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Faith is your Truth:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Cognitive dissonance is the uncomfortable feeling you get when your heart and your mind know different things to be true at the same time.

The inner conflict means you’re outgrowing old patterns and becoming aligned with your values and your truth…which have now become non-negotiable.

Those truths don’t cancel each other out. They coexist…The difference now is that you finally stand in a place of peace with what is real.

And your faith…your spiritual knowing is its own kind of truth.

When God plants something in your spirit, it doesn’t go away. It anchors you, even when the physical world appears different.

Be still in a hurry…

Divine communication arrives tenderly…It is calm. It is peaceful.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Firewall:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Sometimes the person who flees the fire is blamed for the fire’s destruction.

But that does not make them the arsonist….

They were simply the one who pulled the alarm to save themselves from burning to the ground, while those around them had spent decades fanning the flames and ultimately chose their own slow, figurative death.

In the future, I stand protected by a firewall of discernment…one built from truth, boundaries, and self-worth.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Holiday Grief and Gratitude:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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I know that I speak to many of you when I say that the holidays may bring up sadness and even grief that we have surpressed…

we miss a loved one…
we find ourselves longing for the life we once lived…
we may be spending the holidays alone for the first time…

Holidays amplify every tender place, especially when family fractures, losses, warm memories, and old joys coexist with the life you have today.

It is normal and even healthy to express grief and gratitude simultaneously. These are authentic emotions that can be felt, processed, and experienced together.

The grief reminds us of all of the love we were blessed to experience as we convey gratitude for the memories, and even for the new experiences and traditions that we have built around those memories in our new normal possibly on our own, and possibly with new additions to our inner circle.

All of us are doing our best to navigate the holidays with open hearts, remembering that love…is never lost.

Wishing you a heartfelt, peaceful and joyous holiday season.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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The Love of Your Life:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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The love of your life does not make you feel unsafe.

The love of your life does not abandon accountability.
The love of your life does not force you to shrink, ache, or “recover from them.”

The love of your life supports your wellness.
He nourishes your nervous system.
He protects the tenderness of your spirit.
He elevates your health, not harms it.
He makes you feel chosen, secure, steady…

He shows up.

Love,

Wendy

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Anchored:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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We can’t stop others from their own interpretation, but we never internalize their experience of who we are.

Their inaccuracies and limited understanding and beliefs of themselves project onto what they believe and what they think they observe.

Most importantly, it is their own lack of self worth and lived experiences, combined with fear of uncertainty that confines them to live with an illusion of “control and certainty.” 

They cling to narratives that offer them comfort, even if those narratives are distorted born from their own insecurities and fears.

These are merely reflections of their own inner world, not the heart and soul of who we are.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Have A Heart:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Some weaponize hierarchy instead of appreciating heart.

They need to project authority to feel stable.
Any action they don’t control feels like a personal affront.
They become territorial…

This is their storyline… but not mine.

Even after being blindsided, I remain in alignment.
I will always choose to do the right thing.

I will always lead with a pure heart, a strong spine, and a fierce commitment to all I know to be right, to be true, and to be courageous, unwavering, and unapologetically myself.

Walking the talk and following spiritual guidance.

As I write in my book, Write Pray Recover: A Journey to Wellness Through Spiritual Solutions and Self Care:

“Steve once said to me, ‘Like baseball… wait for your pitch.’
He was saying: just observe and listen, and wait for the opportunity to present itself before you respond—calmly, with logic, and without emotion.
Use the wise mind. The wise mind uses rationale, logic, and facts, while the emotional mind responds only based on the emotion we are feeling.”

Mantra: Spiritual leaders collaborate.

Love and blessings,
Wendy

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Soulmates:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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David is a reminder of what sincerity feels like, what emotional safety feels like, what presence feels like.

He senses when my heart needs gentleness.
He steps in with steadiness, warmth, and genuine care.

And vice versa…

A phone call isn’t casual for us.
It’s presence.
It’s connection.
It’s our way of saying to each other, without saying:

“I’m here. I’ve got you. You’re not alone.”

It just “is…” between us.

A beautiful and blessed years long connection…or as we say…

“Soulmates.”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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No Shade:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Today’s world is crowded with people who choose their ego over empathy…creating nothing but counterfeit connections, and then wonder why they’re standing in their own shadow.

You may shine too brightly for others.
Tell them to put on their sunglasses,
Or let them bask in their own shade.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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No Stage Presence:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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“Nice” feels performative to me.

Where kindness, empathy, curiosity, and love are present, I recognize truth.

I can feel the honesty in my soul…

I can see the love in one’s eyes…

And I can spot the performance in the pause behind the smile. 

Step off the stage…both feet on the ground…no fanfare.

Love and blessings,

Wendy