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Mastering Money – Or Money As Master?

Andrea Hess — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:21:59 +0000

There’s a huge financial disempowerment happening in our society today. And if we’re not careful, it’s easy to let this financial disempowerment creep into the way we create income (or not!) in our own business. Here it is: At some point, we decided, as a society, that it’s acceptable to do what is inauthentic, unpleasant, and out of alignment with our Divine self-expression …. for money. Think about it. How many people, given a few million dollars, would still show up for work tomorrow because they actually love their jobs? Ten percent? Maybe a little more? Or even less? Millions of people who dislike their jobs tell themselves every single day that they “have to” go to work because they have bills to pay. But that’s a self-created reality … like any other “reality” we live in. Here’s the problem: When we embrace this attitude, we actually give money the...

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Our First Spiritual Responsibility

Andrea Hess — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:37:46 +0000

Occasionally I read or hear stories of people who sound like they’ve taken a tremendous leap of faith. They’ve quit their job from one day to the next, without any idea of how they’ll now go about creating income. They traveled across the country with no idea of where they would stay or how they’d get back. That sort of thing. And they loudly pronounce that they trust the Universe to provide for them as needed. That sounds good. Sometimes these are indeed very powerful choices. But the thing is, the Universe acts through actual people. If we put ourselves in a position where we can no longer provide for ourselves … we put someone else in the position of having to provide FOR US. And there’s nothing spiritual about that. Following our intuition, or our Soul Purpose, or Divine guidance, is NOT an excuse to be irresponsible. I don’t...

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It’s Not Me, It’s YOU!

Andrea Hess — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:41:53 +0000

I’ve noticed an interesting trend lately, with both my clients and healer friends. It seems we’ve collectively gone overboard in the arena of personal responsibility. I mean, YES, we are 100% responsible for our own experience. And YES, we create every circumstance in our lives. And YES, when something shows up, we need to figure out what “like” resonance in our Being would have attracted that. Having said all that, we also share our experience with other people. And sometimes, those other people can spread a lot of muck, negativity, and drama around. For those of us who are energetically sensitive (and I definitely speak for myself here!) it’s easy to identify with vibrational frequencies that others are creating in our environment. And because we have embraced responsibility for our own experience, we think that any negativity is our “stuff.” For example … If your spouse is fearful of your...

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How to know your Soul Purpose

Andrea Hess — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:29 +0000

What would it be like, to really “know” your Soul Purpose? What if you absolutely knew your Soul Purpose to a high level of detail? Let’s say that you knew with complete certainty that you are a spiritual healer, and that your niche was women who are contemplating or going through a divorce. You are to deliver your gifts primarily through public speaking and private healing sessions, and that your first step is to secure local speaking gigs at women’s wellness centers and yoga studios. Then you’d book private local clients from those speaking gigs, which you’d use to fund the building of a website. You know exactly what kind of team you need to hire for your marketing and administration. Your team would help you secure more speaking gigs and start building an online presence, and you would focus on doing remote healing sessions and group healing sessions...

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Limitation and Opinion

Andrea Hess — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:48:19 +0000

How many of your daily choices are based on your perception of other people’s opinion of you? How often are you consciously or unconsciously influenced by that sneaky little inner voice that says: “But what will my husband (or children, parents, friends, co-workers, bosses, clients, or the ever-popular amorphous mass that is ‘people’) think?” Our perception of other people’s opinions is perhaps the greatest limitation we impose upon ourselves. So many of our life choices – to start a business, to begin, end or continue a relationship, our choice of career and education, what we eat, how we dress – are based on what we think others think. The problem? We don’t know what other people think. We can’t know. Why the persistent preoccupation with other people’s opinions? Why does the fear of their disapproval paralyze us, keep us from standing in our Truth and pursuing our purpose and passion? ...

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