Three Ways Creativity and Spirituality are Intertwined

August 29, 2023March 4, 2024 Melissa Conkling1 Comment

About two years ago, as I began to dive deeper into my spiritual growth than ever before, I discovered that when I allowed myself to get creative and playful with my spiritual practice, my connection grew much stronger. This was when I began communicating with my spirit guides regularly and in a very clear and productive way. I began to trust my intuition more and to actively tune into it more than ever before, rather than just waiting for it to speak up. I also began to feel safe expressing my spiritual side for the first time ever, which allowed me to pivot my business into what it is today.

While I recognized right away that adding creativity into the mix strengthened my spiritual connection, it was a while before I noticed the reverse was also true: As my spirituality deepened, my creativity was ignited as well!

I’ve always been a creative person, so at first it simply felt as though I had a renewed interest in things I had been neglecting for a while, particularly writing. But as time went by and I continued to feed this new creative urge, it continued to grow. Now it has become a fountain of ongoing creative interest, ideas, and action in all aspects of life – in my business, in my writing, and in personal life.

Because of this, it’s as clear as day to me that not only does creativity enhance our spiritual connection, but our spiritual connection also enhances our creativity.

There are three main ways creativity and spirituality are connected.

#1 – The Subconscious Mind Connection

First and foremost, creativity and spirituality are both access from the same part of our mind: our subconscious mind. As mentioned in my previous post about how the mind connects to spirit, the subconscious mind is our bridge to the superconscious, which includes all-that-is, including the spiritual realm and all ideas. For truly inspired creativity, connection to the superconscious is key. This all takes place through accessing our subconscious mind to bring spiritual connection and creative ideas into our conscious awareness.

#2 – An Act of Faith is Required

Next, they both have one big requirement in common: spirituality and creativity both require a leap of faith. When pursuing any creative endeavor, we need to let go of the expectation that it will turn out exactly as we think it will. We need to let go of the pressure we put on our ability to create. And we need to let go of the doubt that holds us back from exploring these ideas in the first place. Just like spirituality! Doubt and expectation of what spirituality “should” be are what often keep us from recognizing our own spiritual experiences. Because they both require faith, it’s also important to throw logic out the window…which is exactly why hypnosis helps with both. In hypnosis, the logical, conscious mind takes a little break from overthinking and allows the subconscious mind to take over, which enhances creativity and our connection to spirit.

#3 – Allowing Flow Instead of Force

And third, both require flow rather than force. It’s as simple as this: when you attempt to force your creativity or your spiritual connection, you are approaching it with your conscious, “doing” mind. You are not connected to the universal source. You are not connected to the superconscious. You are attempting the create the outcome you expect: a good idea or a spiritual experience. And when you go into it with finite expectations, you are blocking the experience you are meant to have and the ideas you are meant to receive. When you access ideas and inspiration from a flow state, you simply become open to the ideas and all you need to do is receive them. Then, once they are received and you acknowledge them consciously, you can explore them further!

By learning to access the power of your subconscious mind, you can learn to enter this flow state easily, connecting you to spirit and creativity deeper and deeper every day. To learn more about this process, check out my new book writing program.

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Free Workshop! Spiritual Self-Hypnosis – Tap into Your Inner Guidance to Unleash Your Creativity

August 14, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

When someone asks me how I’ve built so much trust in my creativity (and in myself!), the answer is easy.

I stopped trying to find the right way to “be creative” and started relying on my intuition and my spiritual connection so I can create what I truly want to create.

I believe we all have our own way to experience our spiritual growth and creativity is often a huge part of this journey.

I’m not a magician, yet my clients and I have…

Outlined a new book in less than 2 hours after my last masterclass!
Produced an entire online course (and launched it!) based on spiritual guidance received through self-hypnosis.
Began effortlessly and authentically creating social media content in a way that aligns with their values and passions rather than only feeding the algorithm.

The one thing behind it all: Learning to use self-hypnosis to tap into the power of their subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind makes up about 90% of our mind power and includes our:

Intuition
Creativity
Spiritual Connection
Beliefs
Emotions

Together, these ingredients give us the clarity we need to create what we truly desire in life, not just what we *think* we should create.

If you know you have something special to share with the world but can’t seem to get it from your mind onto paper, then you are going to LOVE this!!

