The Challenges of Honoring a Sacred Path

0:00 Hello, I'm Kim and I'm Laura and today we're talking about honoring your sacred path Honoring your sacred. We're honoring it right now We're getting to you guys today and we apologize we have been away Um, we're out of province right now and we're both working So our schedules haven't lined up to do this and yeah, we're gonna get smarter in the in the future and And do a few ahead of time or we're gonna start recording them at midnight or something because that's the only time that we're together Oh, it's definitely been challenging lately. So perfect topic for today. I'd say um Honoring your sacred path. So we should have called this the challenge of honoring your sacred path Well, I think we could say just do anything about it, but it's funny I think there's a misconception that when you're on your path everything is like Oh, and we even say all the stones are put in front of you and you just take one step at a time and everything's in alignment Yes, and and it's not that this isn't true, but it's not always just that it's You know some Laura and I we have this incredible life with each other But but then there's all this life happening all around us all the time. So right it's uh, you can't control

1:17 It's like trying to control the weather, right? So well, I mean, let's just let's just Take a beat here and talk about what's what's happening at this moment. So So we are you know, we live in Nova Scotia, but we are in New Brunswick because Kim works in New Brunswick Yeah, so we're set up In the hotel we have to bring everything with us. So she brings all her gear massage table sheets Bins and bins, you know all that stuff And I bring my gear so we brought the podcast gear and all my like my computer my webcam everything And plus, you know, all our other stuff that we bring We had to bring two cars because Kim's staying longer Um, so I I have to leave without her on Friday and we always have all these other things in the way Like there's weather, you know, there's people, you know people having issues problems before we go We need to help, you know and get these things done get that done do this We can never just it feels like We can never just pack up and leave the house. There's always something and it's it's unpredictable I mean if we're being honest last week before we came Laura has a child that's in high school and they need help right now. Um, so I was helping him with school work

2:33 And you know, so that was pretty much happening every night because You know the semester's ending and he's trying to get all this work in and everything So that was happening, you know, and my my dog isn't well right now So we're looking after my dog and you know, there's just yeah And then we were we were getting ready because we were having company Company was staying at our house while we weren't there It's just like So so we are we are honoring our sacred path. They're weird. We're doing it With bags under our eyes Oh, also, I'm like, you know I'm cramming to get my book proposal in this week. I had the deadline Deadlines tomorrow. I'm not done yet This is the joy of our life But here's the funny thing you can tell that we we do have great humor about this we laugh and stuff And I think the thing that keeps you going and propels you forward constantly through all these hard times is that We have this amazing connection and we're friends and we're business partners and we're soul partners But it's you know, what we have to do we could both talk I mean I moved to Halifax to be with you and you know, you have two young children and and a dog and stuff

3:51 So they're older now, but yeah, they were young. Yeah, it's been 10 years So we have all these challenges and they're not easy However, the gift of our connection is what always keeps us digging in And moving forward and expanding and growing and we're not afraid because we know how good this is and we know how How worthwhile it is to keep having the courage to do the things that you know, um What's the podcast we can do hard things? I always love that because we can do hard things We do hard things all the time But if you think that your path is just going to be some like easy little roll out of a carpet and You know, you just got to keep walking. Sorry It's it's really a labor of love like right we love our work and we know what we have We know our connection. So we're willing to work for it. And that's the thing when you're honoring a path So we talked about this before we started and I thought that Really one of the most important things is to not only hear and you know, hear what the spirit is telling you to connect So, you know Which way to go?

5:05 But it's also to listen to that right to actually follow it. It's like it's like breadcrumbs, right? You got to trust that there might be a little tiny one and there might be a big one But then there might be lots a little tiny one. So just get to follow them We don't always know like so the thing about We've talked about spiritual path before on this podcast and You can go back and you can listen to the very first episode was pretty like crazy Amazing, I have to say Because we talked about embodying your your sole purpose And there's a lot of challenges around doing that and now like we're at this place where we're finding Um You know life we have to make sure that our Kind of physical human earthly life doesn't interfere with what our sole path is And so how do you mesh the two because you have responsibilities as like a parent or a spouse Or a parent or a grandparent or you know, whatever So you have responsibilities. You can't just you know, you can't just say to people Oh never mind. I'm on a spiritual path. You know, I can't help you I love that Good voice. Good voice. You can't do that. I don't know if is that is that my spiritual like hippie voice? I don't know Hi, you know, la la la. I'm frozen butterflies. Yeah, I'm just going to skip away now

