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12/19/2025

From Monkey Mind to Soul Connection: My Journey with Intuition
Following up on Monday’s post about The Art of Listening, I wanted to share a bit of my own journey. It took me a long time to truly understand what my intuition sounded like and what it felt like in my body.

I’ve always had a "people sense." Years ago at my old job, I’d watch candidates walk in and, within seconds, I could predict if they’d stay or if their time with us would be short. It was a game then, but as I opened up to my Divine guidance, that sense grew into something much deeper.

As a Reiki Master, I’ve learned that intuition is a back-and-forth conversation. When I work with clients on their chakra systems, I’m constantly checking in with my guidance. The hardest part initially? Turning off my rational brain.

My "monkey mind" always tried to rationalize away the sensations I was getting. But once I started prioritizing the feeling in my body over the logic in my head, everything changed. My intuition has not steered me wrong yet.

How to Play with Your Intuition
When you ask your guidance a question, the answer often drops in so fast it feels like you're being interrupted! That is the Divine meeting your energy. I invite you to explore this sense of knowing:

Ask simply: "What do I need to know about this person/space?"

Listen for the "Drop-in": Don't wait for a long internal debate; look for the immediate spark of knowing.

Trust the sensation: If your heart feels open, follow that lead.

Every time you choose your intuition over your fear, your soul levels up. Life becomes more beautiful because you are moving in alignment with pure love.

Reflective Practice for the Weekend: Next time you enter a new space, pause. Don't think—just feel. What is the energy telling you?

Julia K To'afa • Come As You Are To Heal (IG & FB)

Inspired by: Divine Intuition Oracle by Belinda Grace

12/19/2025

From Monkey Mind to Soul Connection: My Journey with Intuition
Following up on Monday’s post about The Art of Listening, I wanted to share a bit of my own journey. It took me a long time to truly understand what my intuition sounded like and what it felt like in my body.

I’ve always had a "people sense." Years ago at my old job, I’d watch candidates walk in and, within seconds, I could predict if they’d stay or if their time with us would be short. It was a game then, but as I opened up to my Divine guidance, that sense grew into something much deeper.

As a Reiki Master, I’ve learned that intuition is a back-and-forth conversation. When I work with clients on their chakra systems, I’m constantly checking in with my guidance. The hardest part initially? Turning off my rational brain.

My "monkey mind" always tried to rationalize away the sensations I was getting. But once I started prioritizing the feeling in my body over the logic in my head, everything changed. My intuition has not steered me wrong yet.

How to Play with Your Intuition
When you ask your guidance a question, the answer often drops in so fast it feels like you're being interrupted! That is the Divine meeting your energy. I invite you to explore this sense of knowing:

Ask simply: "What do I need to know about this person/space?"

Listen for the "Drop-in": Don't wait for a long internal debate; look for the immediate spark of knowing.

Trust the sensation: If your heart feels open, follow that lead.

Every time you choose your intuition over your fear, your soul levels up. Life becomes more beautiful because you are moving in alignment with pure love.

Reflective Practice for the Weekend: Next time you enter a new space, pause. Don't think—just feel. What is the energy telling you?

Julia K To'afa • Come As You Are To Heal (IG & FB)

Inspired by: Divine Intuition Oracle by Belinda Grace

12/18/2025

A Powerful Reminder of Love’s Strength
Recently, I met with a couple for a session. While couples therapy isn’t my typical specialty, I felt strongly guided to say "yes."

This couple had experienced a year of immense hardship and trauma. Fear was a reasonable response to what they had endured, but that fear had slowly pulled them away from leading with love toward each other. As they spoke, I could see it clearly: the love was still there, but it had been overshadowed by their protective patterns.

We talked about honoring their deep soul connection and choosing to move from a place of love again—even with the fear still present.

The following week, the wife shared something beautiful. During their anniversary weekend, the energy had shifted. They felt their love for each other again, romantic and hopeful. They weren't just surviving; they were connecting.

This is what living from the heart looks like. It is a quiet, steady strength that makes the impossible feel possible again.