In less than two weeks, I’m sharing the secret key to unlocking your creativity in a live 60-minute workshop, Spiritual Self-Hypnosis: Tap into Your Inner Guidance to Unleash Your Creativity! This workshop is just as good as my paid training…possibly even better! And it’s all happening on Tuesday, August 22nd at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

If you can’t make the date, sign up anyway and I’ll send you the replay.

Here’s what you need to know:

This is a 60-ish minute training to teach you self-hypnosis to tap into your inner guidance, with a focus on creativity.
I will include a quick and simple homework assignment…and everyone who completes it will receive a special gift from me!
It’ll be free for 7 day – both live and the replay, but after those 7 days, it will become part of my paid membership, which I’ll talk more about at the end of the workshop.

If you want to hear more about the membership, sign up for the workshop or click here.

And if you just want some free training on self-hypnosis and all the ways it can help you, that’s cool too! One more time, here’s the registration page → Spiritual Self Hypnosis Registration.

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How Hypnosis and My Intuition Changed My Life and My Business

July 24, 2023July 25, 2023 Melissa Conkling2 Comments

In November 2021, I knew I needed to change things in my life. In fact, I could feel the shift coming, whether I liked it or not. It was, to be completely honest, scary AF. Relationship, Business, Myself. You name it, it was ready for an overhaul.

But sometimes, when things like this all happen at the same time, I get overwhelmed. I freeze and refuse to take action. While it’s not helpful, it’s a fairly common thing…because change can be terrifying.

But that week, I did something different.

For a while, I had been developing my intuition and my connection to my higher self. And not only working on developing it, but I had also been working on taking action on that inner guidance.

One day, during meditation, I received a very simple yet straightforward message:

Listen to your root chakra recording daily.

I had created the recording a few months earlier and listened to it here and there, but far from every day. So, in the practice of action on what my higher self says to me, I decided to give it a whirl.

Each day, I could feel my energy changing. Feeling calmer and more grounded. Feeling more secure and less fearful of the change I knew was taking place.

Day by day, this feeling of safety and self-assurance grew. My intuition and higher self were clearer than ever before. Ideas for my business – and my life in general – were flowing like a waterfall. Until one day, about a week in to listening to that recording daily, I simply knew.

It was time.

And I was ready for it.

Within a day, I had outlined an entirely new hypnosis and coaching program, in an entirely new niche. I began launching it immediately with no hesitation. I ended my long-term relationship that had grown stagnant, unsatisfying, and unhealthy. I began working for a nonprofit that works with trees, which reignited my passion for nature.

So many changes in such a short time.

In the past, this much change would freak my security-seeking Cancer self out big time. This time, it it all came with such ease and just felt right.

I owe it all to these 3 things:

Developing my intuition and connection to my higher self. This is something I talk about over and over again, but that’s because it is so important. If you want to live in alignment, cultivating and acting on your intuition is a must. You can’t just wait for it to show up. Be proactive in strengthening it.
Acting on that guidance. These are two VERY different things. Recognizing your intuition and voice of your higher self is just step one and it’s basically useless until you put it into action. Action becomes easier and easier as you learn to recognize your intuition and see how it is the right next step for you. Sometimes this comes from looking back at where you didn’t listen to in the past. It also comes from learning to embrace the fear of the unknown that so often comes along with it.
The safety and security I received from listening to that root chakra hypnosis recording. Grounding and root chakra work isn’t only important to keep you rooted in your body as you move along on your spiritual growth. It also helps you create a sense of safety and security. It helps you face those fears that have kept you from taking action in the past.

And guess what…my hypnosis recordings played a huge part in all three!

Each of these steps are all incredibly important and they are all very intertwined. It’s a constant evolution with each new step along your path, not a one-and-done kind of lesson. And it definitely is not linear either, like most things spiritual. It’s not as simple as following steps one, two, and three. Most often, it’s helpful to do them simultaneously and repeat as needed.

Having my library of recordings at my fingertips is undoubtedly something I have taken for granted over the past few years.

I know that now.

And that’s why I want to share it with you.

All my hypnosis recordings…and so much more.

