Alignment Balance Connection by Cheryl Marlene

Alignment. Balance. Connection.

Balance. Alignment. Connection. The power of awareness reflects and helps direct attention toward transformation and transmutation.

What is Spiritual Practice? by Cheryl Marlene

What is Spiritual Practice?

Spiritual Practice is the tool of your personal inner work. Integral to your spiritual journey, this is the conscious action you take to understand where you are, who you are, and what you can become.  Spiritual practice can be a formal exercise though it need not be because its essence lies within conscious intention.  Within …

Read more

Top Twelve Questions for Personal Growth by Cheryl Marlene

Top Twelve Questions for Personal Growth

Ask to Receive! Truly, the most important habit for personal growth is to ask questions. I often take whatever is bothering me and just add, “How is this (insert issue) a problem for me in this moment?” The next step is to not freak out if you don’t get an immediate answer! I know, I …

Read more

How to be My Best Self by Cheryl Marlene

How to be My Best Self

How to be My Best Self is a commitment and a declaration. Here’s the commitment part: I live my life within the trust of my truth. I choose within my growing inner awareness. Because I am present to me. Because I begin within. This begins the declaration: I learn in each moment what my truth …

Read more

Push of Wall Hitting by Cheryl Marlene

The Push of Wall Hitting

I hit a big wall last week. I’ve been pushing on myself to do this and that – pushing nonstop for a while if I’m honest. In retrospect, the wall hitting didn’t come as a huge surprise. Tuesday night, when I stopped and considered, I let my awareness go to wherever the push originated. I …

Read more

Tomorrow Has a Place for Us All by Cheryl Marlene

Tomorrow Has a Place for Us All

Saturday, I went foraging. Not in a forest or along the side of a mountain. The grocery store. The one I’ve gone to for over twenty years. There was a new system. One door for exit, one for entry. Orange colored bubbles to stand on, 6 feet apart. Entry only allowed as someone exits. Everyone …

Read more

Connection is the Way Past Fear by Cheryl Marlene

Connection is the Way Past Fear

Connection is the Way Past Fear: What might be both obvious and obscured is answer for dealing with any type of fear. I am not independently wealthy and I am thinking neither are you. As the world dives into the dictum of social distancing, I find myself looking for ways to stay in contact and lean …

Read more

An Extraordinary World of Shift and Change by Cheryl Marlene

A World of Extraordinary Shift and Change

We live in a world of extraordinary shift and change. Literally, we are transmuting on all levels body, mind, heart, and soul. This change is the basis for the confusion we all feel and experience on a daily basis. Exiting stage left is old energy now departing. This departing energy has been based on the …

Read more

Balance IS by Cheryl Marlene

Balance IS

Balance Is. This is one of the most powerful ideas from my Akashic Records. Balance is not something you have to push hard to make happen. Instead, stop. Take a step back. Assess. Where is balance in this moment? Something may need to be let go. Something else may require the realization that expectation is …

Read more

The Pause Before What Is by Cheryl Marlene

The Pause Before What Is

The Pause Before What Is — an article which steps the reader through a personal process of spiritual practice. To go along with the written article, you may also listen to the article. What. Is. Two words. Simple on the surface. Complex at the base of the iceberg. Pay attention to What Is. Okay – …

Read more

I am at Peace by Cheryl Marlene

I am at Peace

I am at Peace is an affirmation that I turn to frequently — especially when I find myself dealing with the unknown and the unexpected. The unknown is inescapable. Part of life. Part of every moment of experience. The choice in how to respond to the inevitable is yours – always. When the unknown makes …

Read more

Create the Career You Love by Cheryl Marlene

Create the Career You Love

Create the career you love: begin with you! One of the most popular reasons for an Akashic Record Reading is assistance in finding a job or a new career. A common inquiry goes something like this: I’m looking for a job.I don’t know where I fit in and I’m not sure what I want.What I …

Read more

Thankful for Connection By Cheryl Marlene

Thankful for Connection

Got a question for you! Who in your life are you thankful for? Because of my work, I meet and connect with lots of people in a day, a week, a month, a year. Lots of these folks I meet once and never again. But no matter, I am very thankful for that moment of …

Read more

My Nine by Cheryl Marlene

My Nine

What’s important in your life? I like to ask myself questions to focus on my life’s direction and to help me understand within a broad view and a closer look. To do this I have created what I call My Nine. I choose three related questions. In asking the questions, I brainstorm a bit and …

Read more

Life Unfettered by Cheryl Marlene

Life Unfettered

Whenever I begin writing, I always investigate the etymology of any focus words which are part of my story. Fetter. A chain or manacle especially for the feet. Unfettered. Literally to be released from the binding of the chain or manacle. Life unfettered. A life lived free from restraint or inhibition. To fierce self-care, I …

Read more

Life Purpose by Cheryl Marlene

Life Purpose

Life is the journey of experience lived moment to moment. Life purpose is not something I am told. Life purpose is discovery and experience of my life in this moment.   Like soul purpose, life purpose is an incredible expression of the depth and breadth of who I am as a manifested being. This is …

Read more

Gratitude for Connection not Perfection by Cheryl Marlene

Gratitude for Connection Not Perfection

As the year draws to a close, time to turn my attention towards the new year. I am beginning by first taking an attitude of gratitude to my life this past year. Thinking about what I’ve done, where I’ve traveled, friends and events along the way, I want to first remember and then I want …

Read more

Avoid the Should of Life Purpose by Cheryl Marlene

Avoid the Shoulds of Life Purpose

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about life purpose. It’s one of the main questions constantly raised in an Akashic Record Reading. When this question is asked, what I find interesting is that the response is never what is expected, but for most folks, is exactly what they need. If I boil down the difference, …

Read more

The Secret of Letting Go of Stuff by Cheryl Marlene

The Secret of Letting Go of Stuff

The Secret of Letting Go of Stuff explores the trials and triumphs of clearing life of baggage. A month ago, I gave up my garage. I have had a garage since I moved out 6 years ago. Over this period, I have whittled away at the stuff, letting go, slimming down. Three months ago, I …

Read more

Setting Intention as Spiritual Practice by Cheryl Marlene

Setting Intention as Spiritual Practice

All spiritual practice moves from and is supported by intention. This practice is a simple way to help yourself identify intention for yourself and your life. Following these steps is also a great way to take inventory of where you feel you are, what you want to let go, and where you would like to …

Read more