Nearly two decades ago, I had a startling epiphany that launched me onto my healing journey. On a beautiful Spring evening, I was at a book signing event at a local bookstore. While listening to the author sing a heart-felt song that she had written about her own struggles, I broke down into uncontrollable sobbing. […]
Have you had a reoccurring nightmare that doesn’t make sense to you? Do you have a fear that you can’t trace back to any specific event in this lifetime? Do you have physical body pain that no matter what you do you can’t alleviate? Check out this video to see how fear and trauma from […]
Perhaps you can think of an experience when you wanted to create or bring something into fruition but things didn’t flow or work out for you. Maybe you wondered if it was your own fear that was blocking you or if it simply wasn’t meant to happen according to your time line. Fear can paralyze […]
Imagine that you’re rummaging in the back of a dark closet and everything that you find is something that you don’t want. You complain that nothing looks good on you or that nothing is the style, fit or colour that you want. Regardless of not liking what you’re finding, you continue to adamantly search in […]
How do you handle feeling triggered? Do you react when someone triggers you to feel agitated, inferior or disrespected? Most of the time when we’re triggered, we shut down. We cross our arms over our chest and close our hearts. Maybe we pout or fight back. Maybe we become aggressive or diminish the other person. […]
After 10 years of writing blog articles (and loving every moment of writing), this year I shifted gears. Working together with my talented brother, Pete Shoniker, I’ve created and launched a handful of videos. The gist of these videos is spiritual and healing insights and practical tools for everyday life. Check out my videos here: […]
How can we stay in a place where we feel good and our hearts are open when someone in our work or living environment is in a funk or moody? How do we stay happy around negative people? In this video, you’ll learn five tips to hold your light when someone around you will not […]
How do we know if we’re coming from a place of love or a place of fear? Why should we care? When we’re rooted in fear, we block ourselves from accessing our inner wisdom and our inner power. Watch my video here: When we’re making decisions from a place of fear, communicating from a […]
All of us want the same thing in life. We want to feel loved. We want to feel appreciated. We want to feel like we matter. If we’re aware of it or not, we spend most of our lives trying to figure out how to feel loved. We spend the majority of our lives searching […]
“You’re useless. You’re pathetic. You never get anything right. You’re a failure. You’re stupid. Nobody likes you.” Feelings of unworthiness are vicious monsters that lurk in the dark, waiting to pounce on us during our weakest moments. (Photo by Joshua Rawson Harris) The self-admonishing, cruel tyrant in our minds can be so harsh and so […]