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3 Ways Spirit May Be Sending You Messages Right Now

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

It probably won’t surprise you too much to learn that I read quite a few books on spirit guides. From well-known mediums like James Van Praagh to relative newcomers such as Yamile Yemoonyah, and all of their different methods, philosophies and experiences fascinate me. But one thing always stands out: for most of them, connecting with their guides came easily. It was either a part of their life for as long as they can remember or it began spontaneously. While honing and understanding their gifts undoubtedly took time and practice, connecting to their guides in the first place always sounds somewhat effortless.

My experience, however, couldn’t be more different. For me, it wasn’t something that just happened as if by magic one night. It wasn’t something I grew up doing (at least not that I was aware of!) And it wasn’t something that came to me as soon as I started trying.

It was something that took a lot of time and effort. It was something that took a lot of trial and error. Above all, it was something that took a lot of patience and persistence. Eventually it paid off…and then some! This is exactly why I know deep down that we can all connect with our guides on our own, without the use of other intuitives or mediums. It’s also why I believe most people are already receiving messages from their guides, but they just don’t realize it yet.

Here are a few tips on how your guides may be sending you signs and what to look for as you begin your spirit guide journey.

#1 – Recurring Visions, Sound or Other Sensations

For at least a year before I first officially met my first guide, I’d been having glimpses of the same scene during my meditations and intuitive listening practice…a cabin somewhere in the mountains. I could see the gravel path leading up to its front porch and smell the smoke coming from its chimney. I could even feel the brisk mountain air. And it made absolutely no sense. Growing up in Connecticut, I spent a lot of time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire growing up…and I knew it wasn’t there. It was some place new and unfamiliar. I had no idea what to think about these visions and could have easily dismissed it.

Instead, I always noted it down in my journal. When I met my guide Frank, a rancher from Wyoming, the first thing he said to me was that he had been trying to reach me for a while. I immediately knew these visions were messages from him and that this was Frank’s cabin. In fact, in the meditation I used that very first time, it guided me to envision a house somewhere…and that cabin is what I visualized. So I first met Frank in his cabin!!

So don’t dismiss those seemingly imaginary visions you may be receiving!

#2 – New & Sudden Callings of the Heart

Callings of the heart don’t need to be huge or romantic gestures. They can be as simply as an unrelenting urge to do something new or that you haven’t done in decades. And so often, these little acts lead us to where we are meant to be next. And they are often planted in our mind by our guides.

The more I began connecting with my higher self, developing my intuition, and attempting to connect with my spirit guides, the more I kept having one thought come up over and over and over again: Get out in nature and be near the water. It seemed to make no sense. And even though I live fairly close to the water, it also seemed irresponsible to focus on that rather than my business. But it came up so often, that I had to follow this nudge.

It wasn’t long before I realized that when I am near the water or out in the woods, my intuition and connection to spirit is by far the strongest. To this day, my most profound connections with my spirit guides have been when I’m out on my morning walks by the water. I now how no doubt that this was a message from my guides to get into an environment where my intuitive abilities are heightened.

Resist the urge to ignore these callings or to put them off for a “better” time – they may be signs from your guides that are leading you to the perfect next step in your journey.

#3 – Sudden Knowings

This is definitely one of the strangest, yet most awesome things about connecting with spirit guides. So often, it is as though I suddenly know something I never knew before. It happens a lot. Whether it is recognizing a link between two things that I never saw before, like when I realized how our mind connects with the spiritual realm, or when I’m suddenly able to map out my next book in under an hour, it is clear to me that this knowledge is coming from something bigger than just me. At first, I chalked it up to the idea of “spiritual downloads” people often talk about.

Now, I know it is slightly different than some random idea filtering through my mind unexpectedly. As I’ve learned to trust these knowing and the messages from my guides, I can now ask for specific guidance and know that I will receive the perfect information for whatever project I’m working on at any given time. One guide shared the outline for my entire spirit guide course one afternoon in December. Another gave me the format for the Channeled Writing workshop I ran for my coach a couple weeks ago. And time after time, they guide me on what to share on social media and in my blog on any given day. The information is always clear and concise…and almost always includes concepts I’d never even thought of before!

So when you suddenly know something – and know it’s true deep down – don’t question whether it’s true or not. Instead, trust that it’s a message from your spirit team!

A Final Note – Keep Looking!!

