, Senegal. She recently wrote a book called Tools for the Awakening Soul: A Guide to Activate Your Intuition and Uncover Your Life's Purpose. Rachel now lives in mid-coast Maine where she and her husband homeschool their two bright, energetic children. You can find Rachel, along with meditations and writing tools, at www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.

The Outer Limits of the Human Spirit

What makes some of us push ourselves to the utmost point?  What makes some of us want to climb to the top of that mountain reaching the cold and windy skies, win a painful and grueling race, or walk across hot, burning coals with our bare skin?  We want to test ourselves?  To prove our worth to ourselves or others?  Maybe.  Or is it just innate?  Some people push themselves more than others. Some people push themselves too much maybe.  Some people refuse to give up, while others give up quite easily. I think we can all benefit from a guide here on earth to help us along our path, since too often we give up in the face of difficulty.  But not all of us.  How many of you know someone who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds as a child to reach great personal success later in life?  You may see that their siblings may not have fared so well.. but these people had some fire deep within them that burned brightly, that told them to believe that they were capable of more than just what they saw around them.  Did they have a guide coaxing them along ?  Maybe - it can take that one positive mentor to change a life.

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I'd like to believe that we are all capable of doing great things.  I think that some of us just have stronger inner critic voices that limit us more than others.  Some of us listen to that voice more, while others learn to ignore it.  On the flip side, there can be that voice that propels us forward, that encourages us to test our outer limits.

I have listened to that voice as times - it has pushed me to what I never believed my body could do (in sprint races and then in childbirth).  I firmly believe that this had only marginal relevance to the physical condition and fitness of my body, but more to do with my inner will and drive. Yes, over time that inner will has dwindled a bit (that's what lack of sleep will do to you - my current excuse is having 2 kids under 5).  But I am refusing to let that inner critic run my life anymore and tell me that "only other people" can do some of the things professionally in my career that I always thought I could never do.

Luck can play a role, sure.  Or, is it actually luck or just that when we align with what our higher self has always wanted us to do, that the universe actually starts to help us accomplish what we set down as our wildest and greatest dreams?  The help is there if we ask for it, and we just need to listen to it when it is given.

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Rachel White

Merging the spiritual with the real world, Rachel Horton White helps people release negative patterns in their lives, with practical tools like mindfulness, energy and intuition exercises, to connect with their true, inner selves through this massive, planetary shift in consciousness. Through her work in Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting, Rachel facilitates groups of soul-seekers and spiritual entrepreneurs, has a meditation podcast called The Courageous Path and writes for various online publications. With a diploma in Integrative Healing Arts from the Southwest Institute for Healing Arts, Rachel is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, mindfulness teacher, life coach, reader of the Akashic Records, and aspiring homesteader. Rachel also has a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Wellesley College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia, yet claims her true education came from studying abroad in Dakar, Senegal. She recently wrote a book called Tools for the Awakening Soul: A Guide to Activate Your Intuition and Uncover Your Life's Purpose. Rachel now lives in mid-coast Maine where she and her husband homeschool their two bright, energetic children. You can find Rachel, along with meditations and writing tools, at www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.