Following Our True Calling
By Sara Schroepfer When we desire change in life but lack the inspiration or courage, what can we do? I default to the voice within that becomes clearer the more I listen. Before I learned this, my path didn’t make sense. Obstacles and traumas scattered the way, which in time turned into my greatest strengths. Each step in my personal life was leading to yoga, meditation and energy healing, but these conflicted with my ambitious, external life. After applying to law school at age 27, I embarked on an epic journey to India that spanned seven months and two trips. Living in an ashram, I dove into silence; and my inner voice that I had turned down got a chance not just to speak, but to scream at me! I was dying inside. It was time for change. Once home, the voice led me to massage school, yoga training and adventures in Peru to study with shamans. I opened my first healing center and met my husband. He brought me to Maui; and two beautiful boys and a thriving business later, I still reflect on what I would have missed if I had not followed that voice. Living your truth and following your dreams is not always easy. It takes courage and stamina to trust there is a larger plan. You will be challenged along the way, yet as the hero of your story, you will triumph. Every day, we choose what life we want to live: free and happy, or confined and restricted. What grows is which one we feed. We are given the opportunity to tune each day and follow our true calling. This is the magic of life and once accepted, it is beautiful and humbling to witness when we stand in our truth. Sara Schroepfer is co-owner and director of 808 Wellness, and a shamanic practitioner. 808 offers acupuncture, massage, energy medicine, holistic retail, and an event and yoga studio. To get in conact, visit www.808wellness.com or call 808.875.4325.
Pain Inspires Change
By Gayle Barklie Living your soul’s purpose means doing exactly what you’re innately called to do — sharing your unique gifts and making an impact of some kind, small or large. It doesn’t mean ignoring pain, struggle or past trauma. The truth is, those “negative” experiences can actually be motivation to live purposefully. They can teach you invaluable lessons by exposing false programming and subconscious repetitive patterns, and offer opportunities to grow past limitations by reminding you who you’re not. Our natural inclination is to avoid potential pain, run from situations where we could possibly fail, and protect ourselves from loss. However, from a higher consciousness retrospective view, painful situations were likely our best teachers. Sometimes swift kicks in the butt are the best way to get woke! Changing means getting out of comfortableyet-stuck situations — perhaps that dead-end job with a reliable paycheck, or relationships you’ve evolved beyond. Your higher self knows which gifts you’re here to bring to the world. To bring those forth means taking risks and not running from whatever comes from those choices. It means trusting your soul’s truth — being entirely aligned with your soul and living from that alignment. This might mean changing everything, or just one little thing. Ask yourself: How will I feel in 20 years if I don’t take this leap? How will I feel if I do? With a clearly visioned soul purpose, things fall into place. Integrating action steps to support results creates empowerment, attracting those excited about your offerings as well as serendipitous and unexpected support. Plus, your inspired shifts inspires shifts in others. Regrets over time lost from succumbing to fears, is tough to get over. Get woke to yourself now! Gayle Barklie, MFC, CHT, created Soul Purpose in 1991 to help clients transform from struggling to inspired, utilizing hypnotherapy, past life regression, life between lives, clinical art therapy, marriage and family counseling, equine assisted therapy. Visit www.soulpurposemaui.com or contact soulpurposemaui@gmail.com.
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