September 7, 2024 • 27 mins
Feel like "Life isn't working?" We've all been there in our journey. Believe in your vision and recognize the cyclical nature of energy. From setting a disciplined schedule to surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals, in this episode of Butterfly Talk, we discuss meaningful ways to spiritually reconnect with your life.
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hello, butterflies, hello, hello, welcome to
Monique's Tarot.
How are you, butterflies?
I hope all is going well onyour end as we enter into this
new week.
To get things started here,let's just burn a bit of Palo
Santo.
Get things started here.
Let's just burn a bit of PaloSanto, welcoming in those
(00:52):
messages from the spiritualguides and also clearing out
that energy that no longerserves us.
As always, butterflies, it issuch an honor to bring these
spiritually guided messages toyou all each and every week.
Thank you all for those of youthat are subscribed via the
Monique's Tarot newsletter rightat moniquesterotcom.
(01:12):
Thank you for those of you thatsupport via Substack with your
financial contributions, andalso you can support via the
podcast atbuzzsproutmoniquesterotcom and
you can contribute with $3, $5.
All of that is right within theshow notes.
So thank you to all of you thatreally contribute and say thank
(01:35):
you for bringing these messages.
That's truly, truly appreciated.
So we are doing our secondbutterfly talk.
We are doing our secondbutterfly talk Now.
For those of you that have notlistened to the first butterfly
talk, which was overcomingfailure, highly recommend going
back to that.
These are more casual.
So there's so many things inbetween readings that happen
(01:57):
just in life, and I wanted tohave a format where we could
really just talk about that,have more conversation, a format
where we could really just talkabout that, have more
conversation.
I will do a full, a few poolsthroughout just to bring in some
connections and bring in somespiritual guidance, but I'm just
going to talk to you aboutdifferent topics in between some
of the moon readings, and thisis a great way for us to find
(02:25):
balance together and have adeeper connection as community.
So what I want to talk to youabout today is the topic of how
to get life to work for you.
I was talking with some friendsand there's been a lot going on
.
For so many people it feelslike there's this energy where
if you go up to somebody and youask them like hey, how are you
doing, it's kind of like youknow, I'm okay, I'm all right.
(02:48):
It's not really like that deep,like hey, I'm good, it's like
it's okay and it's bringing thisenergy of okay, life feels like
it's just not working.
If you've ever caught yourselfsaying that like life is just
not working, it's not working,or want to happen or the outcome
that you want, it's just notworking.
(03:09):
And we've all been there.
I've been there and it reallystarted to spiritually connect
with me and wanting tounderstand more of like, how do
you get life to work for you?
We so many spiritual tools, butsometimes it's like, where do
you start?
You can feel so overwhelmed inyour day.
(03:29):
So we're going to talk about afew things.
I want to talk about thesurroundings around you, within
your space, within your home.
I also want to talk about, like, your vision.
I want to talk about disciplineand I want to talk about how
the spirit comes in with all ofthat.
So get things started here.
(03:50):
Before we jump into this topicof how to get life to work for
you, I want to just pull abutterfly affirmation here to
ground ourselves ourselves today, colin and Butterfly
affirmations for how to get lifeto work for you, how to get
(04:20):
life to work for you Okay,butterflies, okay, butterflies.
So what we have here is a blackbutterfly with four spots
imagine two spots on each of thewings and you have this purple
kind of amethyst flower thatthis black butterfly is sitting
(04:42):
on.
It's almost like there's avision of being able to see
through the darkness here, seethrough the light that's coming
through here, but also there's acertain illumination, almost
like if these holes were clear,these clear spots on this black
butterfly.
It's almost like they couldhang, like they could support.
(05:02):
There's a very supportiveenergy that's felt with these
spots on this butterfly here andthe affirmation reads I am
strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
I'm strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
Life with courage and trust.
(05:28):
How timely is that butterflies?
I mean, we're talking about howto get life to work for you,
and there's a spiritual messageright away of courage.
I'm strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
So let's talk about yoursurroundings.
Let's talk about yoursurroundings.
(05:49):
When we think about things notworking, often we're focused on
the very immediate surroundingsaround us.
So for some of you, that mightbe your work life, your career
life.
Maybe there's a job that you'regoing for, that position, you
need that new contract that youneed the team members that you
need, and you feel like it's notworking.
For some of you, it might beyour relationships.
