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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Welcome to Aligned
and Abundant the sacred space
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where we awaken truth, embodyour light, and manifest from
deep alignment.
I'm your host, ChristineMercario, and today we're
talking about success and thepath of how to get there.
We're going to dive into a newdefinition of success, one
that's rooted in soul, notstruggle, one that feels
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expansive, peaceful, and deeplyfulfilling.
So take a breath with me, let itgo, and let's begin.
When I was growing up, I alwaysthought that success was a
straight line, that it was A toB to C, et cetera, until you
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accomplished your goal.
Now that I'm 42 years old, Irealize that life is definitely
not a straight path to success.
It has curves, it has U-turns,it has roundabouts.
You might go in reverse.
Either way, if you keep going,you will get to your end goal.
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And it's important to giveyourself grace along the way.
Success isn't something youchase, but something you become.
We have to release the oldparadigm.
Success was about constantdoing, hustling, proving,
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achieving, living up to otherpeople's expectations.
In the new paradigm, thesoul-led, aligned, and abundant
way, success really begins withalignment.
Alignment to me means when youare stepping into your power and
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you are surrendering to theuniverse.
You are listening to the littlewhispers that come across your
mind during the day.
Maybe it's something you dreamabout, like literally dream
about when you're sleeping.
Maybe it's things that comeacross your path that ignite a
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thought of excitement or hope orease.
Those are the little whispersfrom the universe that are
giving you your guideposts, yourmap to follow in order to get in
alignment.
Now, when you're out ofalignment, you will know.
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You may be unhappy.
You may be grumpy.
You may feel lost.
You may feel frustrated.
And The goal is to be inalignment.
When you are in alignment,everything flows more easily.
Opportunities find you.
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The right people come in.
And abundance becomes natural.
You're not pushing or pulling.
You're receiving.
So success becomes a frequencythat you embody, not a finish
line that you're running toward.
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You get to be more, live in themoment, and feel happy and
successful and hopeful of allthe things that you are working
on in your life.
So when you are in alignment,you are by nature happier
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because you are experiencingthings that feel good to you,
right?
There are things that light youup.
There are things that make youfeel better, right?
It's important for you to beable to recognize, are you
living in alignment or are youliving in obligation?
I like to say, are you on thehamster wheel?
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Are you running around justdoing the same thing over and
over every day?
There are certain things that...
We have to do.
Get up, brush your teeth, showerand all of that.
But you can make those thingsfun also.
You can put music on in theshower.
You can put Epsom salts at thebottom of your shower and
pretend that you are basking inthe white light of the Holy
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Spirit.
in order to make your morningroutine more sacred to you.
Have a slow morning.
Set your clock earlier.
Start the day at 5 a.m.
Start with some stretching, somewater, some light journaling,
meditation.
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Then take your shower, drinkyour coffee, have a cup of tea,
whatever it is that lights youup.
When you start your day off inthis type of way, your more
likely to have a successful daybecause you're already setting
yourself up.
with an expression of gratitude,with releasing anything that may
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have been in your subconsciouswhile you were sleeping.
It's important to honor andrespect your needs.
At the end of the day, the onlyone that can save you or account
for you is truly yourself.
You have to be your best ally.
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You have to be your best friend.
You have to be your bestsupporter because we only have
one life.
And we need to live it to ourfullest.
When we love ourselves, thatshines through to others and it
becomes a magnet.
And other people will want to bearound you, learn from you,
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witness you, be with you.
And that is what life is allabout, right?
We want that connection to otherpeople, especially the people
that we love and care for.
We've been conditioned tobelieve that success has to look
a certain way.
Six figures, a perfect brand,always on point, you're always
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doing better, making more money.
But for many of us, that versionof success never really felt
right.
Because the truth is, it wasn'tours.
Your soul's version of successmight look like freedom.
Creativity, impact, presence,peace.
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Once you redefine success onyour own terms, the magic
begins.
We have to stop comparingourselves to others.
We have to truly hone in on whatbrings us joy and what lights up
our lives.
And that literally looksdifferent for every single
person.
Just imagine, there are over 8billion, with a B, people in the
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world.
And every single one of us has aunique fingerprint.
That just blows my mind to thinkthat.
There may be similarities, theremay be duplicate patterns, but
every single one of us is trulyunique.
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So why should we be like anybodyelse?
Sure, you can use other peopleas examples of things that you
aspire to.
Maybe you love the way thatsomeone can host a retreat.
Maybe you love the way thatsomeone writes.
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Perhaps you love the way thatsomeone makes their coffee at
home.
And it's okay.
Something that was channeled tome recently this year and I made
note of and stuck on my fridgeis walk the steps that have been
laid before you.
That really hit home for mebecause there's a point in time
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where you question, am I justtrying to duplicate someone
else's life?
Am I trying to be like someoneelse by doing X, Y, Z?
The truth of the matter is thereare going to be duplicates.
Things are going to overlap.
There are so many opportunitiesfor us to be unique and be
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individuals but there are alsoso many examples of the same
topic just explained indifferent ways it's okay to
tread a path that someone elsehas walked because it's still
going to be unique because it isfrom you it is from a different
person your soul's version ofsuccess might look totally
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different than someone else'ssoul's version of success.