Now, because spirit guides can communicate in so many ways, there are certainly many more things you may have been overlooking…things such as recurring numbers like 11:11 or 3:33, receiving different signs such as seeing dragonflies all over the place suddenly (for me last summer it was deer…I saw them everywhere, very up close and personal!), or recurring dreams. Our guides are persistent, so they will continue to send us there messages until we receive them. They want us to receive them because they are meant to help us fulfill our purpose in life.

So don’t give up and always keep an eye out for what messages you may be missing!

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Staying Grounded on Your Spiritual Journey

June 22, 2023June 19, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

When you stay too much in the spirit world, it can lead to adverse physical and mental effects, such as anxiety, lack of focus, and not caring for our bodies well.

I recently experienced this firsthand.

Over the past few years, I have been on a fast-track spiritual expansion. As my connection to spirit grew stronger and stronger and guidance came through more easily and clearly, I began spending more time than usual exploring these new-found gifts.

Before then, I had been very intentional about staying grounded and have had some of my most profound spiritual breakthroughs when I dedicate time to grounding myself each day. However, as I got caught up in the excitement of the new abilities I was uncovering, I let this element of my daily practice slide.

Ultimately, it led to an imbalance between my mind, body, and spirit that resulted in a few rather uncomfortable panic attacks, which are a very rare occurrence for me. A strange and incredibly unpleasant feeling as though my feet couldn’t stay on the ground. And I’m a hypnotist, so I’m generally REALLY good at calming myself down, but nothing was helping except laying on my couch under blankets.

Fortunately, I recognized the connection early on, so I was able to correct the issue by taking more time to care for my mind and my body, while also developing my spiritual gifts, before it got out of hand.

Grounding is also one of my favorite tools for replacing fear with a sense of safety and security.

Grounding is often used to detach your mind from overwhelm, stress, anxiety or other distressing emotions, so it is a great tool for disarming fear when you notice it sneaking into your life. Grounding can be done in very simple ways such as spending time in nature, standing barefoot on your lawn, or taking a bath. These simple acts bring your senses back down to earth quickly.

Grounding meditation or self-hypnosis is also incredibly powerful.

Here’s how to begin:

1. Sit with your spine straight and your feet planted firmly on the ground

2. Close your eyes and tune into your breathing

3. From the root of your spine, imagine a cord or root extending into the earth below you

4. As you imagine the cord stretching down, also imagine it absorbing the grounding energy of the earth and filling you with a sense of safety, stability, and security

Another great way to overcome fear is through balancing your root chakra. The root chakra is our energy field associated with safety and security. I created a powerful hypnosis recording that combines grounding and root chakra balancing. It has been one of my go-to tools when I sense fear creeping in again. Check it out here.

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How the Mind Connects to Spirit

June 15, 2023 Melissa Conkling2 Comments

In a previous post, I discussed the trinity of mind, body, and spirit, and the importance of maintaining a balance between the three, particularly when you embark on a spiritual journey such as this one. Now, it’s time to introduce another trinity within one of these aspects: The Mind.

It might not sound sexy or romantic when we are so drawn to spirit and want to spend all of our time there. However, no matter how spiritual we are, our connection with spirit and our ability to bring that connection into our lives through our physical body is always – and will always be – perceived and understood through our mind…but not in the way you may think.

It is not and cannot be a logical thought process alone. It occurs through three levels of consciousness: the Conscious Mind, the Subconscious Mind, and the Superconscious.

The Conscious Mind

The Conscious Mind is the logical, analytical part of our mind. It is responsible for many of the actions we take throughout the day. It gets us to where we need to be on time. It gets dinner on the table. It figures out a whole lot for us. We cannot live without it in this world. It analyzes our problems and then focuses on fixing them, often fixating on the problems to a fault.

Because we know how helpful it is, we often rely on this aspect of our mind for just about everything. But here’s the catch: the Conscious Mind makes up only between 5-10% of our individual mind power. The Subconscious Mind makes up the other 90-95%.

The Subconscious Mind

The Subconscious Mind controls most of what makes up our human experience. It informs our conscious mind of what to do and what not to do. Its main function is to keep us safe and alive. Our subconscious mind controls our autonomic nervous system, which keeps our body running on autopilot. It keeps our hearts beating and our lungs breathing. Our subconscious mind is also where all of our emotions live . Feelings and emotions often inform our conscious thoughts, but can also exist under the surface and remain unrecognized or unacknowledge on a conscious level often wreaking havoc on our emotions.