Perhaps you've been single forsome time and you feel like you
(06:11):
aren't finding that compatiblerelationship or you feel like
for the relationship you haveright now, whether you're in a
single relationship or maybe amulti-partnered relationship,
it's a little bit too complex.
This could even be directlyrelated to your health, like how
are you staying on top of yourfood practices?
(06:31):
There are so many layers towhat could not be working in
your life, and so the immediatesurroundings around you have a
big effect on your mindset.
Let's start with your home.
So your home is your place ofpeace, and when we think about
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things not working, we're oftenwanting control.
We want to control the outcome,we want to control how things
are, and if we can control it,we feel like it's working.
But there's this energy thatcomes with disruption that's
meant to shift and to move usinto new territory.
So, as much as we might feellike it's not working for us,
(07:14):
that disruption is actuallyshifting the way we practice.
So in thinking about your home,how is your home set up?
Is your home cultivating anenergy of peace?
Is your home cultivating energyof anger?
Is your home cultivating anenergy of connection?
(07:35):
If you are looking for deeperconnection in your life right
now, within your family let'ssay you have kids, let's say you
have a partner your home needsto be set up so that everyone
can have their space, they canhave their time, they can have
their energy to just be withinthemselves.
But you also need places like atable where everyone can eat.
(07:57):
You need a backyard or maybe acommunity space that people can
go out to and kind of play, andneed a place to bathe.
You need a place to be able tounfold into your rest with your
bed.
All of these surroundings allowyou to come back into yourself.
(08:20):
So the first thing is to thinkabout your immediate space.
I also want you to think aboutyour surroundings as clues into
how you can get things working.
So, for instance, I wasactually going through a lot of
old magazines.
I was traveling and I wasreading this magazine and there
(08:42):
are these little tear outswithin the magazine, like you
know, those smell goods whereyou could tear out the perfume,
rub it on your body and itsmells really nice.
And I got back home and Irealized there were so many more
magazines that I hadn't tornout all of these smell goods.
So I started to do that andtear all of those out and it
(09:03):
made me realize like I have somany magazines, like I'm a big
magazine collector and I lovethe art of writing.
I also have tons of booksaround my space.
There's books on shelves,there's books under the TV,
there's books, there's justbooks all over the place.
And it was a good reminder thatI love writing.
I love everything about writingand that process of being able
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to look at your immediatesurroundings and say, if I'm
looking to get something to workfor me, what in my environment
is showing me what I love?
And as you go towards thosethings that you love, you start
to have more synergy with yourspirit.
You start to go in a directionof okay, this feels easy.
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You're not so much goingagainst the grain.
If you are looking to shiftinto a new career and you're
wanting life to work for you,starting with those surroundings
is a great start because itgives you a clue into what you
need to do.
You can also ask people hey,what can you tell me about
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myself?
What are those things that I'mnot seeing about myself?
And with that you're startingto get that outside spiritual
counsel.
You're out, starting to havethose outside souls really talk
to you and connect with you andgive you that insight so that
they can show you what you haveease with.
When we want life to work for us, we're often looking for ease
(10:32):
and not friction.
But again, remember that youneed that darkness with the
light, and the darkness in thiscase can sometimes be the
friction that you feel like iswithholding you.
Now let's go to the other sideof things.
Let's say you've had a lot offailures.
In those cases, it's importantto make sure that you're taking
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time to think about yourdiscipline.
So, within your discipline,there's your schedule, there's
your rest, your communicationand also how you're connecting
with people.
We have so many tools at ourdisposal right now and sometimes
we can overload ourselves withlife and we put too many things
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in one day and it can instantlyfeel like a failure.
I want you to think about whattools do you have, whether
that's your notebooks, yourcalendar, whatever it is.
You want to make sure that yourschedule is consistent for the
results that you want in yourlife.
It doesn't mean that youdiscount rest, but it does mean
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that you need to factor it inwith some of your goals, because
, as you look at your discipline, if your discipline is lacking
in consistency, then you won'tbe able to see the fruit of your
dreams.
There needs to be a constantgive and take of.
You're giving something out andthen you're resting.
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You're giving something out andthen you're resting.
You're allowing your spirit toreplenish and you're also
allowing your spirit to go intoaction.
I want you also to think aboutyour communication within your
discipline.
Are you sharing these goalswith other people?
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Are you allowing yourself tohave that outside reflection?
If you're someone who livesalone or you're separated from
your family, it's hard of youthat are in different locations
to really find that communityand connect with that community
so that you can have that mirrorof who you are and that mirror
of how you actually operate.
