9 Ways to attract greater life balance

Reflect on 9 ways to attract greater life balance:

1. Utter words to uplift people (not to cut them down)
2. Appreciate yourself in thought, word and deed
3. Review and revise self-criticism 
4. Find the lesson in challenges and adversity
5. Realize that your anger simply an imbalance within you
6. Explore how it feels to be present
7. Interpret your dreams- which messages stand out?
8. Journal and read your entries back to yourself
9. Spend time in self-reflection 

  

Review 7 Levels of Energy

As you explore the brief description of seven energy levels,  reflect on how each one feels. Energy can vary across different areas of our lives—while you might find Level 1 or 2 to be prominent in one life area, you may discover that Level 4 or 5 prevails in another. 

Imagine no “good” or “bad” levels exist. All levels are widely experienced. The key is to realize you can consciously choose a level with intention rather than revert to unconscious habits.  Our inner landscapes are complex, so understanding the nuances of our energy guides us to make choices that align with our optimum functioning.

Level 1:

At this level, people often feel powerless and believe that external circumstances control their lives. (i.e. fear, worry, and self-doubt).

Level 2:

This level is marked by conflict, competition, and a focus on control. People operating at this level tend to see the world through a binary lens, significantly limiting their available options. 

Level 3:

At this Level, logic and reasoning stand out. People at this level may suppress their emotions and rely heavily on coping patterns for self-protection, sometimes at the expense of their emotional well-being.

Level 4: 

At this Level, people have an abundance of compassion and focus on serving others, although sometimes to extremes (i.e. people pleasing). They foster collaboration, teamwork, and loyalty.

Level 5: 

At this Level, people are optimistic, see opportunity everywhere. They seek win-win solutions and are often cool, calm, and collected. 

Level 6:

At this Level, one feels a deep sense of connection with everyone and everything, know every experience is an equal opportunity to feel satisfaction and joy. 

Level 7:

This Level represents non-judgment, fearlessness, and unconditional love, resulting in profound wisdom and unity with the universe. It's often associated with spiritual awakening and enlightenment, where people feel deeply connected to their true selves and external worlds.

To expand your insight, let's reflect on Levels of Energy and explore how each unique level can show up inside in a specific situation.

Scenario: Your Get a Last-Minute Project with Quick Deadline-How do you respond?

• Level 1: Victim Energy (“Why me?”)
• Level 2: Anger Energy (“Are you serious?!”)
• Level 3: Coping Energy (“This is just the way it is.”)
• Level 4: Care Energy (“How can I help?”)
• Level 5: Solution-focused Energy (“How can I make this a win-win?”)
• Level 6: Connection Energy (“We’re in this together. I trust the process.”)
• Level 7: Bliss Energy (“I am creator, experiencer, and observer of the work.”)

As we we review these 7 Levels of Energy, note that we each have the ability to recognize and understand the different energy levels at play within us and the skill to consciously shift between them. This awareness is an invaluable tool for navigating life with intention. 

If it resonates, connect with us to explore how we can assist you on your journey.  Recall what it is to tune in more consistently to soul guidance and focus on whole hearted living.  You may believe in randomness,  coincidence or come to  tune into synchroncity. Know its up to you to decide where to from here.  Energy is listening.

Five Timeless Gems of Wisdom

The Brush and the Wind

In a remote mountain village, there lived an old Taoist sage named Wen, known for his calm spirit and peculiar practice: every morning, he would sit with ink and brush, writing on rice paper under a crooked pine tree. Villagers thought he was recording scriptures or transcribing ancient wisdom. But he always burned the papers after writing, letting the ashes drift into the wind.  One curious traveller asked him, “Master Wen, why do you write only to destroy what you create? Are your words not worth preserving?”

Wen smiled. “I do not write to preserve—I write to release.”

The traveller persisted. “But what is the purpose of writing if not to be read?”

Wen responded, “Each word I write is a seed of intention. A thought that was once entangled in my mind is now given form. When burned, it returns to the Tao. The wind carries it. The universe responds. This is how I shape my path—by aligning my inner world with the invisible currents of the Way.”  Years later, that traveller returned to the village after many hardships and wrote down his fears, regrets, and hopes as Wen had taught. He burned the paper under the same crooked pine, and for the first time in years, felt a great peace. His path cleared. He walked forward, not to escape the past, but to walk alongside a new beginning he had authored himself.

This story highlights that writing, when done with intention, is not about control. It is about co-creation with the Tao or energy of the universe. What we name, we acknowledge. What we release, we transform.  Here are 5 timeless wisdom takeaways from the parable:

1. Writing is an Energetic Act, Not Just a Mental One

Wisdom: “Each word I write is a seed of intention.”

Takeaway: Writing is not only a cognitive process—it’s a spiritual practice. Every word carries energetic weight. What we write can clarify, release, and even reprogram the unconscious mind, making space for alignment with the greater flow of life.

2. Letting Go Is an Essential Part of Creation

Wisdom: “I do not write to preserve—I write to release.”

Takeaway: True transformation requires surrender. Whether through journaling, ritual burning, or storytelling, releasing attachment to the outcome allows life to evolve.

3. The Universe Responds to Inner Alignment

Wisdom: “When burned, it returns to the Tao. The wind carries it. The universe responds.”

Takeaway: As I act from a place of inner truth, I participate in the dance of destiny. Writing is a way of communicating with me, and with the invisible forces that shape my path.

4. Naming and Witnessing Transmute Suffering

Wisdom: “A thought that was once entangled in my mind is now given form.”

Takeaway: To write a painful experience is to begin the process of transmutation. By naming what was hidden, the formless gains form, and the fragmented becomes whole.

