Is Hard Work Keeping You Stuck?


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Top consciously curated connections & posts from this week

Hey Reader,

Quick question: what's actually driving you right now?
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Fear?

Passion?

Or something truer underneath?

This week's issue kept circling back to that. A Vedic framework for wiser choices. A curandera who heals like a gardener. Why hard work might be the very thing keeping you stuck. And a nudge to walk right up to what scares you. Grab your pumpkin spice latte, now that it's that warm and yummy time of year, and click the one that tugs at you first.

That tug is your answer.

Consciously Curated for Your Awakenings 💫

✨ How Does Anything Actually Come About in the Universe?

Dr. David R. Hawkins pictures your spirit as a speck of dust in a vast field. Every choice you make sets its charge, and that charge decides where it drifts, in this life and beyond. A short clip from his 2002 lecture on causality that will rearrange how you see karma.
​DIVINE NUDGES
with Dr. David R. Hawkins

🌙 What If Hard Work Is the Very Thing Keeping You Stuck?

I once ran a Nantucket restaurant on 20-hour days and called it success. It emptied me out. This post unpacks what feminine energy really is (hint: not a gender trait), the signs you're out of balance, and the 2-minute practice I use to shift out of doing-mode.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Spotlight Member of the Week

🌀 Is Your Next Breakthrough Hiding in Your Body, Not Your Head?

Meet Lauryn Lavandula, founder of Arise Alchemy in Bend, Oregon. Since 2014 she has helped women step into their feminine power by weaving somatic embodiment, energy work, sound healing, dance, and grounded spirituality. One client says she has the biggest toolkit of any guide they've worked with for shifting a pattern in a moment. Another says she cares deeply and isn't afraid to challenge you. One-on-one sessions, retreats, and mentoring for emerging healers.

🕊️ Was That Nudge Really Just a Coincidence?

Marie Manuchehri, RN, discovered she was a medium while working as an oncology nurse. Her 7-module self-paced course teaches beginners to recognize the signs they're already receiving and translate them with confidence. No experience needed. Lifetime access.

ONLINE COURSE: MEDIUMSHIP

🧠 Is Your Brain Working Harder Than It Needs To?

Jim Kwik studied so hard in college that he passed out and fell down a flight of stairs. Recovering, he realized school taught him what to learn, never how. His free 5-minute training shows what your brain can do when it stops grinding and starts learning smarter.
​SELF-HELP TOOL FOR TRANSFORMATION

🦁 What Really Happens When You
Do the Thing That Scares You?
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Walking straight through fear might be more than brave. Doing something you're afraid of, practiced on purpose, has been calibrated as a spiritual practice, and the result says a lot about where courage lives. Plus the hidden link between fear and guilt.

Here's my challenge for you this week: pick one thing you've been forcing and let it breathe.

Or pick one thing you've been avoiding and walk straight toward it.

Either way, you'll learn what's really running the show.

If Adriana's replay is calling you (see banner below), it closes Tuesday, so don't wait.

Know someone running on empty? Forward this their way. Then hit reply and tell me which one you chose. I read every single one.

Liz Gracia
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Founder & Editor-in-Chief
​TheMindBodySpiritNetwork.com​

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Podcast Host of The Awakening Quest: 1001 Ways to True Power & Conscious Elevated Living​

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