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Five Tips to Help Consciously Embrace Those Pivotal Moments in Life

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I’m thinking today of a pivotal moment in my life.  Some of my most profound pivotal moments, I  experienced in seemingly subtle moments of my life.

I was in a high school philosophy class discussing the existence of God.  It was at a point that I was struggling with the God that was presented to me in my church upbringing and I was uncertain what I believed, at the same time I knew that I felt better when I was connected to a higher source.  Suddenly it became clear to me.

I said “It really does not matter whether there is a God or not because at the end of my life there either will be something more or their will not.  So I am choosing to live my life with the beliefs that make me feel good while I am alive!”

That was such an important moment in my life because it allowed me to set aside the debate and explore the enchantment…which of course is exactly what brought me to where I am today!

We often think of Pivotal Moments as large life changing events such as going to college, marriage, giving birth, or the death of a loved one.  In fact these events do change our lives significantly but each of these events is created from a series of smaller moments that often go unobserved.

It is our internal response to specific moments that can shift us profoundly.

Another example of this for me occurred when I was in college.

I was a Syracuse University exchange Student in London the semester leading up to the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.  Many of my friends and most of my fellow students were on the plane that went down just before Christmas.  As defining as this event was to me, it was a few weeks later in the quiet of the night that I experienced a pivotal moment that would change my life.

Attending a memorial service for my friend Lindsey in Baltimore, I spent the weekend with her family.  They of course were anxious to hear about the last six months of her life as back then overseas communication was limited so they knew very little about her last moments on earth.  After an evening of sharing memories with them… being in a sense the voice of their daughter/sister, I said good night.  Shortly after sliding into the bed, in that dreamy state just before sleep, I was startled by a vision of Lindsey sitting on the bed with me.  This was my first experience seeing and hearing a loved one after death.  I was of course a bit uneasy at first but her love and friendship soothed me.  She shared with me a message she needed her family to hear and in the morning I told her family about the experience.  They were both open and grateful to hear of her peace.  This pivotal moment sent me on a journey of exploration and mastery that led to my life as a Spiritual Seer, Teacher and Author.

Consciously embracing the pivotal moments in our lives can profoundly impact our ability to create a fulfilling life.

Here are a few tips to consciously embracing  pivotal moments …

Silence~ Whether it is meditation, going for a walk or washing the dishes, give yourself at least a few minutes every day to be in silence.  In silence you will naturally review the day and become aware of the subtler moments of insight.
Journal~ Write down your thoughts even before they are fully formed.  Clarity often comes when we begin to put words to our thoughts.
Mantra~ Make “I Chose Love Over Fear” your daily mantra.  Tape it to your mirror, your steering wheel, your desk, so that  you remember to interpret the moments in your life from a base of Love.
Seek the Subtle~ Look beyond the large defining moments of your life to the smaller subtler aspects that surround them. Sometimes we focus so much on the story lines of our lives that we miss the transforming opportunities in front of us.
Be Present~If you are worrying about the future or longing for the past you will miss the miracles of the moment.  Practice staying focused and present in each moment.  Being in the moment allows you to embrace these pivotal moments when they present themselves.

Are you familiar with the website Tiny Buddha?  On it you’ll find a wonderful blog with more tips for managing change.

What Pivotal Moments have you experienced in your life:  Were they Subtle or Bold?  How have they influenced your life path?

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Sheila Applegate

 

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.” Sheila is currently offering this giveaway, a $200 value.

LOVE’S DESIRE: a Poem for My Twin Flame

LOVE’S DESIRE

Crystal Clear My Vision is.

Once Clouded by Desire’s Mist.

Love Beyond Form I promised you

Then Abandoned Myself in

Desire of That Love’s Potential.

Tasting the salt on my lips…

I wipe the Tears from My Eyes

Opening my Heart to Love Us Both.

Not What We Could Be

But Who We are.

This Love Flows once again

As Strong and Wide as the Ocean’s

Deep Blue Embrace…

Love Beyond Form I Promise You

This  Love Never Ends.

By Sheila Applegate (2008)

This  poem was written in the year following my twin flame‘s death. It speaks of surrendering into love that is beyond all of our earthly limitations and desires, trusting in the eternity of our union and welcoming the new form of partnership that follows earthly death.

You can read more about Twin Flames here:

Introduction to Twin Souls and Soulmates

Twin Flames, Soulmates & Oneness

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Sheila Applegate

 

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.” Sheila is currently offering this giveaway, a $200 value.

Book Review: Inferno by Dan Brown

Last week I had the honor of being present at the Lincoln Center for Dan Brown‘s celebration to release his newest novel “Inferno“.

Dan Brown has been an inspiration to me for years.  His novels always seem to expand my  understandings and help me to bring words to the very things that I am processing at the time.

