Healing

This world gives us a lot of messages about what we should do and who we should be. And more often than not, we receive a great deal of criticism and experience a tremendous amount of stress based on these external "shoulds," which ultimately become internal "shoulds." There are a lot of layers to peel through to get to what we truly want, and who we truly are.

Years ago, I discovered Louise L. Hay's incredible book You Can Heal Your Life. What I love about this book is how powerful it is in its simplicity. The colorful pages and imagery with Louise's loving and insightful affirmations and meditations are so powerful. I never tire of re-reading chapters or opening to a random page for on-the-spot guidance and inquiry.

Whenever I find a new layer of "shoulds," outside expectations that I've adopted as my own at some point in my life, I pick up the companion book to You Can Heal Your Life, also by Louise L. Hay. You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book has been a powerful tool in my own healing and I often recommend it to both clients and friends who are seeking deep emotional healing and greater self-knowledge. I find myself returning to the exercises in this magical workbook yearly, at minimum. Each time, I experience the exercise in a whole new way. Always, I am astounded at how much I've grown and changed since the last time I completed the exercises, and I am thrilled at how much I have let go of, transformed and created in my life.

You are an incredible light, glowing and growing each day - even if it doesn't appear so at first glance. If you have writings or a workbook you use for growth and change, take a look back at something from a year or more ago. Where were you in your journey? Where are you now? Have you moved forward? Has your thinking changed? Congratulate yourself for any changes and transformations you have made in your life.