Forgiveness is often misunderstood as waiting for an apology or demanding someone admit wrongdoing, but true forgiveness is about reclaiming your own power and freeing yourself from judgment. We explore how real forgiveness has nothing to do with the other person and everything to do with your own liberation.

• Forgiveness is 100% internal and about reclaiming your energy and power
• Judgment creates emotional bindings that keep us attached to what we're judging
• What we resist persists—the more energy we pour into something, the more it grows
• True power comes from being free of others' influence on our inner state
• Forgiveness is not obligation, spiritual bypassing, forgetting, or making excuses
• You can forgive without reconciling or allowing harmful people back into your life
• Forgiveness is a process that unfolds over time, not an instantaneous switch
• Letting go of judgment releases us from the past and allows us to live in the present

If you have questions or thoughts about forgiveness, please email me at rootsoftherise@gmail.com. I would love to answer them and continue this conversation.

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When overwhelm strikes and quitting feels easier than trying, three simple but powerful strategies can help you move forward. I share my personal struggle with too much on my plate and how I'm working through it without giving up on my goals.

• One small step at a time – break large goals into tiny, manageable actions like focusing on just the next tree during a difficult hike
• One big reset step – schedule quarterly retreats or trainings to gain perspective and recenter your priorities
• Head down, heart up – eliminate distractions while simultaneously tuning into your heart's wisdom and intuition
• Guided practice for using the "head down, heart up" technique to move through moments of complete overwhelm


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Most of us were never taught emotional regulation or mindfulness skills as kids, leaving us either overwhelmed by our feelings or completely numb to them. In this episode, you’ll learn a simple, step-by-step practice to help you feel your emotions without getting lost in them, so you can move through difficult experiences with greater ease, resilience, and self-compassion.

• Emotions are energy in motion—meant to flow through us rather than define us
• The language we use matters: saying “I’m experiencing anxiety” versus “I am anxious” creates healthy separation
• Inside Out brilliantly illustrates how emotions function like characters that take turns in the driver’s seat
• The RAIN protocol provides a mindfulness-based approach to emotional regulation: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture
• If your body is in fight-or-flight mode, the TIP technique can help: Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing
• Visualizing emotions as characters supports emotional intelligence by creating distance and perspective
• Remember: you are a vessel for emotions, not the emotions themselves

Questions about this practice? Email me at rootsoftherise@gmail.com

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Inner child healing helps us acknowledge the childhood wounds that still affect us as adults. This practice allows us to release shame, begin true emotional healing, and finally feel worthy of love. When we recognize that we are "a nesting doll of every age we've ever been," we can start addressing the pain our younger selves experienced and find lasting transformation.

• Too often, we judge ourselves as adults for the things we did as children just to survive
• Childhood trauma and wounds are valid and deserve attention, even if we think we should be "over it" by now
• We develop coping mechanisms to numb or avoid feeling pain, which can become automatic behaviors
• Real healing begins when we allow ourselves to feel everything we've been stuffing down
• Inner child healing often involves speaking directly to the child we once were and giving them what they needed
• Recognizing your innate worthiness of love is the foundation of self-acceptance
• Practice gentle self-exploration by identifying difficult memories and asking what you needed at that age
• Having support from friends, mentors, or therapists accelerates emotional healing when exploring painful memories

Remember: your past does not define your worth. You are worthy of love, healing, and the life your soul is meant to have. Know who you are, love who you've been, and be willing to do the work to become who you want to be.

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Meditation alone isn’t enough to create lasting change. If you’ve been meditating or doing inner work but still feel stuck in old patterns, the missing piece might be integration. Real transformation happens when you take the peace, clarity, and awareness from meditation and weave it into your everyday challenges and relationships.

In this episode, you’ll discover 8 powerful ways to integrate meditation into daily life, so your practice becomes more than just a moment of calm—it becomes a way of living.

Here’s what we’ll cover:
• Why integration is the key to turning momentary peace into lasting transformation
• How to embody gratitude, compassion, and acceptance through heart-centered living
• The role of community in amplifying meditation and providing accountability
• How books, podcasts, and workshops support continued learning and reflection
• Journaling prompts that clarify insights and create a personal growth map
• Contemplation as a tool for witnessing life with clarity and compassion
• Conscious reprogramming techniques to rewire old habits and install supportive beliefs
• Nervous system resets for the physiological foundation of sustainable change
• Embodiment practices—like yoga, qi gong, and breathwork—that anchor insights in the body

If you’re ready to move beyond temporary calm and create a truly transformative meditation practice, this episode will give you practical tools to make it happen.

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Loving What Is by Byron Katie

Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping

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We often get stuck in endless shadow work, digging through fear and shame, but true spiritual awakening isn’t about constant purification—it’s about moving beyond fixing yourself and learning to embody love.

• Shadow work and purification are important for releasing outdated survival patterns, but they are not the ultimate goal
• You don’t need to be perfectly healed to grow spiritually—you just need enough clarity for love to enter
• Most people swing like a pendulum between old programming and moments of awakening clarity
• Your first reaction often comes from old conditioning; your second reveals who you’re becoming
• The deeper invitation is to give your wounds over to love and allow healing through compassion
• Common pitfalls include over-identifying with intuition, fixating on one spiritual practice, or spiritual bypassing
• Integration is where spirituality meets ordinary life—bringing presence, compassion, and consistency to everyday moments
• As you integrate, your identity shifts from ego-driven to heart-centered living
• The spiritual path never truly ends, but becomes an exhilarating invitation to infinite expansion

If this episode resonates, subscribe for more conversations on spiritual awakening, inner growth, and heart-centered living—and share it with someone who may be navigating their own journey.

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Every spiritual awakening begins and ends with love—and starting from love is actually the fastest path to inner growth, healing, and transformation. Love is not just an emotion but a higher state of being that cultivates compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, gratitude, and joy—shifting how we see ourselves and reality.

• Spiritual awakening is not a straight line but a spiral, where lessons return at deeper levels
• Love is the key to spiritual growth—it raises your vibration and clears perception
• The inner journey begins with awakening: the moment you remember who you truly are
• Awakening can feel destabilizing as old identities fall away, creating space for something greater
• The seeking phase often leads to trying many paths, but real growth comes from depth, not distraction
• Pitfalls include spiritual bypassing or over-identifying with wounds
• Every challenge on your path is actually “a vote of divine confidence” from the universe

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Through personal reflection, practical insights, and spiritual philosophy, this episode explores why escaping to a monastery isn’t the shortcut to enlightenment many imagine. We dive into the householder path versus the monk’s path, showing how everyday challenges, responsibilities, and relationships actually accelerate spiritual growth and cultivate inner peace.

Key topics covered in this episode:

• Comparing the monk’s path of renunciation with the householder path of fulfillment
• Why the friction and challenges of everyday life create faster spiritual growth than isolated monastic practice
• The stolen wallet analogy: how inner fullness naturally fosters non-attachment
• Understanding that enlightened behavior is the result of an enlightened state, not a practice in itself
• How daily struggles — from difficult relationships to stress at work — act as “weight training for the soul”
• Practical habits like meditation, mindfulness, and reflection that support spiritual growth in daily life
• Journal prompts to reflect on your own spiritual path and deepen presence, clarity, and fulfillment

Whether you’re exploring spiritual growth in the real world, seeking practical enlightenment, or navigating mindfulness in daily life, this episode offers guidance for thriving without walking away from the life you love.

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