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Keys to the Kingdom
October 8, 2014
In my work as an intuitive life coach and spiritual mentor, people often ask me what practices have been helpful in my own life. And while I have benefitted from many positive influences, I always mention two foundational practices: meditation and self-care.
Joanne Franchina
In fact, it was meditation and self-care that got me started on my current life path. After the birth of my second child, I was juggling a successful professional career and motherhood - all while renovating a house and helping out with the family business. But I had placed everyone and everything else ahead of me: my priorities were skewed, my energy was drained, and my life was out of balance.
When I began to explore meditation, it was simply a tool to de-stress. As I learned to enjoy it and delved deeper, I learned that meditation is also a powerful tool to enhance creativity, to build focus, and to simply be. For me, it became a daily practice of self-discovery and spiritual awareness that I continue to this day.
Soon thereafter, I bought my first self-help book, ever: Take Time for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson. The centerpiece of that program is self-care, and as I applied the principles, I experienced dramatic results in my everyday life. When I began to discern my true priorities and take actions that honored those intentions, my life took on new meaning.
In fact, my extraordinary experiences with meditation, self-care, and the power of intention eventually led me to further study of metaphysical and spiritual subjects, that ultimately resulted in a career change of a higher order.
You can imagine how excited I become whenever I have the opportunity to teach two of my favorite workshops: Self-Care for the Soul, and Meditation Sampler. Either one might just be the catalyst that you need to begin creating a life that you love, or take yourself to the next phase of your journey. Finally, here are two more blogposts that provide tips on these subjects: Integrating Self-Care into Everyday Life (now a subheading under Wintering) and Meditation is a Natural Practice.
When I began to explore meditation, it was simply a tool to de-stress. As I learned to enjoy it and delved deeper, I learned that meditation is also a powerful tool to enhance creativity, to build focus, and to simply be. For me, it became a daily practice of self-discovery and spiritual awareness that I continue to this day.
Soon thereafter, I bought my first self-help book, ever: Take Time for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson. The centerpiece of that program is self-care, and as I applied the principles, I experienced dramatic results in my everyday life. When I began to discern my true priorities and take actions that honored those intentions, my life took on new meaning.
In fact, my extraordinary experiences with meditation, self-care, and the power of intention eventually led me to further study of metaphysical and spiritual subjects, that ultimately resulted in a career change of a higher order.
You can imagine how excited I become whenever I have the opportunity to teach two of my favorite workshops: Self-Care for the Soul, and Meditation Sampler. Either one might just be the catalyst that you need to begin creating a life that you love, or take yourself to the next phase of your journey. Finally, here are two more blogposts that provide tips on these subjects: Integrating Self-Care into Everyday Life (now a subheading under Wintering) and Meditation is a Natural Practice.