If you're someone who's maybemore of a hermit, it's fine to
take that time for yourself, butyou want to make sure that
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you're doing so with goodreflection, because that'll
allow life to work for youthrough other people.
And it's so important to allowother people to connect with you
, especially when you're lookingto get to that next level or if
you're looking just to shiftout of the energy that you have
right now.
There are so many times whenI've been in ruts and I've tried
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to do things on my own, andsometimes the bravest thing that
you can do is ask for help fromsomeone else, really asking and
saying, hey, I need help, Ineed something outside of myself
.
I need to know more than I knownow.
It's humbling in doing that, butit also is giving your spirit
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this chance to expand.
It's giving your spirit thischance to really come into some
newness and to step back and saywhat can I grow in, what can I
become more disciplined in andhow can I allow others to help
me so that I can go on thisjourney with support oracles
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calling in light oracles for howto get life to work for you,
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calling in light oracles of howto get life to work for you, to
work for you.
Yeah, we were just talkingabout that.
So I'm seeing hereself-awareness.
It has the number six up topand it's one hand given into
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another.
There's one hand that'sactually coming out of the frame
of a galaxy and it says let goof your egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
I'll read that again Let go ofyour egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
I'll read that again Let go ofyour egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
The ego plays such a big partinto our growth.
The ego is there to give usthat boost to do things right.
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It gives us that boost to say Ican do this better than anyone
else, or I am more than capableof doing this, or I can overcome
this obstacle.
But at the same time, whenyou're self-aware to that point
of help and support, you knowyour limitations.
So part of getting life to workfor you is knowing with your
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spiritual guides, your ancestors, calling out to them to
understand what you need andwhat you don't know about your
spirit yet, allowing them tospeak through those dreams,
allowing them to speak to thatunconscious, so that you're
fully connected throughout yourday as you're awake.
Along those lines, I also wantto talk to you all about your
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vision.
So, getting life to work for you, the first thing you want to
think about is is your visionenlightened Meaning?
Are you clear on where you wantto go?
And this is often what catchespeople up, because when you are
feeling like things just aren'tworking, nothing is going your
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way, the vision can become socloudy.
And that's again why it's soimportant to first start with
centering your space, tocultivate what you need, whether
it's care, whether it'snurturing, whether it's healing,
whether it's recovery, whetherit's good conversation, whether
it's recovery, whether it's goodconversation.
You want to be able to have aspace of healing around you, but
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your vision is what you see,what you believe and also what
you're connected to.
So let's think about whatyou're seeing for a moment.
If you feel like you're in aspace of you can't see where you
want to go, I want you to pause.
I want you to put your handover your heart and I want you
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to say to yourself when was Iclearest on my vision?
At what point in my life was Iclearest on my vision?
At what point in my life was Iclearest on my vision?
How did I feel?
Who was I with?
What surrounded me?
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What were my habits?
What were the things in thelast few weeks that have clouded
my judgment?
Is my judgment being clouded byother people?
Is it being clouded by myself?
Is it being clouded by too highof expectations?
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I really want you to get clearon what your vision is being
clouded by, so that you canstart to move those things out
of the way.
Also, vision is connected tobelief.
So if you don't believe yourvision, if you're doing
something right now and youdon't feel fully connected to it
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, no one else is going to feelconnected to it.
So you want to be connected tothings you fully believe in.
There are times when you needto do that role, you need to do
that work, you need to take careof your basics.
I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about the thingthat you really want to do.
If you believe it, then yourspirit will start to make the
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steps to cultivate surroundings,cultivate the people, to
acknowledge that dream that theSpirit is calling you to.
I also want you to be patientwith this, because vision is
about connection and there aresome times where it takes months
, years to make that fullconnection.
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But you want to make sure that,with your vision, you are
taking those small steps to getthere.
So this could be, again withyour discipline, thinking about
a schedule that you can do justa little bit at a time to get
life to start to work for you.
This could be making sure youare resting so that you are
hearing everything you need tostart to work for you.
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This could be making sure youare resting so that you are
hearing everything you need tostart to make those steps.
This could also be about makingsure that you have that
togetherness with otherlike-minded people that share
that dream.
Getting life to work for you isabout getting into that momentum
, getting into that cycle ofthings where things are just
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continuous, where, if you don'thave it, if you don't have that
energy, for some reason you canfind it in other people.
