I wanted to write about divisiveness in the world — especially within the self help and wellness communities. And then politics. Community vs. elitism. Medical freedom vs. tyranny. Free speech vs. Censorship. Love vs. policy. But… calling out divisiveness seemed… ironic.

And besides, I can feel all of these micro divisions, and hypocrisies, and deep considerations within my own psyche. So this happened instead:

No rage, rage.
Gentle, forceful.
Immune, not immune.
Opening, closed.
Science, wisdom.
Covered, forward.

Inclusive, ignorant.
Considerate, belligerent.
Steady, reactive.
Committed, careless.
Listening, trying to attack.

Generous, greed.
Emerging, digressing.
Noble, corrupt.
In seva, selfish.

The heart has room for all of it.
Every choice is chosen.
As. Is.

Divine Love is non-dual and beautifully unoffended.

So…

Beyond our old friendship and the new conflicts.
Beyond our conflicts and into new friendship.
Beyond the shock into unified goodwill.
Beyond “against” into on behalf of ALL.

The heart-mind sees through the refractions of identities and She looks into the currently, almost inconceivable, Truth: that we all originated from the same, indivisible Source. Same source. Same. Source.

Order, chaos.
Love, fear.
Collective.
Source.

With Love,

Danielle

Friends,

What if the educational system got an overhaul with… loving kindness and enthusiasm? We know it needs it. Here it is, embodied. Please meet Mr. Donovan Taylor Hall (@donofriend on Instagram).

He’s a youth (and parent) coach helping kids build a positive relationship with themselves through 3 key skills: gratitude, growth mindset, and self talk.

I was so moved by this conversation for so many reasons, mainly, Donovan‘s own journey through depression to awakening, to coaching kids to see their value beyond grades and social approval.

From Donovan:

“School shouldn’t be a place that makes people feel ‘othered’ or ‘not valuable.’ It should be about the expansion of minds, hearts, and souls. But unless we help kids recognize that grades don’t determine value and don’t determine the love we deserve, the education experience can really harm a child’s perception of self and the future for them.”

For 1:1 youth coaching, parent consultations, speaking events and beyond please find Donovan Taylor Hall at @donofriend on Instagram/Tik Tok/YouTube and beyond, or send him an email.

And please share this video and this message with a kid, a parent, or a teacher you love. Or anyone who needs to check their self criticism at the door.

Teach love!

Danielle

Pleasure brings you into your body — and you cannot CREATE unless you are in your body.

A lot of us leave our bodies. Definitely in traumatic situations, and also in overwhelm. We’re all familiar with the phrase, “You just check out.” Your mind wanders. You’re not attending to your breath. You are not in your sensuality. You can’t have full connection when you’re not embodied… so you cannot make things that will last.

When you’re more fully here, when you are BEing… human… then you can bring in the holy. And THAT’S creativity. You’re here in your pleasure, in your body, on Earth — and that’s when you bring heaven down.

Pleasure is a doorway to the divine, via your Joy. Knock, knock.

PRIORITIZE PLEASURE

The idea is to begin shifting your pleasure priorities, so you start doing less of what you don’t like to do, and more of what you love. Start by visualizing three ideal days (based on an exercise by Abraham-Hicks): a perfect at-home day, a fantastical away day, and a day where you just love on and save the world.

Vision 1: Your Home Day Ideal 12 hours.
In everyday life, where would you be, what would you be doing, who would you be with, what would you be eating, how would you be earning, helping, creating, living, loving in a span of twelve hours? Walk through everything that would go into the waking hours of blissdom for you. Focus on ideal and don’t worry about how you’re going to make it happen. If bliss would be “I’m working in my jammies from home” and presently you’re commuting three hours to the office, write it down anyway.

Keep your vision within the confines of space and time. Let your imagination and idealism unfurl, but… save the really impractical things like, “I wake up in Athens, lunch in Manhattan, and smoke a bedtime hookah in Rajasthan” for your Away Day fantasy.

Don’t worry about how it’s gonna happen, okay? Just feel into the ideal.

Vision 2: Your Fantastical Away Day for 12 hours!
The next step is extravagant, fantastical, time-bending, like, if your ideal 12 would be you’re lounging in Morocco, smoking a hookah, you can do that. If you want go spend the day meditating on Venus, or you want to be making love in Bali, you can be doing that. Your fantasies will tell you so much about your current reality. And in that place, what would you be eating? How would you be earning? Would you not be working at all? Would you be a nun? Would you have your own talk show? Yes. How would you be helping? I love that layer of question in both your practical and your fantastical.

