Perfectionism is not a virtue. It is a neurosis. It is an obsessive need to be perfect and to do everything perfectly even if such rectitude is not required. Perfectionists do not look for perfection – they look for the imperfection.
And they will always find it – both in themselves and . . .
Radical Manifestation: Your Weight Loss Secret Weapon
As I noted last week, when I ask “What do you want to manifest?” the first answer is usually “More money!” The second answer I hear is “Weight loss.”
People often don’t realize that manifestation is not about creating money; it’s about creating the life you want. This act . . .
Preventing Cancer with Radical Forgiveness
For the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about keeping your energy clear and your vibration high. The other benefit to this is that you may well prevent cancer from forming.
It’s not that unforgiveness causes cancer… it’s that the suppression of anger, resentment, and grief disrupts the normal operation of . . .
Heal from the Inside Out
Last week, I explored the idea that optimum health means free-flowing life-force energy. Anything causing a restriction in that flow is likely to create some kind of disease in the body. We looked at how negative thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs drag down your spirit and your energy. That’s why . . .
Wheat, Sugar and Other Addictions
Detox diets are cool right now. Gluten free, dairy free and sugar free is where it’s at, even if only exercised at a token level. Those who are serious about it say they feel better for cutting out these toxins. Maybe so.
But what about the emotional and spiritual junk you . . .
By way of preparing you for an essay about death and dying coming soon, I am sharing part of a conversation between Jack, a soul who is being prepared for his incarnation, and Harley, his Angel of Incarnation. This excerpt is taken from my eBook entitled A Radical Incarnation and . . .
Inner Child (c) 2012 Annette Wagner
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One of the victim archetypes that trap us in the past and saps our life energy is the Inner Child. This metaphor for our woundedness dresses up victim consciousness in cute baby clothes, but it does not make it any more acceptable. I’m not talking here about . . .
Most of us are afraid of our anger, or would feel ashamed if we expressed it openly, so we suppress it and pretend we don’t have it. However, that is not healthy and we need to find a way to deal with what is a very normal emotion. There is nothing bad about anger. It . . .
Last week I emphasized the need for us to feel our feelings and not deny them. This week I am outlining 10 strategies we use to avoid feelings and how to recognize them.
But initially at least, we need to recognize that such mechanisms protect us from emotional overwhelm and in that sense some of . . .
There was a time, not so long ago, when I totally bought into the idea that the only thing that stood between me and my spiritual enlightenment was the Ego. A big part of my spiritual practice for becoming enlightened was to ‘do battle’ with it. The Ego was said to be the part of . . .
