The Link Between Anxiety and Honesty

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

At first glance, it might seem like honesty has nothing to do with anxiety. But if we look a bit deeper, being hard core honest is how we reclaim the Self we never lost. According to A Course in Miracles, honesty means consistency. Internal consistency calls forth...

Healing Hidden Beliefs

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

“What is healing but the removal of all that stands in the way of knowledge?” – A Course in Miracles Healing happens as we bring our fearful perceptions and beliefs to our Inner Teacher and allow them to be exchanged for the experience of Love that...

Why you don’t have to be afraid of an “ego backlash”

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

I used to get really freaked out that the more I turn to love, the more the ego is going to roar at me and whip me back into its little place. Many students of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) talk about the “ego backlash,” for the Course addresses that the ego (which is...

9 Days of Silence: Just Me, Spirit, and the Present Moment

Anxiety, Mindfulness

I never thought I could survive a 9-day silent mindfulness meditation retreat. Nine days seemed like a whole different ball game compared to the shorter 5-day silent retreats I had previously attended. But when I felt the calling for 9-days, suddenly it felt do-able....

There is no better feeling than releasing fear

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

There is no better feeling than releasing fear. Each time I allow fear in my own mind to be replaced by Love, I am one step closer to knowing my Self. My sense of inner peace strengthens. A sense of safety and security wells up in me, which tells me there is nothing...

Are you listening to the ego or Spirit? Here’s why you don’t have to worry about figuring it out…

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

I am often asked the question, “How do I know if I’m making a decision for ego purposes vs. if I am making the decision with the Holy Spirit?” My answer: “You don’t have to worry about figuring it out.” Here’s why. As long as...

Transforming fear into a Witness for Light

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

“Children of Light, you know not that the light is in you. Yet you will find it through its witnesses, for having GIVEN light to them they will return it.” – A Course in Miracles Sparkle Edition p. 296 Lately, I’ve been shown multiple instances of the truth of...

Vacillating between the ego’s “gifts” and Spirit’s Joy

Anxiety, Healings

For a period of about two weeks, I found that I was being visited by old tempting thoughts from the ego. In an addictive, almost seductive manner, the ego repeatedly offered me the following old thoughts that I used to really struggle with: “What does this physical...

The True Antidote for Low Self-Worth

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

If you ever struggle with feeling like you’re not good enough, you’re not alone. Most everyone has felt some form of inadequacy at some point in their lives. It comes with the territory of being primarily identified as a body – a separate, personal self (aka...

Drop beneath your problem

Anxiety, Mindfulness

I was recently stuck on a perceived problem that I could not let go of. My mind would think about potential solutions from every angle, each solution bringing positives and negatives. I knew I needed to let this problem go. I’d find my willingness to see the problem...

Karmafest Winter Lecture Series and Show 2014

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

According to “A Course in Miracles,” our “Inner Teacher” is the part of our mind that has not forgotten the truth of who we really are (Love). As our trust in our Inner Teacher grows, anxiety fades. In this excerpt from my talk about “How...

Popular phrases that mask our fear of Love… Reinterpreted!

Anxiety, Healings

This quote from “A Course in Miracles” (ACIM) has always brought me a lot of comfort: “Discomfort is aroused only to bring the need for correction into awareness.” FIP T-2.V.7 It helped me see a purpose to my overwhelming feelings of anxiety… anxiety was...