Vision 3: You love on the world for 12 hours!
What would give you pleasure in terms of being of service to the world? Meditate and pray in the morning, change laws, clean up beaches, donate, chant, cheers, work in a soup kitchen, invent a global water purifier, get everyone to come together in peace and design programs for climate restoration and children adoration? Go there!

THE WHOLE POINT of this “ideal twelve hours exercise” is to actually create those ideal hours (or as close to it, even if it’s just fifteen minutes), as frequently as possible, until that idealism becomes your lifestyle.

Create space for pleasure. And if I can help you with that, join my FREE + CLEAR Course now.

Pleasure is power,

Danielle

When Grace looks to the future that she wants, a future born of suffering and awakening to joy, she seizes the moment and she makes a vow. And this is how we avoid falling back asleep after a wake-up call. We vow to live differently.

And every vow requires devotion.

NOW. NOW. NOW. We must make the vow to a more beautiful ideal and devote our lives to it. Just like we do at births, weddings, and on death beds: we stand in love, we look ahead, and we promise to make good on the vision.

This wild era is a vividly sacred time to avow to new life.

We have to come into ceremony with this global upheaval. Approach it as a sacred passage to higher consciousness, submit our fears, and vow to love.

NOW. NOW. NOW.

And vows made in the eye of a storm and at major thresholds are imbued with Divine Power. This is where we commit to Life and carry it out. The ceremony is underway — we just need to fully show up.

And vows are only as strong as ourdevotion.

And this is why we’re here: to practice Faith in tribulation.

We either leap to the new ground or we might get swallowed by what’s crumbling. Why not leap into our beautiful idealism? Into our future wisdom? Our latent mastery? To the light in the darkness?

This is the time of miracles. The miracle mindset occurs when we realize our innate centeredness — centered in the Great Center. We take a stand in our Divinity. This leads to health, well being, deep rest, and harmony on all levels.

Miraculous change happens all the time, everywhere, everyday. Criminals turn into healers. We get found. We spontaneously heal, we wake up. Isolation fans out into unity. The Holy Instant, the twinkle of an eye. Lazarus lives everywhere. Miracles are natural. Miracles make things right. Miracles heal. And from the other side of the miracle, we choose to do better. And it’s ONLY better together.

DEVOTE.

Devote to love right now.

With Love,

Danielle

It’s always a good time to trust yourself.

It used to be that any given week I’d get a “reading” of some kind — channelling, angels, psychics. Always looking for a sign. If I get a text in the next 3 minutes — from anyone, about anything, it’s a SIGN.

That, my friends, is not how to be your own guru. That’s how to be crazy pants. If you relate and you want to be your own seer… here’s an idea (and it worked for me)…

Start with going on an “input fast.” Cut the noise of opinion, so that you can hear your own heart talking. It knows, but it never shouts.

Give yourself three months, maybe six months of, say, no “readings” of any kind (unless they’re poetry readings). No predictive astrology, ixnay on the psychics, nada on the tarot. If you’re not in crisis mode, you might even consider taking a hiatus from your coach and/or your therapist. You could cut all external advice out of your daily diet. Think of how much money you’re going to save. And time.

The silence of the advice-free zone may be deafening for a while, but do you hear that? It’s you speaking. Directly to… you.

It’s your body telling you what it immediately knew and has known for a long time (because your body knows). It’s your very own perceptivity rising to the surface of your life. And it knows what it’s talking about.

So maybe you don’t know what past-life karma is playing out in your business, or what the next lunar eclipse will bring. You’ll probably know enough to decide what’s best for you on that given day.

Keep flexing your own intuition (because it’s just like a muscle) to feel into the next right step. Of course you’re going to take wrong turns and get yourself into some pickles. But an even bigger mistake would be to deny the power within youfor the rest of your life.

It’s in there. Shhhhhh. Can you hear it?

With Love,

Danielle

Your Soul and Source are most urgently interested in your pain — like any parent with their child. “Let’s get this healed so you can go out and play.” I discovered this when I was crying in the desert for some mercy, through the healing power of friendship and taking a long pause in my ambitions.

Our pain brings us to Divine Love — the most inclusive, impeccable state of consciousness that there is. And if there was ever a time to lean into that transmutational power… it’s now.

Hello, epoch of Divine Love.

Here’s a roundup of my podcasts to encourage befriending ALL OF IT.

