Posts Tagged ‘spiritual growth’

You may have noticed that I haven’t been sending out as many Tips lately. I’ll admit that I have been going through a reframing of the work I do and what I want to share.

At the base of what I’ve been examining is my feeling that something gets lost when the primary focus is on money. This may seem odd coming from someone whose book is all about money. But my book is really about you and your relationship to yourself and the world around you. And money is the symbol of those relationships.

So where do I think the focus needs to be? The phrase that keeps coming to my mind is “Spirit first.” What that means to me is that what matters most is our connection to the more of life — that which lies beyond our individual selves where we are energetically joined.  Read the rest of this entry »

You haven’t heard from me for a few weeks and that’s because, as the world is dealing with the chaos of change, I’ve been going through my own transformation, and I’d like to share something with you because I think some of you can relate.

I don’t know about you, but I’m finding that I’m feeling a bit disoriented by the cloud of uncertainty that hovers over everything now. Since I believe that opportunity can be found within every situation, I asked how I could benefit from the evolutionary change that our financial and political systems are going through.

I realized that this is the perfect time to latch onto the energy of transformation and allow myself to be more honest about who I am and what matters to me. You see, I’ve been hiding a part of myself–it’s sort of my secret. And I finally woke up to the fact that if I’m not willing to be totally honest about who I am, then I’m abandoning a part of myself, which can only affect me in a negative way.

And I bet more than one of you out there feels like you’re hiding too.

Although I focus my work on money and emotions, it’s really the spiritual part of my life that matters to me. When I was “homeless,” I perceived it as a spiritual journey that allowed me to get in touch with the inner guidance that I know we all have. Because I owned nothing and was attached to nothing, I could let my mind and spirit roam into uncharted territory, which I did.

On my journey, I had inter-dimensional experiences that, if someone else were to tell me the story, I’d probably think they were delusional. I wasn’t, and the experiences were real yet totally unexplainable through logical means. I came away from that period of my life with a deep, deep knowing that we are not alone, and my personal journey now is about how to enhance my relationship with that Force that guides us.

I often have synchronistic experiences that validate for me how we are all connected through an invisible communication grid that we can learn to use at will. It takes practice and patience, but it is there for anyone who is willing to suspend their disbelief and open themselves to alternate realities.

My purpose for writing today is just to connect and let you know that I’m contemplating how I want to present the knowledge that I have gained over the last 30 years. My broadened point of view allows me to be in the world but not of it so I can experience what’s going from a detached point of view. This allows for being in a peaceful place in the midst of the chaos.

As the Build Your Money Muscles for Financial Strength & Security Program is evolving, starting in the fourth month, I’m introducing this new material. I haven’t mentioned it yet in the description of the program, but will by the middle of next month.

In the meantime, on Decemeber 26th at noon EST, 9 am Pacific, on my BlogTalkRadio.com show, I’m going to tell some of my story. I’ve been told by those who have heard parts of it that the story is inspiring and certainly interesting. If you’d like, you can listen live or download later at http://BlogTalkRadio.com/JoanSotkin

I hope you all have a peaceful holiday and look forward to communicating with you next year.