6:29 I I don't I don't think you can you can't Delete your your responsibility. So no the the key really is balance. It's balance in all things And sometimes you have to like I I look at last week trying to get ready and thinking about Just thinking about you going through what you're going through with your you know, your child trying to help them out It was every single night 11 11 30 at night doing homework And I thought oh this poor woman is trying to write her damn book like you know And then the dog is and it's last stages of life. It's got stomach cancer. So And you know for one day to the next she's like, I don't know if I can go to New Brunswick I don't know what's good. And I'm like, hey, we're just going to keep going day to day and we'll figure this out You know, it is it's day by day. Um, but I think that's the thing is the there's such um There's such a contrast between what your soul is wanting and what the human self can actually Do sometimes like we actually can't you know, the soul has a plan, but here's the here's a really cool thing On the other side, there's no judgment So if if if you came into a life and your life was just so crazy like that you were trying and really trying

7:47 But you couldn't actually complete your soul plan There's no judgment for that on the other side. They just say, oh, well add it on to the next life It's not it's not like you are going to fail a test or anything like that. We're not we're not tested in that way But you know, obviously most of us feel more fulfilled when we are kind of Feeling like we're moving on a path that is for our soul Expansion our soul enhancement, you know, yeah, and I think just like everything so many things in life that are worth doing Like I think about the simplicity of gardening Well, if you think about it, it's one of the most grounding beautiful things like I've ever done I just truly love it But it is not without work and it is not with a failure because sometimes you can do everything right and stuff still doesn't grow Right. So you really have to stay determined if it's something you want to do and I'll be honest I did a lot of gardening last year and I put a I would never get the money back that I put into it But it is a labor of love. It's something that feeds my soul So energetically that's why we have to pay attention to what feeds us Because the path can be so challenging at times that you don't know like right now

9:04 If we're being honest, I don't know how we're standing. We're both tired as you know what but our life feeds us as well So yeah, we're tired. I mean we come from we drive You know four and a half five hours right to a rank to watch my grandson play hockey And we wake up the next morning and drive an hour and a half to st. Andrews to watch the other grandchild play hockey And we just do whatever needs to be done And we worry about being tired later because That's that's not really a big deal when these things that we do They they feed us. It's like the gardening, right? It's like we watch them out on the ice or we watch them at cheerleading Or we watch them do whatever it is they love to do and by By you know, we just by watching it's like you can't help yourself. You're you're fed It's like looking at a newborn baby. You look and go. Oh my god. You're so cute You know, you know again, I think we we've talked about the slots where Um, you know Kim's been an open trusting Individual for a long time and so whatever comes to her like she trusts it I've had to work really hard on trust I've had to work really hard to trust that what is coming my way is exactly what I need And that everything's happening for me and I feel like I have come to that place for the most part, but still sometimes things

10:24 They still throw me off. Yeah, and I think it trust is actually Something you develop over time most people do. I mean if you're one of the lucky ones kimberley That have you know, you were born into a place where you Trust was where you lived, you know, that is your existence Well, that's great for you, you know, congratulations, but that's a that's a funny topic too But the thing with me is that I've I've always known who I was I've always had this internal Kind of intuition and connection that I've that has always been the most important thing to me So everything else is kind of secondary Um, and I can't I do you feel like though like Because I well because I know you really well. Do you feel like you made a choice?

11:12 Like was there a choice that you made to just Trust because it felt better because I I watch you and a lot of things you do They might be they might seem strange to other people, but I've watched you choose You know kind of uncomfortable or difficult things because you trust what spirit is telling you Well, and I'm I think one thing about me is I I can't lie and the way I look at things is the same way as when when I go swimming in the ocean Yeah, the ocean it's cold But it's invigorating. So I'm the type of person that I know it's cold. I do it for a reason It's what it gives me back. It's that Number one I feel like a little kid playing in a in a like in the water and I'm it's magical and I'm like my own little mermaid there, right But there's something that physically happens to me as well that I feel Invigorating and I feel clean. I feel refreshed. So But I don't walk in the water and stand there. Oh god so cold Like it's like torture. So my personality goes I'm gonna dive right in. I know it's cold I'm gonna meet it head on and I kind of have that same philosophy with life. It's like, okay Let's unpack this. What is this?