Even though I am very public with the messages that I bring forth from Spirit, behind the scenes,  I am always exploring a deeper layer of understanding and Oneness that is in a space where my words are not yet ripe.  Dan’s novels seem to ripen my words, leaving me with the feeling that we are drawing from the same source. Inferno is no exception.

To be honest I never even gave a thought to what this book would be about.  Not for a second did I even think of the title and what it would infer.  Not until Dan began to describe his past three years in hell!  Of course!  Inferno is based on the Dante’s Inferno, reaching Paradise after going into the 7 layers of hell.

I have spent the past few years exploring the darkness as a gateway to Oneness.  As my friend says “I sit in the darkness but it is the light that I wield.”  I believe that to truly embody Oneness is to remember that Nothing  is outside of Oneness.  If Oneness truly is All that Is, then this must include everything.  Even those darker shades of grey that frighten us.  So I have spent countless hours in meditation guiding the “underworld” energies into the remembrance of Oneness – transforming the shades of murky grey into bright Pristine Black and silver.

A few weeks ago Spirit indicated to me that my work with this is complete and that I would soon read a book that would ripen my words.

As I sat in the Lincoln Center adorned with my  favorite Lapis Luzuli necklace I smiled because believe it or not, I never even considered the obvious.

My favorite Lapis Luzuli necklace

The book I was waiting for was in fact the Inferno by Dan Brown.  My smile turned to chills when I got home and read on the first page of Inferno, “An amulet of Lapis Lazuli hung around her neck”

We really are all connected, bringing forth our understandings from a single source of pure creation.

I finished  reading Inferno last night.  Once again, Dan did an amazing job of creating a layered adventure that expands our thinking… I will be processing for a while… right now the three things most on my mind after reading Inferno are…..

What we all REALLY want it to be understood.
Perhaps one of the most important tasks in front of us as a human race is overcoming our fear of Death.
Human’s have an innate drive to procreate. It is time to transform that drive into a desire to co-create.

Give me a couple days to process and I will write a blog post on each thought!

Have YOU read Inferno yet?  I would love to know what you think of the book…please feel free to comment below.

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Sheila Applegate

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.” Sheila is currently offering this giveaway, a $200 value.

Save the Date: July 16th Sheila Applegate is Reading at Barnes & Noble in Dewitt, NY

I love to go to Barnes & Noble.  It is one of my favorite places.  I touch books, flip through them… feel their energy.  I can be in there for hours drinking a Toffee Nut Latte and getting lost in the vibration of all the beautiful books.  My kids love the book store just as much as I do; spending time there is actually one of our favorite family activities.  In fact I took my son to LA a couple years ago and we basically toured various B&Ns the whole trip!

So you can imagine how excited I was to see copies of my book in the Spiritual section of our local Barnes & Noble.  I am even more excited to ask you to save the date for my own appearance there!  So mark your calendar…

I will be at the DeWitt (NY) Barnes and Noble on July 16 at 7pm for an Enchanted One book discussion and signing.  Please come!  Grab your favorite Starbucks beverage and prepare to be Enchanted.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Sheila Applegate

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.“  Sheila is currently offering this giveaway, a $200 value.

Save the Date: Sheila Applegate Reading at Barnes & Noble

I love to go to Barnes & Noble.  It is one of my favorite places.  I touch books, flip through them… feel their energy.  I can be in there for hours drinking a Toffee Nut Latte and getting lost in the vibration of all the beautiful books.  My kids love the book store just as much as I do; spending time there is actually one of our favorite family activities.  In fact I took my son to LA a couple years ago and we basically toured various B&Ns the whole trip!

So you can imagine how excited I was to see copies of my book in the Spiritual section of our local Barnes & Noble.  I am even more excited to ask you to save the date for my own appearance there!  So mark your calendar…

I will be at the DeWitt (NY) Barnes and Noble on July 16 at 7pm for an Enchanted One book discussion and signing.  Please come!  Grab your favorite Starbucks beverage and prepare to be Enchanted.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Sheila Applegate

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.“  Sheila is currently offering this giveaway, a $200 value.

Free Offer: If YOU WIN, Which of the Spiritual Guidance Sessions Will You Choose?

Welcome; I’m so pleased you’ve stopped by! Not only am I offering this contest to win either a FREE Spiritual Guidance Session with me, a $200 value, or a copy of my book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, but I am also offering you an opportunity to explore this Portal to Love I’ve created just for you!

I have been working behind the scenes for months in order to create a new Vibrant Portal To Love Membership website that I know  you will absolutely love.  It is ready now and I am excited to share it with you!  So here is my other FREE OFFER: I am so sure that you are going to LOVE this membership site that I am offering you the FIRST MONTH FREE with NO OBLIGATION.  Join me and begin a spiritual journey of your own with the understanding that if you’re not touched by the experience, you can cancel at any time.

