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Podcast #41: Confession time

Lisa — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:19:19 +0000

Bless me Father for I have sinned.

Oh wait, no. That’s not right.

I do have a confession, though. Listen in! (You know you love those ‘True Confession’ kind of stories!)

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Confession Time

Hi everyone and welcome to the Practically Intuitive podcast! This is Lisa from Practically Intuitive.com – thanks for listening in.

I’m going to jump right in here and make a confession to you. Ready? Here goes: I am invisible. Really. I wear a cloak of invisibility when I go out – you can’t see it (or me!) because, well, it works!

Now, I can hear you all saying “We’ve seen pictures and even videos of you, Lisa, so that cloak isn’t as good as you think!”

I do take it off every once in a while but for the most part, I wear it whenever I go out and I wear two whenever I attend live events such as seminars and concerts and such.

In fact, I even had someone mention to me that I have the uncanny ability to completely disappear in a room. She said she’ll look over and see me and then ten minutes later, she’ll look and I’ll have disappeared.

So, yeah. Invisible.

Big deal, right? We all like to fly under the radar sometimes.

Here’s the thing, though. If you are going to take your business out into the world you have to be (wait for it) visible! As my Guides in Spirit once told me “You can’t help people if they can’t find you.” (Aren’t they wise?)

And if one of your soul’s missions is to be of service, then flying under the radar really means you’re not doing your soul’s work.

You know how I feel about that, don’t you?

What a dilemma! Being invisible has been my way of operating for as long as I can remember. Changing such an ingrained pattern takes a lot of work and mostly, it takes a lot of desire and will to step out of it.

If I were my own client (ha! And sometimes I am!), I’d ask myself: how does being invisible serve you?

And I’d answer back: well, it doesn’t draw any attention to me. I can just hide and watch.

So then I’d ask myself again: Why do you feel there’s a need to hide? What is your fear?

And I’d answer back: if I draw attention to myself, then I open myself up for judgment. I also open myself up to being hurt by that judgment. Better to just stay out of sight and not get hurt.

I bet there are a lot of you out there who have felt or are still feeling the same way. So much safer to just play it small. I really do understand. A lot of it comes from a childhood where my perception was that I was second best always. One summer I even tried to stand out, be helpful, be pleasant to everyone and no one noticed. Not one person. I decided that sitting in the house reading a book was much easier and I didn’t get my feelings hurt.

But now that doesn’t serve me any longer.

Playing small feels like I’m not living in my soul’s purpose.

For me, that’s pretty big motivation. Changing and growing more into who I am is one of my top three priorities in life. It really *is* that important to me.

The invisibility cloak must go.

And that’s scary.

Who am I underneath it? If I show who I really, truly am (Lisa unplugged, as it were) will people still like and accept me?

It almost feels like I’m jumping off a cliff.

But I have no choice, really. If I am to do my work in the big way that I feel called to do, I have to lay it all out there – all the parts of me that I am not as fond of as well as all the parts of me that I think are pretty damn awesome.

How do I do this?

Well, in every single place in my life where I would normally hide, I have to be visible. Relationships, my work, classes I teach – I have to be fully out there with all that I am.

Part of me rejoices at that thought. I get to be fully myself.

The other part of me, the scared little girl who thought no one cared about her because her mother told her that, is freaking out just a bit. (Yes, my mother really did say “Honey, no one cares about your stuff. I’m the only one who does.” Can you imagine telling your child that? This is what happens when you act out of your pain – that was my mother’s feelings about herself in her life. It wasn’t about me at all but that little girl inside sure thought that. Still sometimes thinks that.

Thing thing is: yes, there will be people who don’t care about me. There will be people who judge me. I cannot control that. I can’t.
What I can control is whether I am living in the fullest light of God’s love and doing the work my soul wants to do in this lifetime.

It’s in the process of learning to feel safe without the cloak that my soul learns and grows and evolves.

I’m not sure yet what that will look like.

But I do know that a shift is at hand for me and for the work I’m doing. Yes, I will still be doing readings and teaching but the focus may change a bit as I step out more and show you all what I know and how I can help. I’ve been hiding it for too long in fear of judgment.

Time to let that go.

What is it you need to release so you can live your life cloak-free?

Who are you underneath the façade you wear?

Join me in this journey from wherever you are right now. Take one step into that space of who you could be if you were ALL you know you are.

We’ll hold hands and go together, okay?

Whew! Confession time is over! Say three Hail Mary’s and an Our Father and you’ll be fine! (waves to all the Catholics out there!)

This is Lisa from PractiallyIntuitive.com wishing you a lovely and highly visible week! See you next time!