12:27 So, you know, you always say to me that you know, I was built this way I was built for this life and and I have to say I trust that Yeah, um, but I really have had A lot of experiences and I'm finally getting to a place where I can look at things Um from a different perspective than I've had in my lifetime and a lot of that is because of you I'm 11 years older. So I've had some experiences that you haven't gotten to yet Oh, but I think honestly like because when I I met you 10 years ago, right? So I was You know observing that You were choosing Experiences and choosing feelings for the most part because you knew that it was just it made you feel better Right. So if we're thinking about the example of getting in the cold water Of course, you know me I I love you. I'm just I I I know it's probably very invigorating I know you probably feel great when you're done that I'm like nope Or it's like not doing that Like I am sorry. That's where I draw the line No, I hate I'm I'm cold enough. That's the thing. I'm I'm typically like a colder person

13:43 I run cold. So I'm like, I don't need to be colder. Like I'm okay Yeah, so so when we like look at this and the difference it's like I see you choosing things For the result and the process is like secondary to you. Yeah, so you're not worrying about the process You're just going well. This is the benefit to this. So this is why I'm going to do it And a lot of times that that's great. That's great if you could do that I can't do it with everything but um, but I think to you because I know your history that Something must have happened in you like in your awareness very early in your life to say I I don't like this, but I like this and I'm going to keep choosing the things that make me feel better because I have so much That makes me feel awful that I can't You know, I can't really I won't survive unless I start picking the things that make me feel good Yes, so that that's definitely true. And I think earlier on in life when things were so hard I just chose as a very I can remember being Probably four or five and seeing lots of crazy around me and dysfunction and hurt and I just I know it's real. I know it's happening all the time, but I always choose love

15:00 I choose joy. I choose happy because I love the way it feels and Even to this day, you know, I'm gonna be 58 in two weeks And uh, well 11 days, I guess And the thing about me is I just always know That there's even in the world, there's lots of horrible terrible things going on But there's also lots of beauty in the world and we don't talk about that enough our Social media platforms our tv our everything promotes the negative It promotes all the hard hurtful stuff that's going on And people are being more and more programmed and I'm going off topic a little bit here You're not though actually I'm gonna you can weave it back. I will but you know, well We're we are in a time where more than ever we need love. We need to choose love We need to slow down get off if you could see I guess the thing about me is I'm always the observer and the observed So I'm always looking at things from a perspective of it kind of looks like I'm above everything and it's almost like I can see myself walking through this life So I can detour before I get to that thing, right?

16:10 So lately I've been thinking I've been thinking about I was just going to say that the thing about What you were saying because you were saying like That You know, you're following this you're following what you feel even though it's uncomfortable And you were also saying see I'm losing my train of thought. Oh, yeah I remember I'm trying to remember what you were saying now Well, I was talking about like learning at a very young age that I wanted to always stay happy and and all those things Yeah, and then what what takes you off your energy? So what takes you off your path and some of the things that take us off our path are Like all the negative things that happen in the world. So like social media Yeah, like social media and stuff and staying like it's brainwashing. We don't see it That's what I was going to say is that we're being programmed to be so desensitized That it's like I watch I watch I'm always observing people and I watch even my You know, my son and his wife. They have four kids. They are absolutely Crazy busy. They can't keep it. They can't keep things Um, they can't do everything They are trying their best to be the best parents they can be and sometimes no matter how hard we try no matter what we do

17:30 We fail. Yeah In certain areas. Well, I think failure is we're meant to fail, but you know because we learn but it's the it's the To me, it's like shut the tv off put the phone away Just connect with each other connect with our kids and I am somebody who Laura knows us I am fanatical about connecting every day. I need to have connection time with her I need to have connection time with the earth and with whoever But I need to do things that pull my energy back into a place of awareness Where I'm aware and where I realize what can I do in this situation? And if I can't do anything then what do I do with that? Well, and we're we have this built in meter, right? We have a built in um navigation system will say for when things are pulling our adder energy or taking too much energy from us And so I I think we've talked about this before about this I get like sometimes a little bit anxious when something isn't in alignment with me or You know, you know yourself if there's family drama, you know, your heart starts racing your chest gets tight You feel shaky like all those things They're all signs that you are off You know your alignment like you know, you are in a place where

18:47 You know, you got to pay attention now because we got to write the ship. You know, we got to move this back on course so When we're talking about media like um, like the negativity of what's going on in the world and We know that there's so many amazing things happening But all we see are the bad headlines coming at us, you know one after the other And it is terrible But I do believe there are some people that They're meant to pay attention. You know, they're meant to have that You know activism within that topic or whatever they're meant to fight it There are people that are meant to fight and they feel quite calm about it because that is their path Oh, but when I look at stuff like that, it makes me a little sick to my stomach or it makes me anxious And the only thing I can do is move into a better energy of putting good energy out there towards that Particular event. Yeah. So I know that my part is to See things from a different angle, but also to send good energy good energy to the people that are suffering Or even good energy to the the lawmakers or the people that are You know causing this disruption, you know