If you can't find those wordsto really cultivate to that
family member or that child orthat relationship, giving
yourself the pause to say Idon't have to have all of the
answers, because this is aboutsomeone else cycling back into
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me as well, being able to sayyou know what, if things aren't
working out financially as muchas I'd like them to?
Let me give myself anopportunity to really think
about what I want, think aboutthat joy inside of me and start
to cycle into that energy ofpractice, of visioning it, of
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seeing it, of believing it andputting it into action.
It's cyclical.
The energy of getting life towork for you is about being in a
cycle that continues to give inand give out, as much as you
are giving out to other people,especially if you feel like
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you're someone who keeps giving,giving, giving and life is not
working for you right now.
Know that you are in that cycle.
You might be at the top of thecycle where you're in the give,
but it's going to return rightback.
Imagine if you are pouring intoa wheel of water and think
about, like those old wheels,where they would have buckets,
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and so if you're pouring intothe top of that wheel bucket and
there's several buckets below,you have to keep pouring and
pouring and pouring andeventually those buckets will
come back up to you as they hitthe river below.
Now you might say with thisMonique, I need rest, I don't
have any more to give.
I hear you, I've been there.
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I understand that completely.
So again, this is where youwant to make sure that you are
surrounding yourself with peoplethat know your limits.
You can't give from an emptywell, but I just want to speak
to those people who feel like Ihave been giving so much and
it's not coming back.
Yes, you need to haveboundaries.
You can't give it all, but youwant to make sure that you are
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acknowledging the potential ofconnection so that you can
continue to receive thatconnection back.
Cloning messages for how to getlife to work for you.
(22:30):
Cloning messages for how to getlife to work for you.
I'm feeling called to pull a fewhere.
So the first one that we havehere is compassion.
It says be gentle with yourself.
Forgiveness will set you free.
See the light in yourself andothers.
Yes, we were just talking aboutthat again.
Compassion says be gentle withyourself.
Forgiveness will set you free.
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See the light in yourself andothers.
Yeah, there's just this energyof if life is not working, then
it must mean that you've donesomething wrong.
And that's just not the case.
It's just not the case.
It's just not the case.
It's about making sure that youforgive yourself first for
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being too hard on yourself, forbeing too judgmental on yourself
.
It's easy to see yourself in anegative light.
It's easy to stay in that placeof negativity, but know you are
capable of so much, knowthere's still so much there for
you.
And also, this is the time toask for help if you want life to
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work for you, to get outside ofyourself and to spiritually
allow yourself to be open towhat's coming in.
There are a few visual, powerful, powerful visual tools that I
want to give you all.
The first one is writing downyour best outcome.
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I want you to write down yourbest outcome.
I want you to stick it onsomewhere you can see each and
every day.
Maybe this is on your mirror,maybe this is in your car, maybe
this is above your bed.
Wherever it is, I want it to bea place that you go to each and
every day and you sit down.
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Maybe it's your desk, but itgives you that visual cue.
What this is doing for yourspirit is it's allowing you to
unconsciously see that vision.
It's simple as just writingdown the word of what you want.
I want you to, every day,unconsciously look at this,
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allow your eyes to just glazeover a bit, and as you're
looking at this, I want you tothink about where everything is
working in your favor, what thiscomes to be, and allow it to
embed your unconscious in a waywhere your actions start to move
into that.
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Your surroundings start tocultivate that relationship,
your vision starts to allowyourself to actually believe it.
Your unconscious vision andyour discipline comes into a
certain softness.
This is how you start to getlife to work for you.
(25:21):
Let's pull one more butterfliesbefore we close calling and
messages from the spiritualguides how to get life to work
for you, and I'm seeing hereleadership.
(25:42):
We have a beautiful, beautifulunicorn here, um, this unicorn
here is standing tall and agreen borealis, beautiful
starlight kind of scenery here,and it says leadership.
It says step into yourleadership, share your message,
inspire and empower others.
(26:03):
Know that you have everythinginside of you, butterflies, to
get life to work for you, butknow that you are constantly in
relationship with your spiritualteams, constantly in
relationship with your ancestorsand constantly in relationship
with the evolving you.
It is all in you, but allowyourself to hear these things as
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they come to you.
So again here.
It says leadership.
Step into your leadership,share your message, inspire and
empower others With that.
Butterflies.
That is all I'm being called toread today.
I hope you all enjoyed thisbutterfly talk.
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Let me know how this messagehas resonated with you.
I'd love to hear how all of youare getting life to work for
you and how things are shifting.
