So many believers confess that God is their Saviour, help and all those wonderful things we know Him to be with our mouths, but our actions often tell a different story. Many claim His word to be truth and his promises to be sure, but often choose to submit to the lies of the enemy instead. In this episode, I share how God reminded me that His Word is a firm foundation, His promises are sure and His word will never fail us.
This week, during a business encounter , I had a painful experience with a spirit that I've struggled with deeply in the past - REJECTION. It hurt like hell, but when I decided to be open, honest and vulnerable with God about my struggle, I saw Him bring some much needed healing, while turning things around in my favor to just just bring me peace, but greater profit as well. In this episode, I open up about this experience and share the wisdom God gave me to handle the spirit of rejection His way.
This week, I was prompted by to God to take a HUGE leap of faith and was thoroughly reminded why it's so important to have godly friendships in your life during these seasons. With such a weighty word that would require A LOT of faith, I was blessed to have someone in my corner that reminded me of God's promise over my life and propelled me into a level of faith that I never knew I had. While God's voice trumps all, having friends who will affirm and confirm the Word of God spoken to you when the enemy's lies try to take root in your mind is a truly a blessing. So make sure you've got the right people in your corner to speak the Word of Truth over your life and remind you of who you are and more importantly, of who your God is.
For a lot of us, the pressure to be productive runs deep and unfortunately, our sense of worthiness is often tied to how busy we can appear to be. This week, I found myself feeling intense guilt about needing to take a break from working and even started to panic about having free time in between my daily tasks, feeling that if I wasn't always working then I wasn't doing something right. After a moment intense panic about not feeling busy enough, God had to slow me down and remind me that it's okay to take a moment to breathe and simply be and that I was still worthy - even when I wasn't working.
While this episode title is quite the obvious statement, so many of us stay in our comfort zones, not because they're actually comfortable, but often because they're familiar. The pain, the trauma, the regression - it's all familiar - and definitely not a safe place of any sort. In this episode, I share how God reminded me that the world's idea of security is all an illusion and that the only truly safe space is directly, securely and surely in the will of God, and no other place will do.
As creators, we can often get caught up on our art or work being consumed by others, which can take the enjoyment out of the process for the thing we love doing most. While in meditation, God told me to "create as though no one is watching" - to immerse myself in the process - and to see those moments of creation as a prayer, a scared space and time with Him - and to watch how it would change the way I approached the creative process and make me fall in love all over again.
Some of us truly believe that we have to be an expert in order to be qualified to share our story. But the truth is..you’ve BEEN qualified because you’re an expert at being YOU - your experiences have shaped you into the beautiful being that you are now and that alone makes you worthy of sharing your journey! YOU are truly a story worth telling because you are a LIVING EPISTLE - a story being told to inspire others , while yet still - being written. So stop waiting until you feel qualified and tell your story..because you never know if the chapter you’re on needs to be heard.
Something that really holds a lot of creatives back is the need to sound deep and to be seen as deep in the eyes of others. We often compare ourselves to artists and creatives of old believing that if our art or work isn’t like theirs, it isn’t worthy of sharing, but in this episode I share what I’ve come to learn about what it truly means to create and share from a place of real depth and realize that your power to be profound is already in you.
So, did you know that you can be at peace right now? Like..NOW, NOW. I found that out in a difficult, yet beautiful way recently after shifting my perspective and surrendering to the power of mindfulness while dealing with what I thought was a pretty stressful situation. I allowed myself to see the beauty of life not only for what it could be in the future, but for the all the beautiful things I can appreciate about it right now. Sometimes, we can get so caught up in getting to the next level that we forget to enjoy the level we're at right now. In this episode, I share a quick reminder to seek the beauty of where you are because the present truly is a gift.
Sometimes, the reason we end up so frustrated is because we’re often fighting battles we were never meant to fight. In this episode, I share a quick reminder not to see surrender as a weakness, but your greatest asset as a child of God. Remember the battle was never yours to fight anyway! So give it to God and allow Him to shift your response AND that situation right in your favor.
So many of us can get stuck in a timeframe of where we encountered our last failure setback or disappointment and unfortunately, we often allow those moments to define us. But in this episode, I want to encourage you that you don’t have to live from that stuck place anymore - at any given moment you have the power to release the old identity and step into the new. At any given moment, you have the power to begin again. So don’t allow your past to strong arm you any longer..because you have the power become the best version of yourself RIGHT NOW, no permission necessary.
Oftentimes, the struggle to release unhealthy relationships in our lives is real and we often end up repeating toxic cycles of having them in our lives. In this episode, I share my own experience of these patterns in my own life and how I was able to heal and end this cycle by moving away from trauma responses and stepping into truth.
After the enemy reeeally tried it (yet still failed!) these past few weeks, I knew I had to share this message that God placed on my heart. When there's a big purpose, a great plan for your life, the enemy will use everything in his arsenal to stop you. But the question is..will you remain persistent under pressure? Will you continue to do what God has called you to do, even when it seems like everything..and I mean EVERYTHING..seems to be working against you? In this episode I wanted to remind even when motivation and inspiration fails, God doesn't. Once He's given you that vision, He will be sure to bring it to pass and give you strength to pursue and persist right in the face of the enemy. So keep pressing your way through..because the victory's already yours!
So instead of the typically planned audio recording, I decided to share the audio of a video that I was inspired to create a few days ago for this week's episode. It's all about taking a leap of faith and moving when God tells you to move.. quite literally. Some of you have been living in a place that can no longer contain what God wants to do for you and where He wants to take you. And He's now saying it's time to get out of your comfort zone and MOVE!! So, if this word is for you, take it, trust God and go where He's calling you to go!
Our lives are a product of our minds and our thought life. In this episode, Shakara gives practical ways that we can transform the way we think and consciously manifest the life of abundance & prosperity we truly desire.
In this journal episode, Shakara reminds us that while it's important to make plans and be prepared, it's even better to be ready to throw those plans out the window and surrender to the flow of your intuition. Because when we lean into Divine guidance..that is TRULY where the real magic happens.
As creatives, we can all go through ruts and periods of discouragement that cause us to question our gifts. In this weeks episode, Shakara reminds us that it's okay to go through these seasons and that the key is to push through those moments of doubt and to keep creating anyhow. Because it's not about creating the perfect piece of art..it's about creating because that's what you were born to do.
In this quick journal-style entry, Shakara shares a quick lesson on why overthinking NEVER helps and a quick reminder that what we're seeking is usually readily available to us - sometimes, we just have to open our eyes..and stop looking so hard.
As creatives, we can often get stuck comparing ourselves to our favorite creators. This often leads to feelings of inadequacy from not having the perfect equipment, backdrop or setup, discouraging us from getting started in the first place. In this episode, Shakara encourages you quit the comparison, trust in the power of your gift and reminds you to start where you are, use what you have and do what you can because the beauty is in the journey!