20:04 So my place is not in activism or you know fighting against it My place is a little different, but I everybody still has a job and a place But you know what it is because you know how you feel when you when you are Exposed to these things or when you're experiencing it or when you're Allowing something into your energy field. So you actually know like your body your energy field will alert you if it's supposed to be there or not You know and what what you should do about it Sometimes things are really uncomfortable that we feel like we have to do You know to follow our path like setting boundaries And this is all What we're talking about really is energy boundaries So you learn your boundaries by things crossing them because when things cross them You get alerted your system alerts you wait a second. This doesn't feel right. I don't like this. I'm starting to get stressed you know so the energy boundaries are important because We did another episode about what's draining your sacred life force and you should go back and listen to that one because There are so many things in our life that can drain our sacred life force And then what happens is you become foggy, you know, you can't make a decision

21:21 You're just you might be depressed or whatever because your sacred life force is draining you Well, how the heck are you going to follow a spiritual path? If you don't even know what you're doing if you're walking around in a in a fog, you know So there's steps to this obviously and there's things there's people in our life that we cannot let Cross those energy boundaries and whatever your energy boundaries are They're okay You don't have to feel like you're too being too strict or you're not, you know You're enforcing something you shouldn't enforce Or anything your energy boundaries are your own and they're there to protect you Yeah, and I think you you know, you asked me earlier about you know How I choose what I choose and I think one thing about me is I've always known and this is going to sound really weird but I've always known that being truly 100 authentically myself was important for like for universal consciousness and that's a big thing to say, right Because if you think about the way I grew up and all the poverty and all the crazy and stuff like that and You know how what it took to get here I can honestly say that I'm grateful for every lesson. Yeah, that doesn't mean they were easy

22:38 But it developed me it it helped me it gave me strength and energy and I am somebody who I love love I love life And I I work really hard. Um, I had a client yesterday and she's seen my um my needle bit And she said what is that prickly thing and I said, oh, that's my needle bit. I have a routine I do every day. I know Kim loves that acupressure matt. Yeah, that's what we said before we needed We need them to sponsor. Yeah, but there's there's just certain things I do that I have to do to keep my energy good because when I get over tired I know what that feels like when I'm upset. I know what it feels like and the truth about me is I'm the six foot tall very physical woman And I'm soft as marshmallow inside I really am and I I was I was brought up to be tough To be resilient to be a survivor and I'm grateful for that I might not have been the way I wanted to learn everything But I've always known that I was connected to something bigger than me always It was it's like it is my superpower and you know, we talk about all these things like, you know, yeah I have adhd. I probably had some a lot of ocd, but it's my superpower It wasn't when I was a kid sports were what kept me sane

23:56 They were what kept me centered and on track and I was crazy athlete Yeah, you know And today I wish I had a little bit more of that, right? Um, but I still find ways I'm never not moving I'm um, I always make my own products and I take things from the earth and I do things with it And it's funny how your natural way of being shows up and you you're not even aware of all these incredible things you're doing because You were never taught to to boast about yourself or to be egoic In that way, but see, you know, what's funny about this too is that we've been we've been doing this for a while and And now I think we sometimes we forget like we've come into the pattern of listening to You know our higher self and our energy and knowing like what to do about certain things And we've come into like a good routine And so sometimes you forget like you forget all how those habits were built. Yeah, and when I go back To when I was I was stubbornly staying Teaching and I I was teaching for lots of reasons like I when I initially started teaching it was because

25:13 I loved, you know, the kids I love the idea of inspiring young minds, you know I thought, you know, this is like a way I can I can contribute to the world Yeah And I realized that that wasn't my that wasn't going to be my way to contribute to the world But see the universe had to kind of smack me out of that thinking because I was in the job. It was a stable job I knew I could do it like it was doable for me I was I had contracts so it was secure. I had health insurance and all these things So you think oh, I the responsibility right like I have a family and so I should have health insurance And I should you know have a pension and all these things So it was it was keeping me there. It was keeping me in that job even though I had People around me like spiritual connected people telling me like you got to get out of this Like you're doing the wrong thing and spirits trying to tell you and you're not listening And there were so many signs that I shouldn't be teaching in the classroom But I just ignored them. I just stubbornly kept going forward And then one day the universe had enough And I was driving home from school from work and I was going to pick up the kids. Thankfully I didn't have them in the car yet