If you feel like things aren'tworking right now, how are you
getting things to work for you?
I'd love to hear.
Until next time, butterfliesSpeak soon Bye.
(27:15):
Until next time, butterfliesspeak soon bye.
Hello, butterflies, hello, hello, welcome to
Monique's Tarot.
How are you, butterflies?
I hope all is going well onyour end as we enter into this
new week.
To get things started here,let's just burn a bit of Palo
Santo.
Get things started here.
Let's just burn a bit of PaloSanto, welcoming in those
(00:52):
messages from the spiritualguides and also clearing out
that energy that no longerserves us.
As always, butterflies, it issuch an honor to bring these
spiritually guided messages toyou all each and every week.
Thank you all for those of youthat are subscribed via the
Monique's Tarot newsletter rightat moniquesterotcom.
(01:12):
Thank you for those of you thatsupport via Substack with your
financial contributions, andalso you can support via the
podcast atbuzzsproutmoniquesterotcom and
you can contribute with $3, $5.
All of that is right within theshow notes.
So thank you to all of you thatreally contribute and say thank
(01:35):
you for bringing these messages.
That's truly, truly appreciated.
So we are doing our secondbutterfly talk.
We are doing our secondbutterfly talk Now.
For those of you that have notlistened to the first butterfly
talk, which was overcomingfailure, highly recommend going
back to that.
These are more casual.
So there's so many things inbetween readings that happen
(01:57):
just in life, and I wanted tohave a format where we could
really just talk about that,have more conversation, a format
where we could really just talkabout that, have more
conversation.
I will do a full, a few poolsthroughout just to bring in some
connections and bring in somespiritual guidance, but I'm just
going to talk to you aboutdifferent topics in between some
of the moon readings, and thisis a great way for us to find
(02:25):
balance together and have adeeper connection as community.
So what I want to talk to youabout today is the topic of how
to get life to work for you.
I was talking with some friendsand there's been a lot going on
.
For so many people it feelslike there's this energy where
if you go up to somebody and youask them like hey, how are you
doing, it's kind of like youknow, I'm okay, I'm all right.
(02:48):
It's not really like that deep,like hey, I'm good, it's like
it's okay and it's bringing thisenergy of okay, life feels like
it's just not working.
If you've ever caught yourselfsaying that like life is just
not working, it's not working,or want to happen or the outcome
that you want, it's just notworking.
(03:09):
And we've all been there.
I've been there and it reallystarted to spiritually connect
with me and wanting tounderstand more of like, how do
you get life to work for you?
We so many spiritual tools, butsometimes it's like, where do
you start?
You can feel so overwhelmed inyour day.
(03:29):
So we're going to talk about afew things.
I want to talk about thesurroundings around you, within
your space, within your home.
I also want to talk about, like, your vision.
I want to talk about disciplineand I want to talk about how
the spirit comes in with all ofthat.
So get things started here.
(03:50):
Before we jump into this topicof how to get life to work for
you, I want to just pull abutterfly affirmation here to
ground ourselves ourselves today, colin and Butterfly
affirmations for how to get lifeto work for you, how to get
(04:20):
life to work for you Okay,butterflies, okay, butterflies.
So what we have here is a blackbutterfly with four spots
imagine two spots on each of thewings and you have this purple
kind of amethyst flower thatthis black butterfly is sitting
(04:42):
on.
It's almost like there's avision of being able to see
through the darkness here, seethrough the light that's coming
through here, but also there's acertain illumination, almost
like if these holes were clear,these clear spots on this black
butterfly.
It's almost like they couldhang, like they could support.
(05:02):
There's a very supportiveenergy that's felt with these
spots on this butterfly here andthe affirmation reads I am
strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
I'm strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
Life with courage and trust.
(05:28):
How timely is that butterflies?
I mean, we're talking about howto get life to work for you,
and there's a spiritual messageright away of courage.
I'm strong enough to face everyissue in my life with courage
and trust.
So let's talk about yoursurroundings.
Let's talk about yoursurroundings.
(05:49):
When we think about things notworking, often we're focused on
the very immediate surroundingsaround us.
So for some of you, that mightbe your work life, your career
life.
Maybe there's a job that you'regoing for, that position, you
need that new contract that youneed the team members that you
need, and you feel like it's notworking.
For some of you, it might beyour relationships.
Perhaps you've been single forsome time and you feel like you
(06:11):
aren't finding that compatiblerelationship or you feel like
for the relationship you haveright now, whether you're in a
single relationship or maybe amulti-partnered relationship,
it's a little bit too complex.
