How are you doing my friend?

I've been experiencing waves of shock, fear and grief

witnessing the gravity of what is unfolding here in the USA.

It feels surreal and at times, unbearable.

I find comfort in this Ram Dass quote, "The only thing left to a fully realized being is infinite, unbearable compassion."

While I don't claim to be a fully realized being, I suspect I'm on the 'Woker' side of the spectrum. It is heartbreaking to watch the retribution, chaos and cruelty erupting deliberately and daily.

I want to tell the world, I'm so sorry.

I didn't vote for this.

77% of our country did not vote for this.

Many of us warned of the dangers and destruction a second

Trump presidency would bring.

Now, sadly, we are here.

It has taken time to find my center.

I am still wobbly, but I have a daily practice that is helping.

I am doing inner counseling sessions using Voice Dialogue to converse with my Conscious self, Inner Child, Higher Self, and other parts needing expression. I learned this technique in Grad school at USM 30 years ago.

It changed my life.

Did you know you have a Wise Inner Counselor inside?

Also known as our Higher Self, Higher Power, Authentic Self, Soul.

In my practice, I asked my Higher Self what I could do to help in these deeply unsettling circumstances, and the answer came:

Teri Jo, do the things you LOVE.

You have specific gifts you were both born with and have cultivated.

You did all of that inner work and study for this very moment in history.

SHARE YOUR GIFTS openly and abundantly.

Now is the time!

This was a relief, as I realized there are so many like-hearted Souls, so many kindred Spirits who came to Earth School for this very Now.

Each of us has come with unique and much-needed gifts to share.

We came to illuminate the darkness.

My teachers often said it would only take 10% of us to Awaken the planet. There are way more than 10% on the higher end of the 'Woke' spectrum.

Now is our time to shine!

So, in answer to the question,

What can we do?

Consider tuning into what is natural for you, what you are good at.

Your gifts are things you LOVE doing that bring Light and levity to others.

We have no shortage of gifts and an abundance of loving to share.

These are my five favorite gifts...

1) Loving & Being of Service

~Volunteering with heartfelt organizations and projects

(see Freedom to Choose video below)

~Staying close with like-hearted Souls

~Continuing with my MSIA Ministry

~Supporting my elderly neighbors

~Doing random acts of kindness

~Speaking up with intention

~Holding Sacred Space

2) Soul-centered Coaching & Teaching

~I am relaunching my Soul-centered Coaching practice, and will be

offering 3 and 6 month 1-to-1 coaching programs in March.

~In April, I am leading Spirit of Women at the Spiritual Center of the Desert. Topic: Wholly Trinity: Embracing Your Inner Family (Mind, Heart & Soul)

~I will be starting up complimentary Zoom Gatherings again.

This new series will be called, 'SOUL Call' and will meet monthly.

Stay tuned for details on these offerings.

3) Writing & Expressing

I just started writing on Substack, yay!

Here is my first post Dear Family

And a second Time to Answer the Call

And third Taming Your Inner Trump Tyrant

(You are the first to know about this and I'd love if you subscribed)

4) Healing & Growing Spiritually

~Counseling 3-4 times a month with fellow USM friends.

~Attending services and classes at Spiritual Center of the Desert.

~Studying for a Doctorate in Spiritual Science (started September 2024)

~Jeffrey's Morgan's Weekly Connect Zooms are super supportive!

5) Decluttering & Organizing

~Decluttering & Organizing for clients brings me great joy!

Guess who's going to Kona, Hawaii next week to work with a client?

Yep, me... Yippee!

Sharing your gifts is a powerful SOULution!

YOU are the ONE being called.

Now is your time!

I would love to hear from you!

Email me back and let me know...

1) How are you with what is happening?

2) What SOULutions are you finding helpful?

3) What is one or more gifts that you came to share?

I cherish our connection and look forward to hearing news.

Happy Black History Month!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us,

"Love is the greatest force in the universe."

Be that LOVE!

It's what YOU are made of!

In unbearable compassion and infinite loving,

Teri Jo

The meaning of life is to find your gift.

The purpose of life is to give it away. 

~Pablo Picasso

YOUTUBE: Freedom to Choose Project

(Me and friends share about the gifts of healing in Prison)

Whatever is currently happening to humanity, it is happening to all of us. 

No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world.

~Alice Walker

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - always.

~Mahatma Gandhi

The ORGANIZED Corner

Get your important Documents in order!

I created something called a Grab & Go Zip File for myself and clients.

It's a file that can be grabbed quickly that contains all essential documents: Health Care Directive, Will, Deeds, Titles, Passwords, Copies of Bank Accounts and Credit Cards, Passwords, Passport, Marriage Certificate, etc.

TIP: If you're a homeowner, make sure to put your assets and properties into a Trust so your family doesn't have to go through the nightmare of Probate.

If you need support setting this Grab & Go File up, let's talk.

Email me here to book your free Virtual Consultation.

So many people want to know why we are here. If the answer lay in the mind, the engineers would have figured it out and would be our spiritual leaders.

If having power in the world was the answer, then the politicians would be

our enlightened guides. If the answer is found in fame and glamour, then

our celebrities would offer us much more than publicity and good looks.

Our true leaders are those who look at life in a radically different way.

They know that love is the radical solution. It's radical because most of us

don't approach life that way. For the most part, we approach life reactively, trying to control rather than letting go. The answer is that out of God come all things, that God loves all of its creation, and that not one Soul will be lost.

This is the context for living a life without fear or worry. As you integrate these truths into yourself, you will let go and relax into the arms of the Beloved.

~John-Roger

YOUTUBE: Let the Whole World Break Your Heart (6 minutes)

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break.

And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.

So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.

~L.R. Knost 

Inspirational Soul for February:

All

Black

Americans

Thank you for Being so Beautifully YOU!

I Love You!

Never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. 

~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

YOUTUBE: Final Speech by MLK Jr. (10 minutes)

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality... Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality. We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

~William Faulkner

Movie Rec: 'The Six Triple Eight'

When people are financially invested, they want a return. 

When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. 

~Simon Sinek

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Well, I don’t know what will happen now; we’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life—longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so I’m happy tonight; I’m not worried about anything; I’m not fearing any man.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

April 3 1968, the night before he was assassinated

Song 4 You: 'The Journey' by H.E.R.

A new commandment I give you: Love one another.

As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you love one another. ~Jesus at the Last Supper

John 13:34-35