Sincerely, Janney: Takeaways From My Spiritual Retreat

Hello, from my wellness room! I’m back from my spiritual retreat – which was amazing, by the way! – and wanted to share one key takeaway with you guys. I’m keeping most details about the retreat to myself because I’m still reflecting on my experience, but I hope to share more with you all very soon.

Sincerely, Janney

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello, how are you? How are you feeling? I am
here back home from my retreat, sitting at my desk.
I made myself a wellness room at my house, which
was very needed. It almost felt like this room was
meant to be what it is now. So I have

(00:24):
my desk in here. I have a little buddha which
is a fountain. I'm pretty sure you can hear it.
It goes in and out. I think it needs more water. Anyway,
it's a very peaceful room. And this is where I'm
going to do a lot of my creative stuff and
make a little altar here. But AnyWho, the point is

(00:46):
that I had an amazing retreat, amazing. I drove up
there by myself, like I told you guys, and it
was a beautiful drive. And I drove back at night,
which was also very beautif full drive as well. I
was supposed to come home a day later, but I

(01:10):
came back a day sooner. I just wanted to come
home and see my husband and just be with my
boys at home and lay in my bed. Although I
had an amazing time out there, it was absolutely phenomenal.
Where I stayed was so beautiful. It was it was

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just a river a beautiful river that was surrounded by
homes in which I stayed in one and I shared
with two other girls, and I stayed in my own room,
and I did my best not to watch any television
or be on social media too much. I just wanted
to be completely present. And I know it could be
scary to be alone sometimes, and more than anything, I

(01:54):
think that's what I want to tell you guys in
this voice note that I know it can be scary
to be alone, but what happens when we are alone,
in silence, in our own presence is absolutely beautiful, in
life changing. I used to be the person that couldn't

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or didn't like to be alone, because when you're alone,
you're in silence, and in silence, that's where your intuition,
that's where God speaks to you. And sometimes we're scared
to hear what we need to know, so surrounding ourselves
with noise or with people or having someone to talk

(02:37):
to it distracts us from that. So I get it.
But I just want to encourage you to go on
dates by yourself, go eat, go to the movies, take
a walk, take a hike by yourself, go on and
retreat by yourself a little by little, take baby steps,
but it's absolutely amazing. And I love to be with

(03:03):
my husband. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it.
I missed him so much, and like I said, I
missed my dogs. I was like I missed them, but
being there and sitting on a rock and just thinking
and hearing the water flow, laying on a hammock, I

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took a nap on a hammock and it was so nice.
It's exactly what my heart needed and I want to
do it every so often, and maybe one day I'll
tell you guys all the details of my retreat. For now,

(03:44):
I want to just keep it to myself and just
reflect and analyze everything that God spoke to me about,
because He definitely spoke to me and I felt his
presence and it was beautiful to say the least. Maybe

(04:06):
it's something I'll keep to myself forever, but for now,
this is what I'm choosing to do. And I hope
that you guys can understand that because usually I share everything,
but I'm learning to keep some things to myself and
in my heart because it's so sacred. But I'll pray
about it and see if God calls me to tell
you guys, because this is definitely a world that I

(04:28):
want to be in for the rest of my life.
I feel like I came back to myself. Definitely went
back home, if that makes any sense. But I will
tell you that a part of me was left there
in a way of leaving and letting go and releasing

(04:51):
just things that weren't serving me, like self doubt, like insecurity,
a fear of my future. I definitely left it there
at a tree without giving too many details, but anyway,
more than anything, like I said, it's just encouraging you

(05:12):
guys to spend some time alone in silence and in
your own thoughts and journaling and really trying to hear
the voice within, which in my opinion, is God. I
always say this, God lives in us as us, So
that's all. I hope you are having an amazing day
and continue to have an amazing day and night and

(05:32):
sleep well and that you wake up feeling fabulous. Sincerely, Jay,