Next Step: If this story spoke to you, consider sharing it with someone who needs a reminder that love is still there, even when it’s hidden.

12/18/2025

A Powerful Reminder of Love’s Strength

Recently, I met with a couple for a session. While couples therapy isn’t my typical specialty, I felt strongly guided to say "yes."

This couple had experienced a year of immense hardship and trauma. Fear was a reasonable response to what they had endured, but that fear had slowly pulled them away from leading with love toward each other. As they spoke, I could see it clearly: the love was still there, but it had been overshadowed by their protective patterns.

We talked about honoring their deep soul connection and choosing to move from a place of love again—even with the fear still present.

The following week, the wife shared something beautiful. During their anniversary weekend, the energy had shifted. They felt their love for each other again, romantic and hopeful. They weren't just surviving; they were connecting.

This is what living from the heart looks like. It is a quiet, steady strength that makes the impossible feel possible again.

Next Step: If this story spoke to you, consider sharing it with someone who needs a reminder that love is still there, even when it’s hidden.

12/18/2025

When Love Leads, Fear Steps Aside
Over the past few weeks, I’ve found myself having more and more conversations with clients and friends about what it really means to live from the heart.

The heart holds a very different vibration than the mind. The heart speaks in love, compassion, care, and connection. In contrast, the mind often carries fear, anxiety, and protective patterns—the things we learned to hold onto just to stay safe.

While those protections once served a purpose, something shifts when we move into the heart space. Fear doesn’t necessarily vanish, but it no longer sits in the driver's seat. Love takes the lead.

Reflective Question: Where in your life might love be asking to take the lead today, even while fear is still present?

12/17/2025

Living From the Heart: Letting Inner Knowing Guide You

Opening your heart is one thing; learning to live from it is another.

When I first began to open my heart, I thought it would be a single moment—a breakthrough, an arrival. What I discovered instead was a practice. A daily choice. It is a gentle, sometimes uncomfortable process of noticing when I’ve slipped back into my head and lovingly guiding myself home to my heart.

Living from the heart doesn’t mean abandoning logic or losing your ability to think clearly. It means allowing your heart to inform your decisions, not just your mind. It’s the difference between asking, “What makes the most sense?” and also asking, “What feels true for me?”

At first, this felt unfamiliar. My heart spoke more quietly than my thoughts. It didn’t rush. It didn’t demand answers. It offered sensations, nudges, images, and a deeper sense of “yes” or “no” that couldn’t always be explained. And that required trust.

What I noticed over time was that living from my heart brought more ease into my life. Decisions felt more aligned. My relationships softened. I felt more present with myself and with others. I wasn’t trying so hard to control outcomes; I was listening, responding, and allowing.

This way of living didn’t make me passive. It made me more grounded, more compassionate, and more connected to a deeper inner wisdom that had always been there—waiting for me to slow down enough to hear it.

Living from the heart asks us to stay open even when it feels vulnerable, and to remember that openness doesn’t mean being unprotected. It means being guided from a place that knows how to care for you, not just keep you safe. Over time, the heart becomes less of a place you visit and more of a place you live.

Reflective question: What might shift in your life if you allowed your heart to guide you a little more, even in one small way?

If this resonated with you, consider sharing it with someone who may be learning to live from their heart, too.

12/17/2025

Living From the Heart: Letting Inner Knowing Guide You

Opening your heart is one thing; learning to live from it is another.

When I first began to open my heart, I thought it would be a single moment—a breakthrough, an arrival. What I discovered instead was a practice. A daily choice. It is a gentle, sometimes uncomfortable process of noticing when I’ve slipped back into my head and lovingly guiding myself home to my heart.

Living from the heart doesn’t mean abandoning logic or losing your ability to think clearly. It means allowing your heart to inform your decisions, not just your mind. It’s the difference between asking, “What makes the most sense?” and also asking, “What feels true for me?”

At first, this felt unfamiliar. My heart spoke more quietly than my thoughts. It didn’t rush. It didn’t demand answers. It offered sensations, nudges, images, and a deeper sense of “yes” or “no” that couldn’t always be explained. And that required trust.