Podcast #40: All that’s left is love

Lisa — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:27:53 +0000

The best doggie ever

Today’s (late!) podcast is about messages from your Guides and how they can support you when you’re going through a rough patch. They offer wisdom, unconditional love and higher vibrations to lift your sadness and get you moving.

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Podcast #40: All that’s left is love

Hi everyone and welcome to the Practically Intuitive podcast. This is Lisa from PracticallyIntuitive.com – didja miss me? I skipped a week in there because my trusty assistant, Anni, was on vacation and she’s the one who makes my newsletters look beautiful. You don’t want the kind of newsletter my skills allow me to create. I may converse with Angels easily but messing around with HTML is not the same thing, as I learned early on.

Today’s topic actually came as a message from my own Guides and I wanted to share it with you all.

During sessions with my clients over the past month or so, their Guides were offering suggestions about creating a dialogue and opening up the channel of communications even deeper. One of these suggestions was to start a journal where the only thing in there was letters to the person’s Guides and the responses from the Guides back.

It occurred to me that perhaps I should also take this advice. Even though I can easily chat with my Guides in my head, there’s something about the written word that makes it more concrete, more solid. So, I bought a pretty little book and set about writing each day. It took maybe five minutes or so and I found a lot of comfort in their words.

One of the things I wrote them about early on was my dog Max’s declining health. He’s 16 and has been going downhill for a bit and now that I was home all day with him, I could see it even more. My husband has been in a wee bit o’denial about it but I’ve known that he wasn’t going to be with us much longer. Even though I had Max before I got married, he quickly became my husband’s buddy and they were very, very close. (Hence, the denial. I got that.)

The feelings of helplessness as I watched Max struggle to make his way outside was gut-wrenching to me. As an empath, I am particularly sensitive to animals and was internalizing what I perceived Max felt.

So, I wrote to my Guides and asked their help in knowing what needed to be done. They assured me that Max was okay for now and that he would let us know what he needed. They also told me that I was acting out of my own pain of impending loss and not to get caught up in putting that on the dog.

I found solace in their words that Max would let us know what he needed when it was time. Whenever I whipped myself into a frenzy over his difficulties eating or breathing, I’d hear their voice saying, “Trust that he will tell you when it’s time”. I also had to trust that my husband would recognize that time as well.

And so, this past Thursday, Max let me know in no uncertain terms that it was time. He couldn’t walk on his back legs and wouldn’t eat. I knew my husband couldn’t deny this either and I was right.

So, with heavy heavy hearts, we took our beloved Max to the vets to help him to the Rainbow bridge. It was incredibly difficult but I felt the presence of my Guides and they helped me be strong and do what was needed.

When I wrote to them in my journal the next day, thanking them for their love and support, their response was this:

“You’re welcome. All is love – we come into the world as love and we leave the world that way too. You will be okay. Lessons, heartbreak, heartache, busting open. Kids and pets do that to you. All that’s left is love. We love you and are right here with you.”

This is just one way our team of Spirit Guides supports us. I found so much solace and comfort in their words at a particularly difficult time. When you’re in close contact with them, it’s just that easy to reach out (as I did) and ask for that comfort. It’s given unconditionally. You can count on it to help you through the good times and the less than good times. You can also count on them being honest with you and guiding you to see what you might not want to see. I didn’t realize it was my own pain of losing him that was causing me to go into his energy so strongly. When I was told to step back and trust that he’d tell me, I did. Because when you listen to guidance that’s given in unconditional love and is for your highest good, it’s easy to follow it.

Max will always, always live in my heart. And I am beyond thankful for the wonderfully clear connection to my team of Guides who always support me in every situation. It’s a blessing to have such a thing as I navigate life down here in the physical.

Your guides will do the same for you. It’s just a matter of asking for it and then being open to receive it. If you want to know how to do it, schedule a 30 minute session with me and learn how. You never know when you’ll need it.

Thanks for listening – this is Lisa from PracticallyIntuitive.com. Enjoy your week!

Co-Create with your Spirit Guide Team – new teleclass! – CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Lisa — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:22:37 +0000

It’s probably not news to you that we all have a team of Spirit Guides, right?

And it’s probably not news to you that life is easier and better when you work with your team, right?

So…how do you even get started?

Do you just say, “Hi, Guides! Let’s talk?” and then hear nothing?

Do you say, “Here’s a list of things I need help with. Fix it now.” and give away your self-authority?

Or do you say nothing and wonder how come everyone else seems to communicate with their Guides just fine?

Working with your Guides is easy and enlightening once you know how to do it in a way that fits YOU perfectly.