This could even be directlyrelated to your health, like how
are you staying on top of yourfood practices?
(06:31):
There are so many layers towhat could not be working in
your life, and so the immediatesurroundings around you have a
big effect on your mindset.
Let's start with your home.
So your home is your place ofpeace, and when we think about
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things not working, we're oftenwanting control.
We want to control the outcome,we want to control how things
are, and if we can control it,we feel like it's working.
But there's this energy thatcomes with disruption that's
meant to shift and to move usinto new territory.
So, as much as we might feellike it's not working for us,
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that disruption is actuallyshifting the way we practice.
So in thinking about your home,how is your home set up?
Is your home cultivating anenergy of peace?
Is your home cultivating energyof anger?
Is your home cultivating anenergy of connection?
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If you are looking for deeperconnection in your life right
now, within your family let'ssay you have kids, let's say you
have a partner your home needsto be set up so that everyone
can have their space, they canhave their time, they can have
their energy to just be withinthemselves.
But you also need places like atable where everyone can eat.
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You need a backyard or maybe acommunity space that people can
go out to and kind of play, andneed a place to bathe.
You need a place to be able tounfold into your rest with your
bed.
All of these surroundings allowyou to come back into yourself.
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So the first thing is to thinkabout your immediate space.
I also want you to think aboutyour surroundings as clues into
how you can get things working.
So, for instance, I wasactually going through a lot of
old magazines.
I was traveling and I wasreading this magazine and there
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are these little tear outswithin the magazine, like you
know, those smell goods whereyou could tear out the perfume,
rub it on your body and itsmells really nice.
And I got back home and Irealized there were so many more
magazines that I hadn't tornout all of these smell goods.
So I started to do that andtear all of those out and it
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made me realize like I have somany magazines, like I'm a big
magazine collector and I lovethe art of writing.
I also have tons of booksaround my space.
There's books on shelves,there's books under the TV,
there's books, there's justbooks all over the place.
And it was a good reminder thatI love writing.
I love everything about writingand that process of being able
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to look at your immediatesurroundings and say, if I'm
looking to get something to workfor me, what in my environment
is showing me what I love?
And as you go towards thosethings that you love, you start
to have more synergy with yourspirit.
You start to go in a directionof okay, this feels easy.
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You're not so much goingagainst the grain.
If you are looking to shiftinto a new career and you're
wanting life to work for you,starting with those surroundings
is a great start because itgives you a clue into what you
need to do.
You can also ask people hey,what can you tell me about
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myself?
What are those things that I'mnot seeing about myself?
And with that you're startingto get that outside spiritual
counsel.
You're out, starting to havethose outside souls really talk
to you and connect with you andgive you that insight so that
they can show you what you haveease with.
When we want life to work for us, we're often looking for ease
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and not friction.
But again, remember that youneed that darkness with the
light, and the darkness in thiscase can sometimes be the
friction that you feel like iswithholding you.
Now let's go to the other sideof things.
Let's say you've had a lot offailures.
In those cases, it's importantto make sure that you're taking
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time to think about yourdiscipline.
So, within your discipline,there's your schedule, there's
your rest, your communicationand also how you're connecting
with people.
We have so many tools at ourdisposal right now and sometimes
we can overload ourselves withlife and we put too many things
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in one day and it can instantlyfeel like a failure.
I want you to think about whattools do you have, whether
that's your notebooks, yourcalendar, whatever it is.
You want to make sure that yourschedule is consistent for the
results that you want in yourlife.
It doesn't mean that youdiscount rest, but it does mean
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that you need to factor it inwith some of your goals, because
, as you look at your discipline, if your discipline is lacking
in consistency, then you won'tbe able to see the fruit of your
dreams.
There needs to be a constantgive and take of.
You're giving something out andthen you're resting.
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You're giving something out andthen you're resting.
You're allowing your spirit toreplenish and you're also
allowing your spirit to go intoaction.
I want you also to think aboutyour communication within your
discipline.
Are you sharing these goalswith other people?
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Are you allowing yourself tohave that outside reflection?
If you're someone who livesalone or you're separated from
your family, it's hard of youthat are in different locations
to really find that communityand connect with that community
so that you can have that mirrorof who you are and that mirror
of how you actually operate.
If you're someone who's maybemore of a hermit, it's fine to
take that time for yourself, butyou want to make sure that
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you're doing so with goodreflection, because that'll
allow life to work for youthrough other people.
