Wisdom Day 76: The Wisdom of Embracing Your Vulnerability

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[This post, by Tonya M. Evans, appeared originally at ByTheSpirit.net. Reprinted with permission.]

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” - Brené Brown

Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. Brené’s 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability is one of the most watched talks on TED.com, with over 8.5 million views. I blogged about her conversation with Oprah Winfrey on OWN TV a few posts ago.

Recently, I’ve poured over the pages of her book The Gifts of Imperfection, which I believe is an essential text for anyone — like me — recovering from the crippling dis-ease of perfectionism. Dr. Brown describes perfectionism as another very toxic form of fear and as a major obstacle to our ability to live with the type of authenticity only possible when we are vulnerable to the very things that perfectionists spend all of their time and attention avoiding … like the plague.

But what I’ve learned from my own spiritual journey, and what Dr. Brown explores and explains in her work, is that embracing the parts of our “life stories” we’re afraid and shamed of is the only way to experience love and belonging and joy in all of their spiritual glory.

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Tonya Marie

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Wisdom Day 75

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“In love, there is a total acceptance of self, and a willingness to give of self without an expectation of receiving anything in return. When you love, you are not afraid to share the truth of who you are, and you accept the truth of others without judgment.”

~Iyanla Vanzant~

Iyanla Vanzant returns to OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network with season 2 of Iyanla: Fix My Life this Saturday, April 13th 9/8c.

Click here to see the trailer and full episodes or to find OWN on your TV!

Be well, loving … & WISE!

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Wisdom Day 74: More Wisdom on the Power of Intuition

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“The Law of Attraction, Power of Positive Thinking and Intention are all extremely powerful tools to help you attract and manifest your highest potential. However, they are all secondary to intuition. Unless you are walking on the path that your soul knows it must walk on none of these tools will work properly for you. If you’re living a fear based life and believe that your dreams aren’t real, then the Law of Attraction will give you unrealized dreams, the Power of Positive thinking and Intention will turn into hopeless wishing because you’re taking action based on fear. Once you cross over and say “Yes!” to what you soul knows it should be doing, only then will these tools be of any use to you! We are not five sensory beings; we have 6 senses, intuition being the sixth and most important sense. Once you learn to trust and take action only on your own guidance the world will bow at your feet.”

~ Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath ~

meditation_handsOn Wisdom Day #73, I introduced the Wisdom of Intuition. In that post, I shared my thoughts and reflections on the powerful and divinely inspired sixth sense we all have but don’t always use or trust. I also shared some tools to help you better understand, awaken and harness your intuition.

Today I offer Jackson Kiddard’s insightful words of wisdom — which I found through my “friend in my head” Mastin Kipp at TheDailyLove.com — to help distinguish intuition from the law of attraction, positive thinking and intention.

They aren’t just new age buzz words but important aspects of co-creating with Spirit the life you want to live. But they either involve some force external to us (in the case of the law of attraction) or operate at the level of mind-function (positive thinking and intention). Our intuition, on the other hand, exists internally at the cellular level. That’s because we come into this world hardwired spiritually with intuition, our sixth sense beyond five-sensory perception that is always available and whispering to us.

Get still, quiet and present so you can get clear about how and where your intuition is leading you. The greatest power you will ever possess to help you truly know what is best for your soul in every moment isn’t in a book, a class or in what other people tell you is best for you but in the indwelling intuitive power of Spirit already inside of you!

Perhaps your intuition is leading you to share in the comments section. :-) I welcome your thoughts, feelings and experiences with your intuitive sense and how intuition is whispering to you!

Be well, intuitive … & WISE!

Tonya Marie

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