26:33 And a car hit me from behind and that was it. I had a head injury So I wasn't going back to teaching. It wasn't happening. Yeah And the universe made it that way it was so weird because I could I could read people But I couldn't I couldn't read books and text You know at that time it was like I just I couldn't do it I couldn't even like remember what I was reading or anything. It was terrible But I remember when I first met you and you were But because we've been we knew each other 11 and a half years ago, but we've been together 10 years So and I remember how scary it was for you and going through all that like accident stuff and insurance and blah, blah, blah Um, but the thing is I always that that is one thing I have is I always knew you were going to be okay As long as you kept looking in the right direction and doing what you need to do for yourself Listen, you know head injuries. They do heal But what happened was and yours was I remember I have to say this I remember going to physio with you one day and the guy getting you to do this Exercise and I'm watching her going um She's walking completely sideways and she's supposed to be walking straight. There's something not right and I couldn't I couldn't perceive it like that, you know, and that was vestibular problems from from the head injury

27:52 So this is real stuff. We're not we're talking about, you know, holy I was like kind of leaning to the side, you know Well, your path does this is another example Your path isn't what you think it's going to be sometimes and that's why You really have to know within yourself What's right for you and not because if you didn't know like when I met you I said Well, you're not meant to be a teacher that way And I knew right just see the and the residual effects of that accident It was the universe is so smart Because the residual effect of that accident meant that I could never go back I could never go back to public school teaching But I'm I'm still like inherently a teacher So, you know, everybody knows people listen people probably listen to the podcast and go Oh my god, she is so a teacher Well, you are and I love that because I'm With my head. I'm always I can be Directly on on point, but I can also fall off of that. So We keep each other in check different in different ways, you know, so this is how you all of you listeners know by now that there's Flexibility in your path. There's like movement and there's different ways that you can go Um, in my case the universe said no, you're going this way

29:09 Ka-bam, but that doesn't happen to everybody. Hopefully it doesn't here's what's funny Look at you and I when we got together a year after we were together because every Friday We were driving from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia or vice versa Because I was even I was going to see you or you were coming to see me Then what happened to me? I get in a terrible car accident that changed my life We both We both had to go bankrupt for different reasons mine because of the car accident So you could say what you know, there was points where Laura and I were like, uh Is the universe like trying to keep us apart But it was trying to give us the space to choose the things that would be easier for us and we were fighting it So I was fighting moving to Nova Scotia because everything I knew and loved was here So I didn't want to make that decision That was not a decision Maybe I could I could make at the point But we know now watching this Play out that there was a reason why you had to come and live with me And so it was right arm function for three days Before you came before I came I had uh, I had my own issues with I you know I have eight herniated discs through four in my neck four in my lower back and I was These really insane things were happening to me, but stubbornly I just kept fighting and pushing and

30:32 Sometimes I pushed when I should have just relaxed and and held space and sometimes I I should have pushed in other areas and here's the thing like We we don't always know when things are happening to us We don't always know the reason but usually if you let a play out and you're patient You can see why yeah in the moment you're allowed to be emotional But release the emotions don't hang on to them because that's another drain on your energy field So, you know, you're allowed to be angry have all the emotions But then have the intention to move forward and release them and start doing the things you need to do to improve and not stay in the rut Because we all have things happen to us that feel like It makes us feel like we're stuck If you're if you feel stuck it's probably because the universe is trying to show you something Teach you a lesson and you are not wanting to learn the lesson. So you're staying in that place And it happens to it happens to everybody But you're not if you are feeling stuck There's something either the universe is trying to keep you in a place to keep you still to help you rest and recharge For a big thing that's coming

31:49 Or maybe the universe is trying to talk to you and you don't want to hear you're not listening to what you have to do So these are things that happen when you agree to a spiritual path and you know, it's an it's a beautiful path And absolutely, but we as humans have a lot of things that happen to us That would not happen if we were in energy form And so we have to always weave the two experiences together. We always have to Have the mesh, right? And it's hard to do. It's a hard thing to do and things can take you off like I'm I have to have really good personal boundaries with my energy because I I could possibly be a workaholic if I let myself And then that's not what spirit wants for me either because then I could totally drain my energy And then not have the energy I need to do my work Well, and then you're taking from like your own self, right? So and mediumship is kind of like like Kim's work too It's kind of funny Like we do say both because Kim actually I got this from Kim But we do say a lot like we're connected to the universe. We're connected to source We're connected to the battery that never dies So when we're when we do our work, that's what's coming through us universal love and energy

33:06 But we're still human and we still have limitations and we still need sleep. We still need Good food good food exercise meditation You need all those things so the more you pay attention to them the more you realize that because I know when you and I are too busy and we can't get that like That good meal in like this week. We're at the hotel Yeah, right? So we don't we don't have a kitchen to cook from So like I'll usually make soups and stuff and we'll have that but we don't have the same caliber of food And cooking as we do when we're home, right and because we're in a hotel Sometimes even energetically there's like last month. There was so much going on I looked like friggin bags under my eyes and everything it was but the energy of the hotel What's in and out of it and we cleanse when we come here, but we can't always control it Can't control there's so much right? So there's other elements that will affect us Well, and that's it and we know too that sometimes fear even fear can take you to a place where you're not honoring yourself I've um really this is um a very specific issue, but For some reason probably because I'm dealing a lot with my kids lately A lot of my clients that people that have been attracted to book readings with me are also having trouble with their kids

