What It Means to Do Your “Work”

I often talk about doing your “work” and lately I’ve attempted to clarify this further by expanding it to, “doing your emotional and spiritual work”. But even that can leave many wondering what in the hell I’m actually talking about.

For most of my life I didn’t even possess the awareness that there was anything emotional or spiritual for me to “do”. I sincerely and quite ignorantly believed that what was in front of me and what was happening in my life was the fullness of reality and that I was just fine, thank you very much, it was simply everyone else around me who needed to change.

Oh, so cute Heather.

And, oh so incorrect.

When I shockingly realized that it was I who had a gargantuan amount of emotional clean-up to do (I could blame mom and dad here but since I chose them as my parents before I incarnated and therefore knew in some capacity the shit-show they were going to provide me with, I’ll just pat myself on the back for a job well done.), I dove in but spent many years spinning my wheels because I didn’t understand what doing my “work” really meant.

No one should have to suffer unnecessarily like this. I spent 10 years in therapy going over and over and over my story with very little progress. That’s not fair to anyone. But it wasn’t anyone’s fault, we (myself and the therapists I worked with over the years) didn’t fully “get” what doing one’s “work” really was and how to do so in a way that allowed me to move or evolve forward.

What I’ve realized from this Spirit-led journey is that while I might have initially thought that I was here on planet Earth to work a job and have relationships and enjoy some high-drama, that’s minuscule when it comes to what being a human being – or a Spirit in a body as the JOGs call us – is all about.

What we’re really here to “do” is:

Uncover why that person/situation/experience makes us want to scream at the top of our lungs.
Love ourselves – including our gorgeous bodies – unconditionally.
Extend this beautiful, Divine love to others while still holding boundaries for our Highest unfolding.
Create a strong relationship with our body – knowing that every dis-ease/symptom is a call from the deeper part of ourselves to be more of who we really are, and then take action accordingly.
Allow our sexual energy to take us deeper into One-ness consciousness. For those called, to come together with the Love of their Life and merge with One-ness consciousness at new levels through sexual intimacy.
Give our Soul’s deepest and Highest gift as our “job” or “work” in the world and live a rich, abundant life as we give that gift.
Develop a strong relationship with our Spirit Team and co-create the Magic that we agreed to (& more!) before we incarnated.
Understand that everything happening “out there” that we feel a strong response to is an opportunity to evolve ourselves forward in new ways.
Treat every situation, person and occurrence in our life as communication from Source/Spirit (it is), leaning in and asking curiously, “I wonder what Magic is here for me?”

To sum all of this up, we came here to live a life of Magic. We came here to bust out of the illusion that anything is happening to us or against us or that “bad” things are ever occurring. We came to wake up from the illusion that there’s anything to “get” and to surrender to the knowing that there’s a Higher order overseeing our lives and the sooner we align with that and “work” with it, that’s when our life will become really, really good – like beyond your wildest dreams good.

So how do we “do” this?

This is when I would say, “start by doing your emotional and spiritual work”. Which does not sound as sexy as living a life of Magic. So let’s keep it sexy…

Below is what to “do” to live a life of Magic (aka do your “work”):

Call in a spiritual teacher, guide, mentor, or practitioner to support you/cheer you on/uplift you/encourage you in establishing a deep connection to who you really are (Higher Self) and Source (Higher Power) and if you feel the call also to your Guides & Angels of the Highest Light (Spirit Team). And when I say “call in” I mean, you can literally shout or whisper from your couch or in my case the kitchen table, “Okay, I’m ready – send me a teacher/guide for my Life of Magic!” Then, follow every email, dream, thought pop-in, social media news-feed item that comes in and “investigate” the possibilities. This teacher/guide must feel like a Soul match. You must feel a deep “yes” inside of yourself to their work. Then, immerse yourself in it.
Receive consistent energetic clearing work quantum physics style to release old thought-forms, limiting beliefs, fears and traumas that may be holding you back from your magnificence. It is incredibly important that you do not let ANYONE into your energetic field (or body for that matter) unless you feel a Soul resonance with them and trust them completely. You do not want someone who is not fully doing their work in your field or body. Trust me on this one, I have experience in this department. I used to let anyone “do” sessions on me. Early on when I was a walking shit-show, that was fine. But over time as I became more Light, more clear, more aligned, allowing people in my field that were not of the Highest Light for me was not to my benefit.
Meditate everyday for 11 minutes minimum. Put on guided meditations or silent or join a meditation group or all of the above. Just sit your ass down and meditate. Don’t expect your mind to be quiet or some mystical experience to happen straight out the gate. It’s like exercise – consistency is everything. So be consistent and you will discover that meditation is more important to you than your daily cup of coffee or whatever you think you can’t currently live without.
Care about the thoughts you think and the aspects of life you focus on. Keep your focus on what uplifts you as much as possible. The one difference I’ve seen between people who live a joyous, abundant life and those who don’t is this: what they think about and focus on determines their reality. Shitty life = shitty thinking. Awesome life = awesome thinking.

And that’s it.

Really and truly, the above 4 aspects can keep you “busy” for many, many lifetimes.

You are a powerful, Divine being and you have LIFETIMES of awesome that you are here to evolve forward. You have so much Love and passion and goodness to share in your relationships and through your gifts. Life and your body is bringing to you in every moment opportunities to know yourself and the nature of life in deeper and more abundant ways.

AND, there’s all of this delicious food to eat and aligned entertainment to enjoy and don’t even get me started about nature or all of the other beautiful people out there to learn about and know and feel.

If every person on the planet did the above 4 things in addition to just flat-out enjoying their unfolding and made that the central focus of their life, while letting the earlier bulleted list be their guide about what life is really about – there would be more peace and Love and Joy than we can currently comprehend.

So, let’s get to it, shall we?

And now for future reference, you know exactly what I mean when I say or write about “doing your work”.

In love,