Join me for a three night tele-class where I’ll show you all the ins and outs of working with your own team of guides and teachers.

We’ll talk about:

• The most direct way to receive guidance from your team

• What they can assist with and what they can’t

• How to trust that what comes through isn’t from your imagination or your dead Uncle Steve but really and truly from your Guide team
and lots more…!

Find out all the details and register for the class at Workingwithspiritguides.com.

CONTEST UPDATE!

To win one of TWO FREE spots in my teleclass, please leave a comment below telling me what you’d like to ask your own Spirit Guides. Winners chosen at random on Friday. Please share and tweet – all are welcome to play!

CONGRATULATIONS to Linda Sanchez and Laura Dossantos – they’ll be joining us starting Monday April 30th learning how to work with their Spirit Guides!

Podcast #39: Free GPS – Get Yours Now!

Lisa — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:35:09 +0000

What’s the biggest hurdle you face in working with your intuition? Believing it’s there and stepping into the trust.

I talk a bit about that in today’s podcast.

Tell me, what stops you from using your free GPS??

Also, here’s the link to watch yours truly speaking with Julie Siebert at Reawakening Your Brilliance.

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Podcast #39: Free GPS: Get Yours Now!

Hi everyone and welcome to the bi-weekly Practically Intuitive podcast! This is Lisa from Practically Intuitive.com – nice to have you here.

One of the things I often talk about is learning to work with your Guides and Teachers in Spirit and the benefits of being able to do that. If you’re wondering where to start, I’m gonna hook you up! Look for an announcement of my three-class teleseries “Co-creating with your Guide Team – it’s easier than you think” later this week. And if you’re on my email list, I have a special offer just for you. (If you’re not, better go there right now and sign up so you can get in on it too!)

Also, if you missed the webtv interview I did with Jule Siebert of Reawakening your Brilliance, you can find a link to it here. I step out from behind the microphone and talk about all kinds of topics, field questions from listeners and just have a good old time talking about the woo.

Today’s topic is something near and dear to my heart – trusting your intuition. As I’ve mentioned, I grew up watching my mom just “know things” that always – always – were right. In our family, her “vibes” were sort of legendary and it took no great leap for me to put what she said and what actually happened together and see that she was spot on.

So, listening to my intuition and trusting it was almost like breathing to me. Why wouldn’t you trust it, I thought?

As I began working with my clients, I saw that this thing that came so easily to me was probably the biggest hurdle they faced. How do you trust what you get? How do you know your mind didn’t make it up?

So many of us are not used to hearing that still, small voice inside much less giving it any value. If you think you don’t have a GPS, you won’t look for it to guide you, right?

But if someone gave you a cool navigational tool and said “it’s easy to use and will get you anywhere you need to go”, you’d probably use it. Because why not?

Same with your intuition. It’s there. You were born with it. It came with the original packaging. Why are you letting it sit on a shelf, gathering dust?

Fear.

Fear of using it and being wrong.

Fear of what others would say if you made big decisions based on your inner knowing.

All kinds of things get stirred up when you turn on that GPS, don’t they?

My husband comes from the perspective that logic is king. When I make a decision, he used to ask what I based it upon. Most times, I’d reply, “Just a feeling I have” – can I tell you how hard that is for someone trained in empirical evidence to accept? I bet you have someone like that in your life, too. Trying to explain that you make your decisions based on your inner knowing is like telling them that you had someone look into a crystal ball and divine the future. They cannot wrap their head around it much less give it one iota of credence.

Now, husband has lived with me long enough to know that I go by my “spidey sense” all the time. He’s even stopped asking me what I base this knowing on because he has heard the answer enough times. Yet, I will tell you that he actually does listen and pays attention to me if I tell him I’m getting a “wonky vibe” about something. He doesn’t trust it in himself (and I don’t think he ever will) but he does trust it in me.

See, here’s the thing: we all have this inner voice that helps guide us. Every. Single. Person. on this planet has it. Whether you choose to develop it is part of your free will. If you never take your GPS out of the box and it gathers dust on a shelf, that is your choice entirely.

But if you reach up and open the box, take it out and turn it on, it will begin to assist you right there, wherever you are. The battery doesn’t die or fade away. Your intuition is available to you whenever you’re ready be it when you’re 8 or 80. And learning to tune in and trust this gift will assist you so much on your path and purpose in this lifetime (and all the ones to come).

It’s right there waiting for you. Can you be brave enough to reach for it high atop that shelf?

If you’re ready to make a commitment to yourself to step onto your path with roller skates, I can help. I know how to trust 100% – you can, too. Email me for an application and more information on my Intuitive Development Mastery program.

