If we see the meaning underlying our pain or suffering, the painful situation becomes an opportunity for growth and for a positive trajectory shift in our lives.

If we can realize and appreciate that the soul is on its own evolutionary arc, it softens the criticism and negative judgment of life, rather than thinking that whatever’s happening in life shouldn’t be happening.

Everything in the universe is undergoing a growth process of evolution, learning, self-awareness, realization, and expansion. Our souls are no different.

Being in a body is the densest experience and expression of a soul. So if our souls were just existing outside of a body, the evolutionary process would be slower.

May your life be a school of mastery with continuous moments of joy along the way.

Oftentimes, challenge presents itself as a signal to make the changes necessary for a happier and more sustainable lifestyle. If we ignore the lessons of the challenge, another one will surely present itself.

Consider gratitude to be your lifeline if you feel your feet sinking into an old narrative based on victimhood.

When our traumas become our allies and our challenges become our teachers, we can be emotionally invincible.

Are you choosing a story based on an old narrative of someone else’s expectations of who they wanted you to be?

We—individually and as a culture—have an opportunity to step into a new relationship with death so we can thrive in life more freely, abundantly, and sustainably.

I foresee a big shift in the coming years around how we relate to our own deaths. As we become more present with death as a teacher and way-shower, it will invariably trigger an evolution of how well we live, individually and collectively.

What are you committing to in 2023? How are you committing yourself to it?

If we’re feeding our soul first, then the other aspects of life tend to get fed more naturally downstream.

To identify our soul-level calling, or dharma, we have to really commit to slowing down and listening.

When we’re connected to that which brings us most alive, it is a holy act of service to ourselves.

Getting intimate with our own soul implies the willingness to go into our shadow and to be in the trenches of our own healing process.

Hey Duncan Trussell! Here’s the link to the fundraiser that Cole Marta mentioned on your show. They’re ready to start treatments and we could use a bit more support from anyone who wants to pay it forward. Any donations would be greatly appreciated!! givebutter.com/CCPT-TYL

To be in touch with praise is to acknowledge its fleeting nature, and to be in touch with grief is an act of celebration of what we have loved that has been lost.

Would you love to go on a medicine pilgrimage with me to the Sacred Sites of Peru? I am very excited to be faculty with The Shift Network on what is promising to be the trip of a lifetime for those who attend. Learn more // register: tinyurl.com/yu88kh32

With more availability to the expanded perspective that sees challenges, friction, and obstacles as the very catalysts that uncover our gifts, we can actually engage with life as students and utilize everything that comes our way.