What I noticed over time was that living from my heart brought more ease into my life. Decisions felt more aligned. My relationships softened. I felt more present with myself and with others. I wasn’t trying so hard to control outcomes; I was listening, responding, and allowing.

This way of living didn’t make me passive. It made me more grounded, more compassionate, and more connected to a deeper inner wisdom that had always been there—waiting for me to slow down enough to hear it.

Living from the heart asks us to stay open even when it feels vulnerable, and to remember that openness doesn’t mean being unprotected. It means being guided from a place that knows how to care for you, not just keep you safe. Over time, the heart becomes less of a place you visit and more of a place you live.

Reflective question: What might shift in your life if you allowed your heart to guide you a little more, even in one small way?

If this resonated with you, consider sharing it with someone who may be learning to live from their heart, too.

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12/17/2025

The Profound Rewards of an Open Heart
As my heart opened, I was able to go deeper with my clients. And something beautiful happened: they began moving more into their own heart space too. It became a gentle, powerful cycle of giving and receiving. The sessions felt richer. The therapeutic relationship deepened. And the insights that emerged—the ones that truly shifted things—came not from the head, but from the heart.

When you begin opening your heart through prayer, meditation, journaling, or quiet reflection, things start to shift in subtle and beautiful ways. It takes time. Inner work. And patience. Especially when you realize that some beliefs you once held as “truth” were actually ways you learned to protect yourself and stay safe.

And yes, you can still be safe with an open heart.

Opening your heart may feel scary, especially if you’ve been hurt. But the rewards are profound: deeper guidance, a different kind of inner knowing, and a sense of peace that doesn’t need to be figured out.

Where in your life are you being invited to listen to your heart instead of your head?

If this spoke to your heart, consider sharing it with someone who may be on a similar path.

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12/16/2025

Living in the Head vs. The Call of the Heart

This week’s reflection is about interpretation—learning to interpret guidance from the heart rather than the head.

For much of my life, I lived very comfortably in my head. I prided myself on being a problem-solver, for myself and for others. I could see not only the individual impact of a situation, but the bigger picture too. That’s probably why I loved sociology so much in college. My mind felt like a safe and capable place to live.

But as my healing journey deepened, I began to notice places where my heart had quietly closed. Staying in my head felt strong. Protected. Safe. And yet… my heart kept calling me to feel, to soften, to open.

For years, I joked that my heart was like the Grinch’s—small at first, then slowly growing larger and larger. And along with that growth came these strange things called tears. Tears of sorrow. Tears of joy. I was feeling, truly feeling.

What surprised me most was this: my ability to problem-solve didn't disappear. I didn’t become weaker or more vulnerable in the way I feared. Instead, I became more compassionate, less judgmental. (That realization was a hard pill to swallow, discovering just how much judgment I carried without seeing it that way.)

Ask yourself: Where are you relying too much on your head for safety?

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12/16/2025

Living in the Head vs. The Call of the Heart

This week’s reflection is about interpretation—learning to interpret guidance from the heart rather than the head.

For much of my life, I lived very comfortably in my head. I prided myself on being a problem-solver, for myself and for others. I could see not only the individual impact of a situation, but the bigger picture too. That’s probably why I loved sociology so much in college. My mind felt like a safe and capable place to live.

But as my healing journey deepened, I began to notice places where my heart had quietly closed. Staying in my head felt strong. Protected. Safe. And yet… my heart kept calling me to feel, to soften, to open.

For years, I joked that my heart was like the Grinch’s—small at first, then slowly growing larger and larger. And along with that growth came these strange things called tears. Tears of sorrow. Tears of joy. I was feeling, truly feeling.

What surprised me most was this: my ability to problem-solve didn't disappear. I didn’t become weaker or more vulnerable in the way I feared. Instead, I became more compassionate, less judgmental. (That realization was a hard pill to swallow, discovering just how much judgment I carried without seeing it that way.)

Ask yourself: Where are you relying too much on your head for safety?

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