And it's so important to allowother people to connect with you
, especially when you're lookingto get to that next level or if
you're looking just to shiftout of the energy that you have
right now.
There are so many times whenI've been in ruts and I've tried
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to do things on my own, andsometimes the bravest thing that
you can do is ask for help fromsomeone else, really asking and
saying, hey, I need help, Ineed something outside of myself
.
I need to know more than I knownow.
It's humbling in doing that, butit also is giving your spirit
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this chance to expand.
It's giving your spirit thischance to really come into some
newness and to step back and saywhat can I grow in, what can I
become more disciplined in andhow can I allow others to help
me so that I can go on thisjourney with support oracles
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calling in light oracles for howto get life to work for you,
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calling in light oracles of howto get life to work for you, to
work for you.
Yeah, we were just talkingabout that.
So I'm seeing hereself-awareness.
It has the number six up topand it's one hand given into
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another.
There's one hand that'sactually coming out of the frame
of a galaxy and it says let goof your egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
I'll read that again Let go ofyour egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
I'll read that again Let go ofyour egoic attachments, your
evolution comes with release.
The ego plays such a big partinto our growth.
The ego is there to give usthat boost to do things right.
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It gives us that boost to say Ican do this better than anyone
else, or I am more than capableof doing this, or I can overcome
this obstacle.
But at the same time, whenyou're self-aware to that point
of help and support, you knowyour limitations.
So part of getting life to workfor you is knowing with your
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spiritual guides, your ancestors, calling out to them to
understand what you need andwhat you don't know about your
spirit yet, allowing them tospeak through those dreams,
allowing them to speak to thatunconscious, so that you're
fully connected throughout yourday as you're awake.
Along those lines, I also wantto talk to you all about your
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vision.
So, getting life to work for you, the first thing you want to
think about is is your visionenlightened Meaning?
Are you clear on where you wantto go?
And this is often what catchespeople up, because when you are
feeling like things just aren'tworking, nothing is going your
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way, the vision can become socloudy.
And that's again why it's soimportant to first start with
centering your space, tocultivate what you need, whether
it's care, whether it'snurturing, whether it's healing,
whether it's recovery, whetherit's good conversation, whether
it's recovery, whether it's goodconversation.
You want to be able to have aspace of healing around you, but
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your vision is what you see,what you believe and also what
you're connected to.
So let's think about whatyou're seeing for a moment.
If you feel like you're in aspace of you can't see where you
want to go, I want you to pause.
I want you to put your handover your heart and I want you
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to say to yourself when was Iclearest on my vision?
At what point in my life was Iclearest on my vision?
At what point in my life was Iclearest on my vision?
How did I feel?
Who was I with?
What surrounded me?
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What were my habits?
What were the things in thelast few weeks that have clouded
my judgment?
Is my judgment being clouded byother people?
Is it being clouded by myself?
Is it being clouded by too highof expectations?
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I really want you to get clearon what your vision is being
clouded by, so that you canstart to move those things out
of the way.
Also, vision is connected tobelief.
So if you don't believe yourvision, if you're doing
something right now and youdon't feel fully connected to it
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, no one else is going to feelconnected to it.
So you want to be connected tothings you fully believe in.
There are times when you needto do that role, you need to do
that work, you need to take careof your basics.
I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about the thingthat you really want to do.
If you believe it, then yourspirit will start to make the
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steps to cultivate surroundings,cultivate the people, to
acknowledge that dream that theSpirit is calling you to.
I also want you to be patientwith this, because vision is
about connection and there aresome times where it takes months
, years to make that fullconnection.
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But you want to make sure that,with your vision, you are
taking those small steps to getthere.
So this could be, again withyour discipline, thinking about
a schedule that you can do justa little bit at a time to get
life to start to work for you.
This could be making sure youare resting so that you are
hearing everything you need tostart to work for you.
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This could be making sure youare resting so that you are
hearing everything you need tostart to make those steps.
This could also be about makingsure that you have that
togetherness with otherlike-minded people that share
that dream.
Getting life to work for you isabout getting into that momentum
, getting into that cycle ofthings where things are just
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continuous, where, if you don'thave it, if you don't have that
energy, for some reason you canfind it in other people.
If you can't find those wordsto really cultivate to that
family member or that child orthat relationship, giving
yourself the pause to say Idon't have to have all of the
answers, because this is aboutsomeone else cycling back into
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me as well, being able to sayyou know what, if things aren't
working out financially as muchas I'd like them to?