That’s all for this week. Enjoy the spring weather and I’ll talk to you next time.

This is Lisa from Practically Intuitive.com – bye for now.

Podcast #38: Why you ain’t listening to your higher self

Lisa — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:15:44 +0000

Sometimes you just don’t want to listen to your higher self. Why is that? In today’s podcast, I look at why that might be.

My pal Jodi Chapman is featuring yours truly for the next few days and is sponsoring a giveaway: my “Trust What You Get” e-book and a 15 minute intuitive session with me. Jodi is the creator of “Soulful Journals” – neat, thought-provoking handmade journals. If you’d like to enter the contest, visit Jodi here and leave a comment.

-AND-

Wednesday March 28th at 8pm eastern, I’ll be hanging out with Julie Siebert at Awaken Your Brilliance on her weekly webtv show. You can join us live on the phone or in the chat room and ask questions about working with your intuition. I’d love to talk with you!

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Podcast #38: Why you ain’t listening to your higher self

Hi everyone and welcome to the Practically Intuitive podcast! This is Lisa from PracticallyIntuitive.com. I’m glad you’re joining me.

Taking this work full-time means lots of fun changes, classes and new stuff around the corner. I’ll be doing these podcasts every other week now and will, of course, send you an email when they’re out.

If you’re around Wednesday evening March 28th, I’ll be talking live with Julie Siebert at “Reawaken Your Brilliance” at 8pm eastern. Come join in on the conversation and ask your questions about working with your own intuition.

I’m also offering an Intuitive Development Mastery course that will teach you to have 100% trust in your intuition with total reliability. Imagine having the ability and trust to tune in at any time, no matter the circumstances! That’s a skill that will serve you well the rest of your life. If this is something that jumps out at you, email me and see if this is a good fit for where you are right now.

Today’s topic is all about why you’re not listening to your higher self when it gives you all the guidance you need,

We all know there are things we “should” be doing, right? Eating better, exercising, getting enough rest and on and on. And still we snarf down McDonalds, sit around on the couch and surf the web aimlessly. If we know better, why aren’t we doing better?

Good question! Change can be hard when it comes from outside ourselves – like our spouse nagging us to do something we don’t feel like doing – and that sets up all kinds of roadblocks. But when change comes from inside us, from our own decisions, it’s a bit easier to move into it.

Listening to guidance is like that, too. If we perceive that someone “out there” is telling us what we should be doing, the natural inclination is to do the opposite. Realizing that it’s coming from inside you is a necessary shift in perspective for you to take action.

When I say “coming from inside you” – what do I mean? I mean guidance comes from the highest and best part of you – the part of your soul that knows why you’ve incarnated in a physical body and what you you’ve chosen to work on while in it. When you listen to that guidance, there’s no need to fight it because it’s aligned with all your goals.

And…still we do, don’t we?

It’s not because we don’t believe it and it’s not because we don’t want to accomplish those goals. In fact, it’s just the opposite. To know that we can do and be all we came here for is scary. And not just “little bit scary” but big “oh my god, oh my god, oh my god” scary.

What if you listened to your inner guidance and actually did all the pieces that came before you? What if everything shifted and you got the things you needed and wanted to do your soul work? What then?

How do you stand in the light of all you are and all you can be and not run away? This is why we don’t often listen. This is why we don’t always take the action.

Because doing that calls us to step into our power and our gifts. It’s much easier to fly under the radar, only doing a bit of what you are here to do because then, if things don’t work out, you have an excuse.

For several years, I’ve been telling people how I can’t wait until I can do this work full-time because it’s my passion and my joy! If only, if only, if only. And, here I am having been given a gift from the Universe that I arranged and manifested and now I’ve got to show up – with all my skills and gifts and fears and doubts. I’ve got to stand in the light of what I came here to do and do it.

It’s just a little bit intimidating, you know? But I cannot not do it. I can’t. It came from my soul and I am following that guidance wherever it leads.

You can, too. Even if it’s scary to step out, you must. It’s what you are here to do. And, it requires an enormous amount of faith and trust in yourself.

How do you even start? WHERE do you even start? These are such good questions to ask in an intuitive reading. Your Guides and your Higher Self have answers for you. Can you hear these answers? Can you feel them?

I’ve got the clear connection to your guides and can help you take action right today on one thing that moves you on your path. Contact me if you want to know what that is and we’ll get started.

That’s all for this week. My next podcast will be in two weeks but in the meantime, come play with us on Facebook. I welcome your thoughts and comments, as always.

This is Lisa from PracticallyIntuitive.com. Have a lovely week! Bye for now.