34:25 And so it's kind of like this weird thing that happens. It's I call it mirroring I just named it that but when I'm going through something I usually attract clients that are going through the same thing and you think well, that's not really fair because You know, I didn't really You know find the solution yet, you know, so how can I help somebody else? But that's not really what happens Because it's the backwards nature of the universe that I get to I get help as I help other people So the divine or the universe will give me messages for my clients and it's not coming from me because I haven't figured it out yet It's coming from another place And so I get messages from my clients and then it kind of sinks in with me and I go Oh That's what I'm going to do about that. So it's kind of a funny thing I really I've said this before when I do readings that I don't really feel like it's Not much of it comes from Laura Because Laura is even if you know me like if you know me outside of my work You know that I am you know, not You know, not that I I'm an intelligent person. It's not that but it's very very Yeah, but But when I'm doing readings, I feel like it's a channel My channel is open and it's universal wisdom and I I sometimes

35:44 Don't even recognize some of the things that I say or the way I say them The personality behind them is different. Like everything can be different. So That's typically how that works for me. And I don't know maybe other readers If any readers are listening like send us a comment and let us know if that's happening to you But I feel like it's whatever you're vibrating. That's what you attract So that's a good lesson in honoring your sacred path to If you're vibrating that you're exhausted and you're tired And you're fed up with your Co-workers and your family and your life and if that's what you're vibrating You're gonna get more of that stuff. You just are because that's that's how You know, that's that's how this works. Whatever your energy is is what you get and So I Kim and I work very hard to stay in the place not only gratitude, but also staying in a place where we're Full of the right energy. Like we're actually intentionally making efforts to Fill ourselves with good things So that good things, you know continuously come our way and that's Sometimes really hard to do like it's not the easiest thing, you know to make that happen

37:02 So I like getting that from my grandkids because when I get there It's like it could have talked about us this crazy day We could have been stressed right out to get here But I get here and then I have the two youngest are little girls. So they're They're almost five and almost three here soon. So but they just the kids love so much They just they they're like, I want I want to snuggle I want to snuggle in and we were because that's what they call Laura But it's like find the things that fill you and they fill me It doesn't matter if I'm up at six and I'm you know, it doesn't matter That's one thing I love about being a parent is You know, there's so many things in life that are are hard But those some of the hardest things we have to do are some of the most rewarding And I mean, I don't care any little kid. You you're around them I know we have some of your you know your nephews and these and stuff that You know, it's the same thing they come over and they're laughing and singing and they just kill you You're just like just it's just you can't fill you up, right?

38:05 And we don't pay attention enough, you know, I was writing things down about what we were talking about here and It's like you have to respect your unique self. We're all so different But so absolutely beautiful unique to who we are and who we're meant to be in this life And I think that you know boundaries are so important for for you as well as the person you're dealing with You know to not overstep or to know You know that if you cross that line, it's not going to be good It's not going to benefit you. So why not just that's something about me. I'm very solid in In that area because I have I've been hurt multiple times in my life and now I know who I am I know what I will accept and I will not accept and I'm completely 100 Okay with that because I can love from a distance I can I can send universal love out into the universe just like anybody prays I do this all the time every morning every night. This is a natural thing for me um, I think about people that are are struggling and it doesn't matter if they've been Harsh with me or haven't communicated with me for forever. It doesn't matter. They're still in my

39:25 My prayer bank in a sense, you know, because I care about them, but I don't want Caring when you love people it doesn't mean I used to do this I used to physically step in and try to help I used to physically try to do and be everything I could be for these people as I was younger But as I learned that that is not the best way to help people Sometimes the best way is to set a strong boundary and maybe your visits are very short Yeah, you know, but you still have them. You still love them. Yeah, you know or you know a boundary You know sometimes I just know that if I turn that tv on and we don't have uh, we don't watch a lot of tv but When we're at the hotel sometimes for mindlessness and we're tired We'll put it on and I look at the commercials and think wow This is what people are listening to all the time Actually, the commercials like they kind of hurt like they hurt my energy field And I think it's because they're so rapid fire Yeah, it's weird because we don't really We're just when we're at the hotel, it's there and we're bored and you know, whatever, but it's like Yeah, we're it hurts your field like anything that hurts your field. You know, it's just pay attention to that Pay attention to that. Listen to that because you said something earlier to you about breadcrumbs