Part of our life's purpose is tofigure out what success looks
like for our soul, to find oursoul's purpose.
Once you define success on yourown terms is really when the
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magic begins.
Let's talk about hustle and thehustle culture for a minute.
We've been told this story, workharder, push more, burn the
candle at both ends, and thenyou'll be worthy of success.
I'm currently reading a bookright now, and the author talks
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about someone who literallytested out the capability to see
how many hours he could stayawake in order to be more
productive.
And at one point in time, he wasliterally sleeping one hour a
night.
Now, he learned that he actuallycouldn't survive on one hour a
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night, but he survives on fourhours a night.
That wouldn't work for me, one.
But two, I want him to be moreproductive.
I wonder how that really isaccompanying his life and
supporting his life in apositive way.
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There's two perspectives here.
Do you really need to do all ofthat?
Sacrifice is what word comes tomy mind.
You are sacrificing otheropportunities to connect with
your family, your loved ones.
You are working a crazy amountof hours.
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And for what in return to be atthe top of your game at work,
maybe that is what this personwants.
Maybe that is what brings themcomplete joy and satisfaction in
life.
Not everyone is designed to be afamily type person and we have
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to respect that.
But it makes me think oflimiting beliefs and being
hustling being a traumaresponse, hustling being in
survival mode.
It's important to recognize thefact that we do not have to
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hustle in order to build yourdream, in order to receive the
abundance that is literally allaround us.
The alternative to hustling isgrace, is trust, is intuition.
It is leaning in to the whispersof life.
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What may those whispers looklike?
Those whispers may look likethings that constantly come
across your screen, things thatare brought up in a
conversation.
Perhaps you're at the libraryand you overhear a conversation
and it's like you hear CharlieBrown's teacher, womp, womp,
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womp, womp, but then you pick upa few words, right?
Your attention goes to those fewparticular words.
It's little things like that.
that are trying to get yourattention and sometimes our
frequency is not tuned in rightwe are focused and locked in on
the agenda and the to-do listand the never-ending list of
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errands things that come up andthings that happen but at the
end of the day it's important toreturn home return to yourself
the more that you become openand aware of what is going on
around you and paying attentionthe more aligned you will come
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and with that it's like a funnelonce you open that door and
remove the blockages that youhave within the more that can
come through and the more you'llsee and it just gets better and
better healing is also a part ofthe success path.
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when we heal our worth ourpatterns our fear of visibility
we open the channel forabundance to flow your energy is
your strategy your nervoussystem is your business plan
your inner work is your outerresults if it feels like
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something isn't working lookwithin first And ask yourself,
what part of me doesn't feelsafe to be seen, to receive, or
to rise?
Because the moment you clear theblock, everything shifts.
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Now, this isn't something thatyou can do overnight.
And when we say healing, I'vecome to a newer revelation that
I want to share with the world.
I went down the path ofbelieving that, yes, we are
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healing.
We are facing our shadow side.
We are facing things that arelying in our subconscious that
we may or may not be aware of.
But at the end of the day, whatI've come to believe now is that
we are whole.
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We are not broken.
We may have experienced thingsthat have shook us, things that
have broke our heart, thingsthat have made such a deep
emotional impact on us.
But those are just experiencesthat the universe has brought
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across our path.
Now, I don't fully understandthe meaning of life like most
people.
Everything that I learn andexperience is just that.
I may have a thought today, andtwo years from now, I may be
like, oh, that was totallyincorrect.
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The way that I look at it is...
We need to go back to home.
And going back to home meanscoming back to the wholeness of
your soul.
We are not someone, but we arepart of the one.
Shout out to Kathy Heller.
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We are...
here for a reason and a purposeand we have to uncover what that
reason and purpose is and partof that is going back to the
belief that we are a whole soulthat is full of love light
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energy and connection and theeasiest way to tap into that is
through emotion Emotion is thevibration and the invisible
energy waves that call in whatwe're going to experience in
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life.
The universe is like a metaphorof going to a restaurant, like a
diner with like 12 pages of foodchoices, right?
There are so many things thatyou can choose.
Do you want to start with anappetizer?
Do you want to start withdessert?
Do you want to have dinner?
You are deciding through yourthought choices and your
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emotions what you're going toquote unquote order to eat.
My recommendation for you is todive deep, learn about yourself.
There are so many things outthere, so many resources that
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are available in order for youto do that.
I would highly recommendstarting with meditation,
letting yourself go quiet,sitting in the silence and
listening and focusing in onyour breath.
Your breath is your life force.
It is what makes you alive andthat is the best way for you to
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meditate.
And also know that meditation isnot hard.
And it gets easier and easierfor you to connect to the divine
light or to connect to source.
I imagine myself when I sitalmost like plugging in, like
there's a plug in the back of myback and I plug in and lock in.
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And then I take my deep breathsand I relax and I let the divine
light shine down on me.
If thoughts come, becausethoughts will always come.
That's when you just return backto your breath because it will
refocus you and re-engage you.
Our brains are on automaticpilot.