The subconscious mind forms our habits and patterns of behavior that we have learned over time to keep us safe. It contains our long-term memory, recording every experience we have ever had in this lifetime, as well as in past lives and between lives. Our imagination and creativity also originate in the subconscious mind, and with it, the ability to create our lives, in both positive and negative ways, based on the stories we make up in our mind and how these stories play out.

Our intuition also originates in our subconscious mind as our inner guidance system that always knows what is best for us. Most importantly, the subconscious mind is a servant. It does whatever we tell it to do…as long as it feels safe to do it.

The Superconscious.

Beyond the subconscious mind is the part of our mind that is not ours alone: the Superconscious. The superconscious is essentially all-that-is, the universe, source. It is where all information and energy and abundance exists. It is where all ideas generate from.

The Superconscious, containing all that is, is also where spirit exists. In the superconscious, we have the ability to connect with our spirit guides and any other wisdom we seek, once we learn how to connect with it.

To summarize, our mind’s connection to the spirit realm looks like this:

Conscious Mind → Subconscious Mind → Superconscious

These three aspects make up our human experience and they all serve us in some way, with the subconscious mind as the central entity. Working with the subconscious mind is the most powerful way to connect with the spirit realm and your spirit guides. Often one of the biggest doubts people express when it comes to spirit guides is the fear that it is all just in their head. It is a valid concern given that it is hard, if not impossible, to ever receive concrete proof of spirit.

Here is the thing: the connection to spirit is in your mind. In all levels of it. In fact, everything we ever experience in our lives is processed through our mind to come into our conscious awareness. Spiritual connection and spirit guides are not any different.

In fact, if the guidance we receive from our guides does not pass from the superconscious through our higher self, into our subconscious, past the gatekeeper, and into our conscious mind, we will never be able to take action on this guidance because it will never enter our conscious awareness.

Rather than fearing that it is only in your mind, I encourage you to embrace that fact that yes, it is in your mind. Simply allow it to exist there along its destined path in your life.

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Connecting with Spirit Guides and Your Individuality

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Melissa Conkling1 Comment

Because all of us have different minds, different bodies, and different souls, our spiritual paths and how we connect to our guides will also be different. While I share my experiences, favorite techniques and exercises, and others I have tried but aren’t for me, I always encourage you to adapt and integrate any of this information and these practices as you feel called to. You can and should test out anything you feel called to and add it into your spiritual journey as you see fit.

Spirituality is Individual

I believe the individuality of the spiritual journey is something that often holds people back from fully exploring and embracing this part of themselves. As humans, we are herd animals. We have survived as a species by sticking together and by repeating what we have survived in the past. Many institutions, from organized religious to cultural societies to schools have used this aspect of humanity to instill in us the idea that we all must do the same practices, embrace similar beliefs,, and exhibit the same behaviors, and if we do, we will all have the same results in the end. However, spirituality is different because our souls are all here for different reasons and we’ve all had different experiences over lifetimes. As such, we will experience our spiritual journey differently. Do we all need certain things to survive? Yes. Food, water, and shelter. But do we all need the same things to thrive? Absolutely not…and it would be a very boring world if we did!

To me, to fully embrace your spiritual connection and to discover and engage with your personal spirit guides and angels, you absolutely must embrace your authenticity and your unique human experience. You much learn to know, accept, and love who you are at soul level, which is the human you came here to this incarnation to be. To do that, you get to do what works for you. In fact, it is essential that you do.

For years, I tried to connect with my spirit guides by following various methods, practices, and meditations. I would follow the instructions to a T. Dedicating myself to mastering this gift. Yet I never seemed to get anywhere. Knowing that I am a highly intuitive person, I saw this inability to connect with my guides as a failure or as a special gift I simply didn’t have even though deep down I knew we all had the ability to do it. I was troubled by the question of why, when so many other spiritual things came to me so easily, could I not seem to communicate with my guides? It made me question myself and my abilities. It made me almost give up on it. And it made me doubt spirit guides even existed.