40:43 And I just wanted to say that the universe loves inspired action Right. So if you get a message from if you have the privilege of getting a message from the universe The best thing you can do is act on that right that is the The best thing that the universe sees it feels it loves inspired action So if you are really trying to live your path like the way that you feel like is aligned with you And the universe gives you this like golden nugget of information Don't waste that use it You know move forward with it because every time you take action you take inspired action from the universe Another breadcrumb shows up right and another one and another one and the thing about a spiritual path is you might not know exactly where you're going You're just supposed to trust the process You know like you don't know you don't know what's coming at the end. Oh dear god I think about all the back and forths from here Like I think we could do a whole episode on all the crazy That we've seen on the highway on the highway driving back and forth. Like it's it's insane. That's the thing where we The universe knows we are trusting this process because anybody else would have become fearful about driving or You know have these when these things happen that some people go. Oh no, I'm never going to drive that highway again

42:03 You know so but we we keep doing it. We keep doing what we're supposed to do So it's like yes, absolutely be your unique self absolutely set energy boundaries Absolutely follow the breadcrumbs and take and take that action. You know take the action And the listening that deep deep listening Needs to happen because you need to know you need to know where you stand You need to know what's my next step and sometimes the divine plan The divine plan knows where you're going. It might not make sense to you as a human But it knows and you just have to listen. You have to learn how to listen Well and practicing self-care Yes, oh my god self-care so important That's that's what that's what we were talking about with recharging your energy field How important that is in knowing what the things are that help you Well and for me living authentically is one of my biggest That's one of my biggest things. You know what's funny about that too is I learned Look at the way you're looking at me. What's this all about? Yeah, right?

43:05 Well, it just hit me really strong that um You know, we all get in the habit of kind of exaggerating, you know Or being dramatic about things like like we can get in that habit because we get attention when we do that And I was told by spirit and it was a long time ago mind you like probably like 15 years ago It was before I met you. Yeah, and I was told by spirit to strictly tell the truth So so interesting because it's not like I was lying I wasn't that kind of person But I was I was the person that if somebody said, you know, oh, did you see that? Um, did you see that fire on the side of the road, you know, and then I'd be like, oh my god Yeah, and there was like, you know, it was crazy all the fire tracks and fireballs like going to the sky, you know Like it's not like I was a liar, but I but I did like exaggerate for like effect I guess I don't know attention whatever because that's kind of how I had to fight for attention when I was a kid Because I was the oldest girl one of four and everybody just thought I was okay all the time So nobody paid attention to me So I had to fight for attention and I learned how to be dramatic to get attention And so I was told when I started on this path and it was probably about 15 years ago That when I was talking I had to be really

44:21 Strictly honest like don't exaggerate like what is the actual truth because that was part of my honoring my spiritual path Because when I like blew these stories up It would it would actually hurt my energy field And I didn't quite understand it at the time. I was like, what do you mean? Like my stories are awesome, you know That's kind of where I was I was like, what do you mean universe? Um, but yeah, it's so true to live authentically You have to stay in the energy of what is strictly true And I started to laugh because you tell me how brutally honest. I am all You are you are I can't help myself. I I don't I always try to deliver it in a way that I'm not obviously Yeah, you don't want to hurt people never what I want to do that But for me truth is easier. Oh, it's it is it's cleaner. It's it's easy It's clean energy, you know and nothing attached to it. Like I'll hold back telling somebody the the direct truth when I can see them falling apart in front of me, obviously But for me truth is always the best. Yeah, and I I think it's the only way Yeah, you know, even if even if the truth is uncomfortable

45:36 If you could I always think about this like if we Maintained like the way we were when we were toddlers and we could just act out whenever we wanted to imagine How crazy the how crazy everything would be but at the same time Everybody would always know where they stood with you because you would be honest Oh, I love that about kids and sometimes we can't I mean truthfully sometimes we can't tell we just hold back We can't tell people exactly how we feel But wouldn't it be amazing if we could just tell the truth all the time, you know Well, sometimes people aren't ready for it. So they don't how can you give somebody a truth if They're just going to look at you and go, uh, what if they don't understand if they're not there in a place of awareness Then it's wasted energy and it's not also if it's hurtful They just shut you out. They just don't listen But yeah, we're we're we're kind of like moving in a different direction But just so that we can pull all this together and tell you that You know, it might sound like we're making this like, you know, this is really hard It's actually not it's it's quite it feels quite easy within yourself to follow your path and honor it But honoring it is another layer It means you have to go the extra step the extra mile to make sure that you are not

