The Secret of Life Wellness: The Essential Guide to Life's Big Questions (20 page)

of you as your Higher Self.

Your soul has chosen to have different experiences in a human form in order to

expand, learn important lessons, resolve karmic energy, be of service, and evolve.

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The Soul’s Journey: Finding Our Highest Role

From years of working with people, I have realized that there are two points of view

that we can live our lives from. The first is based on safety and survival of the physical,

and the second is focused on the spiritual journey and intention of your soul.

Many people I have met live their lives largely based on survival. They are taught the

importance of having a job that is safe and pays the bills, a nice family, and a good house.

They are encouraged to please their relatives and adapt to the rules and beliefs of the

society they live in. Most have disconnected from their heart and the true desire of their

soul and have allowed predictability and the need for physical security to rule their lives.

They have forgotten to listen to their heart, to take risks, and discover their inner treasures.

This is not to say that your soul does not desire you to be safe and supported in

your life. It’s that your soul knows your true potential, abilities, and opportunities. From

your childhood, your soul tries to grab your attention by giving you creative ideas, feel-

ings of excitement, and intuitive guidance. It wants to lead you into the most exciting,

joyous, and expansive experience of your life. Your soul knows that you are an unlimited

being of light capable of great feats of courage, deep love, healing, and creativity. It rec-

ognizes your capacity for greatness and evolution. It understands that you are an

important key in the wheel of life and that your choices influence the world.

We are all like waves in the big ocean of life, affecting each other through our

thoughts, words, feelings, actions, vibrations, and interaction with each other. As tech-

nology advances, we benefit by having enhanced opportunities to touch each other’s

lives. Our highest role is to re-connect with the power of Divinity, raise our vibration,

move toward being in tune with our deepest guidance, and create a ripple effect of

healing throughout the world. Each of us has an enormous capacity to live consciously,

joyously, and abundantly, regardless of our circumstances.

Before your soul comes into the physical, it has an awareness of what you are

capable of achieving in the body you have chosen, the time you have chosen to come,

and the people who surround you. Even if it seems random to you now, your soul has

chosen this experience from a deep understanding of how everything in your life is set

up to give you the opportunity to grow, learn, and live your life’s purpose.

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Don’t Let Your Rational Mind Stop You from

Living Your Soul Purpose

The biggest thing that stops you from living your soul purpose is fear and linear think-

ing. Your soul does not function on the level of the mind. It operates on the vibrational

level of higher wisdom, feelings, sensations, and intuition. It can understand things the

rational mind does not, that everything is possible if it is in your soul path and is for

the highest good of all—even miracles!
A Course in Miracles
states that, “There is no

order of difficulty in miracles. One is not ‘harder’ or ‘bigger’ than another. They are all

the same.”14 Your soul knows that even what your mind would deem impossible is

indeed possible and can occur.

The challenge is not to overuse the mind for the matters of the heart and the soul.

This does not mean that the mind is useless. In fact, it can be extremely helpful in

understanding ideas, performing certain actions, and taking care of everyday life. The

problem occurs when the mind takes over, and you no longer feel happy, joyful, and

alive. You become a judging, controlling, doing machine, rather than a living, breathing,

evolving spirit.

Soul Communication:

How to Hear What Your Soul Is Telling You

In order to have great health, you need to learn how to communicate with your body. To

create nourishing relationships, you have to express yourself in ways others can under-

stand and that inspire them to offer you their love and support. Deep fulfillment in your

life is often tied to recognizing and achieving your soul purpose. This is the next level of

knowing yourself and strengthening your ability to commune with the Divine and to

become conscious of your internal and external guidance system.

I have had so many amazing, miraculous experiences in my life that I can’t deny I

am truly guided. I regularly ask my soul to assist me in making my dreams a reality and

to help me grow, transform, and evolve.

Most people don’t ask their hearts for what they truly desire because they are scared

that their hearts will come up with something unrealistic. However, what most people

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don’t realize is that even if you think you are too old to start dancing, acting, singing, or

pursuing some other creative venture, your soul might be guiding you to meet someone

in that singing class, dancing class, or spiritual retreat, someone who will give you the

guidance, skills, or ideas you need to move toward discovering your soul purpose.

The important thing is to listen to and follow your guidance.

When you finally decide to communicate with your soul, it will give you direction

through strong feelings, thoughts, visions, books, desires, dreams, other people, signs,

songs, teachers, and any other way that it can reach you. Your soul communicates with

you most often through feelings and sensations; for instance, your heart may beat faster,

you may feel a tingling sensation and receive an image, remember something

important, or just know what to do next.

