About Ask Colleen: Spiritual Solutions for Life Situations
Hey, you. The one with the big heart and the even bigger hunger for more. If you’re reading this, your soul is calling you—loud and clear—to step into your next-level self. Welcome, officially, to the Spiritual Glow-Up movement.
This season is different. It’s about new topics, fresh energy, but the same deep, soulful conversations you’ve come to love—hosted by yours truly, Colleen St. Michael. And today, I’m extending a heartfelt invitation: it’s time to choose you. Unapologetically.
Embracing Your Glow-Up—From Giver to Receiver
Welcome back to Spiritual Glow-Up! In this exciting new season, Colleen St. Michaels invites you into a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Today, we’re diving deep into the often unrecognized cost of being the “gold medalist giver” in our lives—the reliable friend, the emotional rock. While giving can feel noble, it can also lead to emotional exhaustion and a blurred sense of identity.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognizing Your Role: Learn how identifying solely as a giver can overshadow your own needs and desires, leaving you feeling like a doormat.
- The Power of Balance: Discover the importance of aligning your giving with receiving, and how this balance can rejuvenate your spirit and relationships.
- Listening to Your Inner Voice: Colleen emphasizes the need to tune into your intuitive whispers that guide you to prioritize yourself and your well-being.
- Breaking the Cycle of People-Pleasing: Understand how the patterns of self-neglect and unreciprocated giving can create unbalanced relationships and what you can do to shift this dynamic.
- Small Steps Toward Change: Colleen shares practical strategies for reclaiming your time and energy, encouraging you to start with small, digestible actions that honor yourself.
This episode is a heartfelt reminder that you deserve to take the best piece of life without guilt or hesitation. Join Colleen as she guides you through the process of glowing up from the inside out, empowering you to embrace your true self.
21 Oct 2024
Season 2, Ep 5: The Core of the Matter: Values & Worth
Episode Summary
In this episode, Colleen St. Michaels dives deep into the concepts of values and integrity, guiding listeners on a journey to uncover their core values that ignite their purpose and fulfillment. Through practical exercises and reflective questions, Colleen encourages individuals to confront the areas where they may be compromising their integrity and boundaries. Listeners will learn to identify their non-negotiables and take actionable steps towards a life aligned with their true selves.
Defining Values: Colleen likens values to a GPS for the soul, guiding every decision and aligning with our intuition and worth.
Integrity: Discusses the importance of acting in alignment with one’s values, even in challenging situations, emphasizing the need for authenticity.
Boundary Setting: Explores how boundaries are essential for self-respect and self-love, and how to reinforce them despite external pressures.
Signs of Misalignment: Identifies signs that suggest values may be out of alignment, such as frustration over boundary violations.
Reflection Exercise: Colleen offers an exercise to envision oneself at 95 years old, reflecting on life choices and the values upheld throughout the journey.
Forgiveness as a Superpower: The episode concludes with a powerful discussion on the importance of self-forgiveness and the healing that comes from it, promoting the Hawaiian forgiveness prayer, Ho'oponopono.
List Your Values: Create a list of your top five values and assess whether they are inherited or chosen.
Recognize Boundary Breaches: Reflect on how often you feel frustrated by others not respecting your boundaries, and what that reveals about your beliefs.
Realignment Action: Identify one small step to move away from what drains you and towards what nourishes your soul.
Practice Forgiveness: Incorporate the Ho'oponopono prayer into your daily routine to foster forgiveness and self-compassion.
Website:
Colleen St.Michaels (colleenstmichaels.com) (https://www.colleenstmichaels.com/)
Social Media Links:
Colleen St. Michaels (@colleen_st.michaels) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/colleen_st.michaels/)
14 Oct 2024
Season 2, Episode 4: Failing Forward: How Setbacks Fuel Your Soul
In this insightful and candid episode of Ask Colleen, Colleen St. Michaels explores the concept of "failing forward" and how setbacks can fuel soul growth. Sharing personal anecdotes and experiences from her clients, Colleen encourages listeners to view failure not as an end, but as a stepping stone toward personal and spiritual expansion.
Life may feel like it’s "under construction"—literally and metaphorically—but Colleen reminds us that obstacles are opportunities for transformation. This episode dives deep into how fear of failure, disappointment, and fear of looking foolish can hold us back from living fully. Colleen emphasizes the importance of taking radical accountability for our choices, emotions, and healing.
Key Takeaways:
Redefining Failure:
Colleen discusses how failure is simply a first attempt in learning (F.A.I.L). Shifting our mindset can turn these experiences into valuable lessons for growth, rather than allowing them to paralyze us with fear or shame.
Fear and Shame:
Many of us are held back by the fear of failure, which often leads to self-sabotage. Colleen encourages us to have honest, intimate conversations with ourselves about our fears and what is truly holding us back.
Lessons from Setbacks:
Colleen shares personal stories, including one about a rejected car purchase that turned into a better opportunity later. She encourages listeners to reflect on past disappointments and identify the hidden blessings or lessons that emerged from those experiences.
Spiritual Practices for Resilience:
Colleen outlines spiritual tools like meditation, mindfulness, and the powerful Hawaiian prayer, Ho’oponopono. These practices can help us release negative beliefs and ground ourselves in peace.
The Power of Self-Compassion:
Treat yourself with the same kindness you would offer a best friend. Colleen reminds us that disappointment and loss do not define us—what we learn from them does.
Spiritual Insights:
Fear of failure doesn’t have to control your life. When we fail forward, we open ourselves to new opportunities and growth.
Spiritual practices, from breathwork to self-compassion, can help us navigate setbacks and reconnect with our soul’s genius.
Practical Tips:
Practice a "body scan" meditation to locate where fear of failure is held in the body, and release it.
Use Ho’oponopono to clear negative energy and make space for healing.
Reflect on your attachments—are they based on your soul’s desires or on fear?
Join Colleen for this empowering episode and learn how to embrace failure as a necessary and transformative part of your spiritual journey.
Connect with Colleen:
Website: www.colleenstmichaels.com (https://www.colleenstmichaels.com/)
Instagram: @colleenstmichaels (https://www.instagram.com/colleenstmichaels)
Tune in to this episode to learn how to harness your setbacks and step confidently into your soul’s purpose. Remember, failure is not the end—it’s just a redirection toward your higher self!
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