It wasn’t until I started to follow my own rules – in other words, there are no rules! – that I realized my guides had already been sending me messages for quite some time. When it first began, I realized one had been sending me signs for nearly a year. Now I know I’ve been receiving signs since I was a teenager. The problem was that the communication wasn’t coming through in the ways I had read about and learned. It wasn’t what I expected. It was new and different. And I had been limiting myself to an imitation of others’ experiences with their guides. This is why I urge you to follow your intuition, your inner voice, those seemingly insignificant callings. Each one will be leading you to the correct next step for you on your spiritual journey.

While connecting with your spirit guides may take some time and some patience, and it may also require some trial and error, I can assure you that you do have a whole team of guides waiting for you to receive their messages. You can connect with them any time you choose, and you don’t need to go through anyone else to do it. We all do, and we all can. So please, give yourself some grace. Give yourself some time. Be patient. And most of all, allow yourself to get creative in this endeavor!

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Insights on Developing Your Intuition

April 23, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

Developing my intuition has been an amazing journey. I have discovered some very interesting things along the way. Not only about myself, but about how intuition comes to me. So I thought I’d share some of my recent discoveries.

#1 – Intuitive insights are a lot like dreams.

Even when I’m 100% positive I’ll remember it later because it was so clear in the moment, it often fades or blurs or I totally forget!

Writing things down immediately after my listening practice was part of the process when I learned. As I got better at doing readings, I neglected this part more often. Recently I’ve discovered just how important it is to continue doing it so I can continue growing!

So I’ve learned the importance of being intentional with my intuitive practices and writing it down, not relying on my memory alone…because that hasn’t always worked.

#2 – My position matters. A lot.

One night, laying in bed getting ready for sleep, I began my daily listening practice. Unexpectedly, I had the sudden call to sit up. As I did, my intuition started to flow in a whole new way.

I often feel my intuition through my whole body, so sitting upright rather than laying down allowed me to tune in with my physical body much more. Tuning into your intuition in an upright and untangled position helps a ton – so uncross those arms and legs!

#3 – Don’t overthink it!

One of the things I learned when I first started intentionally working with my intuition was to listen first, write it out second, and discern its meaning third. As my mind and intuition flow, my conscious mind loves to speak up and give her opinion during the process.

Allowing myself to simply acknowledge and then let go of the urge to discern while listening has been incredibly helpful. Because once I do, that’s when my intuition really begins to flow.

Sometimes I feel that thought of “Oh no! I need to write this down so I don’t forget!” But I’m continuing to learn to trust the process, knowing that I’ll remember just what I need to, and know that if something is super important and I forget it, it will present itself again!

Building intuition is an ongoing practice and it’s getting stronger all the time. And maintaining that beginners mindset is key! So often, we love to think we’ve mastered things and don’t need the basics anymore… But it’s kind of like exercise. Just because someone is an elite athlete doesn’t mean they don’t need to warm up, cool down, or practice!

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FREE Third Eye Chakra Hypnosis Recording

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

Did you know that when you Strengthen Your Intuition and Balance Your Third Eye Chakra, it assists you in connecting with your Spirit Guides?

The third eye chakra, also known as the Ajna chakra, is believed to be important in spiritual practices as it is associated with intuition, perception, and spiritual awareness. It is thought to be a center of higher consciousness and can help individuals connect to their inner wisdom and guidance.

The third eye chakra is associated with intuition, insight, and spiritual awareness. It is believed that when this chakra is balanced, individuals are better able to trust their intuition and make decisions based on deeper wisdom. It also helps people to build self trust, connect with spirit guides, and trust their messages.

Meditation, Visualization, and Hypnosis can help you to balance your third eye chakra. I created a powerful hypnotic meditation to combine all three practices. It is the perfect way to give your intuition a tune-up!

And it’s FREE!!

Click here to download the free recording.

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How to Get Your Mind Ready to Meet Your Spirit Guides

April 5, 2023April 18, 2023 Melissa ConklingLeave a comment

Communicating with spirit guides is something everyone can do. In fact, your guides are already communicating with you…but chances are you are missing their messages. Why? Because your mind isn’t ready yet. Fortunately, you can prepare yourself to connect with your guides.

Here are 5 ways you can prep your mindset to connect with your guides and receive their messages.