In the meantime, here’s an opportunity to create a little luck for yourself:

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Free Offer: Open Your Heart to This Portal of Love

There is a huge Shift happening in our world NOW and it brings us a VIBRANT NEW EARTH!  We are waking to a renewed understanding of Oneness and a strong reminder that we are all connected.  We are expanding from an intellectual understanding and remembrance to head/heart-centered understanding that allows us to both know and feel the truth of this Shift on an individual and global level.

Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest.  In this space you are capable of embracing your relationships, family, finances, careers and most importantly – your spiritual journey with passion and unconditional love, bringing about a state of pure joy on earth.

The most meaningful way for me to share this journey with you is through my Enchanted One ~ Portal to Love Membership Program.  I have been working behind the scenes for months in order to create a new Vibrant Portal To Love Membership website that I know will absolutely love.  It is ready now and I am excited to share it with you!

In this program I offer you my latest thoughts and insights.  I will reach my hand out to meet you where you are and gently guide you to the life of love and joy that you are seeking.

With The Portal To Love Membership you will receive personalized guidance and direct contact with me on an ongoing basis.  Including a LIVE monthly class, weekly guided meditations, frequent recordings of  NEW Channeled Messages that include Insights into Current Energy Waves effecting your daily life.  You will also have the opportunity to connect personally with heart centered people from around the world!

Best of all it is at your fingertips for you to access whenever you need it.

Imagine having access to this guidance 24-7 for as little as $12 a month!

It is with much gratitude that I invite you to enjoy this New and Vibrant Portal To Love Membership program.  I am so sure that you are going to LOVE this membership site that I am offering you the FIRST MONTH FREE with NO OBLIGATION.

There is so much to explore in the Portal To Love!

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Sheila Applegate

 

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love , provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. “Moving into a harmonic union between your heart and mind allows you to embrace life to its fullest. Let me show you how…” http://ht.ly/lb8Kv

Celebrating a Room Full of Sisters

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Sheila Applegate in a “Room Full of Sisters”

Room Full Of Sisters by Mona Lake Jones

A room full of sisters like jewels in a crown

Vanilla, Cinnamon and Dark Chocolate Brown

Now picture yourself in the mist of this glory

As I describe the sisters who are a part of this story…..

 

In 1994, my dear friend Melina Carnicelli, was so inspired by this poem that she gathered a group of friends together for a luncheon to celebrate the sisterhood of All Women.  That year Melina expected a group of about 20 but over 90 women showed up.  Melina knew that she had stumbled onto something special.  The Room Full of Sisters became an annual event in Auburn, New York.

Melina says that through Room Full of Sisters she creates “a container to hold all of who we are.”

This is exactly what happens at this annual luncheon!  I have had the honor of celebrating the joys of sisterhood with thousands of women over the past 10 years that I have participated.  The day includes guest speakers, book signings, shopping, networking and celebration.  Mona Lake Jones often attends to read the poem that inspired this event and my dear sisters in Spirit, the Shenandoah Trio offer the gift of music.

For me, A Room Full of Sisters has also become a special day of sharing with my daughter who has attended with me each year since she was seven!  This year I overheard several people tell her that they recognized her as the host of Our Voice Now Humanity’s Team radio.  I smiled knowing that it is events like these that inspired her to share her voice with the world at such a young age.

 

Sometimes remembering to Celebrate our Unity is one of the greatest gifts we offer each other. The creativity and passion that is inspired at events like these allow new and vibrant projects to grow. What part of your work feels like a celebration to you? What creative ideas have come from these moments of celebration?

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Sheila Applegate

 

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. www.sheilaapplegate.com

A Key to Manifesting the Life You Desire: Your Smile

Smile and the world smiles with you!

I believe there are three key elements to successfully manifesting the life you desire. I’ve written about this before in a guest post on Dr. Rob Kiltz’s great blog mind-body-smile :0 but I would like to take a moment today to focus on one of the key elements: YOUR SMILE.

Last summer I went out with a group of friends. There was a man with us whom I met for the first time that night. He smiled the entire night. Every time I looked at him he was smiling. He smiled when he spoke about his work. He smiled when he listened to other people speak. He simply smiled, taking in every moment with pure joy.  It has been nearly a year since that night. As I write this I realize that I have not seen him since then. Yet I consider him a friend simply because his smile reflected a joy for life that I resonated so deeply with.