Let me give myself anopportunity to really think
about what I want, think aboutthat joy inside of me and start
to cycle into that energy ofpractice, of visioning it, of
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seeing it, of believing it andputting it into action.
It's cyclical.
The energy of getting life towork for you is about being in a
cycle that continues to give inand give out, as much as you
are giving out to other people,especially if you feel like
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you're someone who keeps giving,giving, giving and life is not
working for you right now.
Know that you are in that cycle.
You might be at the top of thecycle where you're in the give,
but it's going to return rightback.
Imagine if you are pouring intoa wheel of water and think
about, like those old wheels,where they would have buckets,
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and so if you're pouring intothe top of that wheel bucket and
there's several buckets below,you have to keep pouring and
pouring and pouring andeventually those buckets will
come back up to you as they hitthe river below.
Now you might say with thisMonique, I need rest, I don't
have any more to give.
I hear you, I've been there.
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I understand that completely.
So again, this is where youwant to make sure that you are
surrounding yourself with peoplethat know your limits.
You can't give from an emptywell, but I just want to speak
to those people who feel like Ihave been giving so much and
it's not coming back.
Yes, you need to haveboundaries.
You can't give it all, but youwant to make sure that you are
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acknowledging the potential ofconnection so that you can
continue to receive thatconnection back.
Cloning messages for how to getlife to work for you.
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Cloning messages for how to getlife to work for you.
I'm feeling called to pull a fewhere.
So the first one that we havehere is compassion.
It says be gentle with yourself.
Forgiveness will set you free.
See the light in yourself andothers.
Yes, we were just talking aboutthat again.
Compassion says be gentle withyourself.
Forgiveness will set you free.
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See the light in yourself andothers.
Yeah, there's just this energyof if life is not working, then
it must mean that you've donesomething wrong.
And that's just not the case.
It's just not the case.
It's just not the case.
It's about making sure that youforgive yourself first for
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being too hard on yourself, forbeing too judgmental on yourself
.
It's easy to see yourself in anegative light.
It's easy to stay in that placeof negativity, but know you are
capable of so much, knowthere's still so much there for
you.
And also, this is the time toask for help if you want life to
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work for you, to get outside ofyourself and to spiritually
allow yourself to be open towhat's coming in.
There are a few visual, powerful, powerful visual tools that I
want to give you all.
The first one is writing downyour best outcome.
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I want you to write down yourbest outcome.
I want you to stick it onsomewhere you can see each and
every day.
Maybe this is on your mirror,maybe this is in your car, maybe
this is above your bed.
Wherever it is, I want it to bea place that you go to each and
every day and you sit down.
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Maybe it's your desk, but itgives you that visual cue.
What this is doing for yourspirit is it's allowing you to
unconsciously see that vision.
It's simple as just writingdown the word of what you want.
I want you to, every day,unconsciously look at this,
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allow your eyes to just glazeover a bit, and as you're
looking at this, I want you tothink about where everything is
working in your favor, what thiscomes to be, and allow it to
embed your unconscious in a waywhere your actions start to move
into that.
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Your surroundings start tocultivate that relationship,
your vision starts to allowyourself to actually believe it.
Your unconscious vision andyour discipline comes into a
certain softness.
This is how you start to getlife to work for you.
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Let's pull one more butterfliesbefore we close calling and
messages from the spiritualguides how to get life to work
for you, and I'm seeing hereleadership.
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We have a beautiful, beautifulunicorn here, um, this unicorn
here is standing tall and agreen borealis, beautiful
starlight kind of scenery here,and it says leadership.
It says step into yourleadership, share your message,
inspire and empower others.
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Know that you have everythinginside of you, butterflies, to
get life to work for you, butknow that you are constantly in
relationship with your spiritualteams, constantly in
relationship with your ancestorsand constantly in relationship
with the evolving you.
It is all in you, but allowyourself to hear these things as
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they come to you.
So again here.
It says leadership.
Step into your leadership,share your message, inspire and
empower others With that.
Butterflies.
That is all I'm being called toread today.
I hope you all enjoyed thisbutterfly talk.
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Let me know how this messagehas resonated with you.
I'd love to hear how all of youare getting life to work for
you and how things are shifting.
If you feel like things aren'tworking right now, how are you
getting things to work for you?
I'd love to hear.
Until next time, butterfliesSpeak soon Bye.
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Until next time, butterfliesspeak soon bye.
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