1. Embrace the Power of Your Mind

There are three levels of the mind to be aware of when communicating with the spirit realm.

First is the conscious mind. This is the logical, doing part of our mind that makes us take action on what we set out to achieve. We rely on our conscious mind heavily, and it is essential to our existence, yet it only represents about 5-10% of our individual mind power.

Next is the Superconscious – the universal energy where all-that-is exists, including spirit. It is where this guidance is coming from and is accessible to everyone, containing all knowledge and possibilities. The superconscious is not individual to us as humans. It is a collective energy.

Between the two lies the subconscious mind, which makes up the other 90-95% of our individual mind power. It is the bridge between the superconscious and the conscious mind. It is where our intuition, emotions, and creativity lie, as well as our habits and beliefs. This is why getting your subconscious mind on board in your spirit guide journey is so important.

2. Strengthen Your Intuition

Each and every one of us is born with an internal guidance system that assists us in connecting with the spirit realm – our Intuition.

You are an intuitive person, whether your realize it yet or not…and you don’t have to sit back and wait for your intuition to show up. You can strengthen and develop it like any skill. Connecting with your intuition intentionally and consistently helps you make better decisions faster, helps you build self trust, and assists you in connecting with your spirit guides, receiving their messages, and trusting their guidance.

Feel like your intuition could use a boost? Check out this free hypnosis recording I made to help you with this!

3. Throw Logic Out the Window

Now that we know the subconscious mind is crucial to connecting with our spirit guides, we need to take what is often the hardest step. We need to throw logic out the window. Not entirely and not forever, but it can hinder your ability to recognize your spirit guides and to receive their messages.

Connecting with spirit guides – and living any type of spiritual life – requires us to let go of logic, let go of our need to analyze, and our preoccupation with concrete proof of our experiences. Plain and simple, it is spirit. It is not material. So hard evidence will never exist except as a deep inner knowing as you learn to trust your higher self and intuition in a new way.

In the beginning, it takes faith. As you connect more, what begins as a belief or maybe only a hope soon turns into a knowing.

4. Overcoming Ego and Listening to Higher Self

Our ego is designed to keep us safe. It loves our comfort zone and it will do anything in its power to keep us right where we are, playing safe, holding ourselves back, and doing what we have survived every day of our lives doing. Above all, it fears change. But change is essential when we want to move ourselves from the comfort zone of our current existence to progressing on our spiritual journey.

Our ego uses fear and logic not to intentionally hold us back, but to keep us safe. It keeps us in our comfort zone because it perceives change as scary and dangerous. And this keeps us from connecting to our guides.

Our higher self, however, simply knows what we’re meant to do. As we learn to re-establish and trust the communication lines with our higher self, we learn to safely move past that place where our ego has been keeping us. So, how do we do this? With intention. Through meditation, mindset practices, and hypnosis.

5. Practice Receiving

One of the very first and most powerful ways to really embrace the guidance of your spirit guides is allow yourself to receive it! As I learned from coach Andrea Quinn in her book, The Quinn Essentials, we are so accustomed to doing all the time, getting as much done as we possibly can, checking everything off our to-do list, and often doing everything for everyone else that we forget to allow ourselves to receive.

That’s part of why we so often don’t hear the guidance of our higher self, from our intuition and from our spirit guides. We don’t recognize it because we’re not allowing ourselves to receive it fully.

We’re used to doing, giving and sometimes taking, but allowing and receiving are where the real magic happens. Here’s the thing about receiving…women are literally designed to receive. But after thousands of years of fitting ourselves into a patriarchal society, many of us have become the doers and the givers. Not the receivers.

Look for other opportunities in your daily life to practice receiving. This may be receiving compliments without immediately feeling the need to reciprocate (aka giving), or perhaps its in receiving help or favors from friends or family or even strangers. It can even be as simple as spending a few minutes each day receiving breath, rather than taking breath…and noticing how different it feels!

Find these opportunities and allow yourself to receive them. As you open yourself to the idea of receiving in the physical sense, you will also open yourself up to receiving guidance that your spirit guides have been trying to give you.

As you prepare your mindset to receive your guides, your guides will know you are ready to meet with them and hear their messages, and begin letting their presence known in a number of ways! And that is a post for another day 🙂

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