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We cannot turn them off, but wecan shift where our mind is
paying attention to.
Do not be afraid to meditate.
You can always start small, aminute, a two minute, five
minute.
I tend to go with 10 minuteguided meditations that I find
on YouTube.
It's just an easy way to lockin, right?
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To get in into a state of flow.
Your nervous system is animportant guide point for you
also.
If you are constantly in a stateof flight or fight, you are not
going to be able to producethings in a meaningful and
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helpful way for you.
you will more likely call inthings of the same energy
frequency.
If something is stressing youout and you're constantly
thinking about it, thinkingabout it, this isn't going to
work out, why does this alwayshappen to me, and having a pity
party, which everyone can havesometimes.
But you have to break free fromthat cycle.
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You have to retrain your brain.
And the good news is you can.
It's scientifically proven thatyou can rewire and build new
neurons that will change yourthought patterns.
It's a matter of putting in theeffort and the conscious work of
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doing so and making that happen.
And then it will get easier andeasier because you're building a
foundation.
Once you have a solidfoundation, you can build floor
after floor of success andwhatever more you want that to
look like.
I also recommend energy work.
I am a Reiki master teacher andpractitioner.
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I believe that it's important toclear our energy, clear our
aura, make sure that our chakrasare working and in alignment.
You can always seek apractitioner.
You yourself can become attunedwith Reiki and do self-healing
on yourself.
There are so many options outthere.
You just have to be curious tosee what's out there and what
works for you.
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More so about learning yourself.
There's human design.
There's Enneagrams.
There are all differentpathways.
You can go down the astrologyroute.
There are so many different waysfor you to literally learn about
yourself.
And it's really cool becauseonce you realize this
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information, sometimes your mindis blown and oh my goodness, I
had no clue that that's how Ineed to make decisions.
For example, I'm a generatorthree, five in human design, and
I am supposed to respond todecisions with my sacral, my
sacral gut feeling.
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Now, I always thought likelogical, logical, make that pro
and con list.
And I would spend hours makingpro and con list of what job
should I take?
Should I stay with this job?
Which vacation should I take?
Instead of just tuning in andlistening to my body's gut
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response of, yes, I'm going totake this job.
And if it feels good, that's ayes.
If it feels sticky, that's a no.
Then just honing in and honoringand respecting my body's answer
and going with it.
That's what I've been doing moreof now that I've learned more
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about that in regards to myself.
I definitely recommend humandesign.
I can drop some recommendationsin the show notes for you to
check out.
An additional truth that changedeverything for me.
The universe doesn't rewardeffort.
It responds to frequency.
And I want to say that again.
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The universe doesn't rewardeffort.
It responds to frequency.
It's not about how hard you'retrying.
It's about how deeply youbelieve.
It's about the energy you'reradiating, not the checklist
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you're crushing.
So drop into your body.
Tune into your soul.
What is it that you are asking?
What is it that you are seeking?
What version of you alreadylives the life you're calling
in?
Start showing up as that versionnow.
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That's the fast track tosuccess.
Embodying the spirit, theemotions of the person you want
to be.
The highest version of yourself.
The 3D world.
takes time to catch up to ourmind.
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It takes time to catch up to ourthoughts.
Our thoughts are creating ourreality.
Our thoughts are like the codingsystem of a 3D printer.
It takes time to put in the codefor the program to recognize and
register the code.
And then the printing begins.
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And it's layer upon layer uponlayer until your whole object is
formed so think about that ourthoughts go out and then
eventually they show up in ourworld so if we change our
mindset and we shift our energyof being who we want to become
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and Pretending, visualizing,embodying the spirit of that
version of ourself that we wantto be, we will see it in our
reality faster than you canbelieve.
I've bared witness to thismyself.
With that, you can also do analigned action.
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Ask your highest version ofyourself.
If I already had these things,if I already were successful by
whatever definition you have,what is one small thing I would
do for myself today?
Then follow through and do it.
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It can be something very simple.
It can be going to a new coffeeshop and ordering the nicest
coffee It can be going for aleisurely walk because you have
the time.
It can be throwing downeverything that's on your to-do
list for the day and taking yourkids to the movie theater.
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Take what you know, what youlove, and what you want to have
more of in your life, and justdo it.
Just do it.
Then you will be given moreopportunities to be met with
similar experiences day by day.
Start showing up for you today,for you now.
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I want to wrap some of this up.
You are not behind.
You are not doing it wrong.
You are exactly where you'remeant to be.
Life is about exploring.
Life is about figuring out whoyou are.
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And if you've been questioningyour path or redefining your
version of success, good.
That means you're waking up.
That means your soul is takingthe lead.
And you are surrendering andfollowing.
Let your path be sacred.
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Let your pace be sovereign.
And trust that when you'realigned, abundance is
inevitable.
You will see it.
You will feel it.
You will embody it.
If this episode resonated withyou, I'd love to hear from you.
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If you're ready to go deeperinto healing, alignment, and
spiritual expansion, you'realways welcome in my world.
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Check the show notes for currentofferings, meditations, and more
until next time remember you arethe portal you are the abundance
and your path is already sacred