46:54 You're not taking what you've learned from the universe and kind of like squandering it right and One thing I'd have to say I'm in a place right now where I'm quite confident about who I am More confident than I've ever been and I think that's what helps me stay on track with I'm really loving the being Of life like just being and I think beautiful path. Right. It's a beautiful path Oh, it's a beautiful life But you're held to a higher standard right and that's where you have to understand that Yes, this is exactly where you need to be. Mm-hmm. Everyone is exactly where they need to be at any Time at any point. Yeah and things are happening for you. It doesn't matter how hard they are Yeah, these things are happening for you But we also have to realize that we are held to a higher standard that you do have to live your life Authentically to your own energy But also authentic to your path. Mm-hmm. I think There's all these moments of you know between you and I and our relationship and some of the things we do and I I think about this all the time but when we went to Sedona and We drove to the Grand Canyon and that drive was like

48:14 It was an amazing Experience all on itself because we went from all this like in Sedona It was like cactuses and you didn't see green grass in Sedona, you know But you drive up through flagstaff and you it was like you're in another world We went through like four Four ecosystems on our way to the Grand Canyon. It was pretty amazing But then we faced fear like you had a fear of heights and we worked through that and we did some hiking up around I don't know how well it worked through it, but well, we did it. I did it. You did it So and when we were done, uh, one of the ladies that worked there said, oh my gosh You know, we were saying how much we enjoyed the drive there and and everything and we stopped at the coolest little places and She said, oh, you should go the back road And I remember driving it might have been an hour and a half that we didn't even see a vehicle and we're talking We're out in no man's land, you know And I remember looking at you thinking I'm so Grateful that you know, you trust me enough because I mean I was driving all over the place And every time we seen the gas station we just would fill up because we didn't know where we were But we were trusting constantly trusting and I just felt like I don't know. We joked and said we were Thelma and Louise because we drove all over this place It was hours and hours of driving and we just we trusted where we were going and I don't know

49:35 About you. I know you enjoyed it too, but I that was one of my favorite things Because we trusted ourselves enough to just hit the road and see wherever It took us and we did that in vegas. Yep when we went to the red rocks and rented a car and Crazy we went to the valley of fire. Oh my gosh. That was one thing about vegas. It it's bigger than life and it wasn't really Before we went it wasn't really a trip. I thought I would like be into but it was cool to see this All these big things and it's like what the human potential like it's like Obviously like vegas got you know good and bad side. I'm sure but um, but it's like human potential Just to appreciate the the how big life really is like because it's Expressed in vegas. But then you know, we got a little bit Weary after a few days and had to go ground ourselves and we went to the valley of fire And it was an amazing day and I'll tell you it took a lot to trust that because driving There is insane. Also. Nobody told us because Laura is a big foodie and nobody told us that there was nowhere to eat anywhere So Laura had a granola bar for like

50:51 Five or six hours. If you know this woman you better keep food on hand because she gets Cranky, I think I like I I like killed a burger a denny's at the end of the day because it was just hilarious But but here's the thing like we We're human. It's it's okay. You know, we're not always gonna do exactly the right thing And the universe knows that and makes allowances for it So, you know, you know, you're not honoring your path because you cannot You cannot avoid that feeling and Here's the thing I feel like Most of you that are listening to the podcast you understand you feel there's a sacred path for you you understand that there's a purpose and The thing that I I will leave you with because I I don't like this message, but it's so true Often I get ahead of myself and spirit will say be patient And it's my least favorite message to get But I but I have told I have I have followed it and listened and it is very valuable It's very valuable to know that you have a divine plan that everything is unfolding exactly as it should Just listen and act authentically

52:07 And trust that sometimes things are going to be hard, but that doesn't mean that there's not A benefit on the other side of that You know and daily The thing is is that do the things each day that bring you joy walking meditation Like showers are like so cleansing. Just be in action Yep, you know and love you and get out there and enjoy your life because this is the only one you're going to remember That's right, right? That's it get out there and do you know, I had a client last night. She said She talks to me and then she goes By talking to me I can feel her she starts like Liveening up and she's like, you know, there's things I want to try There's things I want to do And I don't know if I'm going to get to do them and I'm like, well get doing them That's all you got to do. You just got to decide that you're going to do it Yeah, so get out there and do it make a plan make a plan make it happen All right, great talking to you. See you next week. See you next week If you're interested in contacting Kim for soul awakening coaching, please contact her at mksoulcoaching.com If you'd like to check out my website and everything that I do, please go to laurawarrenmedium.com