With Love, Danielle, Ep 19
Naked Prayer

How do you “give it over to God”? It starts with knowing this: your pain is what God is most urgently interested in — like any parent with their child. “Let’s get this healed so you can go out and play.” When we’re brave enough to bring our pain to the surface, The Divine can take it from there. LISTEN NOW.

With Love, Danielle, Ep 21
The principles of Flow. And how to ride it.

When we say, “We’re going with the flow,” what we’re really saying is that we’re riding The Creative Principle. The stuff of LIFE FORCE. When you’re in the flow, you’re constantly responding to the subtle cues that Life is giving you. TUNE IN.

Grace for Impact, Ep 1
Dying for Love

We’re in a quickening of consciousness. The conditions are set for rapid transformation — this is good news, possibly, maybe. I’m talking about why now is the best time to do shadow work, and how crisis can become our rebirth — if we choose it. And hey, it’s time to forgive. PRESS PLAY.

We’re primed like never before to see the reflections of Divine Love everywhere… because we’re more willing to see it in ourselves than ever before.

With Love,

Danielle

We’ve got to fall for some lies to get to our truth.

The Lie of Inadequacy. It goes like this… “You were born defective, not good enough, flawed.” Nooo! Erase erase. Blow it UP. And while you’re at it, bury the concept of original sin.

This big lie could translate to, “You were born a girl… you incarnated into the wrong caste… or the wrong neighbourhood… or you love someone who you apparently should not love.” (Who shouldn’t be loved?)

The Lie of Inadequacy is pervasive. It’s how advertisers make their money, it’s the patriarchal framework, it’s religious doctrine gone very wrong. We can inherit the lie — like a genetic story of “unworthiness” that gets baked into our DNA.

What’s it like to go through life thinking you’re not quite enough — defective, flawed? Well… most of us know exactly what it’s like. And what happens when we buy the lie? We can become chronic self-fixers, habitual strivers, always trying to get on the right side of Universal law. Investing in inadequacy is exhausting.

Feeling weird in a world that rewards “normal”? Too woo woo in commercial culture? Are you doing all the good, meta, motivational work but feel like there’s a veil between you and what you really want to manifest, and if you get it, you don’t get to keep it? Erase it.

That’s all the subtly toxic Lie of Inadequacy telling you that you’re standing here and what you want is way over there, on the “right” side of it all.

Listen: You were born Beloved. You’re a blessing of original goodness. And you have a lot of creative power.

Divine Love and fulfillment are your birthright… just because you showed up here — in your glory and with all your questions, cravings, and natural beauty.

Take “proving” off the docket and watch your mental burdens melt. You are more than adequate; you’re a spiritual being in human form — SUBSTANTIAL.

And that’s the Divine Truth that dissolves all lies.

All Love,

Danielle

P.S. There’s an AUDIO version of this! Play it + soak your heart in Divine Truth while you live your substantially human life. Learning Discerning — my latest album. Listen to her HERE.

Deep positivity.

If there could be a slogan for manifestation theory, this would be it:
Energy follows thought. Energy follows thought. Energy follows thought. And by the way… energy follows thought.

Manifestation happens from the mind. Ideally, it starts with a vision from the heart center.

For it to work effectively, you must achieve clarity of aspiration, root into the depths of positivity (which I’m going to explain), meet your doubts with Faith, and repeat. Every day. If you let your mind wander unattended into dense thought-forms like fear, or lack, or mistrust, then you could hatch some chaos. Notice I said, “let your mind wander unattended.” Because, inevitably, some negativity will cross your mind. If you’re paying attention to that inner dialogue, you can redirect the conversation. If you train your mind to focus on “brighter” thought-forms (like courage, acceptance, compassion, loving kindness, happiness), then you’ll be able to generate more of those kinds of experiences.

Since energy follows thought, obviously, we want to keep our thinking — especially with respect to creating our future — as “positive” as possible. But this can be intense work. Doubts will surface, mental garbage from our past will churn, our daily life has relationships to nurture.

Is staying consistently positive even possible? Yes. But it might not be what you think.

“POSITIVE THINK”
Let’s break down “positive think,” because this is precisely where most manifestation techniques get weird and wonky. Positive think might suggest that it can make the bad things vanish. But “bad things” in life usually require some confrontation and management from our side. What’s really problematic with positive think is that we’re being trained to use it solely to try to get what we want. This is shallow positivity. Stay with me. We need to be positive for multiple reasons: because it alleviates suffering, because it’s good for our health, because it’s a form of loving kindness.