You can also receive messages from your soul by paying attention to your heart’s

desire, intuitions, dreams, visions, and synchronicities. You may meet a person that you

have not seen for years who has an answer to a question you have; a song may come on

the radio that has a sentence you need to hear; someone may send you an email with

information you are looking for; or a book may fall off a shelf in a bookshop that has

the solution you need.

Your biggest task is to ask questions, relax, and meditate so that you can become

more sensitive to listen to and follow your soul’s guidance. Be open, pay attention, and

follow the signs. The most wonderful thing about this awareness is the knowledge that

you are loved, guided, and supported.

My Story: My Deepest Longing

Since I was a child, my deepest longing was to become an actress. When-

ever I thought about acting, my heart would beat faster, my energy would

heighten, and my passion would explode. Anyone who knew me understood

that my heart was set on being a performer.

I loved the idea of experiencing life from different perspectives and

knew that through drama, I could develop a deeper understanding of other

people, myself, and the world around me. However, when I turned fourteen,

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all the students at my school had to attend career days, where people from

different industries would share their experiences.

Whenever I mentioned what I wanted to do, I heard big sighs, before

being told that there was no work or money in acting. After a lot of discour-

agement and negativity, I decided to focus my attention on something that

could give me better job opportunities. I settled on copy writing, because it

was creative, respected, and well paid. When my mother told me she

thought I should be a pharmacist, as that seemed like a good, secure job, I

just laughed and told her that it might be her dream but was not mine.

Not long after making the decision to give up on my dream of acting, an

interesting phenomenon began to occur. I started to wake between 5 and 6

in the morning with the most overwhelming desire to act. The more I tried

to suppress it, the stronger it became. After a few months of enduring this, I

knew that I needed to do something creative to calm myself.

I decided to attend a dance class. There I met Jane, a twenty-six-year-

old medical student. Jane gave me a book titled
Born to Succeed
. This

book was my first introduction to spirituality and the idea that we are

cocreators of our dreams. Not long after I started reading this book some-

thing incredible happened. I was sitting in my study, gazing through my

window, when I had a vision. I saw myself sitting on top of a mountain

speaking to thousands of people. I experienced a deep, profound love, and

appreciation that flowed from me to them and from them to me. Even

though I could not understand the meaning of this vision, I knew that I was

receiving a message from a higher source.

The day after my vision, I woke earlier than usual with an even greater

desire to act. No matter what I tried to do during that day, I could not sup-

press it. It was as if I was having an internal battle. That night, when I came

home, I picked up
Born to Succeed
and asked my soul to show me what it

wanted me to understand. I closed my eyes, opened the book at random,

and placed my finger in the middle of a page. Opening my eyes, I read,

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“God wants you to do what you want to do.” These words touched a deep

place inside my being.

I began reflecting on the fact that I wanted to study acting from my

heart and soul, while most of my friends cringed at the idea, thinking that

to act in plays and movies would be their worst nightmare. I also realized

that my desire to act was not intellectual, and the more I tried to use my

mind to suppress it, the more my inner yearning to perform awakened.

I understood that, like most people, I had thought that I needed to please

my parents and teachers and do what they thought was the best for me.

However, in that moment I realized that my own soul and Divine Intelligence

would not give me the desire to act if it was not part of my soul purpose.

I made an instant decision to enroll myself in an acting class.

The next morning I woke, feeling lively and enthusiastic but peaceful.

I told my Mum what I wanted to do and spent the day enquiring about act-

ing classes. Deep inside, I felt that my soul was leading me to my real life’s

work. Those classes changed my life and helped prepare me for eventually

teaching people to heal and transform their lives.

From my very first acting class, I felt my soul soar, like I was given wings

to fly. Through the training, I became more mature, understanding, and

compassionate. I learned leadership qualities, decision making and, more

than anything, trust. Intuitively, I knew that in the class, I would meet the

person I needed to share my life with. Although it did not happen instantly

within a year of doing the class, I met my husband Paul.

While I did not become a traditional actress, like I had dreamed when I

was younger, following my internal guidance has led me to the most incred-

ibly rewarding work that I can do, which is to help people heal their bodies

and transform their lives. Interestingly on my journey I have hosted a televi-

sion and radio show, presented segments on different television programs,

and have been interviewed in many countries all over the world. I always

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seem to be working on interesting television and film projects. So the tele-

vision and acting training I received has definitely been helpful.

In acting classes I experienced exploration, playfulness, and fun.

Through my courses, I try to demonstrate to others that while transforma-

tion can be challenging it is also fun, joyful, and incredibly rewarding.

Soul Agreements

Soul agreements are often made by your soul before you incarnate. They can direct you

towards your soul mates, the situations you need to heal and your life purpose. Soul

agreements can also help you release or balance your karmic patterns from previous

lives as well as your current life and evolve. Certain major experiences in your life,