Another example of the power of a smile is found in His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. Spending a couple days in his presence last fall, I have to say that one of the most powerful gift he offers the world is the pure healing  joy of his smile and his laughter. Over the course of the two days, he said a lot of profound and beautiful words but the greatest impact he had was when he simply smiled. When that smile turned to laughter the power of his joy penetrated even more deeply into the hearts of his listeners.

So what does the power of a smile have to do with manifesting the life you desire?

Emotion is a key element in manifesting your intentions. The power of your emotions is even greater than that of your mind. This is why sometimes no matter how much you focus your attention on creating a certain outcome the opposite sometimes happens. It is almost impossible to lie to your inner self. So if you insist with your mind that you believe something to be true but your emotional self is not feeling it, the mind sends out mixed messages and either creates an expression of these confused messages or says to the universe “I will just wait until we figure it out” and nothing happens!

So to fully access the power of intention, you must explore, understand and master your emotions. In my book Enchanted One: The Portal To Love I help readers to understand and embrace their emotions. Embracing and mastering your emotions, including your fear, anger and jealousy, allows you to bring your mind and heart into alignment. The power of the harmonic union of mind and emotion is so strong that once you have done this you will begin to see your dreams and desires becoming reality in no time at all!

A smile is the reflection of an emotional reaction of Joy.  Find reasons to smile more often and you’ll begin to feel its power.  It will do you a world of good!

So I’m curious.  Tell me about the power of your smile.  Have you had an experience where your smile, or lack thereof, made a difference in a specific moment in your life?

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Sheila Applegate

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. www.sheilaapplegate.com

Spring Cleaning: Five Simple Ideas to Use the Natural Energy of April’s Showers to Support You in Cleansing Your Emotions

Thank you to Thrive CNY, the magazine with “A healthy spin on life” for publishing my article “April Showers Bring May Flowers” in the April 2013 edition. The following post is an excerpt from that article (see pages 24-25).  You can find the magazine on news stands in CNY or view it online here.

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It’s April…and not a moment too soon!

Open the windows. Let the air flow in. Sunlight is calling us outside for bike rides and walks. We feel the stirring desire to clean out closets. This instinctual urge for an April cleanse ties us into nature at the deepest level. I bet the animals waking from their winter hibernation get the same urges.

But we are human. There is more to us than the desire for a clean home. We feel a sense of hope for what is to come and we long to prepare the space to welcome our new adventures.

This year as you begin your spring-cleaning, consider taking this process to a deeper level by cleansing your emotional body as well. Emotional health is the well-spring to a happy life.

Here are five simple ideas to get you started:

Clean out your closet: When you throw out the stained sweater or outdated tool from your closet, imagine that you are also releasing suppressed feelings, old resentments and emotional wounds that you have held on to for too long.
Take a bath : In poetry, water is often a metaphor for emotion. In life, water often acts as a conduit for emotional release. Take time out of your busy schedule and fill your bath tub. Let the soap and water do the work. Simply be willing to release any emotions that no longer serve you… finding your way back to the restful relaxed state that you haven’t felt in far too long.
Go for a walk: The energy of our world at this time of year supports us in feeling a deep release and hope of something new. Allow nature to support you. Go for a walk in the woods. Feel nature’s embrace. See the melting away of the old and the birthing of the new. Remember that you are a part of nature. It is your natural way to be supported in your growth.
Write a letter : Now that you have let your thoughts rest into the emotions you have suppressed in the past, you may find your mind begin to spin with resentments of unspoken words. Allow yourself to experience these thoughts. Take a moment to write a letter… Perhaps once you write the letter of unspoken words, you will wish to shred it or burn it as a symbol that this no longer has power over you.
Visualize: Sometimes the heart needs to cleanse beyond what the mind understands. Visualizations allow us to do this. Imagine yourself in a beautiful ocean. Feel the ocean waves rushing over you. Perhaps in the beginning it is a little turbulent as you get used to the rhythm. With time you are simply floating in the ocean, letting the waves support you. The waves represent emotions and this visualization supports you in letting emotions flow through you rather than suppressing or resisting them. Once you have relaxed into the rhythm of the ocean waves, see yourself emerging from the water to bask in the sunlight…the whole point of cleansing these emotions is to create space for the NEW beautiful emotions of joy, passion and love to fill your heart.

Once your house is clean, your heart is clean and your  mind is clean, you are ready to embrace this new vibrant season of renewal!

What ideas and tips do you have for cleansing old worn out emotions? Do you have any spring rituals to help you do just that? My readers and I would love it if you’d share your comments below.

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Sheila Applegate

As a clinical therapist, motivational presenter, author & teacher, Sheila’s passion is to provide a forum for people to process emotion & integrate spiritual understanding into their daily lives. Her new book, Enchanted One: The Portal to Love, provides readers with a guide to embracing love in every moment. www.sheilaapplegate.com