5. Your Story Is Your Medicine

Wisdom: “He walked forward, not to escape past, but to walk alongside a new beginning.”

Takeaway: You are both the scribe and the seeker. Your pen is an instrument of healing. The story you tell yourself about your life determines how you live it. Choose it consciously.

5 Key Soul Messages

Many people are taught to evade discomfort, or that moving away from hardship is always the best course. Yet, is it? Consider this story:

Two men visit a Zen master. The first man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master asks: “What was your old town like?” The first man responds: “Dreadful. Everyone was hateful. I hated it.” The Zen master says: “This town is very much the same. I don’t think you should move here.”

The first man leaves and the second man arrives. The second man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master asks: “What was your old town like?” The second man responds: “It was wonderful. Everyone was friendly and I was happy. Just interested in a change now.”
The Zen master says: “This town is very much the same. I think you will like it here.”

One view of this story relates to karma (the Law of Cause and Effect). It echoes that whatever happens stems from our actions. We may travel far and wide in the hopes of escaping a life we disliked. Turns out that we are the common thread. That is, how we feel about ourselves is with us wherever we go.

Another view of this Zen story is that discomfort or moving away from difficult situations may offer short-term relief, but often prevents the deep growth and integration that such challenges are designed to catalyze. Consider 5 Key Soul Messages:

1. Discomfort is a Messenger
Difficult emotions — grief, rage, shame, fear — are not enemies. They are signals from the soul, pointing to unmet needs, unhealed wounds, or inner misalignments. When we avoid them, we silence our internal guidance system and miss the deeper message encoded in the pain or suffering.

2. What We Resist, Persists
Unresolved trauma or avoidance of conflict doesn't disappear—it gets stored in the body, nervous system, and energy field. It tends to resurface in different forms: new relationships, repeated patterns, or even physical illness. The soul repeats lessons until we consciously engage.

3. True Freedom Requires Integration
Freedom isn’t escape; it’s the capacity to remain present with discomfort. Facing the fire allows us to alchemize pain into wisdom, fear into clarity. Avoidance may feel like protection, but it often prolongs the suffering.

4. Initiation Requires Ordeal
Ancient sages echo that discomfort is the portal to transformation. The dark night, the betrayal, the collapse— brings greater consciousness. By staying present in the challenge, we gain resilience, awareness, and spiritual maturity.

5. Our Presence Is the Healing Agent
Sometimes we are placed in challenging situations not just for our healing, but to bring light to the collective field. By staying—consciously, not passively—we become a stabilizing force, a living transmission of courage and wholeness.

In short, while discernment is essential (not every situation must be endured), evading discomfort as a default strategy cuts us off from our soul evolution.

Top 50 Fears (based on our reader survey)

A recent reader survey revealed a list of the top 50 fears. Reflect on whether you relate to any here or add a comment about your own experience. Which fears do you overcome and which still linger?

1. Fear of death-or even discussing it (Thanatophobia)

2. Fear of Failure (Atychiphobia) & Fear of Success (Achievemephobia)

3. Fear of insects (Entomophobia) and spiders (Arachnophobia)  

4. Fear of snakes (Ophidiophobia)

5. Fear of enclosed spaces (Clausterphobia)

6. Fear of thunder and lightning (Astraphobia)

7. Fear of sex (Erotophobia) and intimacy (Aphenphosmphobia)

8. Fear of Flying (Aerophobia)

9. Fear of public speaking (Glassophibia)

10. Fear of solitude (Monophobia)

11. Fear of crowds (Enochlophobia)

12. Fear of needles (Trypanophobia)

13. Fear of people (Anthropophobia)

14. Fear of water or being near it (Aquaphobia) 

15. Fear of Abandonnment (Autophobia)

16. Fear of blood or sight of it (Hematophobia)

17. Fear of commitment or 'sticking it out' (Gamophobia)

18. Fear of the unknown (Xenophobia)

19. Fear of falling (Basiphobia)

20. Fear of God (Theophobia)

21. Fear of cats (Ailurophobia)

22. Fear of change or transformation (Metathesiophobia)

23. Fear of the dark (Nyctophobia)

24. Fear of men (Androphobia) or Fear of women (Gynophobia)-*often unresolved mother issues

25. Fear of  falling in Love or losing inhibitions (Philophoba)

26.  Fear of sharks, the ocean or pools (Galeophobia)

27. Fear of #13 or belief in bad luck to follow (Triskaldekaphobia)

28. Fear of vomiting and loss of self-control (Emetophobia)

29. Fear of Everything or that terrible things are coming (Panophobia)

30. Fear of Animals (Zoophobia)

31. Fear of Crime, Burglars or Attackers (Sclerophobia)

32. Fear of Pain (Agliophobia) and fear of suffering (Algophobia)

33. Fear of Mice (Musophobia)

34. Fear of Ghosts (Phamophobia)

35. Fear of Aging (Gerascophobia)

36. Fear of Sleep or what might happen as you sleep (Somniphobia)

37. Fear of Fire (Pyrophobia)

38. Fear of forgetting or not remembering (Athazagoraphobia)

39. Fear of Horses (Equinophobia)

40. Fear of Loud Noises (Ligyirophobia)

41. Fear of work (Ergophobia)

42. Fear of being buried alive (Taphophobia)

43. Fear of Cockroaches or filth (Katsaridophobia)

44. Fear of Food (Cibophobia)

45. Fear of bees (Apiphobia) and wasps (Spheksophobia)

46. Fear of Judgement (Social Phobia)

47. Fear of getting rid of stuff (Disposophobia)

48. Fear of hearing other's opinons of you (Allodoxaphobia)

49. Fear of Superstitions (Triskaidekaphobia)

50. Fear of Feet (Podophobia)