GETTING ALONG WITH YOURSELF SO YOU CAN GET ALONG WITH OTHERS
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How you get along with yourself is a reflection of how you get along with others. How you treat yourself is a reflection of how you treat others. Are you your best friend and ally? What are the sources of unrest that make inner peace seem impossible, and how can we rise above it all? Whether it is lack of peace with ourselves and others driven by pride, competition, envy, selfishness and ambition, this unrest may result in fragmented lives with unhappiness, struggle and dissatisfaction. True contentment is coming from a place of peace and rest by tapping into the inner wellspring of...
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OVERCOMING LIFE'S TRIALS: FOUR PILLARS OF SPIRITUAL RESILIENCE
Love Light
How can we overcome adversity? How can we adapt to constant change and uncertainty? Spiritual resilience sustains us during challenging times by relying on internal and external resources. The remedy for life challenges is always available and readily accessible by realizing our innate power to overcome obstacles. We can build spiritual resilience through the four pillars of joyful surrender, true grace, divine love and a spirit of gratitude. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each of the 4 pillars. We often feel burdened and powerless over what appears to be insurmountable challenges. When we gladly...
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LOVING YOURSELF IS LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE
Love Light
What does your best life look like? What does it feel life? What's holding you back? These are questions for gentle self-reflection to guage where you are currently in your life and discern if you are living or just existing. Dr. Jean Marie shares 7 Keys for Living Your Best Life: Be mindfully present, Make responsible choices, Continue to grow and serve, Enjoy simple pleasures, Appreciate what you have now, Live without regrets, and Radiate love. The Love in Action Practice is to reflect on what inhibits you from enjoying life. Journal on your insights. Are you holding on to thoughts,...
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BEING PEACEFUL IS LOVING AND CARING FOR YOURSELF
Love Light
We are constantly bombarded with our own thoughts and outside forces that disrupt our peace. Whether it's a series of events, behavior of others, or our own life challenges, we feel tired, exhausted and at risk of losing ourselves in fear. How do we get to a place of peace? How do we reclaim our power and return to our natural state of peace, love and joy. Dr. Jean Marie shares 5 strategies: Getting Quiet, Setting Your Intention for Peace, Moving into Stillness, Anchoring in Divine Love and Dwelling in Peace. When your peace is threatened or disrupted, you can feel it in your whole body....
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SELF-KINDNESS AND HAPPINESS
Love Light
This episode will focus on kindness to ourselves and others. Self-kindness is treating ourselves with compassion, showing interest in ourselves and wholeheartedly accepting who we are. The outcome is increased happiness and a positive outlook. It boosts self-esteem and gives us a sense of belonging to ourselves. When we are kind to ourselves we show others how to treat us. These acts of self-kindness teach others how to be kind to themselves. When we are kind to ourselves, we honor and respect ourselves without the need for approval and pleasing others at our expense. We set healthy boundaries...
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CONVERSATIONS ON LOVE: UNITY AND HEALING OUR RELATIONSHIPS
Love Light
How can we live in harmony? How can we heal our relationships? How can we appreciate our commonalities and respect differences. In our current state of affairs, we are witnessing much discord with a need for healing and harmony. We have become fractured within our human selves, alienated, isolated and disconnected. However, many communities have united in peace and love, raising consciousness and coming together to promote healing for all. Dr. Jean Marie shares questions posed by listeners that are applicable for everyone with prominent themes and solutions. Questions highlight inner...
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EMBODY LOVE: HUMILITY - INGREDIENT OF LOVE
Love Light
Humilty empowers us to achieve self-mastery, transform our relationships and enrich our lives through selfless service. Humilty is a foundation ingredient of love. It is recognized as an essential quality for soulful leadership. This ingredient of love takes us out of ego and regarded as a quiet virtue. When we are humble, we are not puffed up, haughty, prideful and arrogant. We do not have an exaggerated feeling of self-importance. When we are humble we are open to listening and hearing others, seek inner guidance for direction, and fully accept ourselves realizing that we are capable of...
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EMBODY LOVE AND SUSTAIN THE CHANGE: PATIENCE, AN INGREDIENT OF LOVE
Love Light
Love is not something new to learn. We are love at our core. Love is inherent and the essence of who we truly are. Due to deep conditioned fear and faulty beliefs, we forget our truth. Lift yourself by embodying the higher ideals of love to achieve self-mastery. Becoming the master of your self is the ultimate empowerment that requires awareness and practice. Our thoughts and feeling determine our state of being. Knowing your truth, you appreciate your uniqueness and emulate your divine self. The mind is unruly, it will set you back if you are not alert. Each present...
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CONVERSATIONS ON LOVE: KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
Love Light
Knowing ourselves and becoming who we are meant to be is an onging endeavor by overcoming and developing a healthy relationship with ourselves. The old adage, "To Thine Own Self Be True" is like looking at ourselves through our own mirror to authentically understand and accept ourselves; and acknowlege our strengths and capabilities for self discovery. As we endeavor on our life's journey, it is up to us to find our way home to ourselves. Dr. Jean Marie explores aspects of ourselves including the shadow self (broken and wounded), the human self (personality self driven by ego and...
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LOVE: EMBRACE YOUR NATURAL STATE FOR TRANSFORMATION
Love Light
How do we transform our lives? Where do we start? Our journesys are so unique yet similar in regards to transformation. Love is the answer. We have an innate desire to return home to divine love, which is always there for us to access. Divine love is our power source that is stable and unchanging. Our life's journeys can be equated to any journey that we embark on. If we follow our inner guidance, which is always trying to get our attention, we can move forward with grace and ease. If you have a desire to transform your life, this is the episode for you. Dr. Jean Marie shares her...
info_outlineDuring times of difficulty or conflict, we often shut down a precious resource for connection, compassion and gratitude. Feeling into our heart escapes us when we're faced with situations that make us feel afraid. Whether it's something happening in our family, community, or in the world, tending to our heart matters often gets pushed to the back of our minds. A daily practice of focused self-awareness of oneness, gratitude and compassion allows us to recapture these gifts of the heart. Renee will share how meditative practice can help you become fully present in the moment and allow you to experience these gifts for yourself. In this episode, we will explore why a meditative practice is important, different types of heart centered meditations and tips for starting your own meditation practice if you don't have one. Renee will take us through an opening of the heart meditation exercise.
Renee Ali, Founder of 'Your Best Life Coaching LLC, is a Certified Life Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor, Speaker, Veridatas Labyrinth Facilitator, Grief Specialist and Holistic Wellness Coach. She is also a contributing author to #1 International Best Sellers "Creating Your Legacy" and "We're All in This Together: Embrace One Another". Renee is passionate about teaching, speaking, conducting workshops and retreats that focus on spiritual transformation by using meditation, mindfulness, and walking meditation with labyrinths. After working in healthcare for over four decades and being a long-time advocate of holistic health, Renee has learned the importance of spiritual care for overall health and wellness. She says that although chapels and chaplains are available in the hospital, spiritual support in this setting is most often not requested unless someone is seriously ill or facing life decisions. But why not take advantage of this kind of support to enhance everyday life? Science tells us that people who regularly use contemplative practices like prayer, meditation, mindfulness and journaling often feel better about their overall health and often times have better outcomes. So, Renee created a space where people could learn these self-care tools to increase inner peace to spark creativity and feel happier. As your partner in personal growth, 'Your Best Life Coaching, LLC can help you or your group reach their full potential by renewing and restoring balance.