If we’re “thinking positive thoughts” just to manifest what’s on our vision board, then what happens when we don’t get what we want? We crash into negative thinking. Positive thinking has to be rooted in the heart, not in the attainment of stuff. We need to go much deeper.

DEEP POSITIVITY
Deep positivity means that you have Faith that you’ll be okay, no matter what happens.

Notifit all works out for you in the end.
Notifyou get what you want when you think you should get it. No matter what.

Deep positivity knows that Life is supporting your evolution — even if you don’t manifest what you want.

Let your energy follow that thought.

Love,

Danielle

Do you know the story of the man who was hitting himself over the head with a hammer? “Why do you keep hitting yourself with that hammer?” a shocked passerby asked him. “Because,” the man replied, “it’s going to feel so good when I stop.”

Examine the evidence. You keep fighting the same fight. You’re losing sleep. You’re sick of hearing yourself complain about the same things over and over again (yammer, hammer, hammer). Clearly, wrestling isn’t getting you closer to free. It’s quite possible that… you have no fight left in you.

This is excellent news! This is beautiful! Because…

When you have no fight left in you, you get to stop fighting. This defeat can be a major victory.

Your industry isn’t getting more enlightened, the signs are everywhere — stop trying to change the game and go where you can really play. He’s probably not going to change — even though he could (and changin’ is each person’s prerogative). She’s not going to budge. She’s told you so, repeatedly — so believe her. In terms of some of your dreams… if it were going to happen, it would have happened by now.

(And, if you’ve resolved to hang in there, I’ve got lots of encouragement and practical sermons for your cause. But today, we’re talking about the divinity of laying your burden DOWN.)

4 ways to make it easier to let go of goals and projects — this includes work projects, relationship “projects,” soul projects:

• Focus on the relief of giving up. I’m going to stop fighting with this because I just.want.peace. I’m going to stop grinding, because I want more ease in my life. I’m declaring my karma PAID, IN FULL. I’m done learning my lessons through suffering, I’m going to learn more gracefully now. I know there’s a better way and I’m going to allow for that. I already feel relieved.
• Focus on the benefits of no longer fighting. Less fighting, less crying, less over-eating, fewer therapy bills. More sleep, more space, more time, more creativity, more free expression, way more energy, more YOU… (keep the list going…).
• Focus on your feelings. The big bonus of NOT feeling the way you want to is that you get really clear on how you DO want to feel. We learn through contrast.
• Focus on your NEW ideal. Note: NEW. Don’t slip into dream-resurrection. (They’ll change, you’ll change, the industry will change…) You want an equal relationship, you want to feel vital, you want to earn a living that’s totally in sync with your soul.

When you stop struggling to make something go the way you’ve wanted it to, you shift the energy grid of your life. Facing the facts is liberating (even though it can be wrenching) — and with that truth comes a major power surge.

When you’re done fighting, you’re.done.fighting. It’s a bittersweet relief. Focus on the sweet.

With Love,

Danielle

Check out my For clarity of purpose reading list for more posts like this one. Real talk. No sugar-coating, but lots of love. Truth and love.

True self love is to accept ALL parts of ourselves. Our neediness, delights, pains, talents… Light and shadows. ALL of us. Without criticism.

True self love steers us away from seeking signs from the Universe that we’re “worthy”. Self love is a remembrance of our Divinity. We are Love itself.

True self love is a life led by Loving Kindness — and we include ourselves and all sentient life in that love.

Here are my podcast episodes where I go deep into the topic. Please come with me.

With Love Podcast Ep 3
Loving yourself (and others) any way you can

Love is one of the most wrung out, misused, and challenging concepts in philosophy, and (more specifically) in self-help teachings. And if “love” is a confusing concept… then “self-love” is utterly mystifying. TUNE IN.

With Love Podcast Ep 14
The dance of self-forgiveness

So many of us grip our mistakes because we never want to make them (and hurt anybody) again. But the moving forward can only happen when you can really forgive yourself. It’s possible. And there’s a sequence to it. LISTEN NOW.

With Love Podcast Ep 8
Arguing with your inner critic? There’s a better way

The first thing to do with that inner critic voice is to have compassion for it. (This is counterintuitive because we live in a performance-based culture that thrives on judgement.) Approach with love — then instead of creating further separation from your heart, you’re building a bridge. KEEP LISTENING.

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Draw on the power of your Heart. It’s boundless.

With Love,

Danielle